MINIsOnTop (June 17th, 2006)

[usaaus]

Thanks to all for a great weekend. We had a blast.

I can tell you I was nearly as excited to win the Whalen Shifter as Shannon seemed to be to win the lease on the MC.

I really enjoyed looking at all the cars and the drives were excellent.

My wife and had a great time in North Conway and we all loved going up the Mountain.

We stopped at "Santa's Village" on the way back to VT and the kids spent 4 hours enjoying the rides. There was a minor tragedy when I lost my MINI hat on the log ride, but I'll get over it.

Again thanks to all.

[NHRef]

Quote: Originally Posted by paulr

Hi everyone! Thank you Ian and all the other Yellow Hats! My wife and I had a great time at MOT 2006!

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I've uploaded my pictures to a flickr set and I'll add a some to the group Josh set up.

Thank you all, we had a great time!! See you all next year

Glad you had a great time and a safe trip! Send the photos of Nin and the gNome to the Obs ~ they'll get a kick out of it, for sure.

Really like the "speed" photos off the ride down . . . Not in first gear, were you???

[minitron]

photos can be seen at http://chesney.fotopages.com

videos at
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...99770843566083
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...13708705621261
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...93300621203399
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...19577622212702

There's one more but it's still being verified

[NHRef]

Quote: Originally Posted by m2smith

On another note-
GRILL BADGES
I received a few grill badges from folks where the nut that is welded to the back has popped off. 8>< snip Because the badges are a limited run I will not be able to replace them so please be careful.

I did that, too, but used Liquid Nails to reapply it with great success. Survived Rt 93 N and S as well as a spirited Bear Notch Road Ride, heaves and all . . .

[Voodoo]

Quote: Originally Posted by minitron

photos can be seen at http://chesney.fotopages.com
videos at
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...99770843566083
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...13708705621261
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...93300621203399
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...19577622212702

Great videos Minitron! But why does it seem those MINIs were driving so much faster than I was?

Great meeting you guys in the lot.. hope your kilt kept you warm on the mountain!

[minitron]

Quote: Originally Posted by Voodoo

Great videos Minitron! But why does it seem those MINIs were driving so much faster than I was?

Great meeting you guys in the lot.. hope your kilt kept you warm on the mountain!

You too...now that we know about Mama...you'll probably be seeing more of us

[snek]

Quote: Originally Posted by NoNo

Reliving the disco era:

OMG, I need a bra!

[uptick]

Thanks to Ian C. (GBMINI) and all the organizers & volunteers & donors of this year's MOT. You folks did a fantastic job throwing and hosting the biggest MINI party on this side of the world!

To Mart, Bert and the MAXAMINI family, there is no better way to honor and remember Ed than to do so at his most favorite MINI event:


(MOT 2004)


I suppose the most memorable moment for me this year was when good friend Scott (Nightrider) in the chili red MCS stalled out right in front of me on the steep incline just before reaching the parking area at the Top. It took at least two attempts to get into gear, about two yards of slippage, and finally a dozen strong arms to help push the disobedient MINI up to flat ground! Thanks to all those of you who helped save his red boot and my green bonnet! A spectacle to all who were watching, I'm sure... so if anyone took a picture of that moment, I'd be amused to see it.


Meanwhile...


HERE ARE MORE PICTURES from my simple lens.

Great seeing and meeting everyone! Whether the weather is nicer on even-years is true, the spirit of MINIs On Top is always great every year.

(By the way, whoever did not try NoNo's homemade CALZONES missed out!!)

[Jester's mom]

My thanks goes out to all who put together a MINIs on Top this year.

Thanks to Ian who did a great job taking over the reins and to Margaret for putting up with him (and us),

Many kudos to ALL the yellow hat volunteers who help to keep things running smoothly.

Thanks Maxamini for kicking the weather gods butts into givng us great weather this weekend.

Here is the link to view my photos:

http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2105111781

[inzeos]

Hey uptick,

I think this is your friend

http://www.flickr.com/photos/inzeos/...7594170959009/

and the the MoT get em on top push crew

Enjoy,

Leif

[MetalMiniMayhem]

Quote: Originally Posted by snid

3M,

I was sure to harass the OSMC folks just a bit for you.

Quote: Originally Posted by TheFormerCapeCodMINI

Haha. Me too. I was yelling at them to take down the flag because they didn't have the proper permits. What permit? they screamed back. The one that was supposed to be signed and granted by Derek says I

Seriously, you were missed, Derek.

OMFG!.. Steve that was about the funniest g-damn post I've read in long time! I think I wet myself a bit!


Seriously though.. I hope you guys really didn't give anybody crap about that.. It was sorted out privately and it's all water under the bridge, we've just gone our seperate ways that's all.. bad enough I lost a couple good friends out of the ordeal..

but it was a funny post, though! Kudos, Steve!

[MetalMiniMayhem]

Quote: Originally Posted by GBMINI

Derek, please stop giving John online etiquette lessons

Please try to ignore the various errors due to our requests for changes being forgotten / ignored or whatever ...

I really don't want to see this thread become a mud slinging match between New Hampshire and the MOT yellow hat team; apparently I'm in the minority in that opinion

See, John?.. you're gettin me in trouble..!..

Quote: Originally Posted by MetalMiniMayhem

but again, I wasn't there, it very well may have been an oversight considering you weren't there and you typically did the reading..

Ian, I'm teasing you.. It's ok. I've got much love for a majority of the folks that were at MoT this year and only wish I could have been there to enjoy it. Especilly considering I paid for reg., the shirt, the dinner, the grill badge,etc.... I'm just jealous.. that's all

[MetalMiniMayhem]

of course the real reason I didn't go is because I knew I wouldn't have gotten a calzone out of it...

[chs4]

Quote:

I'm still trying to figure out why Chip looks so annoyed here:

I was in an unusually pleasant mood all weekend...that must have been my moment of clarity!

Seriously...Belated thanks to all those that made this year's MOT what can only be described as a resounding success. From Ian and all of the volunteers (there were many more who contributed than just the "yellow hats") to the folks who drove untold hours to join us, thank you all for making this one of if not the premier East Coast MINI gathering.

Where there glitches? Of course, as you would expect of any event of this size. But I can honestly say that (other than myself in that picture ) I don't think I saw or spoke with one person that was anything but thrilled with the entire experience.

A wise person once told me that when you first attend MINI events, it's all about the event and the cars...the spectacle of it all, if you will. As time goes on and you attend additional runs/events you begin to realize it's not about the cars at all, really, but rather the people. Nothing speaks to that more than what we all shared this past weekend.

[GadgetGav]

Who's was the calssic Mini..? Was it Dan..?
I really wish we could have ours over here... 4 more years to 'antique' status... maybe we should get another in the mean time...