MINIs On Top 2004 - Saturday, June 19th

[Cape Cod MINI]

Quote: Originally Posted by bakerjc

Who will be the judge and jury? .......

Present I need an evil grin smiley.

[GMINI]

Quote: Originally Posted by bakerjc

Now this will be fun! A contest! I'll come up with a prize if you'd like. Who will be the judge and jury? So many questions.......

Go go go bakerjc! So many potential answers!

[GadgetGav]

Quote: Originally Posted by Cape Cod MINI

Belchertown.

Tell me there's not really a place called Belchertown...!!??

Geez, Leave this thread for just a day to have a normal life and there's so much to catch up on...!

What's the deal with that huge bus that swallows a MINI in the back..? Have they been watching the original Italian Job..!? At least it travels in more style than being towed behind one of those things. When I first saw one of them towing a car I thought it was a tailgater - I thought it was a bit crazy even for a Mass. driver to be *that* close to such a huge vehicle..! (They don't have them where I come from )

[jcsinnh]

Go pick on poor Uncle Joe, you Athols.


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quad....It, BTW, is my First Law of Divorce, something those of you with spouses ..aw never mind, ain't worth the keystrokes.

[bakerjc]

Quote: Originally Posted by jcsinnh eloquently tried to get out of a bad situation and decided to call a "return" a

Triple space

But it doesn't go over with the masses.......

First prize for the "John needs a new sig" contest has been decided. The winner gets to give him a PezBoy haircut, the two runners up get to hold him down while the buzz proceeds.

[Cape Cod MINI]

John's new sig.

"Old, flaccid, pot bellied, drooling, shakey, slow, feeble...." How do we fit all these in a sig?
I'll begrudgingly admit that he has a quick wit and can think on his feet.

[MEmini]

Call to all MINIs in, near, or crazy enough to drive to Maine !!!!! I know you are there!!!!!

Sunday---Oct. 5 (?)- Suvssuk and are going on a recon of potential sites and ideas for the Acadia leg of MOT 2004. Everyone who wants to come and add their two cents is welcome....

Spoke to a Park |Ranger when I was down there last Friday and MINIs coming is no problem. There is nothing we need to do to notify them. Gates at the bottom of the mt. open 1 hour before---3:30 AM? Yawn.....

We will report the details as they arise....

[suvssuk]

Quote: Originally Posted by MEmini

Call to all MINIs in, near, or crazy enough to drive to Maine !!!!! I know you are there!!!!!

Sunday---Oct. 5 (?)- Suvssuk and are going on a recon of potential sites and ideas for the Acadia leg of MOT 2004. Everyone who wants to come and add their two cents is welcome....

It should actually be a nice piece of motoring on Sunday as the trees are starting to show their color. I'm definitely looking forward to it.

As with any MINI event, the more the merrier! Let either myself or MEmini know if you are interested.

-suvssuk

[jcsinnh]

I've been thinking...and while that in itself is normally subject to intense ridicule from the potentate of MOT, he's in Maine this weekend. His deputy is out counting hills in Worcester and, thus, preoccupied.
So what I was thinking about were potential new wrinkles for MOT '04. Lord Winslow, our resident realist will chime in here, I trust. But here is my idea.
How about, with the assistance of MINIUSA, ex-pats, and perhaps M of P'body, we get a small group of those intrepid guys and gals who build our cars to cross the pond and be our guests for the trip? Let's have a contest of some sort or a competition...but what I would like to see is a group of, say, 6 factory floor workers (NO jacket and tie types), chosen somehow, flown over to Boston, hosted by the Boston crowd, and participating in the Maine to NH branch of MOT either as passengers or in used MINIs loaned for the weekend or rented by Peabody and/or even the dreaded HC (hey, change is always possible!).
I would prefer the group to consist of the folks who get their hands dirty creating our fun. I know, having hosted or rather helped host piper bands a few years ago for highland games, that regular guys are regular guys regardless of where they are from (ladies, too - sorry). For those of us MOT vets who know Ian and Gavin, this might be a tough concept but it is true.
We would need considerable info. and liaison help from NJ, good contacts in Oxford, etc., great offers for help from Boston MINIers (this trip should cost the participants little or nothing). Just a way to have fun, say a bit of thanks, help me learn some more Brit.slang, meet new folks, show off what we do with THEIR hard work, etc.

Thoughts? Quick before you know who gets back.

[GadgetGav]

Quote: Originally Posted by jcsinnh

For those of us MOT vets who know Ian and Gavin, this might be a tough concept but it is true.

Hey! Watch it mate..! Just 'coz you're up earlier than me and the head honcho is away, doesn't mean you can start throwing the insults about... Oh, wait, you do that when he's here anyway..!

Sounds like a good idea, but it sounds like a lot of work..! Do we know if there's anyone on these boards associated with the UK factory..? Maybe Paul Mullet can help. I think I rememeber MiNiGuY left or got laid off or something and he's the only one I remember on here from the factory. Maybe there are others but they keep a lower profile than he did...

[jcsinnh]

Just another reference to the panto remarks...where is she anyway?

A lot of work is right! But spread out over a bunch of us, I think it could work.

[jcsinnh]

Just got good contact info from Paul Mullett - shall I pursue this or is this too off-the-wall??????

[GBMINI]

Biggest problem I see John is the flight cost.
Also, I am not sure when schools stop for summer in England, but mid-June is close - flights might be pretty pricey!
Then what if these MINI builders want to bring family? Or will you pick only young/free/single people?
And what about the 3000+ who don't get picked!?

I think a better idea might be for us to go to them - I already took a MOT2003 photo book over when I visited ...

[Theo]

It dawned on me that there is an Oxford, MA (south of Worcester) and an Oxford, ME (northwest of Portland). Perhaps this might be food for thought...

Theo

[bakerjc]

Quote: Originally Posted by Theo

It dawned on me that there is an Oxford, MA (south of Worcester) and an Oxford, ME (northwest of Portland). Perhaps this might be food for thought...

Theo

You want to subject the British subjects to Oxford, MA? That in itself could start another conflict that would overshadow one of the late 1700's......

And John, I'm speechless.