MoT 2005 -- The Usurped Thread (Chat Away!)

[jcsinnh]

Those of you who know me are aware that, for the past 2 years, I have tried to get us to overthrow the slimy finned Cod and reveal him for the tyrannical monster he is. But no...you sheep follow innocently to the cliff's edge.

This year, he has thrown you a couple of crumbs hoping to appease any lingering desires you might have for a fair and unbiased MINIs on TOP. He has given authority on certain planning areas to a couple of others, declared Bar Harbor and other feeder trips to be separate, all in a thinly disguised attempt to seem human and caring.


HAH!

Akin to what happened to that guy in the Ukraine, today I was brutally attacked by this slimebucket.

There I was, in Keene, shopping at Colony Mill near the Rynborn. I come out to my car and it is COVERED TIGHTLY in emergency caution tape, foul words etched onto my rear window, and, like Prof. Moriarity would do, a Cod calling card under the wiper blade.

I drew my Walther and did a quick scan. Nothing. But then, I heard this crazed cackling from the other end of the parking lot. All of a sudden, approaching me at speed was this heavily modified red MINI with Christmas bells on the grill.

What could I do but surrender to these underwhelming odds (+ he bought)?

Again, you see now the true nature of this megalomaniac. Act now, join the banner, baker MOT, call the IRS for an audit, do what you can to stop this madness before someone gets hurt.

[htrout13]

Ahh Craig... I meant to email you and let you know... look for a new thread (coming as soon as I type it!) regarding a separate event that will show the wilds of Bar Harbor and conclude with a spirited trip from BH to Loon Mt where - surprise! - we'll meet up with the MOT crew.

I'm sure we'll be chatting soon...

Heather

[jwardell]

Secco, we'll certainly need photographic proof of that one before we believe a single word.

[htrout13]

"There I was, in Keene, shopping at Colony Mill near the Rynborn. I come out to my car and it is COVERED TIGHTLY in emergency caution tape, foul words etched onto my rear window, and, like Prof. Moriarity would do, a Cod calling card under the wiper blade.

I drew my Walther and did a quick scan. Nothing. But then, I heard this crazed cackling from the other end of the parking lot. All of a sudden, approaching me at speed was this heavily modified red MINI with Christmas bells on the grill.

What could I do but surrender to these underwhelming odds (+ he bought)?"

You mean that doesn't happen every time you return to your car? I thought I was special!!! The best would be if he did to to an unsuspecting newbie and scared the carp (or is it cod?) out of them!!!

hehe (yes - I'm one of those unsuspecting sheep being led off of a cliff - yeah!)

h

[htrout13]

Oh - speaking of Mt Washington (cough), did anyone see the History Channel last night - show on the two kids who went climbing to the summit in winter, got lost, and one of the rescue party died while searching for them... One guy lost a foot and some fingers, the other lost both of his legs below the knee... He still climbs though! Was a truly interesting show - and as I'm watching the footage of people sliding around outside the observatory (add ice to those winds of last year) and I turned to Matt and said we should go now!!!

Just an interesting little tid-bit... bye!

[Cape Cod MINI]

Quote: Originally Posted by jwardell

Secco, we'll certainly need photographic proof of that one before we believe a single word.

Every word of it true. Except that I put four Cape Cod MINI business cards under his wipers, not one.
I had a 9:30 appt. in West Newton and figured I would blow the day off and go motoring. Ended up on route 119 and then 12 and we all know where that leads. Called Mo and she said the Old Man was shopping in Keene.
I drove through every parking lot in Keene and finally found the S Car that Goes Slow in the Colony Mill parking lot.........suspiciously close to the Rynborn I might add. As fortune would have it I had about a 100 foot roll of yellow and black "CAUTION" tape with me and commenced to do a most impressive wrap of the S Car That Goes Slow. I finished, got in my car and see the Old One exiting the building. I sped away, hid at the end of a row of cars and cackled madly as the Old One stood there catching flies with open mouth.

[harveyjoseph]

Quote: Originally Posted by jcsinnh

This year, he has thrown you a couple of crumbs hoping to appease any lingering desires you might have for a fair and unbiased MINIs on TOP. He has given authority on certain planning areas to a couple of others, declared Bar Harbor and other feeder trips to be separate, all in a thinly disguised attempt to seem human and caring.
(+ he bought)?
Act now, join the banner, baker MOT, call the IRS for an audit, do what you can to stop this madness before someone gets hurt.

Well all I can say to that is throw a crumb this way for the Bar Harbour feeder trip (+ he bought!!!) No need for an audit only need a starting point.

Quote: Originally Posted by jcsinnh

I drew my Walther and did a quick scan. Nothing. But then, I heard this crazed cackling from the other end of the parking lot. All of a sudden, approaching me at speed was this heavily modified red MINI with Christmas bells on the grill..

Were the bells ringing

[GadgetGav]

And no-one took pictures..??!!

[htrout13]

New thread started re: a new event beginning in Bar Harbor... who knew!!!???!!!

[Cape Cod MINI]

Quote: Originally Posted by GadgetGav

And no-one took pictures..??!!

Left the camera at home. Didn't know the spirit would move me to drive north.
A guy in a POS Chevy Cavalier with psoriasis (the car, not the guy) said I should have put the warning tape all over his car because it was such a POS

[snid]

Quote: Originally Posted by htrout13

Oh - speaking of Mt Washington (cough), did anyone see the History Channel last night - show on the two kids who went climbing to the summit in winter, got lost, and one of the rescue party died while searching for them... One guy lost a foot and some fingers, the other lost both of his legs below the knee... He still climbs though! Was a truly interesting show - and as I'm watching the footage of people sliding around outside the observatory (add ice to those winds of last year) and I turned to Matt and said we should go now!!!

For a bit there, I thought you were talking about a different Mount Washington tragedy, and I would have been able to say that I have skied with one of the people involved. But, that's a different story.

The first story on this page has a pretty neutral account of the happenings:
http://www.goski.com/experts/1rice2a.htm

This one is a fluff piece that blames no-one:
http://www.mndaily.com/daily/gopher-...9/AP11.STO.txt

This one has a more accusatory tone:
http://mailman.hack.net/pipermail/at...er/022779.html

It's got to be rough to be the survivor, no matter who was to blame (if anyone). Especially to find out that your name has become a verb, kinda like Baker.

Jeremy Haas is a hell of a skier, I'll say that.

Also, in other brushes with winter mountaineering infamy, I've also snowboarded with the survivor from this accident in Alaska:

http://www.transworldsnowboarding.co...242126,00.html

[bakerjc]

Quote: Originally Posted by htrout13

What could I do but surrender to these underwhelming odds (+ he bought)?"

This comment alone made me a non-believer.

[Cape Cod MINI]

Quote: Originally Posted by bakerjc

This comment alone made me a non-believer.

I always buy. But you wouldn't know that you bakering bum.

Are you coming to MOT 05?

[bakerjc]

Quote: Originally Posted by Cape Cod MINI

I always buy. But you wouldn't know that you bakering bum.

Are you coming to MOT 05?

Eh. Been to one, wasn't impressed. Figure I'll leave room for a newbie. One you can impress.

Heh.

[MGB Boy]

Quote: Originally Posted by Cape Cod MINI

Left the camera at home. Didn't know the spirit would move me to drive north.
A guy in a POS Chevy Cavalier with psoriasis (the car, not the guy) said I should have put the warning tape all over his car because it was such a POS

Does that new psoriasis drug I keep seeing ads for on TV work for cars too? Put a vial of it in the glovebox and the rust patches go away?

You know, my brother has psoriasis, and those ads crack him up. As usual, the possible side effects sound worse than the disease. He's currently unwilling to risk lymphoma and serious infections due to a compromised immune system just to get rid of red skin around his scalp and elbows...

-Ricardo

(What does this have to do with MINIs On Top? Nothing. Absolutely nothing. What can I say, I'm just going with the flow.)