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mike whiskey

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Who's going?

Taking up the offer of a pass from the 101 Club, so will be on the
stand. Anyone else?

Mark

 
way things are going with the 101 club, you'll be the only one mate!


Quote - "Buy a 101, change a screw or bolt to non-original and be shunned
forever!"

A colleague of mine turned up at his first meet only to be met with "Tut tut
- not original" "shame it's not a real 101" and the likes, all because he
had changed a few items. Exit one very ****ed off colleague...to the sounds
of "screw you lot - you %&*$%"

sorry, but i had to say this!

Ian W.
 
On 3 Sep 2006 11:53:50 -0700, "mike whiskey"
<[email protected]> scribbled the following nonsense:

>Who's going?
>
>Taking up the offer of a pass from the 101 Club, so will be on the
>stand. Anyone else?
>
>Mark

I'll be there on the GLASS stand with bURRt.
--

Simon Isaacs

"Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote"
George Jean Nathan (1882-1955)

ROT13 me....
 
Hmmm,

Not my experience, but then I've been so biusy i'venot made it to a
show since Gaydon in 2005, which was my first.

Hopefully i'll not be all alone!

MW

[email protected] wrote:

> way things are going with the 101 club, you'll be the only one mate!
>
>
> Quote - "Buy a 101, change a screw or bolt to non-original and be shunned
> forever!"
>
> A colleague of mine turned up at his first meet only to be met with "Tut tut
> - not original" "shame it's not a real 101" and the likes, all because he
> had changed a few items. Exit one very ****ed off colleague...to the sounds
> of "screw you lot - you %&*$%"
>
> sorry, but i had to say this!
>
> Ian W.

 
Simon Isaacs wrote:

|| I'll be there on the GLASS stand with bURRt.

Thanks for the offer (Malvern), Simon, but we won't be able to make
Peterborough. M-in-L isn't too well and I doubt she will be well enough to
leave for the weekend. Have a good one, and don't forget to set the attack
dog on anyone whose sub is late.

--
Rich
==============================

Take out the obvious to email me.


 
On Sun, 3 Sep 2006 20:53:02 +0100, "Richard Brookman"
<[email protected]> scribbled the following
nonsense:

>Simon Isaacs wrote:
>
>|| I'll be there on the GLASS stand with bURRt.
>
>Thanks for the offer (Malvern), Simon, but we won't be able to make
>Peterborough. M-in-L isn't too well and I doubt she will be well enough to
>leave for the weekend. Have a good one, and don't forget to set the attack
>dog on anyone whose sub is late.

I'll let Dawn know that you called her that!!

BTW her nickname at work is Pitbull!!!

Be nice if we could have impecable timing to Ride of the Valkyries
again though!!!
--

Simon Isaacs

"Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote"
George Jean Nathan (1882-1955)

ROT13 me....
 
Simon Isaacs wrote:
> On Sun, 3 Sep 2006 20:53:02 +0100, "Richard Brookman"
> <[email protected]> scribbled the following
> nonsense:
>
>
>>Simon Isaacs wrote:
>>
>>|| I'll be there on the GLASS stand with bURRt.
>>
>>Thanks for the offer (Malvern), Simon, but we won't be able to make
>>Peterborough. M-in-L isn't too well and I doubt she will be well enough to
>>leave for the weekend. Have a good one, and don't forget to set the attack
>>dog on anyone whose sub is late.
>
>
> I'll let Dawn know that you called her that!!
>
> BTW her nickname at work is Pitbull!!!
>
> Be nice if we could have impecable timing to Ride of the Valkyries
> again though!!!

The mind boggles!

Stuart
 
Srtgray wrote:

|||| Have a good one, and don't
|||| forget to set the attack dog on anyone whose sub is late.
|||
|||
||| I'll let Dawn know that you called her that!!
|||
||| BTW her nickname at work is Pitbull!!!
|||
||| Be nice if we could have impecable timing to Ride of the Valkyries
||| again though!!!
||
|| The mind boggles!
||
|| Stuart

And so it should. Mine did. There was a lot of ale that night, 's all I
can say.

--
Rich
==============================

Take out the obvious to email me.


 
On Sun, 03 Sep 2006 22:42:04 +0100, Srtgray <[email protected]> wrote:

>> ...
>> Be nice if we could have impecable timing to Ride of the Valkyries
>> again though!!!
>
> The mind boggles!

You had to be there :)

Peterborogh - still undecided.

--
William Tasso

Land Rover - 110 V8
Discovery - V8
 
Yes, late reply - just catching up :)

On Sun, 3 Sep 2006 19:09:52 GMT, [email protected] wrote:

>way things are going with the 101 club, you'll be the only one mate!
>
>
>Quote - "Buy a 101, change a screw or bolt to non-original and be shunned
>forever!"

Can you source that quote (here or by email) please?

>A colleague of mine turned up at his first meet only to be met with "Tut tut
>- not original" "shame it's not a real 101" and the likes, all because he
>had changed a few items. Exit one very ****ed off colleague...to the sounds
>of "screw you lot - you %&*$%"

I'd like to know more. As far as I can recall, apart from Billing
this year, every club attendance at shows for the past 5 odd years has
had a very good mix of vehicles (including a huge purple one which is
about as unoriginal as could be imagined!).

I'd sincerely hope your colleague will rethink and put his unpleasant
experience down to being a 'one off'.

There are a small minority (and I'll reassert the 'minority' bit) of
members who do make a lot of noise and constantly thrive on being
nasty and attempting to stir up trouble. We call them 'rivet
counters' and are generally far more tollerant of them than they are
of us (actually, there are two main rivet-counters who try to recruit
others to their cause - but even their friends refer to them as
"Steptoe and Son"!).

 
On or around Tue, 17 Oct 2006 11:27:55 +0100, Mother <"@ {mother}
@"@101fc.net> enlightened us thusly:

>Yes, late reply - just catching up :)
>
>On Sun, 3 Sep 2006 19:09:52 GMT, [email protected] wrote:
>
>>way things are going with the 101 club, you'll be the only one mate!
>>
>>
>>Quote - "Buy a 101, change a screw or bolt to non-original and be shunned
>>forever!"
>
>Can you source that quote (here or by email) please?
>
>>A colleague of mine turned up at his first meet only to be met with "Tut tut
>>- not original" "shame it's not a real 101" and the likes, all because he
>>had changed a few items. Exit one very ****ed off colleague...to the sounds
>>of "screw you lot - you %&*$%"
>
>I'd like to know more. As far as I can recall, apart from Billing
>this year, every club attendance at shows for the past 5 odd years has
>had a very good mix of vehicles (including a huge purple one which is
>about as unoriginal as could be imagined!).

well, I'm well aware that you had excellent reasons for not being at Malvern
(and there's no implied sarcasm, that's plain truth), and Lee had intended
coming but had mechanical problems. However... the only 101 to appear on
the stand stayed there the first night (I'm afraid I don't know who 'twas)
and then, finding no-one esle, went off to join the ex-mil people.

Oh, and Dave French brought the 6x6. Quite how he managed to arrive without
us noticing I don't know - must've had more beer than I thought...

So, 1 ambi-camper (although it looked fairly standard outside) and 1 6x6,
and nary a sign of anyone else, rivet-counting or otherwise.

All in all, not much of an advert for the 101FCC&R: if the rivet counters
are bothered, they should make an effort to attend, with vehicles. If they
have no vehicle or it's off the road awaiting the sourcing of the correct
rivets, then, for my money, they should STFU about others who, despite not
having "original" vehicles, DO make the effort to attend.

In fact, if it weren't for the fact that it would be really too complicated
to do it, I'd buy that 101 chassis that Lee found on fleabay and put the
transit body on it, then join the club and take it to shows, just to wind
them up.

--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
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On Tue, 17 Oct 2006 14:44:33 +0100, Austin Shackles
<[email protected]> wrote:

>well, I'm well aware that you had excellent reasons for not being at Malvern
>(and there's no implied sarcasm, that's plain truth), and Lee had intended
>coming but had mechanical problems. However... the only 101 to appear on
>the stand stayed there the first night (I'm afraid I don't know who 'twas)
>and then, finding no-one esle, went off to join the ex-mil people.

A lot of shows suffer from apathy or DNAs (Did Not Attends). I know
of three DNAs for Malvern, self included (though I did give some short
advance notice so my ticket could be recycled).

The trouble is, you need someone to be a bit pro-active when it comes
to shows other than Billing (which, until recently, everyone wanted to
go to).

[..]

>All in all, not much of an advert for the 101FCC&R: if the rivet counters
>are bothered, they should make an effort to attend, with vehicles. If they
>have no vehicle or it's off the road awaiting the sourcing of the correct
>rivets, then, for my money, they should STFU about others who, despite not
>having "original" vehicles, DO make the effort to attend.

Again, this has sadly always been the case. They like to make a lot
of fuss and noise, but rarely do anything positive.

>In fact, if it weren't for the fact that it would be really too complicated
>to do it, I'd buy that 101 chassis that Lee found on fleabay and put the
>transit body on it, then join the club and take it to shows, just to wind
>them up.

Putting it like that, I'd be tempted to buy it for you!



Treminds me, during my 'rest' I was fumbling around the house and made
quite a list of 'precious things' that really should find a happier
home on eBay!


 
Mother wrote:

> Treminds me, during my 'rest' I was fumbling around the house and made
> quite a list of 'precious things' that really should find a happier
> home on eBay!

You can't auction SWMBO - eBay don't allow it. ;-)


--
EMB
 
On or around Tue, 17 Oct 2006 16:55:22 +0100, Mother <"@ {mother}
@"@101fc.net> enlightened us thusly:

>On Tue, 17 Oct 2006 14:44:33 +0100, Austin Shackles
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>In fact, if it weren't for the fact that it would be really too complicated
>>to do it, I'd buy that 101 chassis that Lee found on fleabay and put the
>>transit body on it, then join the club and take it to shows, just to wind
>>them up.
>
>Putting it like that, I'd be tempted to buy it for you!

hehe. I could paint it purple... nah, it really would be too much work, at
least for this time around - the wheelbase is about 10" too short for the
body - the difference between 110" and 111" is not going to be a problem -
more than that and you either have to modify the chassis, which will cause
grief with the DVLA if they find out, or modify the body to move the wheel
arches - then you find the slidey door is in the way of where you want a
wheel arch.

I did think about a rangie chassis and putting 10" into it, but that
complicates the registration issue, by making it liable for an ESVA, I
think. DVLA lot, on being emailed, helpfully recycled the blurb on the web.
morons. If I could have got a definitive answer off the web I'd not have
emailed 'em...

>
>
>Treminds me, during my 'rest' I was fumbling around the house and made
>quite a list of 'precious things' that really should find a happier
>home on eBay!
>
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
"For millions of years, mankind lived just like the animals. Then
something happened which unleashed the power of our imagination -
we learned to talk." Pink Floyd (1994)
 
On Wed, 18 Oct 2006 08:14:35 +1300, EMB <[email protected]> wrote:

>You can't auction SWMBO - eBay don't allow it. ;-)

I'd sell my soul before letting her go!
She is a rare breed, almost unique in my experience :)

 
On Wed, 18 Oct 2006 16:44:01 +0100, Mother <"@ {mother} @"@101fc.net>
scribbled the following nonsense:

>On Wed, 18 Oct 2006 08:14:35 +1300, EMB <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>You can't auction SWMBO - eBay don't allow it. ;-)
>
>I'd sell my soul before letting her go!
>She is a rare breed, almost unique in my experience :)

almost as unique as mine.... they breed 'em right up there!
--

Simon Isaacs

"Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote"
George Jean Nathan (1882-1955)

ROT13 me....
 
On Wed, 18 Oct 2006 20:14:40 +0100, Simon Isaacs
<[email protected]> wrote:

>>>You can't auction SWMBO - eBay don't allow it. ;-)
>>
>>I'd sell my soul before letting her go!
>>She is a rare breed, almost unique in my experience :)
>
>almost as unique as mine.... they breed 'em right up there!

You can always tell a Yorkshire lass.

(You can't tell her much, though...)

 
Mother wrote:

> You can always tell a Yorkshire lass.
>
> (You can't tell her much, though...)

Oh how true. My mum was a Yorkshire lass.

 
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