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25 Years A Member !
Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 6:45 pm
by Innovator
I must be getting old because I have now been a member of the MMOC for 25 years!
My first national rally was at Weston Park and first MOT Interlaken.
Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 6:51 pm
by bmcecosse
Did they send you a silver gong ?
Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 7:12 pm
by jonathon
Congrats John
Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 7:30 pm
by motherofgod
25 years of wicked motors IMO
James
Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 9:48 pm
by dp
Congrats John
Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 4:38 pm
by rayofleamington
Congrats
I've only been a member for 20 years (with a lapse whilst a student), but first national was also Weston Park.
Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 10:31 pm
by woodiesenfrance
Interlaken... I remember it well (not sure Mandy does, remember her hangover?!)
nb for MOT and MOT UK organisers... we took around 100 cars and made more money for charity than any other MOT.
Bits of the car I drove on that rally live on in my traveller today (RIP 2-door almond green saloon CGK 216H, and I still have your Masters Class Certificate)
Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 10:39 pm
by mike.perry
I remember the 1st MOT to Fontainbleu. It rained..and rained..and rained until everyone else left the campsite then the sun came out and we packed our tent in the dry.
The 2nd MOT to Oudkarspel rained as well!!!!
Michael Perry 494
Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 11:29 pm
by millerman
Whilst you are reminiscing who is going on the 2010 MOT, never seems to get much of a mention on this site
Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 6:38 am
by woodiesenfrance
mike.perry wrote:I remember the 1st MOT to Fontainbleu. It rained..and rained..and rained until everyone else left the campsite then the sun came out and we packed our tent in the dry.
The 2nd MOT to Oudkarspel rained as well!!!!
Michael Perry 494
Pity you didn't come to the anniversary celebrations last year, we had glorious sunshine!
Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 6:39 am
by woodiesenfrance
millerman wrote:Whilst you are reminiscing who is going on the 2010 MOT, never seems to get much of a mention on this site
Not me : that week is a busy time for our business and we can't get away for a week.
Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 7:06 am
by LouiseM
never seems to get much of a mention on this site
Possibly because there is a designated MOT website and messageboard:
http://www.minors-on-tour.org.uk/
Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 8:09 am
by woodiesenfrance
LouiseM wrote:never seems to get much of a mention on this site
Possibly because there is a designated MOT website and messageboard:
http://www.minors-on-tour.org.uk/
which is several months out of date, and no-one posts there
Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 8:38 am
by MarkyB
I'm sure I'll be going as I normally do.
The Forum on the MOT site got taken down some time ago, not entirely sure why.
Although excessive moaning ring a bell.
Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 9:18 am
by LouiseM
Just had a look at that forum and it appears that there were some problems with the messageboard being used "to have a rant about some perceived injustice". Didn't realise that the facility had been removed though
However there's nothing to stop a thread being posted here about the MOT 2010 (there was one for last years trip) providing of course that people stick to the T&C's
Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 6:02 pm
by Blaketon
I've been in the MG Car Club 25 years this year....does sort of make you realise that time is moving on (Though sometimes I reflect on just how much water has gone under the bridge). I remember when my grandfather had his 90th birthday, I asked him what 90 years felt like and he said "Not long when you look back on it"
. I was 27 at the time and I have never forgotten what he said. It's quite a long time since he told me that and I can see what he meant.
Some may call me a stick in the mud and I am a little set in my ways and reluctant to change (I might also call it contented) but having owned the same car all those years (Yes there have been others) provides a certain amount of continuity. With any luck, in another 19 years, I'll have owned the Traveller for 25 years.