MM03MOK
10-11-2005, 09:50 PM
I've spent much time this past week reflecting on this Board and what it has meant to me over the last 3 years.
Here are some examples of how this Community, this Family, has personally touched me.....
Tonight we were treated to dinner at the yacht club by a Member that's 1,000 miles away.
2 different Members have chauffeured me to and from airports when I'm in their town...on more than one occasion.
Members have invited us to stay with them while in town or to watch an all important playoff ballgame while eating pizza at their house 3,100 miles from home.
A Member offered me their frequent flier miles to attend a meet.
Members have loaned me their cars to take them down the 1320, and for even longer.
I've offered my assistance to a number of members, whether it's helping to pay for a hotel room during our national meet, shipping care packages to Iraq or helping out after a devastating hurricane, never mind my true pleasure in helping someone figure something out on the Board.
Surprise presents from Members and vice versa.
Surprise Members!!
Sharing our lives with each other: our ups and downs; births and deaths; weddings and divorces; successes and failures; healthy times and hospitals.
A Member blocking traffic so the "FBI" 15 cars strong, can peel out from a hotel parking lot.
New custom products and innovative ideas have come to fruition for all our benefits because of the interest and pursuit of Members.
Breaking bread from one end of the country to the other.
Car washes, dynos, museums, submarines, drag strips, convoys, Meets, car shows, parades, awards, dash plaques, backyard BBQs, dodge ball in the pool, photos, DQ, burnouts, smoke detectors, 30 y.o. Scotch, haggis, chocolate chip cookies, calls from those arriving home safely......memories.
Life-long friends.......
From Florida to Alaska, Hawaii to Nova Scotia, we are a Family. Just like any family, we have our ups and downs. It's an honour to be a part of this Family, which means so much to me. If you haven't experienced any of the above, there's no time like the present. Giving and receiving is a big part of who we are as people. Don't let the keyboard stand in the way of shaking hands, giving a hug and connecting eye to eye with our Family. Sadly, our car is out of production and there will come a point where we're saturated with mods, but some friendships we fostered here will live well beyond this decade and more.
It took only a few days to raze this "barn,"
let's all work together to raise it again, stronger and better.
:bunny2: :lovies2: :bunny2:
Here are some examples of how this Community, this Family, has personally touched me.....
Tonight we were treated to dinner at the yacht club by a Member that's 1,000 miles away.
2 different Members have chauffeured me to and from airports when I'm in their town...on more than one occasion.
Members have invited us to stay with them while in town or to watch an all important playoff ballgame while eating pizza at their house 3,100 miles from home.
A Member offered me their frequent flier miles to attend a meet.
Members have loaned me their cars to take them down the 1320, and for even longer.
I've offered my assistance to a number of members, whether it's helping to pay for a hotel room during our national meet, shipping care packages to Iraq or helping out after a devastating hurricane, never mind my true pleasure in helping someone figure something out on the Board.
Surprise presents from Members and vice versa.
Surprise Members!!
Sharing our lives with each other: our ups and downs; births and deaths; weddings and divorces; successes and failures; healthy times and hospitals.
A Member blocking traffic so the "FBI" 15 cars strong, can peel out from a hotel parking lot.
New custom products and innovative ideas have come to fruition for all our benefits because of the interest and pursuit of Members.
Breaking bread from one end of the country to the other.
Car washes, dynos, museums, submarines, drag strips, convoys, Meets, car shows, parades, awards, dash plaques, backyard BBQs, dodge ball in the pool, photos, DQ, burnouts, smoke detectors, 30 y.o. Scotch, haggis, chocolate chip cookies, calls from those arriving home safely......memories.
Life-long friends.......
From Florida to Alaska, Hawaii to Nova Scotia, we are a Family. Just like any family, we have our ups and downs. It's an honour to be a part of this Family, which means so much to me. If you haven't experienced any of the above, there's no time like the present. Giving and receiving is a big part of who we are as people. Don't let the keyboard stand in the way of shaking hands, giving a hug and connecting eye to eye with our Family. Sadly, our car is out of production and there will come a point where we're saturated with mods, but some friendships we fostered here will live well beyond this decade and more.
It took only a few days to raze this "barn,"
let's all work together to raise it again, stronger and better.
:bunny2: :lovies2: :bunny2: