Murray left this morning, and arrived safely this afternoon. I did my best good wife thing, and was very warm & supportive - but I'm really pouting 'cause I had to stay home and work!!! It was really stupid to start a new job in January. Anyone else following the postings & wishing they were there? Debbie
Posted by Dave Grundy (Member # 103) on :
Not me Debbie!! too darn cold there!!!!
BUT,,I wish everyone that is at the meet..HAVE A GREAT TIME!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by Murray MacDonald (Member # 3558) on :
Cold - this is Murray's exotic southern vacation! Mazeppa, Cancun, Pheonix, they are all south of here (and warmer)! Deb
Posted by Kathy Joiner (Member # 1814) on :
I know how you feel Debbie, missing this meet is really a downer. There is going to be soooooo much going on. Lots of eye candy, lots of fun.
Should we treat ourselves to something nice this weekend, or punish ourselves?
Posted by Kelly Thorson (Member # 2958) on :
Great minds think .......... Check your email Deb Honestly that was sent before I came here.
Posted by Del Badry (Member # 114) on :
Hi Deb... although it'll be a lovely time,, i wont be missing it,, with any luck at all i'll be able to go back to Alberta this weekend havent seen the little ones since before christmas...
are you too lovebirds coming back to Unity or did our prairie storms due ya in..hehehehhehhe
nice seeing you post around here.!
Posted by Del Badry (Member # 114) on :
Even if i cant go back to Alberta,, i'll be able to enjoy a beautiful island weekend.. today it was +12 when i was workin on a dealers lot in my tshirt.... ahhhh to live in the banana belt of canada....
Posted by Mike Pulskamp (Member # 3475) on :
You bet I'm pouting! I just have too much going on right now. Getting ready to sell the house and this is the bizy season for my other gig. I sure wish I could have gone!
Posted by Donna in BC (Member # 130) on :
One day I'm going to go to one of Mike's meets! Yes, pouting big time here meet wise. But family wise, it's the right place to be right now.
Posted by Dan Sawatzky (Member # 88) on :
I wanna do it all! But reality says I have to make choices constantly. This time the choice was to be elsewhere. Maybe next time!
I hope all there have a great time!
-dan
Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :
i would like to go one year..WHEN IT AINT FREEZIN!!!! us southen boys cant do that snow and manly stuff!!!
[ February 05, 2004, 02:02 AM: Message edited by: old paint ]
Posted by Robert Thomas (Member # 1356) on :
I'm bummin'
To much going on right now, we are in season, (Oct.-April) the opposite of our northern brothers & sisters of the brush.
Have a great time if you are there!
Posted by AdrienneMorgan (Member # 1046) on :
Yeah...I really hate missing a really great meet!
But my mom just passed away and I have a lot of things to take care of right now. And with not being able to work much the last two months there just isn't the money for it.
Besides...I don't own any really cold weather gear, in fact I've never been in anyplace that cold in my life, it's frankly rather intimidating.
I'll just have to stay in and watch HEAD TV from my dad's heated office.
I'll open a can of One Shot for the 'smell effect'! A Posted by Ray Rheaume (Member # 3794) on :
Bumming out here....
Been following Mike's post and, with all the great folks planning on going, I sure wish I could have freed up the time for it. Maybe next year (geez...spoken like a true Red Sox fan).
Rapid
Posted by Mark Matyjakowski (Member # 294) on :
Yeah, bummed I'll miss it ... as I am when I miss most of them. Once my kids get a bit older and I get more time for me you guys will get sick of seeing me but for now I hit them all in spirit. Maybe I'll go into the cold garage, put on some polka music and pretend this weekend.
Posted by KARYN BUSH (Member # 1948) on :
wishin i was there for sure! oh well...whatta ya do? Posted by Bill Diaz (Member # 2549) on :
Yeah, we are bummed too. You will have to carry on without us. I'm sure you will figure it out!
Posted by Bob Darnell (Member # 27) on :
I really wish I were going. I still hear people talking about how great the last meet in Mazeppa was. I've promised myself I'll be there for the 2005 meet though!
Posted by Terry Whynott (Member # 1622) on :
I'm saving my pennies for the 2005 meet too. After seeing all Mike is doing for the Winter Muster, there is no way I'm missing the international meet! Posted by Colleen Henderson (Member # 906) on :
Ya, I'm pouting too but for sure will be there in 2005. Mike sure knows how to put on a good time, the last one was a blast. Hope to see all you guys there in '05
Posted by Steve Shortreed (Member # 436) on :
We're missing all you guys and gals too! Just got back from lunch across the street at WDs. Fried chicken, pork chops, mashed potatos. What a feast!
Someone said we might get 9 inches of snow tonight. Pat Neve's kid from Florida is havin' a ball playing in the white stuff!
Posted by AdrienneMorgan (Member # 1046) on :
I'll just have to wait for the movie....
There will be a movie, won't there?
A Posted by Kathy Joiner (Member # 1814) on :
Steve, remember how much fun Pat's boys had playing in the puddles in Florida? The snow has got to be a real thrill for a southern lad. Take a fes pics, I am laughing trying to imagine them and the glow on their faces.
Posted by faye welsh (Member # 2524) on :
enjoy the warm weather out there. our temps are falling fast.. just got an 0/2 delivery , first venture out in a while. was in for 20days straight. jill has all the fun in our family!!! rock on! Posted by jack wills (Member # 521) on :
No..! But I'm not in the Caymans yet either.
CrazyJack
Posted by Roy Frisby (Member # 736) on :
Too darn cold for me! I can't stay warm here in Arkansas and it's only 40F and rain. I like the summer and spring time meets. Yall have fun!
Posted by Dave Draper (Member # 102) on :
Yeah, I bummed too!
I DON'T CARE IF IT'S 20 BELOW... THIS WAS NOT A MEET TO MISS! The good folks in Mazappa, the memories, and the fun will keep you warm for a lifetime, not to mention a few good drinks!
No two meets are alike, and when you miss one, it's not like your going to get a chance to do it over. Its gone forever!
We have CNC Router training to prepare for, 600 miles in the opposite direction. We can't do both, and it really makes me grit my teeth!
[ February 06, 2004, 12:31 AM: Message edited by: Dave Draper ]
Posted by James Donahue (Member # 3624) on :
Perhaps this is a new twist, but no I'm not bummed,here's why:
I WOULD O.D. I'd be spinnin'. My jaw would probably fall off from nonstop gabbing. My throat would get hoarse, I'd forget to drink enough water, probably forget to eat, get ill from neglect, keep talking some more, try to put so much awesome info in my head in too short a time, get MAYBE 3 hours of sleep a night, etc.
I'd be like an alchoholic in a Scotch whisky distillery.It's bad enough when I'm talking to ONE other sign person, man, a whole meet?
This is no exageration.
Posted by PKing (Member # 337) on :
NOT BUMMED OUT here in "sunny/warm" South Florida. Expectations of DIXIE LETTERHEAD in So.Carolina end of March helps my discission process.
See Ya'll THERE
Posted by Kimberly Zanetti (Member # 2546) on :
A few weeks ago, I was pouting and whining about not being able to go and my husband looked at me and said...SO GO!
I thought about it for about 3 minutes and then said, Minnesota in February!?!?!? Are you out of your mind??!?!?! It was about 55º in Los Angeles last night and I was shivering. (I'm NOT kidding.)
Hahahahahaha! But yes, I still wish I was there.
Posted by mike meyer (Member # 542) on :
It isn't about the weather people.....it's the warmth of the people INSIDE. Ask Cisco, Joe Endicott, The Southern boys...and Yeah, ask Sonny from Georgia..He's hooked on Snowmobiling!!!!!!
Get over it people.....winter is a GREAT change of seasons.....Or stay home like Old Paint. na na na na na na na na!
Posted by dave parr (Member # 3868) on :
quote: na na na na na na na na!
HAhahaha! You make me laugh Mike. Looks like you had another great meet. Seems there is no doubt you know how to through a party. Yep, I wish I could have been there, but I wish I could be at all of them. Maybe another time.
Question: Can you put the "na na na na na na na na" to music?
Posted by FranCisco Vargas (Member # 145) on :
You know I know how some of you warm weathered people feel. It was 70 something degress when I left Los Angeles, and three hours later the pilot is saying when have to circle a couple of times around St Paul/Minneapolis because of the weather, and we are not that high up and I can see the lights on the ground and nothing but snow, and most of the streets look empty, but then again I am not sure exactly where we are. The twin cities are big. I am looking down thinking "what the hell did I get myself into this time, it's looks cold as hell down there!" I had all the right clothes, but I never really been to a "real cold region" so to me this was something totally different. But to teel you the truth, it ain't no big thing. That Mall of America, I never saw a mall that big, a huge carnival inside, snowing outside, the place was full of people. But it also reminding me of that joke of the snow, where the guy really trips out on the snow to later find out he has to shovel it and his vehicle gets stuck, and on and on. But for the few days I was there, it was Mike who made you feel like you was right at home, and also all the othere people there, painted and partied like there was no tomorrow. When they said it was 20 degress I thought I was surving a "heat wave" And to me that was well worth it! who said it..."I'll be bacccck"
Posted by Mike Contreras (Member # 1571) on :
Cold .....Sorry Folks nothin' But 3 days of Hot Stripin & Letterin...
Even Spiderman had a Great time...had to be there... Sorry I didn't get out the Purple Pants..
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And to me that was well worth it! who said it..."I'll be bacccck"