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Re: UK Whitegoods Meeting No.3
yup thats fine with me too. 😆
might even make another night of it in w-ton if tech’s missus will let him out to play again. 😈
bryan
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Still away those days. Never mind will have adrink anyway just to keep in the spirit of the affair.
Alex.
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Alex wrote:Still away those days
Alex,
No point in going to Imola for the Italian GP (Sat/Sun 12 Sept) as Schumacher has already got it in the bag again this year. Turned the whole season into another blooming excuse to fall asleep in front of the telly these last few Sundays actually. 🙁
So boring in fact I watched paint drying yesterday. Rather than watching the race I painted a biscuit tin, one half in Mercedes Silver and the other in Ferrari red. Guess which side dried the fastest????
Martin
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Italian GP at Monza, not Imola, that was the San Marino rained 5 hours night before & it was like Glastonbury. It is cheaper to Easy Jet to Italy than go to Silverstone. Went to the Ferrari museum at Marinello the day before the race whilst the qualifying was taking place. The Italians went quiet when Button qualified for pole position. On the subject of Glastonbury (even though the event is at Pilton), rain due for the next 3 days here, so that will dampen the enthusiasm a bit.
I know what you mean regards Shuey, I’m a Williams fan but am keeping an eye on Button as he is a local boy & used to share a grid with my Son-in-Law at Karting events.
The problem with the G.P. on telly is the best part of a bottle of wine with your Sunday lunch & have the sun blasting in the windows, guaranteed to send you away, especially with Shuey out in front. He’s as boring as Nigel Mansell.
I now have 2 weeks of Wimbledon which I will attempt to stay awake through as well.
It’s a hard life. In September though I’m in Killarney Ireland. No G.P. there I’m afraid. That is my reason for not being able to attend the meeting.
Alex
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Alex I’m totally convinced you get more holidays than the Queen but then she doesn’t even golf (that I know of) 😉
I’m assuming that this date will be good enough for most of us? If not speak NOW!
We (the usual suspects :D) were thinking on changing the format a little this time around for an altogether more congenial and enjoyable meeting. What we’d talked about was shifting the “anyone in the biz” to the Friday afternoon and having the repairer only one on the Saturday in the hope that more manufacturers/insurers/work providers could make an appearance on the Friday as opposed to the Saturday. Once more I’d like to re-itterate that this is not a “lynching” or “have a go” session when these kind souls take the time to come and talk to us, it’s supposed to be constructive event and create better relations which I think is a good thing. Often stupid problems are merely a simple misunderstanding and, as was seen at the last meeting, many of these can be aired and resolved or a compromise reached pretty easily when we are aware of what is expected and also the people we work for glene a better understanding of how we work.
The last meeting was very positive and constructive and, I for one, intend to keep it that way.
So again, I’m throwing this one open to anyone in the trade that wishes to attend and listen in, comment or offer the repairers any guidance that they can. I will formally invite some people in the next few weeks if the date is set. However, as is one of my preachings, the more we all talk, the fewer the problems and face-to-face meetings do aid that process tremendously.
There will be the usual shenanagins and (most probably) floor show on the Friday evening to keep us all amused and I may even have a little surprise there for a certain party that should be there. 😉
In the end this is a business meeting but with a heavy social aspect to it as well so we all learn, have a good time and come away from it a bit wiser than we arrived. The point being that it has to be fun as well as full of information and business stuff.
I’m going to assume that no-one will have a problem with this?
K.
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I’ll be there with my grandad plus 1. So put my numbers attending up to 3
John
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When you say Stafford I guess you mean the same place as last time, Right? Ill be up for it, where do we respond officially? Here? Last time we had an email address specifically I think.
Kens idea about Friday seems good to me.
Mark.oh, and MS should be disqualified. No way can you make a pitstop and come out infront of those who did not pit. he must have overtaken the safety car in the pit lane which is not allowed as it is the same as passing it on the track. You would think at Indy of all places they would know how to deal with a pace car period, the pit lane should be closed on the first such lap anyway.
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We all look forward to the representative from Merloni attending and explaining their new strategy!!
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