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Alive? YES! Well? Ack! Why didn't you all tell me that, once you turn 40, something on your body breaks down every single week. :laugh: Bev and I have been meaning to get to an event but with Bev commuting now, and traveling non-stop, it's hard to get out to do anything anymore. We'll try to shoot for seeing everyone at the picnic, though. Hope that works out. .g.

Got a wave from a fellow DCMM'er Saturday morning on Route 70 heading towards B'more. PW Clubman with DCMM tag in rear driver side window. .g.

1) Spotted a fellow DCMMer parked outside of Mamma Lucia's in Rockville this past Sunday morning. Black with checkered roof and bonnet stripe, MD plates and a DCMM decal in left passenger side window. 2) Who has the BRG MINI on the front page of today's Washington Post Metro section?! http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/28/AR2009092802861.html .g.

I think that in certain areas MINIs are so ubiquitous that they're taken for granted. Virginia has a LOT of MINIs so you'll have those that think it's just a car and those that are enthusiastic about it. Up in my neck of the woods there are only a dozen or so MINIs so we always get waves. In fact, we get a lot of waves from non-MINIs! :laugh: So keep waving or flashing your headlights (as we do) and you'll find other enthusiast who share your passion. There rest?....screw 'em. :laugh: .g.

Yep! I think that Bev was having a night out with the gals and they went down to Rio around that time. But we live just north of that area so we're always zooming around all those roads. Be sure to say hi if you see us again! .g.

Bev spotted a Mellow Yellow MCS - white top, white sport stripes on Clara Barton last Wednesday. Grrrrreeeeat looking car! Called to yell at me for taking Barbarella out in rush hour traffic then she realized that car didn't have MD plates.

Had fun in a MINI train on Clara Barton and MacArthur while house hunting last Saturday. A BRG MCS (no stripes) pulled in behind us and followed us for several miles until we caught up with a PW. Got a wave from the BRG when he turned off but the PW was oblivious to us. .g.

You were having problems too? So were both Bev and I so we thought we insulted someone at the picnic! :laugh: So...a little belated but everyone did an excellent

Thanks for sharing your story, tnkgurl. I would've said and done the exact same things you did but I guess your plight taught me to rethink my trust that MINI and the dealers would look out for us. Sorry to hear they both left you out in the cold. .g.

Excellent, Rab! I was wondering when you were going to host another event since this run was so popular last year. In fact, wasn't it voted "Best Run of 2008" at last year's picnic? Glenn

You'll see Bev and myself stomping around Germantown and we always wave. I remember Bev saying she saw a BRG last week and when I asked her if she saw you she wondered if you were the BRG with white bonnets, green top and no bonnets or the one with the checker mirrors? :laugh: See you around! Glenn

I've been thinking the same thing. Bev and I kind of use this thread as a recruiting tool. When we leave a DCMM card on a MINI we usually post the car in here so the people know who tagged them. Only once in two years have we tagged a current DCMM member vs. a dozen non-members. g.

Bev and I won't be able to make it after all. Busy weekend..... g.

Come on, Chris...submit some photos. It'll give us amateurs a high bar to shoot for. :top: g.

We need to brainstorm on how to get more participation in the contests from our members. Everyone loves to look at the photos but there are usually only a handful of us that ever submit. Just some food for thought: 1) Relax the rules a little. How about instead of the rule where the photo must be taken within the month of the contest, maybe we can have it within the last 6 months or year or something? A lot of people take photos during DCMM events but can't use them in the contests because of timing. 2) Maybe a little incentive.... $10 Starbucks card to the winner? DCMM supplied of course. Laura & Dave...can we dip into the petty cash drawer? 3) Lastly, let's allow the master of photography to submit. Maxicooper has the best photos and I love to look at anything he does. Of course, he'd win every single time so maybe we can let him submit but can't win....? :laugh: Thoughts? Glenn