MINI Meets – Page 175

Classic Minis at MINI Peabody

Posted on August 7, 2005February 11, 2017 by Ian C.

Today at MINI Peabody, Hrach (president of NEMO, as well as a sales advisor at MINI Peabody), invited NEMO members to bring their Minis over for a BBQ lunch – a total of 10 classic Minis showed, as well as some MINIs; the little red one was of course my favourite – a twin of GBMINI#3 in red with black roof & bonnet stripes, and red interior too! I took a lot of comparison pictures:

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Thanks to MINI Peabody for hosting the event, and for all the NEMO members that came and made the day enjoyable …

Love the people, as well as the cars

Posted on August 2, 2005February 11, 2017 by Ian C.

If there is one thing that came loudly out of what everyone had to say today in memory of Ed Smith (“MaxaMINI”), who died suddenly last week, it is love of people. Ed was a fabulous guy to know, he loved his MINI and his contributions to the MINI community are legendary. But he also obviously loved his wife, Mart, his family and pretty well every person he met.

At MINI events attended by Ed, you were almost certain to be greeted by him – especially if you had a child in hand, where Ed would magically produce a gift for them (and often for you too).
Such behaviour is just one reason why so many people remember Ed so fondly, and came to the memorial today.

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After the memorial service, where we from the MINI community were privileged to share memories with Eds family & long time friends, a group of us managed to stay together on the busy roads long enough to make it to Chilis for dinner – it was a pleasant end to what surprisingly turned out to be a good day, just as Ed would have expected.

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MAMA BBQ & Berries

Posted on July 31, 2005February 12, 2017 by Ian C.

Yesterday more than 20 MINIs gathered at At Monadnock Berries for the MAMA Berries & BBQ event (see this MINI2 thread)
We had a beautiful day and the farm location is fabulous, sitting at the top of a hill with green into the distance and Mount Monadnock in the distance:

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(the duck with arm band is in tribute to Ed (“MaxaMINI”) who died suddenly just before the event)

The day started out a little “bumpy”, especially for Derek (“MetalMiniMayhem”) – his MINI got sick on the way to the farm:

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But thanks to the astounding skills of Pete (“BWROOFCHEX”), Dereks car was fixed in time to join our drive later in the afternoon.

It was a great day with a great group of MINI friends, great berries, great food and great views – thanks to Tony & Fenella for inviting us, Rick & Laurie for organizing the event and the drive, and everyone for making the day such fun …

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