FABAC June 17 Meeting/Eating

     With a reservation lost, and Gary laid up and not able to smooth the situation over, mayhem ensued.   We grabbed tables and chairs and made our own enclave under cover of the outdoor balcony.  

  Points were covered as follows:

• Ernst was thanked for the 25th anniversary gathering and he was enticed to talk about the afternoon.  We had an excellent turnout and many old friendships were renewed.
• Phil talked briefly about the upcoming trip to Nova Scotia for the 10th and 11th of July.
• Ernst again took the floor and updated the upcoming trip to the Island for the 3rd of July. It was noted that with the bridge down to one lane we may have to resort to taking the ferry.
• A call was (again) made for some day trips.

     David N spoke well on the history of the club and the reasons for its continued success. With no elected officials or expected obligations, the club has run well thanks to people simply stepping up and taking on various tasks.  He stressed that many folks are now taking on other obligations due to family and/or personal matters, and that other members of the club might want to help out with a bit of their own time.  

     July's meeting on the 15th (of July) will be at the Hilltop restaurant on Prospect.  We've graced the place a few times already and it's shown itself to be excellent.

   Rob E.

FABAC Meeting - June 17/26 - Riverside Grill

 Hi Everyone,

Our June 17th Wednesday meeting will be held at the Riverside Grill near the Mactaquac Dam. I hope to see you there. Some details:

FB:

 https://www.facebook.com/RiversideGrillEventCentre/

Address:

35 Mactaquac Rd., French Village.

  Thanks,

    Gary

FABAC’s 25th Anniversary

First of all, I wanted to say thanks to all those that called wishing me a fast recovery from this bloody back issue. I can’t tell you how much Barb and I wanted to attend this significant milestone for our club. We are over the top happy to see how really fantastic it turned out. Ernst did an excellent job at bringing the overall group together and deserves a big thank you from all of us for making this happen! Also a big thank you to the many who contributed to the overall success of the event.  A huge success on all accounts!

We hope to see you all soon.

           Gary and Barb

Sunday's HUGE bash report

     "It would have brought tears to your eyes, Gary.  15 LBCs sitting in the pounding rain, up to their spokes in mud and brown water."

     FABAC's 25 year celebration took place under appropriately wet and overcast skies.  Still, it didn't dampen anyone's spirits as the cars bounced and splashed through the potholed, wet road.  There were a lot of folks (and cars) that we haven't seen in many years and many old friendships were rekindled.

    The lodge was packed with FABACians and we all enjoyed an afternoon of food and reminiscing. As the afternoon wore on, we pressed our senior member, Jim Bleakney, into cutting the cake. A book was passed around for all to sign and I read 50 (give or take) signatures in it.  I'll list them as soon as can figure them all out.  

    A big thanks to Dianne and Elva for wrangling the food, cooking dogs and ensuring everything was ready.  There was a mystery gent who just stepped in, washed all the dishes then left.....? Thanks to you Sir....whomever you were.  

    Ernst arranged for the lodge.  It's a great place and we should come up with a reason to visit there again.  Thanks, Ernst!

   There will be pictures posted over the next few days and we've started on a 25th video.

More to come on that.

Rob E. 

Yes, it RAINED, but FABACians POURED out to celebrate our 25th Anniversary!

 I highly recommend that we take this opportunity to put names to faces of FABAC members old and new. First names only. Send them in and supply names referring to the photo numbers underneath.

Click on any photo for larger view.

Jim B. ('70 MGB) most senior founding member

Jill B., Jim B., Ellie B, Johanna B., Bruce P. (67 Sunbeam Alpine) Joe H.  ('53 MG-TD)

#2

Phil & Pam O. (2010 Miata)

Bruce P., Ernst (organizer)

#3 Elva & Al T., (TR-6)

#4 Henning (TR4), Jerry W.    Karen (59 TR3A & Terry (TR7 DHC)

#5 David N. ('68 Morgan SS), Jim W. ('58 Morgan +4), Charmain & Clayton ('77 MGB)

#6 Ian B. Jim B. David N.

#7 

#8 Stephen W., Jill B.

#9 Robert Y., Clinton, Charmain

#10 

#11 ? Bob E. (E-type), Ian B.

#12 Henning T, Jerry W., Gaston

#13        Tim (MGA) Jim W., Stephen W.

#14 Ernst, 

PLEASE provide me with missing or incorrect information. Refer to photo #.

Send photos or corrections, additions to theoldfiddler@gmail.com.

Some of you have not 'joined' the club which would be a good idea.  ;-)

LOTS more photos on the way! Send in anything you have to include everyone.

These are from John D.

A video for our 25th!

As I watched the rain pound down this morning I was struck with an idea.  I'm challenging

EVERYONE  to grab their phones and shoot some short video clips on their drives to

the farm this afternoon.
1) Set the video quality to it's best/largest.

2) Hold phone sideways so that the video is horizontal (like a screen size)

3) Steady!  Use both hands and if possible, brace your arms.

4) Shoot for at least a slow count of 5.  Longer is better, 15 seconds if possible.

The shots I'm looking for...

1) You're in the garage with lights out looking towards the closed door.  The car is

visible in front of you.  After a few seconds the door slowly opens (or swings open)

revealing the rain.  Once door is open, hold camera for another 5 seconds as your

mate/partner/cuddle bunny looks out at the rain.

     If you have a spot out of the rain (or an umbrella) and can shoot this from outside,

that would also work.

2) Driving along in the rain.  Camera shows drivers upper torso and steering wheel

and is angled to see out the windscreen a bit.  Get a few clips as they're changing

gears/accelerating.  Going around a corner or two is perfect.  We want to see the

driver driving.

3) Straight out the window shooting low over the bonnet showing the rain.

These can also be done on the way home.  We can discuss this further at the gathering.

I'll post instructions and a link where the vids can be uploaded.

  

Rob E.

They're on their way—just a few more days of travel!

 

This is what we want to see on Sunday! 25th Anniversary!

 (Yes—AI created)

FABAC 25TH Anniversary Celebration - Sunday June 7/26

 If you haven't done it already, it's time to shine up your LBC or LFC for our upcoming FABAC 25th Anniversary celebration. We're 25 years old. How great is that? 

 Our club has served us well over these past 25 years bringing us a lot of fun, lots of great tours, wonderful friends and so so many great memories. I know we are looking forward to more years ahead with the club with more great memories.

  So speaking of memories, let's all get together to share these and to celebrate this event on Sunday June 7. Ernst has organized this for us with reservations at the Oakland Farm & Lodge located in New Maryland. Here is the link showing the directions to get there and the lodge details:  http://www.oaklandfarmandlodge.com/location

 Here are the event details:

   - the celebration will start at 3 pm (Do Not arrive before that) and we'll eat around 5pm so that gives us lots of time to organize things.

   - this is a potluck event. 

   - bring your own non-alcoholic beverage(s).

   - there will be a FABAC 25th Anniversary cake.

   - BBQ's are available for those wanting to BBQ.

   - there is a fully supplied kitchen with eat in facilities if needed.

   - bring foldable chairs in case you decide to eat outside.

   - we will pass the hat to accept donations towards the costs.

   - we will also be taking a group pic(s) of all of our touring cars. (Little Brit Cars & Little Foreign Cars)

 Oh yes, I understand someone who is very special to this club is bringing a very special surprise????

  If you have any questions contact Ernst.

                   Gary

Proposed Day Trip - CANCELLED

At our Wednesday dinner at The Carnation I proposed a run to Woodstock, lunch at the River Restaurant (see pics of our recent visit) and then to Houlton and on to Calais via Route 1 and home to Fredericton this week.  After checking the weather forecast for the whole week, it doesn’t look promising. Monday June 1^stlooks like a good day if we can rely on the forecasters, so I’m suggesting  June 1^st, meeting at 9:30 AM at the Riverside Resort (near the Mactaquac Dam) and onto Woodstock via Rt. 105 for lunch at The River Restaurant, then to Houlton, Calais and Fredericton.  I’ll watch the weather for changes/updates.  Chime in if interested.

Phil