Report on FABAC February Meeting by Bob E.

    Despite a record breaking snowfall and temperatures cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey (a prize for the first one to explain where that phrase comes from), a large group turned out to celebrate making it through a—let's face it—a truly lousy winter. 
    President-for-life Gary A. took the floor and brought us up to date on a bunch of stuff we already knew.
  • The Mar 15th meeting will be a Jim W's place for the annual (funny how many of our events have become 'annual' affairs) St Patrick's day pot luck dinner and costume contest.
  • The Foreign car club of Moncton will hold a Show & Shine in Dieppe on the 21st of June.  This would be a one day function.
  • Windsor will happen on July 12th in—you guessed it—Windsor.  Book your ferry tickets now.  Participants are requested (urged?) to dress the part.
  • Our event is tentatively on the 9th of August.  In case you've been holed up in the dark and nasty recesses of a Thornton overdrive, this event will be a pig roast at Jim W's.  Kelvin's band will also be playing and is asking for requests.
  • John B. (of course)  made successful game out of stumping the gathering with a series of obscure car related questions. Despite being hampered with a substantial handicap, Joe H. and Kelvin won again.
  • Jim B. mentioned a bunch of restaurants with private rooms and suggested we frequent those spots.
  The identity of our recently wounded was revealed but if you weren't there you get to wait another month—or ask someone.
   Bob E.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Mexican Bob and Margarita Rita will be arriving that day and will endeavour to be there,depends on the amount of snow in the driveway which for safety reasons. ( 2cv security ) has not been ploughed out.

Anonymous said...

Dear Bob & Rita,
How about some pictures of you folks enjoying the sunshine and warm weather. It's seriously horrible here (I have two metre drifts outside my window) and we could use some cheering up.
Bob E.

Anonymous said...

Hope this view of Helen and our Fredericton friends, Roy and Doreen Boorman on Clearwater Beach doesn't hurt too much!

Don't know how to attach a picture in this comments area so will attach to email addressed to David

Herb and Helen

Anonymous said...

Bob,
I may be off a bit on this and if so pleased to be corrected, but I think the Brass Monkey is the frame used to hold cannon balls in place as they are stacked. If it was to get cold enough the brass contracts more than the cannon balls. As you might conclude, the balls would fall off the Brass Monkey.

Twrench
Terry