Almost-New Years Eve party report

    Despite a lot of button pushing and much encouragement from those gathered,  Jim B was having no success with his little camera so pictures may or may not accompany this article.
The last event of the year was a quiet-ish affair at Lorraine and Jim's place where the lack of FABACians was made up for with lots of Jim's musical guests.  We wondered what had happened to so many of the others since the roads were fine; the snow having finished falling by morning. 
   In any event we all had fun.  There was just enough food and my bottle of absinthe managed to just last the evening.  The pub saw a small but steady clientèle sampling the assortment of drinks who had no end of problems getting the damn things open.  We have to buy the bar a heavy duty bottle top twister-offer.   The evening ended with the news that Dianne and I had just become grandparents (Dianne had been hovering over her phone all evening) and the group was tickled pink to learn that our new granddaughter had been named after an LBC (Morgan).
   It was a fine way to end the year and we all hope that the snow ends soon.
     Happy new year from Dianne and Bob Earl and granddaughter Morgan.
- Bob E.

Music Night at the Woodfords: Eating, drinking, dancing, humming, strumming, singing and playing.

A hearty thanks to Jim and Lorraine for another great night at the Woodfords.
Click on Lorraine's guitar for more photos of the festivities.

A considerable slide show of LBCs

http://www.britishsportscars.com/gallery/british-sports-cars-photos.html
(Thanks to Jim Q. for passing this along.)

When did New Brunswick drivers start driving on the the right?

Vintage Jaguars, Porsches proliferate as classic car fraud rises.

Don't get stung! Interesting reading here.
Thanks to Dwight B for passing this one along.

Peter Cheney's list for Santa: 12 great cars

I think FABAC members have a few of his "wanted" cars. Check here.
Thanks to John B. for passing this along.

Jim and Lorraine's Music Fest Monday, December 30th

  Jim and Lorraine are having their annual pre-new year's eve music fest at their place. They have invited us to attend this festive musical event. Things get underway at 6:00.

  This is a pot luck, finger food and BYOB event. As Bob pointed out in his minutes please please RRSP at the address provided or call them.

  I'm sure too that Jim and Lorraine would appreciate any musical talent you might provide to the event but for those like me who do not have musical abilities you are also most welcome.

  Merry Christmas everyone,

     Gary

Report on the December 19th FABAC meeting

  There may be missing information in this report as my notebook is still in the car and Dianne is working late.
  We really should eat at Dimitri's more often, the food is wonderful.
  Gary opened with a short (thankfully) recap of this years events and get togethers. Despite some awful weather we had a surprising number of runs.
  Jim W dropped by and invited folks to his place for the annual pre-new year's eve music fest.  It starts at 6:00PM on next Monday, the 30th **PLEASE** RSVP Lorraine and Jim if you plan to attend. (363-4697 or jim@torrefiedwoodpellet.com)
  John's monthly quiz stalled as the flag dropped once he discovered that it had been forgotten at home.  An impromptu short quiz was held which caused no end of arguing despite the correct answer being quickly found.
  Bob E.

A good seasonal chuckle stolen from the E-Type forum:

"With the Holidays upon us I would like to share a personal experience with my E-Type friends about drinking and  driving. This is a first for me, as I normally dont preach to others. As you may know some of us have been known to have brushes with the authorities from time to time on the way home after a "social session" out  with friends. Well, two days ago I was out in the E for an evening with friends and had several cocktails followed by some rather nice red wine. Feeling jolly I still had the sense to know that I may be  slightly over the limit'.  That's when I did something that I've never done before - I took a cab home. Sure enough on the way home there was a  police road block, but since it was a cab they waved it past and I arrived home safely without incident. This was a real surprise as I had never driven a cab before.  I don't know where I got it and now that it's in my garage, I don't know what to do with it."

How to get a car out of a frozen lake.

Click here for the video.
Thanks to Johanna for passing this along.

FABAC Meeting Wednesday December 18th

Hello Folks- 
Just a reminder that Sandi and I have reserved tables at Dimitri’s for our meeting on Wednesday, December 18 at 5:30.  Hope everyone can make it. 
Cheers,
Larry and Sandi