Weekend noises: Tapppa tappa, quack, and more

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Sounds like a fun weekend.  I probably only missed you guys at Drew's
by an hour or so.  You were gone from TMB's by the time I arrived for
poker night!

Jay



On 3/5/06, C Boyko <roccit_53@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca> wrote:
> I just got home from an awesome fun filled Scirocco lister weekend,
> beginning here Friday night, and ending up at Drew M's today.
> Friday night George and Blackie rolled in, then MkIMark in is silver MkII,
> and finally Daun, Ben H. and Meredith Y. in the "Gino support vehicle", the
> faithful MkIV Golf PD. Diesels were the engines of choice for the rest of
> the weekend. I was feeling spoiled already, since Mark and Daun were
> packing lots of cool parts for my babies, including a beautiful new
> windshield for Klaus. (Thanks to Peter for holding on to it for so long for
> me, and to Mark for bringing it up here for me.)
> Of course, relaxing and beverages finished the evening, and in the morning
> we headed out to see the Mad Bastard (well, really Mrs Mad Bastard) with
> Gino's engine/tranny assembly loaded into the Golf (to reunite with Daun's
> Slegato, aka Gino). The visit to TMB's was in fact a surprise plot. Yep, I
> was punk'd. I'd been told we were going to pick up some part for Anson, and
> see the baby, but in fact, it was to pick up a part for me!!!! WOOOHOOOO!!!
> Klaus now has a duckbill. Oh yeah baby, quack quack, quack... retro it is.
> I am just totally ecstatic, and thanks to Daun for being such a generous
> friend. From there we headed to Drew's.
> It was too late to do much wrenching by the time we rolled in, but we did
> manage to stuff ourselves full of one of Ann's delightful desserts, and
> consume a few more cold beverages. The trip up had been a great chance to
> talk cars, and of course we continued well into the night. After a tour of
> Drew's place in the morning, the Americans headed out for lunch with other
> VDubbers in London, and a trip to see a car in Ann Arbor, then home to
> Ohio. George and I stayed on to help Drew be certain that he had no
> runnning Sciroccos, and we headed back home. Our work there was done. :)
>
> For once, the time seemed to pass slowly, I had a good chance to talk to
> the whole bunch of them, and as always, it was totally delightful. This is
> an awesome group of people, and Cincy just can't come fast enough!
> (hopefully Track Day North II will happen first!)
>
> Cathy
>
>
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