The first six months has been an 'annus horibilis' for the Club.

Apart from my goodself, Ian, Simon, Barry & James have all had an incident of lesser or greater degrees. A bit like poker...

First up was Ian. He started with a weak hand and managed a low pair with a simple and relatively minor shunt from a women driver and a few engine niggles that prevented us seeing & witnessing a stunningly well prepared and cherished motor.. His impending marriage to the Gorgeous Helen means he doesn't give a stuff..

My hand was a pair of Queens. I therfore raised the stakes after loosing control on Blackice... Both Sean and I refused to scream or cry as we ended up moving a few tonnes of Drystone wall into a field. We weren't in the mood to admire our handiwork.. as my baby looked like Sticky had moved into the panel beating job and had decided to do some 'Thrusting Modern Art Sculpture' on the backend...

Simon Had a pair of 9's. A very promisng hand that could have turned into a full house if he'd managed to nick Stickies cards as he pased within inches of his van, sideways at speed.... His good ladies composure and calming words after throwing away a good hand was something to behold.

Barry's hand was a pair of Aces. And after getting another two other aces he looked impregnable. That was until he drilled through pipes and blew his car up. In disgust, he stacked them. He'll be back though.

Then came James... Dealt a 9 & 10 of hearts we laughed heartily as he called and proceeded to be dealt a J Q & K of hearts ending up in a royal flush... and with Gearbox trouble, FPN, leaving his track plates on and managing panel damage in places that the normal driver would find impossible to damage. Clearly the winner and possibly the luckiest unluckiest Jester in the land.

So, as you can see, we all need cheering up. Therfore we'll be having a good laugh at the other members of the club who have passed through 2006 unscathed....

We can even bring up the Sticky wind up to continue deflecting the bad memories... I'd also like to start the second half of the year with a salute to the best club in the land... Simply the best bunch of lads and lasses you'll ever find...

To all the new members????? We look forward to your up and coming Poker sessions and we hope that you make some good friends and manage to keep smiling and helping each other through thick and thin... Just like we all do now...

Come along and poke sticks at the unfortunate specimins above and laugh until we tell you to stop...

7pm - Meet at the Holmfield Arms for a 7:10 set off.

Is anyone up for holding a Brickworks meet / run ????

Meet at the Foxglove for 7:30.

 

My god Alan I can't even play cards!! will I be safe? will my pride and joy end up in a mess by one means or another? I will risk it though and see you at the Holmfield on Thursday. Will be good to meet you.

 

Last time I played poker I ended up with a ladyboy cheers Mick

As Al says above, I can't lead the Brickworks run this week as I will be coming from a different direction (and it's nothing to do with the chic with a d!ck ), so could one of the other Leeds/Bradford folk please step forward as there is a newb who'd like to be shown the way to the FG (pop in HERE to say hi!).

See you all thursday

 

Ill see ya there..

 

I should be able to meet up at the Brickworks, will know for sure tomorrow after work (It's usually 7pm right )

 

Doubt I'll be able to make this months meet to be honest. Excellent intro Alan btw although maybe potential new joiners will think there is a WYIOC curse

 

There's no curse!!! Though it has been a pretty eventful 2006...

Just a series of unfortunate events that we can put down to the fact that we do like our cars.... a lot

No need keeping them in the garage all shiny.. what's the point??

Like Daz. Lifes waaaaaay too short. But also like Daz.. Live life to the full my friends... the biggest regret you'll ever have is going to your grave saying 'What If'? At least Daz won't be saying.. 'What if I save a little harder to get that Atom!!'

Like Jeremy Clarkson & Richard Hammond put it the other night... 'I'd rather go through the pearly gates backward in a fireball shouting... Where's the girls!!!' than be wheeled in with a tube up my nose saying.... 'What If??'

Ok.. A little OTT for the way we are in the club.. but I think we have it right and we all definately have the right attitude. We're not nutters and we respect other road users and the 30 MPH with a passion..... But if your going to drive these cars the way they should be driven then someday you may be unlucky enough to have a small/medium/large incident. Maybe on the road, maybe on the track.

Likewise, if your silly enough to do DIY with a Power drill, then you'll find that water pipe eventually...

It's always a B'Stard when you do, but hey.. and you may disagree, but life's too short to keep playing safe...

 

Sorry David, I just needed to share with my friends, It actually took me ages to win any hands. Poker is foreign to me, so the anxiety was overwhelming to get to the grand finale. I may well be guilty of over sharing with that link, my nightmares are getting better with time hope yours do too

Alan so many good quotes loved the clarkson one about pearly gates

 

was in all honesty going to call it quits after thurs but after this it shows its not just me who's having bad luck but odds on i'll be the first through the gates backwards as i was when i went through that fence the other day totaly backwards but this is still looking like im going to be scoobless and dare i say it 8 grand in dept but hey you only live once and i quote



small medium and large had em all the last one being very large
indeed























now then WHERE'S THEM GIRLS

See you thurs

 

I will meet at the Holmfield arms for the run over. Talking about bad luck,just had to order a new turbo. JOE

 

May be a small group over to say Hi! You'll hear us coming if I do

 

Nice..

 

No poker players in the club then?

9,10,J,Q,K is not a royal flush.

That'd be A,K,Q,J,10

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See you there, though I have a job on down in Chesterfield, so I may be arriving late and from a different direction, and in t'van... but I'll be there

 

I'll be bobbing over with a few footy cards

 

No need, we've got our own 'doctored' ones, just for when you guys turn up.

Robbin' gits

 

Doctored - i dont dis-believe it for a minute

 

Acquired from the same source as yours. We're looking at having a really good Xmas do too

 

Who Andy S - he's alright Andy - straight as a die

As the Smacs are - Honest as the day is long

 

....The longer the daylight, the less they do wrong...

 

I wouldn't count on it. cough

 

Should it not be 25th ??? not the 29th?

 

Hi you say that the Main Meet - This Thursday 29th @The Foxglove.
dont you mean thursday 25th as 29th is monday.

 

Welcome to a long-standing WYIOC tradition.

Whilst the majority of us work, eat and live our lives based on the Gregorian calendar, our esteemed chairman doesn't.

Instead he elects to pick seemingly random numbers, which are in fact based on a long winded scientific calculation using the Bank of England's base rate and the current price of Optimax down at his local Shell as two of the variables.

This is usually 'near enough' for him, although the January meet ended up on the 36th, causing even more chaos than usual.

Never mind, just turn up on the LAST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH, regardless of the date.

 

The interesting bit is the meet at the Holmfield, where Al is subject to punishment of varying degrees. The severity of which is related to the inaccuracy of his dates for the month.

Those lucky enough to be meeting there this week will witness a new routine, still untitled as yet, involving a 2 litre bottle of cola, some cotton wool, a milking stool and a small orange hang-glider. Subsequent doctor's fees may ave to be paid from club funds.

 

I'm so used to him getting it wrong I never even noticed

Sticky, regarding Al's punishment do you want me to bring the catnip and cream again?

 

Aye lad.

However, aside from his 'usual' punishment, plans are afoot for a rather special presentation to be made at the FG for his long standing chairpersonshipness.

Watch this space

 

See you all there

 

As mentioned in another thread or 2 and this one, due to my fabulous buying powers I not only managed to get a Scoob just a little over a year ago but a fairly unique version at that, the lesser known lemon scoob and it's nothing to do with it's colour

Hence I am currently travelling around the wide and varied landscape known as West Yorkshire via a combination of pony, shanks to be precise, choo choo, that'll be a train for less well informed among you and cajjing a lift - which brings me rather neatly to this Thursdays, yay tomorrow's no less monthly meet, any chance of a lift off anyone, please or will I have to a lift

 

I would have offered. However after reading your post, I may 'accidentaly' turn up at a different time, thus meaning you miss my generous offer...
But seeing that your not a bad lad (sometimes).. and I did extract some Michael regarding your Powerdrill exploits.. then I'll be at your gaff at 6:50.
Please note that all my time keeping is done via a MAC... Bloody Dave and his bright ideas...

 

Hexadecimal timekeeping, no wonder he's always wrong/late/early delete as applicable