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It's the
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We've been
planning this trip for over a year so I had plenty of time to envision
what our first IMM would be like. I figured the thrill would be
seeing so many Minis, getting Mini parts cheap, and seeing some Mini
friends from both the US and some CMU members from the UK that we
haven't met yet. Obviously with that being implanted in my head
for so long, that's how I started out. Then the park started to
fill in and we started walking around, meeting people from all
over the world. I quickly found out that the implant in my head
was wrong, so wrong. It's the people that make an IMM. It was one huge family!
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Each night there was a DJ and band in the
main tent/disco. It was a huge tent that holds around
1,000(?) people. This is where it really started to sink in. In
one area there were hundreds of people from all over the
world having the time of their life! Everybody was dancing
together, shaking hands, hugging, taking pictures, and
trying to communicate in different languages. I stood there
watching this thinking... Most of the world is represented
here to celebrate a car that has an average value of less
than $10,000 and there's no religion, no country
politics/borders, no races, no social classes, just people
having a GREAT time with each other! You then realize a
unique power of the Mini that you have to experience to
believe. I concluded on what might become a CMU bumper
sticker,
"Drop Minis - Not Bombs."
Not to say that the people at the North
American Mini meets don't make the event what it is; it's
just that when 48 countries come together, it's bloody
amazing!
By the way, who the .... is Alice? |
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The friendship was everywhere. Above is the Mini Clan from
Scotland.
Don't ask what's under their kilts, unless you have your camera and
a smiley face ready.
And then you have the people that...
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