December 19th Christmas Party Master Thread

[mattadams]

ok, sounds like we have finally agreed on some arrangements for the Christmas Party, so I hope to see everyone there that can make it!

The Rocky Mountain Ford Truck Club Christmas Party will be held Sunday, December 19th, at 6:00pm. We will be meeting at the Fuddruckers near 120th and Washington in Thornton, the address is 12020 Pennsylvania St. in Thornton. If you need a map or directions, you can visit www.fuddruckers.com or ask me. I have gotten with the management there and they say we should have no problems getting a section reserved for us, so this will be our plan unless otherwise announced. I am also trying to get some discounts or something for our group, and I will hopefully have some "goodies" to give out if I can scrounge some things up from some local suppliers.

As I mentioned on the website, if you live in Colorado Springs and would like to make the meet but don't want to spend the money on gas, etc. please let me know and I will drive down and give you a ride, and give you a ride back after the event. I will try to do my best to make sure everyone is accomodated as best as possible, so let me know if you would like a ride.

We are talking about doing a gift exchange, nothing over $5-10, if you are interested in participating, please post here: http://www.rmftc.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=618

ALSO, as a special offer to members, if you are interested in purchasing any merchandise such as stickers, nametags/lanyards, etc. I will offer a 25% discount, if you can pick up the items at the party. This discount doesn't apply to apparel, but I can bring apparel items to the party as well if you are interested. You can see what merchandise is available at http://www.rmftc.com/merchandise.html Please let me know ahead of time if you would like me to bring anything to the party for you.

HOPE TO SEE EVERYBODY THERE!!!

[CNTRYCOWBOY]

Thanks Matt for working on getting this thing together. Another idea that I just had was to see if everyone can get something small from their place of employeement to give away as a raffle. I could see if I could get some gift cirtificates from Old Chicago, and maybe some other people could get some coupons or gift cirtificates from their work or places that they frequent often. Just an idea.

[Walking Eagle]

I'll be there. My place of employment does not have anything to really give away, so I'll pass on that part.

[CNTRYCOWBOY]

not even so much where you work, but if you know anyone else or have a good connection somewhere.

[Walking Eagle]

I have no friends.

[cory]

yes he does
:sheep:

[cory]

cant get it to work

[rino351]

cool, slight change of plans, now attendance is possible for me

[MMPC]

Sounds like a plan! Thanks to Matt for putting this together... :D

[Glass]

Ill play this by ear, if i have gas money, ill be there..Plus, this will be the weekend after my 21st b-day :drunken: ...So i was hoping to get to denver anyways....I work at a sewage treatment plant, so ill see if i cant scrounge somethign up to bring if i can come. Also very slight chance i might be starting a job that weekend, but i dunno..


--John

[dannan_w]

yall shoud have one closer to the springs for this poor teenager. All my money goes into 10 miles to the gallon. two tanks and my quad.

[mattadams]

Dannan, sorry bud, the best I can do is offer to give you a lift to the party if you want. You can even ride in my bad-ass rig, LOL.

[dannan_w]

man u make a guy fell alone down here in the springs. no thanks on the ride. next summer plan some stuff here in the springs. please :evil:

[Glass]

you forgot to menton it was gonna be on a trailer behind your Buick tho Matt..lol.

Hows it runnin now days? You got everything on it fixed?

10 MPG ..I wish i had 10 MPG again, i get about 8 or 9 now, and have 3 tanks on my truck..lol...62 gallons of gas per fill up.
BTW, the springs is closer to Denver than where i live..lol. Its pretty much the central point.
--John

[mattadams]

Truck is running fine, still needs some stuff fixed here and there... but its certainly driveable. Stockpiling parts again.

[dannan_w]

holy crap 62 gal! 8 mpg! wow that is impresive. you might look at a little car/truck for commuting. it might pay for it's self in one year. with all the gas you saved.

[Up2myLbowsNmud]

Kind of a bummer that people are bitchin about where the party is gonna be. Matt cant please everyone and he has already said about a hundred times that he would gladly give rides to have as many people there as possible. If you dont want to take his offer on the ride then dont complain about not getting to go. It makes sense to me to have it at a central location to the majority of members that participate regularly in events. I think matt deserves a huge thanks for organizing and offering to go out of his way to bring people, not to mention that the meet is out of the way for himself as well, not all the complaining about where it is. If he were trying to make it best for him then he wouldnt plan something that is 45 minutes away from where he lives! We have done several get togethers this summer and fall and nothing was ever mentioned about the springs until now. Its too bad really, and starting to bring the scrooge spirit to the whole thing.
I cant go, I will be out of town, but I realize that the date was chosen based on making sure the majority of folks were able to attend. Dont here me crying about not getting to go...
I didnt mean for this to be rude, just been getting on my nerves today reading all about it in every thread.

[MMPC]

Yeah, it does take a lot of time, effort and frustration to put anything like this together; and the options are never perfect for everyone. I speak from experience here as I've organized my fair share of dinners, events, etc. Each one you survive almost makes it so you never want to do it again.

That said, I would once again offer my thanks to Matt for taking this on. He's been more than generous in his offers of even delivering people to/from the event. If someone can't make this one - perhaps you can make the next. And - with some more warning - perhaps we can move the next one down south; the one after that up north, etc... :)

[dannan_w]

thanks for offering me a ride. i just want to come and can't. damn gas. is it ok to complain about gas prices? i hope yall have a fun and safe christmas party. friends don't let... you know the rest.

[mattadams]

With the new interest in having a Springs meet, we will definately try to have some events in that area in the future. but as far as the Christmas party goes, it only makes sense to have it at the most central location for everybody. The best I can do is offer to give you a ride there and back, but we can't have meets right near where everyone lives, because if we make it close to one person, its far away for someone else.

[Glass]

You werent rude, and I wish i could have found a way to say that like you did (with no cussing, personal attacks, etc..lol) that got the point across.
Im just hoping i dont have to work, so i can come down. Matt deffinantly goes WAY out of his way to accomidate members. The first group meet i went to, he drove me up to BFE, where i live because my truck wasnt working at the time. Pizza Hut delivers if you dont wanna drive, or take up the offer of a free ride. If i cant make it, ill probobally be eating Taco Bell..lol

BTW Matt....Distnace from my driveway to Saxon Mountain Trailhead in Georgetown = about 2.3 miles.. :lol:

--John

[dannan_w]

sorry yall i live in BFE to and just want to have some fun. The springs is a 10 mile drive for me. thanks for offering me a ride. i am going to see if my dad wants to go and i will make it if he does. :oops:

[clavos]

I'll be there. Lets see.... Fudrucker's.... that means I finally have a Christmas party I can attend that allows me to leave the suit and tie at home. Unfortunately, my employer just donated a bunch of goodies to the Mercedes club for their party. You guys didn't want any Mercedes crap anyway. LOL...

[SUPERGILDO]

whats up fellas?

im coming from generation-edge.com, and matt started a thread about your christmas party. well hopefully ill be able to make it and i just wanted to say, whats up!!

Gil

[mattadams]

Gil, welcome to the site! Your our 100th member (ding ding ding) so if you'd like a free sticker, you can have one. You can pick it up at the party :).

[SUPERGILDO]

SWEET!!!

I WILL TAKE THAT STICKER!!!

[y33dave]

CLAVOS !!!

I'll take some mercedes swag ! I'm the one who just bought my parents '98 ML320 ! Lemme know what you can get ahold of for my wife's stocking stuffers !!! :twisted:

[Mind_Boggler]

Hey there, just thought that I'd let folks from the Springs area know that I will be able to drive to the party after all. My car will hold me and 3 or 4 others. If wnyone wants to go, I'm trying here to save Matt the trouble of coming down here. Let me know!

[mattadams]

Sounds good boggler, hopefully some people will take you up on it, the more the merrier!

[clavos]

Dave, I doubt if I can get anything free, however, if you want to head over to Murray's and check out what they have I can get it for 10% over cost. Works out pretty good. I did find an 87 190 for my niece that she picked up for $1,000.

[Rangerboy03lvl2]

Hey everyone,
My name is Jared from Generation-Edge.com.... just thought I would say hey, and hope to see you all at the xmas party!

[smoothengagement]

welcome to the club.. im new myself..... i love your your truck...
should i be proud or ashamed of my 2.9L??

[Rangerboy03lvl2]

PROUD! my old b2 had a 2.9 180k on it with 33s with 3.73 gears and still ran good! haha

[smoothengagement]

ok..thank you :) all the nice ranger i see have 4.0L i was driving around lookout and red rocks yesterday and i had no problems.. im used to driving little 4 bangers around the mountains...

[Rangerboy03lvl2]

and hey if you want some good ideas for some mods... go here.... helped me out alot on my b2....
http://www.therangerstation.com/tech_library/index.htm

[smoothengagement]

thank you :) ill have to check it out

[UrbanCowboy]

Hey, I'll be there. I was waiting to respond until I figured out what RMFTC schwag I wanted to buy. I haven't figured that out yet, but I figured I better let everyone know I would be there. I'll even try my best not to say "Bah Humbug" the whole time I'm there.

[cory]

not sure if im going jeff's being an ass i'll think about it. besides i dont want my truck to get dirty.

[cory]

there is a whole lotta empty muddy feilds over there.

[Tray]

Looks like I most likely will be able to make this one. It is the day before my wife's birthday though, so if she changes her mind, I sort of have to listen.

[mattadams]

Tray, bring the wife and make it her brithday party! LOL. The kids too. Theres some arcade games right there by where we'll be eating.

[tony1307]

HUH??? WHAT????? There is MUD nearby? Oh yea. I'm there. :lol:

[Tray]

Empty muddy fields? I live so close, yet don't know of such fields? Where is this that you speak of? Wanna take the hog out and get it muddy?

[tony1307]

mud..... must........have.........mud. can't go on any longer... ehhhhhhhhh

[Rangerboy03lvl2]

mud? WHERE? haha jk im more for the rocks... give me a rock to climb and im game!! GIVE ME A ROCK! :D

[mattadams]

hmm I worked in that area for about 4 years and can't think of any muddy spots around there but thats not to say there isn't... more power to those that can find some LOL.

[tony1307]

rocks are cool too, but mud doesn't hurt as bad. Mud washes off.... the scratch down the side of my truck won't... lol 8)

[Glass]

If the temp ever reaches above freezing here, there will be a ton of mud. It hasnt been above freezing here since Thanksgiving, and then it was a balmy 33. You gotta get off the rock ranger... :lol: Mud is more fun than rocks, but hopefully we all agree that rocks in the middle of mud (that you cant see) really do suck.

--John

[tony1307]

rocks hidden in mud suck poo. But so do 3 foot deep ruts that you only think are 6-12 inches or so. And of course, only on one side. Grrrrr. Thought I would blast through some gooey mud, ended up stuck, driver's side tires off the ground, ranger leaning WAAAYY over on the pass. side, with mud up to the bottom of the window. OOPS

[Rangerboy03lvl2]

lol not small rocks in the mud... like big rocks... just look at my cardomain and u'l lsee what i mean haha mud is fun and those rocks DO suck... mud is fun but screws up way to much crap.... hehe

[Glass]

Mud is a good topcoat to protect your truck from MAG. But cant get down on MAG, id rather have some rust or rot than have someone smack into my truck..lol

--John

[rino351]

I could go for another mud bath. My truck needs some moisturizer anyhow! :)

[cory]

trust me it's not legal at all im just bsn, and i would have a fit if i got mud on the harley takes too long to polish.

[UrbanCowboy]

Count me in for a large front window decal. They're all the rage.... It's like a Ford iPod

[Jcmichalik2]

Heck, count me in. This would be a good chance for me to meet some of the gang. Plus It's on a Sunday too, which helps since it's my ONLY day off every week :(

You'll know me when you see me (for those that saw my posted pics)

Just hope that nothing suddenly comes up. I doubt anything will but you never know. Looking forward to meeting some of you.

[rino351]

Alright, definately gonna be able to make it now.
See yall on Sun.

[CNTRYCOWBOY]

If anyone wants to your more than welcome to come over the apartment and have a few beers after fudruckers. Unfortunaly it would be BYOB, but if everyone wants to hang out its only 2 minutes from fudruckers.

[Glass]

I might haffta do that, i dunno know if im even able to come yet, but if i do, ill have to come by...atleast have one, cause i still gotta drive back up here.

--John

[mattadams]

This is comin up soon! This is getting exciting! Can't wait to see everyone there!

[Cricketbug]

As posted on Gen-Edge, we're moving this weekend, but unless something major happens, we should be at the party!

Nikki

[mattadams]

Just a reminder, there will be several folks here at the Christmas Party that have never made a meet before. If you have purchased a nametag/lanyard from me in the past, please bring it and wear it! Will help folks identify who is who.
If you don't have one, please let me know and Iw ill make you a deal on these. I'd like to see most people there with nametags, makes everyone feel more welcome and more comfortable, especialyl fo rthe folks like me who have a terrible name memory.

[rino351]

hey matt, I'll get one of those nametags.
I'll send you an email.

[clavos]

I thought that was to remind me who I am.

[Glass]

My names written on my forehead, but i cant read it cause its backwards.

--Nhoj

[Burg460]

Well I suppose I will show up to this....

Matt, if you can/have bring me a windshield banner for my truck...I might take two, one for my crew cab also (funds permitting). Let me know.

[mattadams]

I have several windshield banners. I'll bring a few.

[Walker2970]

K guys im in dont forget my nametag Matt and put me down for a regular window sticker of the 10" type


Jake

[mattadams]

Hope no ones mad, but I've decided to forego the raffle idea. I was planning on going around to some local vendors, trying ot get some gift certificates and so forth, but haven't had the time, and I dont think I will have the time before the Christmas Party :(.
But I'm lookin forward to the party! Bring it on! :).

[MMPC]

Thank God, Matt. I kept trying to tell you nobody cares about some raffle! LOL It's all about getting together and having fun - anything else doesn't really matter.

BTW, I don't guess I ever RSVPed properly - I'll be there tomorrow with my new girlfriend! :)

[mattadams]

Well at the least the weather can't be anyones excuse for not coming. holy crap, I've been outside for 2 hours with just jeans and a shirt, and I'm working up a sweat!

[clavos]

Tis a glorious day indeed!

[cory]

sorry i didnt show the beast was wupping my ass didnt finish until late and
still couldnt get it so it's off to the shop.

[Glass]

Howd it go? I couldnt make it cause i got some temporary sickness that kicked my ass....and it kicked my ass way too long. Hopefully it was fun...

--John

[smoothengagement]

it was alot of fun..... u really missed out!!!

[CNTRYCOWBOY]

It was a lot of fun, and for all those who weren't there you may have missed the first time Matt being early to an event!

[Burg460]

It was a lot of fun, and for all those who weren't there you may have missed the first time Matt being early to an event!

I think that goes for everyone.. LOL I was even early for my standards and that was on time. :lol:

[mattadams]

Everyone got there and said "Glass isn't here? Well screw it, I'm going home then". LOL no seriously, it was a good meet, there was a lot of people that said they'd be there and didn't show, so your not the only one. Such is life I suppose.
But it was a good time, got to meet a few new folks, catch up with others, etc.

[Maranda]

We didn't make it, but I don't think we RSVP'd either. We miss seeing you folks once in a while! We finished up shopping that afternoon and I've been catching up on my sleep during weekends. I only get about 30 min increments of sleep at night with the Budda belly.

Glad everyone had fun. :) Maybe at the next event we'll bring the little guy and not just the Belly for everyone to make fun of...

[Glass]

Now im crying. :cry: ..looks like I have alot of making up to do now. :roll: ..maybe when we do our first Saxon Excursion o' the year Ill have a lil get together here in Plume..can you picture the donut and pulling competitions??? I can :twisted: I dont even have enough gas to make it to the gas station to get gas i cant pay for...if that makes sense..lol

--John

[Tray]

Donuts? I like donuts.

[tony1307]

I meant to be there... I SOOOOOO wanted to be there. But, we went to Bennigan's Saturday night. can you say 'food poisoning'? OMG.. I had not thrown up in years, and hope I don't again for a long damn time.... I spent the next 30 or so hours in bed... got up Monday morning. ugh.


sorry guys

[mattadams]

Well we wish everyone could've come to, but don't sweat it, things happen sometimes.

[Cricketbug]

Sorry we didn't make it... We had about 10-ish hours of moving our whole townhouse into Grandma's basement on Saturday so we were very much wiped out. Many thanx to Walker2970 and the use of his BII 8)

In the spring after we get settled, we're going to have a BBQ and house-warming party. so we'll let everyone know. Can we say "MOD DAY!" :D