John, FIFA? Don't you mean FIA? I am wondering what football has todowith classic cars! :)
Joe C. ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Macartney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Richard Gosling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "MG List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 12:21 PM Subject: Re: [Spits] UK Government not planning to ban old cars > Richard Gosling wrote: > > > In fact I'm tempted to drive to > > Edinburgh in Sammy this weekend, just to show my disapproval! > > Richard, DO IT! > > Some years ago a reliable source in the Federation of Historic British Vehicle Clubs, told me this > story. > > About the time of the millenium, the European Parliament was considering active legislation on 'end > of life' vehicles - which included 'classics' being restored by their owners. There was such a hue > and cry throughout mainland Europe that a large number of clubs within FIFA got together and signed > a petition to present to the European Seat of Power in Brussels. They got literally thousands of > signatures and arranged for a fully restored classic car to carry just one of many sheets of > signatures into Brussels. Getting there in a massive convoy, they discovered the Eurocrat > responsible for initiating the legislation was attending the European Parliament in Strasbourg - so > they went there instead and picked up a whole lot of other additional classic cars in the process > who also joined the convoy. It was, by all accounts, a light-hearted affair (with serious intent) > and absolutely no arrests were made. However, the convoy's arrival in Strasbourg precipitated the > largest traffic jam the city has ever seen! The legislation was soon modified with that lovely term > of 'taking operational considerations intoi account......' > > In another similar story, Stratford upon Avon Town Council decided to remove a parking slot for > bikers in the town centre, close to the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre. It had been there *for years* > and was sacrosanct territory for bikers. Word was out and one Sunday soon afterwards, the police > estimated 10,000 bikers descended peacefully on the town to commemorate Shakespeare! The parking > slot wasn't removed. > > Go for it > > Jonmac > _______________________________________________ > > Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html > > [email protected] > http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spitfires > > http://www.team.net/archive _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html [email protected] http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spitfires http://www.team.net/archive
