Hopefully not my last Reading but if this keeps up...

[1986nate]

Originally Posted by green_eyed_lady

If you come to Reading simply for the cars, I can understand you not wanting to continue attending; I, for one, will continue to attend as long as there are still people who share my love for this car.

And if my great Aunt Mary gets fat and old, I'll still go to the family reunion -- it's not about looks, it's about love.

+10000000000000000000000000000000000......

[Subix]

Originally Posted by green_eyed_lady

-- it's not about looks, it's about love.

After all, it's what makes a Subaru, a Subaru, right?

[svxcess]

Originally Posted by green_eyed_lady

To me, Reading is like a family reunion, the difference being that this is a family I have chosen. I go there to see people that I only see a few times a year, people that I enjoy being with due to our shared appreciation of the SVX.

And if my great Aunt Mary gets fat and old, I'll still go to the family reunion -- it's not about looks, it's about love.

Well said, Diana,

I have similar thoughts concerning the hotel. Having the 'family reunion' at the Holiday Inn is like having the reunion at great Aunt Mary's house.

You KNOW when you come to her house, you will have a great time; you always have.

Aunt Mary's place feels like home and comfortable and, while it may not be the best house in the neighborhood, you have come to love it because of all the memories there. Her driveway may not be perfect and not a lot of trees in her yard. Who really cares.

She can paint her house, renovate her house, or even add an addition to it. It is still her house at heart, containing the wonderful memories of the past.


But move her into a new house 15 miles away to new surroundings, with a new driveway, a lot of trees and those are no longer there. The family love is still intact but something is missing that cannot be replicated.


Di, that's why going 'down to the river' to throw sticks would not be quite the same anywhere else.


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[ensteele]

Another way of looking at this is - would you go someplace that all of the svx members are without their cars and just meet with them? I know I would. Why? It has been said before - it is about the members, not all of the other stuff. Yes, all the other stuff and the cars are just icing on the cake. It adds value to the experience, but why do we get together, or at least I do, it is all about the people. I have more fun with them than my family! I also agree about good ol Aunt Mary's place (Holiday Inn). It just wouldn't be the same. Where else could you find a parking place that big?

[LetItSnow]

The Holiday Inn is harder to replace than just finding a big parking lot. We tend to keep late hours with cold ones and wrenches, and I don't think that we'd get away with all that everywhere.

[1986nate]

Originally Posted by LetItSnow

The Holiday Inn is harder to replace than just finding a big parking lot. We tend to keep late hours with cold ones and wrenches, and I don't think that we'd get away with all that everywhere.

Or how about drinking right in front of the main entrance because its windy and raining.

[subeman90]

Originally Posted by 1986nate

Or how about drinking right in front of the main entrance because its windy and raining.

+100000000000

[ensteele]

Originally Posted by subeman90

+100000000000

+200000000000000

[Tim]

Originally Posted by 1986nate

Or how about drinking right in front of the main entrance because its windy and raining.

I had fun sober!

[Wikedjuggalo]

Originally Posted by Tim

I had fun sober!

Which i still don't understand how you avoided that Friday night