Club Arnage

question for C/A veterans, how many brownie points are required to go to L/M for the whole week ? erindoors is throwin a wobbley because I'm going on the wed and not the friday to monday !!!! in mitigation I have totally refurbished the bedroom and have spent the last week doing the same to the dunny at a total cost of about £5k ! surely I have accrued enough brownie points ???? your views and comments/experience would be much apreciated.......... :'( :'( :'(

Just tell her you don't want to go.  It's just you HAVE to go.

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tried that but was informed that I was going "on holiday not a long weekend" without her !!!

You've got a bl**dy cheek.
I recon you should set off very early Saturday morning and leave as the race finishes so that you can make her a midnight cocoa when you get in..

Simple answer

Its not a question of whether I go, its a question of whether I come back

There's 2 scenario's to this one....

First tell her she is having a holiday ......because you wont be there ;D ;D

and

Second.If she has an interest .....tell he she can go,and you will pay.

Both of thes have workerd for me for the past 9 years,and also if you have kids who are into motorsport you can offer to take them...........provided they don't tell mum what you get upto :)

Bring her with you.  I always drag my old man along and he doesn't complain.  If she can't stand the noise, the bus to Le Mans will provide her with plenty of shopping opportunities, not available in the UK - just hand over your credit card as you wave goodbye.  One brownie point for every 100 euros she's allowed to spend.  A slap up meal at les 7 plats in the old town will earn you a few more.

....bringing mine with me  ;)  a lot easier than trying to get away from her  ;D  she enjoys the atmosphere anyway, NOT allergic to the odd beer or three either  ::) ;)

Oh to not have to worry about such things.   ;D

What is all this crap?? £5 grand on a new bedroom and still she's giving it all the old chops?? Be ruled by me son, you wanna give her a good slap and let her taste the furry side of your hand, that's what you wanna do.  ;)

F**K 5k thats brownie points for 5 years ain't it!
This is not a holiday, it is not a motor race, this is the Annual CA pilgrimage!

Your only religious event of your life that just happens to come around every year :P

dont know what I ever saw in her she does not like cars/motorsport.........a car as far as she is concerned is a metal thing with round black things on each corner !!!!!!! she would be happy if I bought a ......shudder........daiwoo  shudder matizzzzzzzzzz too painfull to think about !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah what were you thinking?  However, by the look of this site you are not alone in your odd choice of partner. ???

Or...


Darling. 

I womt be going to Le Mans this year, But i've decided to re-invest my time and money into one of these....

Maybe she'll change her mind ?

(http://www.mcnews.com.au/Wallpaper/Triumph/Daytona/2005/daytona_955_2005_black_rhf_1024.jpg)

By the way, my orders being placed in the morning  :D

I also get the question, if it is a 24 hour race, why do you go for a full week?

I never even try to explain, I just disappear for a week!!

Knetter

I think it is called.........preparation!!! 8)

there is no easy answer, but I can say that as time goes by it does get easier as they tend to get used to the fact that come LM you will be there .

you could try the old white lie trick and say the ferries were booked on friday and wed was the only one you could get.

Jem

maybe I should have tried that !!! and I could have spent the cash on usefull things like .hybrid turbo , new cams , and exhaust manifold .........far more important !!!!

Without sounding harsh, maybe next time think about the the person you are about to settle with.

It was was one of the things i first told my wife that i go to Le Mans every year.
In 1998 when we got married, the wedding was 3 weeks before Le Mans, then the ACO moved it back a week because of a clash with the world cup. My thought was i would miss it due to 2 week honeymoon. With no pressure from me ,my good lady said we would go on a 10 day honeymoon so i could get back for the race.
Her only regret is when 2 Le Manners gather we always talk shop ;D

after 25 years of weded bliss ....ehum.. you would have thought she would have got used to my hobby !! not !!!!!

Redid the inside of the utility room over the weekend, she's a sort of pleased with it :-\
(big improvement, but she has to do all the cupboard reorganising - and hates that >:()

Payback !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My advice,start laying the pipe now.Do not stop until the day leave.Works every time. ;D

That IS code for something rude isnt it?  ;)

Rude ? Oh no. ;D

Oh, the joys of being single.. ;D

I go for two weeks out for prequal then stay over until the race!

Mrs S is always glad to see the back of me for a while. She gets a break from the night time snoring and farting for a week.

The best way is to miss a year, no- stay with me here, miss a year, that week will be intolerable for her. She'll be sending you off to planning meetings, dragging you around camping shops all May and ordering your tickets from the ACO for the rest of your days!
 I missed the RAC for the first time in 16 years in 1999 and narrowly avoided divorce, now any race or rally, any trip, no probs. ;D ;D ;D

aaaaaaaaahh we can all dream.............its not going to happen tho!!!

i must confess the other half is pleased when i go, the earlier the better i think.

hmmmm perhaps i should be worried we do seem to have a lot of milk when i get home  ;D

ha ha every year there is grief to be had, i have been going since before mrs vqdave had that title and she entered the contract knowing this but still, each year without fail i get it in the neck, who knows why, but this year, i do not know what is different and i think it pays not to look too hard, but mrs vqdave came home the other day with a nice new sleeping bag for me, she had been in Millets for a long time talking to the sales bod about the best one for Le Mans where it is always hot, but can get chilly at night.

So this year she is happy, but how long will this last? I expect when my new tent gets delivered that will cause some upset for an unknown reason.

I say, just write it up on teh family calender as soon as it goes up on the 1st of Jan and keep your head down.

I have offered a weekend away for her and friend(s) on me at a ladt spa of some sort on another weekend so we both get a weekend away, but that hasn't worked yet.

But, i would never take her with me, no way how on earth could i enjoy getting sunstroke whilst chewing a steak hache drinking warm stella and queing for my 5 mins with the crazy pigals with mrs in tow???????