Who's NOT going to Fest?

[thousandlegs]

All of these threads with the happy Fest goers...who's not going and why?

I'm not 'cause I haven't had my Cougar long enough to have planned and budgeted to go:(...hopefully next year:biggrin:.

[JayZee]

shouldn't this be in the fest thread? :shrug:

[Blackcoog]

Not going because we have a baby due on the 8th.

[MaverickFlyer]

Not going because we have a baby due on the 8th.

That's no excuse! :disgust:

JK, Congrats!!!

[thousandlegs]

shouldn't this be in the fest thread? :shrug:

I questioned where to put it but since it's about not going I figured the lounge was the best place for it.

If it needs to be moved, by all means, do so. Thanks! ;)

[thousandlegs]

Not going because we have a baby due on the 8th.

CONGRATS!!! I have one coming in December.

[Frosty]

I'm not going because I'm broke, my car is broke, and I'm EMO.

:(

[thousandlegs]

but you're right there in illinois

[bdiddy]

not going bc I have a class and my internship

[MagicHallucinations]

http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x89/edwardbayntun/gifs/Star-Trek-Wheres-Waldo.gif

[ND4SPD]

That's no excuse! :disgust:

JK, Congrats!!!

Haha! I Remember 2 years ago, Dan still put on Hamillfest with his baby being expected ANY moment :rofl: Thats dedication!

[Honzo]

Not going
too young to go that far by myself and too cheap :(
hopefully next year will be fun (if i still have my cougar :cover:)

[frenchblueC2]

I couldn't get the time off from work.
We are doing 2nd quarter reporting with whacked software because we're transitioning to a new, in-house system (that SUCKS!)

[MagicHallucinations]

I couldn't get the time off from work.
We are doing 2nd quarter reporting with whacked software because we're transitioning to a new, in-house system (that SUCKS!)


:(

[cougirllp]

I couldn't get the time off from work.
We are doing 2nd quarter reporting with whacked software because we're transitioning to a new, in-house system (that SUCKS!)

Have you ever gone to fest? I don't remember seeing you there.

Edit: I guess so..duh..the Ty story!

[Nemesis]

Im going, thats all that matters in the world.

[cougirllp]

Im going, thats all that matters in the world.

You NOT going would matter to the world. We, the world, would be very greatful.

[MagicHallucinations]

You NOT going would matter to the world. We, the world, would be very greatful.



ouch....

[thousandlegs]

You NOT going would matter to the world. We, the world, would be very greatful.

wicked sweet burn there:rofl:

[Nemesis]

You NOT going would matter to the world. We, the world, would be very greatful.


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:cry:

[cougirllp]

:rofl: You big baby :poke:

[Lunar Limelight]

Not going
too young to go that far by myself and too cheap :(
hopefully next year will be fun (if i still have my cougar :cover:)

Never too young for fest!

[Nemesis]

Never too young for fest!


haha yesh yesh :flushed:

[Jorgen]

I am not attending. Which isn't a suprise to me. I never attend. I have owned my car and been a member since July '01 and have yet to attend a fest. This years excuse is, can't waste vacation as I have two weddings to go to that are taking a week of vacation combine in the next two months and I just bought a house 3 weeks ago and have yet to actually have a weekend that I can really buckle down and work on getting everything done that needs to get done on it.

[NorCalCoug]

I really really wanted to go.

Unfortunately my Cougar spun a bearing, so I can't afford it.

On top of that three weeks later someone busted out the passenger window in my Contour, and stole my stereo. And then a week later, my glasses broke.

So, $600 + $165 + new stereo + $341 later...

Yeah. Can't afford to go. :)

[ND4SPD]

I couldn't get the time off from work.
Have you ever gone to fest? I don't remember seeing you there.

Edit: I guess so..duh..the Ty story!
indeed... I've only seen Kim once, but I will never forget her! :flushed: :biggrin:

[Nemesis]

I really really wanted to go.

Unfortunately my Cougar spun a bearing, so I can't afford it.

On top of that three weeks later someone busted out the passenger window in my Contour, and stole my stereo. And then a week later, my glasses broke.

So, $600 + $165 + new stereo + $341 later...

Yeah. Can't afford to go. :)

Ill hold it down for the slanty eyed people

[bdiddy]

Ill hold it down for the slanty eyed people

umm...but you're mesican:confused:

[Rikenbomb]

I am scheduled to work that weekend and I used my vacation time to go other places.

It just didn't work out for me, but that's just one of the other reasons why I am not attending.

[Honzo]

Never too young for fest!
:rofl:
i know, but I mean I'm only 18 and my mom didn't feel comfortable with me about 1k miles away by myself for a few days. The funny part is I mentioned caravan-ing and that scared her even more... Its for the better though i guess, I could use the money

[ND4SPD]

I am scheduled to work that weekend and I used my vacation time to go other places.

Henry :( I'm going to miss you man! :(

[MagicHallucinations]

Henry :( I'm going to miss you man! :(


+1

[MOMO]

I cant go because i have to work at a tennis tournament that week.


http://www.croatiaopen.hr/daily-news---/today.aspx
ATPtennis.com - Tournaments (http://www.atptennis.com/en/tournaments/profile/439.asp)

plus, its a ***** to ship my car over. :rofl:

[sonza68]

Cougars are optional at Cougarfest anymore.

[Pyro81]

:rofl:
i know, but I mean I'm only 18 and my mom didn't feel comfortable with me about 1k miles away by myself for a few days. The funny part is I mentioned caravan-ing and that scared her even more... Its for the better though i guess, I could use the money

Your 18...and your mom still tells you what you can and can't do...?
She does know your legally an adult now, right? And that you should be old enough to make your own decisions as a responsible adult?

[MOMO]

time to cut the umbilical cord, junior.

its things like fest that makes a man. :rofl:

[Pyro81]

Hell, by the time i was 16 i hardly had any rules from either of my parents to hold me down. Then again, i was mature for my age and wasn't an unruly little hell spawn like my sister...

[fordrule]

yeah i'm missin yet again....big green wheenie strikes again....ive owned my car since 02 and have never made it...maybe some other yr i will hopefully

[Tigg]

I won't be there this year.
Need my vacation time for other stuff and have a mortgage bill that limits my fun money.

[kevxr2002]

I was going to but company has done budget cuts this year when i should have been making more than last year, i'm really making what i was like 3 years ago now.:mad: So dont think i''m going to be able to this year i really want to next year. Hopefully the cougar will be running better then anyways.

[NorCalCoug]

indeed... I've only seen Kim once, but I will never forget her! :flushed: :biggrin:
I've only gone to a strip club with Kim once, but I will never forget her. :rofl:

I don't think Ty will either. http://homepage.mac.com/theotherwhitemike/bigrofl.gif

[ND4SPD]

and if he does, i'm sure we will remind him!

[bdiddy]

I went to Fest when I was 18

[ND4SPD]

I went to Fest when I was 18
and enlighten us as to what happened... :tongue:

[bdiddy]

and enlighten us as to what happened... :tongue:

hey now, that wasn't me. that was my friend. lol

[Arcangel]

ehh cant go im 17 and cant afford it =(

[MagicHallucinations]

I've only gone to a strip club with Kim once, but I will never forget her. :rofl:

I don't think Ty will either.



+12345:rofl::rofl:

[Naturaltal3nt]

i'm not going cause i just moved to az and don't have time off from work...i'll be at norcal fest tho!!!

[hamill]

I wanted to go, but my daughter got sick, then we had some higher than average bills come in last week and suddenly got insanely tight for $$. If I had another $600 on hand I'd be driving down.

Needless to say I'm compiling a list of parts I have sitting around for the cougar to make some $$ to get back on track.

[spider1178]

I can't get out of work. Haven't had a day off in a month and not one coming anytime soon. And they took away the 3 weeks paid vacation I had saved up.:mad:

[Honzo]

Your 18...and your mom still tells you what you can and can't do...?
She does know your legally an adult now, right? And that you should be old enough to make your own decisions as a responsible adult?
haha well i really don't have rules anyway
she really didn't have a problem with it, she was just really worried and I figured it'd be easier money-wise to just bail on the idea than to have her over my back till i left about all the specifics :rofl:
She worries about me, which is expected since i've gotten into trouble too much for being at the wrong place at the wrong time... but I guess that means she loves me :)
If i got arrested up there, i'd be the 3rd time since november :(

[Nemesis]

21 should be the new 18

[COOGAH]

i almost didn't go. but i am now.

[Honzo]

18 should be the new 21...
i can vote and die for my country, but i can't drink alcohol

and don't get me started on my views for marijuana :rofl:

[thousandlegs]

I can't get out of work. Haven't had a day off in a month and not one coming anytime soon. And they took away the 3 weeks paid vacation I had saved up.:mad:
those dirty bastards...who do you work for? i'll send some of my people up there to have a "come Jesus" with them.

[nyc cougar]

as much as i been looking foward to my first cougarfest i cant go either cuz i cant get off from work! unless fest worth quitting?:evil: lol

[JRsmoothee]

i cant go because its too damn far and i cant leave the state, and i would prolly get too drunk and end up getting in a fight anyway, so i think its safer for me and everyone else that I stay home

[Aries]

Diddy got a little tipsy last year during CF and almost got into a fight

[kpeeks]

I was gonna go, but then the diff blew so I've been saving up to get the tranny fixed by HMS. Plus a 3/4 ton 18yr old pickup isn't very gas efficient.

[skater]

To answer a question from a couple pages ago, I know Kim was at CF '04 or '05 at least. :) I believe she and her husband trailered the Cougar, because I remember them showing the engine of their F-series pickup.

[bdiddy]

Diddy got a little tipsy last year during CF and almost got into a fight

haha. no, I didn't almost get in a fight, some guy almost got in a fight with me, but I was so drunk I was laying on the ground after I got shoved trying to figure out wtf was going on:rofl:


I thought I had just fallen over:rofl:

[Nemesis]

I swear if I would have seen that, I woulda kicked you in the nuts while you were down



To bad I was already half asleep in a Packers lawn chair.

[frenchblueC2]

To answer a question from a couple pages ago, I know Kim was at CF '04 or '05 at least. :) I believe she and her husband trailered the Cougar, because I remember them showing the engine of their F-series pickup.

That was '04, and that little ***** trailer is gone now. POS! :mad:
I've been to '01 and '04.
My husband has been to '00, '01 and '04 (he went with an old NECO member back in '00, before I owned a Cougar and before we were married).

[tnkgurl]

To bad I was already half asleep in a Packers lawn chair.

ooooooo, I remember that. It was beautiful! George falling in slow motion. I don't think badazzcougar liked you breaking his chair tho. :(

Put me on the list as not attending Fest. I registered, but being out with the baby sucked up a lot of my vacation time and money. I mean, I'm sure I could pimp my way there, but that's too much work.....

[Nemesis]

ooooooo, I remember that. It was beautiful! George falling in slow motion. I don't think badazzcougar liked you breaking his chair tho. :(



:rofl: The grass felt like a soft bed

[MagicHallucinations]

:rofl: The grass felt like a soft bed



apparently so did the vomit, since you rolled in it:rofl:

[Nemesis]

apparently so did the vomit, since you rolled in it:rofl:

:(

[thousandlegs]

Don't feel bad, George, everybody rolls around in vomit. It's good for the skin. :puke:

[ND4SPD]

Put me on the list as not attending Fest. I registered, but being out with the baby sucked up a lot of my vacation time and money. I mean, I'm sure I could pimp my way there, but that's too much work.....
LIES!!

Kelly, you must go! Consider it a ND4SPD army draft! :tongue:

[thousandlegs]

Kelly, you must go! Consider it a ND4SPD army draft! :tongue:

Quick, BURN YOUR DRAFT CARD!

[carajo]

Your 18...and your mom still tells you what you can and can't do...?
She does know your legally an adult now, right? And that you should be old enough to make your own decisions as a responsible adult?

Sometimes having free rent and food outweighs doing what you want to do.

[MOMO]

Sometimes having free rent and food outweighs doing what you want to do.

like being in prison? :tongue:

[Pyro81]

Sometimes having free rent and food outweighs doing what you want to do.

This is true.

[DagerOne]

I'm local to Cougarfest this year, and I probably still won't make it. No way I'm showing up in my Honda Fit to get mocked by you guys. :p

[B3NN3TT]

I'm local to Cougarfest this year, and I probably still won't make it. No way I'm showing up in my Honda Fit to get mocked by you guys. :p

LOL, somebody showed up in a Toyota Echo in 04 :rofl:

[skater]

LOL, somebody showed up in a Toyota Echo in 04 :rofl:

That would be cougirllp, and it was because her Cougar was in the shop after a collision. :( (How do I remember this stuff?)

I had a Pontiac Vibe rental in '05. <men on cars>Hated it.</men>

[sonza68]

I'm local to Cougarfest this year, and I probably still won't make it. No way I'm showing up in my Honda Fit to get mocked by you guys. :p

Then we will just mock you for not coming.

[DagerOne]

Then we will just mock you for not coming.

Damn it! There's no way out! My uncertainty will cost me $10 more for day-of-show registration, I guess, but that's okay since I won't have hotel expenses. :biggrin:

Is an Echo worse than a Fit in the eyes of Cougar owners? It's probably a toss-up. The Fit is a better car overall, but it IS a Honda, so that's like negative 400 points or something, right?

I'll try and make it out Friday and/or Saturday. Is anyone selling a black XR? :cover:

[Topik]

I love honda fits. Great cars from what I have seen so far and with a set of wheels, lowered and OEM lip kit they can look ****ing money. Plus high MPG is good too.

[marinofan]

Damn it! There's no way out! My uncertainty will cost me $10 more for day-of-show registration, I guess, but that's okay since I won't have hotel expenses. :biggrin:

Is an Echo worse than a Fit in the eyes of Cougar owners? It's probably a toss-up. The Fit is a better car overall, but it IS a Honda, so that's like negative 400 points or something, right?

I'll try and make it out Friday and/or Saturday. Is anyone selling a black XR? :cover:

you still have one day to register and save 10 bucks.

[skater]

Is an Echo worse than a Fit in the eyes of Cougar owners? It's probably a toss-up. The Fit is a better car overall, but it IS a Honda, so that's like negative 400 points or something, right?

Nobody cares what you drive. If we did, we'd kick out Magic and Nemesis!

[ND4SPD]

That would be cougirllp, and it was because her Cougar was in the shop after a collision. :( (How do I remember this stuff?)

really?! I don't even remember seeing her... but then again, I'm STILL getting **** from Kendra, because apparently I ignored her too :flushed::flushed::facepalm:

[Nachtläufer]

i's only 16, even though i could make it and have the time to make it lol. plus there may be a few mazda haters =(

[The Jamie]

Not going because:

*I have no more vacation time left until October.
*I'm saving up to go to Vegas in October.
*I don't know anyone on here really.

Might make it next year.

[cougirllp]

That would be cougirllp, and it was because her Cougar was in the shop after a collision. :( (How do I remember this stuff?)

There's was actually two of us! I had like an ugly tan color and the other person had a red one. Can't remember who it was though. Funny thing I kept up with the caravan just fine :tongue:

[azbobbybooshay10]

I'm up in the air now. I lost my job last week, but I should be getting a large final check (if I receive pay for my vacation hours I saved up). If I get that check, I will fly out there Wednesday or Thursday. If I don't, I'll put the money into the car to ensure I can drive to NorCalFest this year. :(

[MOMO]

I'm up in the air now. I lost my job last week, but I should be getting a large final check (if I receive pay for my vacation hours I saved up). If I get that check, I will fly out there Wednesday or Thursday. If I don't, I'll put the money into the car to ensure I can drive to NorCalFest this year. :(

Honestly Bobby, i would use that money to fix up your car. There will be another cougarfest next year.

[thousandlegs]

bummer about the job.

[Pyro81]

I'm up in the air now. I lost my job last week, but I should be getting a large final check (if I receive pay for my vacation hours I saved up). If I get that check, I will fly out there Wednesday or Thursday. If I don't, I'll put the money into the car to ensure I can drive to NorCalFest this year. :(

Jesus Bobby, if it weren't for bad luck you would have no luck at all.

I agree with Momo here, though. I would dump the money into my car or at least save the dough for bills while i searched for a new job.

[azbobbybooshay10]

Yeah I'm gonna get **** from people no matter what I do. If I cancel, I'll hear the same crap for another year about 'Oh, he never actually goes, he always cancels a week before.' If I go, I'll get crap from people saying "You need to stop blowing your money". Kinda screwed either way...:(

[Nemesis]

Fest is in two days...you either are going or you arent, quit stalling. Who cares wtf people say, trust me you shouldnt.

[MOMO]

Yeah I'm gonna get **** from people no matter what I do. If I cancel, I'll hear the same crap for another year about 'Oh, he never actually goes, he always cancels a week before.' If I go, I'll get crap from people saying "You need to stop blowing your money". Kinda screwed either way...:(

Wait, lets slow down here and analyze this a bit.
Why do you care what people on here say about you? So what if they give you ****? Are they gonna fix up your car or pay your bill? Hell no!
Take care of yourself and your stuff first and forget about what the people on the board will say!

[bdiddy]

yeah, why give a rats ass what people on here think about you?

[thousandlegs]

Take care of yourself and your stuff first and forget about what the people on the board will say!

<hallelujah voice> Amen, brother, preach on! </hallelujah voice>

it's tough to do...my skin isn't nearly thick enough sometimes but it is necessary to take care of you before you worry about what some tool on a forum will say.

<craig's dad from friday> the word for the day is job G. O. B. at the end of the day, you ain't got no job you ain't gotta worry about -catchin' no dog; you gotta worry 'bout a dog -catchin' yo ass </craig's dad from friday>

[bdiddy]

<craig's dad from friday> the word for the day is job G. O. B. at the end of the day, you ain't got no job you ain't gotta worry about -catchin' no dog; you gotta worry 'bout a dog -catchin' yo ass </craig's dad from friday>

G.O.B.?


your word of the day is S.C.H.O.O.L.

[sonza68]

Wait, lets slow down here and analyze this a bit.
Why do you care what people on here say about you? So what if they give you ****? Are they gonna fix up your car or pay your bill? Hell no!
Take care of yourself and your stuff first and forget about what the people on the board will say!

Yup, if you are going to catch **** either way, just go with the route that is more fiscally responsible.

[frenchblueC2]

Wait, lets slow down here and analyze this a bit.
Why do you care what people on here say about you? So what if they give you ****? Are they gonna fix up your car or pay your bill? Hell no!
Take care of yourself and your stuff first and forget about what the people on the board will say!

seriously dude
Most of the flack you get is just good natured ribbing, and no one really means any harm by it.

btw, if you don't get paid that vacation time, look into your labor laws and pursue that.
Get your arse to the unemployment office immediately too, especially if a new job is slow to roll your way.

[99cougarsupreme]

I'm not going to FEST :(
Reasons: I saved money to go to Italy, Saving to replace the clutch in my cougar, saving to go to NC, saving to go to AZ, and going to multiple concerts and finally Cancun hopefully!!

But I really wanted to go...Def next year, I promised myself!!

[wonder]

he could paint the coug :shrug:


im not going because im a broke pos :(

[azbobbybooshay10]

he could paint the coug :shrug:


im not going because im a broke pos :(

If I don't go, the money will be for the Stangkiller LCA's and maybe a new set of Scroth 6 point belts (required for NASA events).