Where is everybody coming from? See Google Map.

Old Jul 27, 2009 | 05:11 AM
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Where is everybody coming from? See Google Map.

View where everybody is coming from (hometown) on an interactive (zoom, pan, change terrain) Google Map, located in the MITM website.

Be sure to scroll up to view our Drivers and Passengers from Calgary, Alberta, CANADA. There is a mixture of MINIs and classic Minis plus vendors and their employees coming from 21 separate U.S. States plus Canada!

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Old Jul 27, 2009 | 08:56 AM
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With the registration deadline past, is that the final count (147 drivers)?
 
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Old Jul 27, 2009 | 01:18 PM
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Originally Posted by pauhana
View where everybody is coming from (hometown) on an interactive (zoom, pan, change terrain) Google Map, located in the MITM website.

Be sure to scroll up to view our Drivers and Passengers from Calgary, Alberta, CANADA. There is a mixture of MINIs and classic Minis plus vendors and their employees coming from 21 separate U.S. States plus Canada!

--Rick
Should there be a stick pin in the Map if you are registered? If no stick pin am I not registered? Addison Miller & Passenger paid 5/4/09
 
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Old Jul 27, 2009 | 02:38 PM
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Your pin is stuck out in west texas. I'm wondering if they had the wrong zip code for Pearland.
 
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Old Jul 27, 2009 | 06:39 PM
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We were laughing at that pin placement! Never knew Pearland was in the Hill Country!
 
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Old Jul 27, 2009 | 07:52 PM
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It's just eye candy

To maintain privacy, only the PayPal registered address (city, state) was used (no names), along with Driver, Passenger, etc. The counts will vary slightly, as the map list and the official registration are two separate lists. This is just for your amusement only. Google Maps did not have enough information to put a pin right over your house (thankfully). Just a little bit of eye candy.
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Old Jul 28, 2009 | 05:36 AM
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Hey, we don't expect over the house, but Google put the poor people 300 miles away! Not a complaint to you, Rick. Just a good laugh at the inadequacies of internet maps! (FYI, Pearland is South of Houston, part of the greater Houston area. Heck, Pearland is even on their map! Their pin has the Pearland people in the center of the state!)
 
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Old Jul 28, 2009 | 05:53 PM
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What I wonder is how did they know the wife and I are looking in the Hill Country for our retirement re-location. Where was my pin -? perhaps it is a sign! ajm
 
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Old Jul 29, 2009 | 11:19 AM
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Your pin is west of Brady! Not the most scenic part of Texas!
 
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Old Jul 29, 2009 | 10:13 PM
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The AZ group will be a small one this year. But those of us that are going are the die hards! I've attended every year and don't plan to stop anytime soon! Afterall, Colorado is my birth state! Can't wait to see everyone!
 
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Old Jul 30, 2009 | 04:49 AM
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Originally Posted by It Works
The AZ group will be a small one this year. But those of us that are going are the die hards! I've attended every year and don't plan to stop anytime soon! Afterall, Colorado is my birth state! Can't wait to see everyone!
And we can't wait to see you! Just think of how cool the days and nights will be when you get here. Die hards rule!
 
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Old Jul 30, 2009 | 08:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Nechesmini
Hey, we don't expect over the house, but Google put the poor people 300 miles away! Not a complaint to you, Rick. Just a good laugh at the inadequacies of internet maps! (FYI, Pearland is South of Houston, part of the greater Houston area. Heck, Pearland is even on their map! Their pin has the Pearland people in the center of the state!)
Sorry, but a few addresses from the registration information caused Google Maps to get lost. Until I fixed our records, the Pearland zip code was 9 digits without the dash. Not being in zip+4 format caused Google Maps to gag (try it). I've corrected it and I now know where Pearland, TX is located!
 
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Old Jul 31, 2009 | 01:27 PM
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The driver is in Pearland, but the passenger (spouse?) was left behind in the middle of Texas!! Does Google know something??? Just kidding, Rick. Looking forward to getting the heck outta Dodge (Port Neches, in this case)! Been a stressfull 2 months with a sick dog and I have to have something to laugh at!
 
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Old Jul 31, 2009 | 01:32 PM
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I can't wait to get on the road, either.

I just typed up a quote to fabricate a Mounting Flange for a customer, and I typed "Mountain Flange".
Is my subconscious trying to tell me something?
 
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Old Jul 31, 2009 | 07:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Nechesmini
The driver is in Pearland, but the passenger (spouse?) was left behind in the middle of Texas!! Does Google know something??? Just kidding, Rick. Looking forward to getting the heck outta Dodge (Port Neches, in this case)! Been a stressfull 2 months with a sick dog and I have to have something to laugh at!
Man, this is going from bad to worst! First my pin got moved back to Pearland adding several hundred miles to my trip. Then someone else posted this quote so Elaine (wife) could see it. So now, not only do I have to depart from way farther South but now I have to drive out to West Texas anyway to pick her up. You guys know this is all in fun - right? ajm
 
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Old Aug 1, 2009 | 02:44 AM
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The Carolina Guys, Luke & John and Beautiful Cindy from SC are on the road in 5 minutes. Its saturday 0540 in the morning and we are pulling out of the driveway. Also WayMotorWorks express delivery from Atlanta is on the move.
 
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Old Aug 1, 2009 | 04:02 AM
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Originally Posted by moe-jiller
Man, this is going from bad to worst! First my pin got moved back to Pearland adding several hundred miles to my trip. Then someone else posted this quote so Elaine (wife) could see it. So now, not only do I have to depart from way farther South but now I have to drive out to West Texas anyway to pick her up. You guys know this is all in fun - right? ajm
Yes, all in fun. We'll have to talk with the Google man about your pin dragging incident. If we all used nothing but latitude and longitude instead of addresses with a ZIP Code, your pin would stay put, probably right over your house. But lat/long does not work with the US Post Office deliveries. Maybe it should.
 
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Old Aug 1, 2009 | 10:57 AM
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Wait. My girlfriend lives

in West Texas. Can you get her too?????

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Originally Posted by pauhana
Yes, all in fun. We'll have to talk with the Google man about your pin dragging incident. If we all used nothing but latitude and longitude instead of addresses with a ZIP Code, your pin would stay put, probably right over your house. But lat/long does not work with the US Post Office deliveries. Maybe it should.
 
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Old Aug 2, 2009 | 07:33 PM
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in West Texas. Can you get her too?????

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Sorry We are already in Amarillo with the Clubman pointed up 287. No turning back now. ajm
 
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