Ten years ago, we ran a report on Bruce’s recent trip to Europe. We thought it worth reprinting in full this week;
‘This week Bruce Ludeman returned from Europe and reported to the club on his trip. He informs us he had not wanted to go the Europe, but went with Lorraine as a birthday gift from himself to her. As part of this gift Bruce reluctantly toured the Ducati and Ferrari factories just to keep Lorraine happy. Ferrari factory tours are only available to Ferrari dealers and owners. Bruce was told that in order to tour the factory he would have to order a Ferrari, so he did.
Bruce complained that in Europe beer was expensive and he was charged €1.50 to go to the toilet. As the Europeans know, these are the two easiest ways to make money out of Bruce.
Bruce noted how expensive traveling to Europe was. To keep costs down, rather than travel first class, he travelled down the back of the plane in business class. Certainly when Bruce struggles to afford simple things like Ferrari Californias and first class travel to Europe, we know the Global Financial Crisis has hit hard. No doubt our club welfare officer can organise a whip-around of members and get together some loose change to help Bruce through these difficult times.
When asked if he visited Manon, Bruce replied ‘no, but I did visit the Moulin Rouge’. Pleasing to hear Bruce does remember seeing some women in France.
Bruce reports he took 2,400 photographs and Lorraine took a similar number. He has promised to present a slide show to the club in future and advised ‘I could make it ‘G’ or ‘MA’ rated, depending on what members wanted.’ We look forward to this presentation.'
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