{"id":2280,"date":"2014-02-08T06:12:13","date_gmt":"2014-02-08T13:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mike.peay.us\/blog\/?p=2280"},"modified":"2014-02-08T22:38:54","modified_gmt":"2014-02-09T05:38:54","slug":"nice-to-be-part-of-the-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mike.peay.us\/blog\/archives\/2280","title":{"rendered":"Nice to be part of the family"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I received in the mail yesterday a most interesting package. It was a collection of items from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.miniusa.com\">MINI USA<\/a> as a result of me recently joining the family of MINI owners. It was unexpected as I certainly don&#8217;t recall asking for any sort of gift.<\/p>\n<p>It is certainly a nice touch and makes me appreciate the company more than I already did.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2280 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mike.peay.us\/blog\/archives\/2280\/photo-08-02-14-08-58-42-0'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mike.peay.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Photo-08-02-14-08-58-42-0-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2282\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2282'>\n\t\t\t\tAll the stuffs\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mike.peay.us\/blog\/archives\/2280\/photo-08-02-14-08-58-42-1'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mike.peay.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Photo-08-02-14-08-58-42-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2283\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2283'>\n\t\t\t\tI hadn&#8217;t considered a name\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mike.peay.us\/blog\/archives\/2280\/photo-08-02-14-08-58-42-2'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mike.peay.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Photo-08-02-14-08-58-42-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2284\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2284'>\n\t\t\t\tThere&#8217;s always something to learn\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mike.peay.us\/blog\/archives\/2280\/photo-08-02-14-08-58-42-3'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mike.peay.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Photo-08-02-14-08-58-42-3-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2285\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2285'>\n\t\t\t\tNo, thank you, Jim\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mike.peay.us\/blog\/archives\/2280\/photo-08-02-14-08-58-43-4'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mike.peay.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Photo-08-02-14-08-58-43-4-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2286\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2286'>\n\t\t\t\tMINI driving school. 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It was a collection of items from MINI USA as a result of me recently joining the family of MINI owners. It was unexpected as I certainly don&#8217;t recall asking &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mike.peay.us\/blog\/archives\/2280\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-thoughts"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - 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