[SEL] Dogs on show grounds (OT?)now fences...again.

[Brock Summerfield]

G,day  Curt

i hope you took a pic of the fence also about fence  i work in the 
constuction industry mainly working on roads
and we dont have to have a fence around  us when were working we ia bigger 
version of a withes hat
we have never had a prob and were  work in the traffic
PS  one of the guys at work brings his dog to work some times ?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Curt" <curt at imc-group.com>
To: "The SEL email discussion list" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 12:02 AM
Subject: Re: [SEL] Dogs on show grounds (OT?)now fences...again.


> Barry,
> In years past you have espoused a LOT about fences and such all claiming 
> it was the law. Did not get the chance to meet you at the Naracoorte 
> ralley to discuss insurance and fences with you, but there was a rumor 
> floating around the National this year that the fences were NOT the law. 
> Apparently there was considerable backlash against the folks manning the 
> insurance tent and that during some meeting one of the insurance reps 
> stood up and stated that the fences were NOT a requirement of the national 
> insurance body, but rather that was a decision left to the local clubs 
> managing the shows. With that said, I have to question if there is really 
> such a trivial law on the Oz book that bans unrestrained pets in public 
> places. Hard to imagine legislators wasting their time on such trivial 
> matters. Perhaps local ordinances could dictate....but laws?
>
> Since I have mentioned the fences, I'll comment on them and their impact 
> on show attendees. Missy and I started off looking at engines from outside 
> of the compounds. The advantage the compounds have are to impose extremely 
> well managed arrangement of engines. I'm guessing the compounds were 
> roughly 10 metres wide and several hundred metres long. There was a 
> removable fence section at each end. This arrangement made unloading and 
> loading one's engines quite difficult unless you simply relinquished the 
> task to the crane operator who would set your engine over the fence edge. 
> If you wanted to do it yourself you had to roll your display all the way 
> down the length of the compound since there were no intermediate openings 
> in the compounds. Most displays were set with the more interesting side 
> toward the fence.
>
> For the general public who knows little about the engines wandering down 
> the aisles is likely sufficient. But for those fascinated with the 
> workings of the engines being outside of the compounds was not going to do 
> it. After the first row we hopped the fence so we could get a better look. 
> Now we could walk all around the engines, study them, touch them, meet and 
> shake hands with the owners, exchange business cards, take pictures 
> without having to wait on spectators to clear the area, read s/n's and 
> other tag information, etc. From inside it felt just like an engine show 
> in the US....except that we were in side shaft heaven!
>
> Towards the end of Saturday I ripped the seat out of a brand new pair of 
> shorts crawling over the fences. I'd guess having my big white bum showing 
> in public was against the law too ;-)
> So I gotta say I incurred more risk and injury from the fences than from 
> the thrashing, maiming, rotating machinery on display :-)
> Perhaps Missy or Nick would care to comment.....
> Curt Holland
> Gastonia, NC
> P.S. Pictures on the way....sorting thru 801 photos.
>
>
> Barry Gorman wrote:
>
>> Reg ,       I am Really sorry to hear this, But it is The Law ,
>> Our rally is due in two weeks , a lot of water has travelled
>> under the bridge since the last one so I hope you don't try to
>> throw the blame in the wrong direction ,
>> Regards ,
>>              Barry Gorman
>
>
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