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

[Reg Ingold]

<<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>>

I was most interested in the above.
This is TOTALLY different to what the Nat. body have been feeding us over
the years.

I would ask the insurance company who are covering us to PUT THIS IN
WRITING!

So, Nat. Body, What have you to say on this???

Ah, wait a minute, they say they only put out "Guidelines"!

But, you try and go against these "Guidelines" !

The 'Cringe' is alive and well here!
Reg & Marg Ingold.
Newcastle, NSW, Australia.
randmingold at hotkey.net.au
http://www.oldengine.org/members/randmingold

----- 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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