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

[Curt]

Brock,
I was so focused on taking engine and steamer pictures I failed to take 
a picture of the entire grounds. I'd like one if someone did.
Curt
P.S. Heard LOTS of wild stories about you at Narracoorte! ....Happy 
Birthday!

Brock Summerfield wrote:

> 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>
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> Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 12:02 AM
> Subject: Re: [SEL] Dogs on show grounds (OT?)now fences...again.
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>
>> 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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