[SEL] Re(Sel) Rough and Tumble

[cameron_edwina grundy]

Well said Kerry


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> On 31 Aug 2014, at 9:48 am, "Kerry" <ozengine at iinet.net.au> wrote:
> 
> G'Day Tom
> Great to hear from you again, was not totally sure of spelling your name 
> correct so ???, and thought your wife's name was Millie but too long ago.
> Signs of the time we all are lurkers now, very little posts to SEL or ORG,
> 
> I don't disagree with anything you say, people go to shows for different 
> reasons but as a paying spectator all I am saying FOR ME is that 
> vehicles parked alongside displays is distracting.
> In Australia no vehicle is allow in the display area and we camp not far 
> away, no problems for us
> 
> Tractor people have been an issue at a lot of clubs, ours no different, 
> only been set up 3 years. totally by engine people now tractor people 
> with different needs/wants are controlling the club and a lot of 
> arguments have started.
> 
> In Australia the lines of lifeless tractors have been fixed by their 
> owners new craze, Tractor Trek, go for a convoy drive in the country so 
> they put their fat asses in the seat and off they go to leave rows of 
> SPACE for the paying public to see
> 
> All the best
> Kerry
> 
> 
> 
>> On 31/08/2014 5:05 AM, Germoamer at aol.com wrote:
>> 
>> I totally enjoyed my time there and met up with Tom Sch??, his wife
>> and Bill Lopoulos (are you both still on the list)
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> ------------------------------------------
>> 
>> Yes, Kerry I am still here but mostly a lurker
>> 
>> 
>> My wife and I attended the R and T show for 5 years in a row and were there
>>  from Wednesday till Sunday morning, met a lot of nice people from around
>> the world, and always had a good time.  We traveled about 6 hours to get
>> there, had the trailer loaded with a 6 or 7 hp engine on cart.  Our truck  was
>> always loaded with clothes, rain coats, umbrellas, food , drinks, gas cans,
>>  Big Red Book, Gas Engine magazines, and other reference stuff, spare
>> parts,  tools, extra chairs, etc.
>> 
>> We watched as engine folks children sleeping in tents beside the  running
>> engines grew older.  If it had not been for a motor home allowed in  at that
>> time I would not have had the pleasure to see first hand, take photos,  and
>> put my hands on a very rare working salesman sample engine that had been to
>> South America and back.  It was always inside the motor home and was  later
>> sold for $40,000+ (Judge Tommy knows where it ended up).
>> 
>> We watched as the tractor folks and the engine folks had conflicts.   The
>> tractor folks lined up their tractors in neat rows and wanted the engine
>> folks to do the same.  One morning they even changed the gate lock during  the
>> night so the engine folks could not drive their trucks in that morning. Now
>> that was a confrontation to see!  The engine folks cleaned up some of the
>> fair grounds and the tractor folks would encroach on it.
>> 
>> One of the biggest differences was the engine folks with their truck, motor
>>  home, trailer display disarray always had engines running and people ready
>> to  talk about the engines, how they worked, help get others involved in
>> the  hobby, etc.  The tractor folks lined up their tractors and then
>> disappeared  for the most part.
>> 
>> Why did I quit going to R&T?  The last time there,  they announced it very
>> loudly,  "your motor homes and trucks are not  welcomed inside any more".
>> Your vehicle will be parked out in never-never  land -period!
>> I kept up with that show and the engine displays went down hill after
>> that.  I am glad to hear that it is building up again.
>> 
>>  I attended  a lot of shows in the Virginia/North Carolina area  and from
>> Florida to Pennsylvania, to Indiana.  Most of those allowed  vehicles by or
>> very near the display.  One of the biggest shows I attend is  at Denton, NC
>> that allows motor homes, trucks, everywhere in the engine  area.  Always
>> engines running.  The tractors are neatly lined up in  another area doing
>> nothing, and  no owners around to discuss them  with the spectator.
>> 
>> My vote is to allow vehicles inside where space permits or parking very
>> nearby the display!
>> 
>> Tom  Schmutz
>> Concord,  Va.
>> germoamer at aol.com
>> 
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