[SEL] Re(Sel) Rough and Tumble

[Leroy Clark]

Define little? Leroy
On Aug 30, 2014 3:08 PM, <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)
>
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> 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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