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Location: south east Michigan | I got there about 7 p.m. last year and the lobby jam was already going strong. |
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Location: closely held secret | Fred, last year it seemed like most started arriving between 6pm - 8pm. Some of us coming from the other end...? Depends on when we left. I'm taking the red-eye, leaving PDX around 10pm Weds and getting into BDL around 10:30am.
I'll be the one sleeping in the lobby until the staff is embarrassed into letting me check in early... |
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Location: SoCal | The problem we have here on the west coast is either you do what John does and leave Wednesday night to be there all day Thursday, or leave Thursday morning, and not get the until Thursday evening. If I was only driving 3-8 hours, or flying 2-3 hours, I'd be there mid to late Thursday afternoon. The lobby jam is always going strong when I arrive. But I gotta admit, it's fun to walk in to. |
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Location: closely held secret | I prefer taking the red eye. Then I can catch up on sleep Thursday and be ready to keep the lobby staff up late. |
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Location: NE Ohio | I'm Looking forward to my first time on the OFC tour. Thanks Al for the heads up. |
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Location: Orange County, California | :D Only 30 more days until the tour!! :D
Did everyone RSVP to AL? |
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Location: Keller, TX | Looking forward to my first tour! Fred, the missus is interested in meeting you. You are that stranger that I didn't know but picked up and took you to OFC Texas. I could'a been mugged!!! |
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| Why would she worry about a stranger who goes buffalo hunting with a hand gun wearing a skirt? See ya soon fred. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | . . .Annie Oakley? |
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Location: closely held secret | ...Andy Oakley. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | He got a Pistolectomy |
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Location: closely held secret | ...or an Addadictomy. |
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Location: Orange County, California | :D :D :D |
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Location: Orange County, California | :D 28 Days till the tour!!! :D
and happy 420 to those who partake... |
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Location: Midland, MI | This thread makes me sad |
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Location: Madison, Wisconsin | MILES! Your back. |
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Location: NJ | What ABOUT his back??? |
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Location: Fayetteville, NC | Man, I wish I could go!! Wh really needs to work anyway???!! Uh..forget I said that.. I do!! |
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Location: NJ | Y'know, without having that scrolling "head count" across the bottom of the screen (like we used to have), it was kinda' hard to get a feel for where we "are" with this whole thing.
Had an email exchange w/Al the other day, and brought up the "head count"-thing . . .
You guys SUCK!
For the past three years it's been "Man!! I wish I went!!" "Wow!! now I wish I had GONE" "I'm gonna' go "NextYear" I'm DEFINITELY gonna go "NextYear" . . . blah, blah, blah, blah, BLAH!!!
HELLO!!!!!!
THIS is fucking Next YEAR!!!
Al, Miles, Rick, and everybody involved busted their ASSES to get the most "advance notice/lead time" that we've EVER had, as to NOT interfere with Vacations/Mother'sDay/Father'sDay/GroundHogDay, etc., and we STILL get a measley response??
I reiterate:
You Guys Suh-huh-HUH-huh-HUCK!!
This thing's NOT gonna get any "bigger" if it doesn't get . . . well, BIGGER!!!
Granted, it's easy for me to cast aspersions when I live within driving distance, but hey!! When the OFC-thing happened for Ovation's 40th at NAMM happened, I figured out a way t'get on a friggin' plane and BE there!!
I KNOW! It's not cheap. But you guys had SIX friggin' MONTHS "Lead Time" to work this out!!
(And that's not even TAKING into consideration the one's that said LAST year they were going THIS year!!!)
HERE's an idea:
Sit down with your families and say "Y'know what Good ol' Dad'd REALLY like this year for Father's Day??
SIGN UP!!!!
NOW!!!!
GO!!!
Did'ya ever stop t'think that if this thing just "stagnates", RickHall & Co. might just end up saying "Why bother??" It's a big expense, and a big undertaking for them. How's about reciprocating some gratitude and "effort"???
Personally, I'm looking forward to seeing some old FRIENDS that I haven't seen in a year or so . . AND . . I'm REALLY looking forward to meeting some for the first time!!
To "Them" I say "Thanks Guys for making the Time/Effort, . . . we're gonna have a BLAST!!!
To the rest of You:
"Pussies." |
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Location: closely held secret | Ahem!... well said, Clifford, well said.
Hope I'm in at least one of those groups you're looking forward to seeing... |
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Location: NJ | Of COURSE you are . . . ScwewwyWabbitt . . . .
(The rest of you AssWipes, . . Sign-Up . . NOW!!!) |
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Location: NJ | thanks Cliff
I couldn't have said it better myself. |
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Location: NJ | Thanks Al;
But all I did was Copy/Paste what you e-mailed me to post . . . . |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Plagarism saves time! |
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OFC Factory Tour 06
