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HK

Wizard of Woodstock wrote:
On Sat, 24 Jan 2009 18:31:43 -0500, "Eisboch"
wrote:

"HK" wrote in message
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wrote:
On Jan 24, 5:26 pm, HK wrote:
Eisboch wrote:

"Tim" wrote in message
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He and Uncle Tommy are enjoying the Boat show. Lots of boats, and he's
having a blast. he said he keeps losing Tom, Kind of like tracking
somebody in a mall.
LOL!
While I was on the phone w/him, I could ehar Tom in the background
saying "DUDE!"
Hope to hear a good report later....
Gee. Never got an invite. Must be my deodorant.
Eisboch
Is this the hartford show? It never much impressed me. The new haven
show was always better. In the good old days. The New England Sportsman
Show, though, was always the biggest and best in the area.
Blah, blah, blah.. we know... and last time you were up here, heating
fuel was 15 cents.. What's the difference, a room full of boats is a
room full of boats..
A room full?

That's a boat show? A room full of boats? Sounds like a dealer's showroom.
How many boats were at that show?

:)
Gotta admit though. That was funny.

It was amusing.

And it's not far from the truth - almost everybody at this years show
downsized quite a bit or only brought half of what they brought last
year.

The Convention Center is half the size of the Boston Convention Center
(at a guess - not much smaller than half) and it was 80% full of boats
and displays. I heard that the Boston show this year was much smaller
too, so that's a fairly good barometer.

Next week will be the real tell tale - Providence is a major show and
from what I've been hearing, dealers there have downsized also.

Don't know - we'll see next weekend.

--

If we aren't supposed to eat animals,
why are they made of meat?

The Boston show I remember was at a different facility, probably long
gone by now... :)