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Old 07-10-2018, 01:02 PM
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Looking forward to participating this year... Any trouble with a young teenager tagging along?
I brought my business partner's grandson a few years ago. I promised to bring him again next year if his GPA improves

Less than two weeks now! Everyone pray for nice weather. We've been lucky 7 years running, but the streak will break sooner or later. The old girl...



.... says the party goes on rain or shine, so bring your umbrella if necessary. Gotta keep your beer dry.
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Old 07-10-2018, 02:31 PM
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Love that beer fairy. Builder Doll and I we see all you RVers there! Thanks Dan for pulling it off again!
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Old 07-16-2018, 12:31 PM
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We're not doing the long string of door prizes this year, just because standing around while trying to hear your name announced on a cheap bullhorn isn't any fun.

However, VAF advertiser Ned Bowers really wants to give away a set of Skybolt fasteners (www.skybolt.com), customized for the winner's airplane.

Here's the deal. When you arrive, head for the picnic table to get a name tag. After all, the whole point of the Social is to put faces with names.

While you're at the picnic table, you'll have an opportunity to sign up for the door prize. One entry per person please. We'll put the entries in a bucket, and at some appropriate time, we'll blindfold Jenny, spin her around three times, and make her draw a ticket left-handed.....then we'll post the winner's name on the beer wagons. That way no one has to interrupt their drinking, er, conversation.

One week from today! See you there.
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Old 07-16-2018, 01:56 PM
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Seven days and a wake up! Boomer's in as well as the usual gaggle of KC Flight boyz.
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Old 07-27-2018, 07:56 AM
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Well, another RV Social is history. Everyone seemed to have the usual good time, and for the 8th straight year, we got great weather. The name tag system says we had 500+ guests, which is normal. The Beer Fairy drank her fill, and has gone back to the basement until next year.

For what it's worth, the location and refreshments are not free. Please thank the folks at Gallagher Insurance, and your ten faithful sponsors. Here's the honor roll:

Barrett Precision Engines (Rhonda and Alan)
Continental/Titan (JB)
Delta Pop Aviation (Don)
Flightlines (Tom)
Flyboy/Team Rocket (Vince and Blake)
JD Air (Darwin)
Kitplanes Magazine (Paul)
Lycoming/Thunderbolt (Jeff)
SteinAir (Stein and the Gang)
TruTrak (Andrew)

The door prize was a full set of Skybolt fasteners, courtesy of Ned Bowers. The winner was (IIRC) Damon Ring. I have no memory of what Damon said he was building

Jenny got up on the picnic table for the drawing, but declined to dance. Darn.

It seems that draft beer systems are like Lycoming oil systems, in that not everyone understands how they work. We had eleven kegs spit between two wagons, with two taps per wagon, one keg per tap. When a keg runs dry, I need to change the tap to another keg. Hey, I'm not hard to find. It seems this year when two taps ran dry at the same time, some folks got the idea that the beer had run out, and left. As a result, at the end we had an extra keg. Cry not, as I'm sure the Gallagher gang used it Wednesday evening. Still, a shame that some paid five bucks a beer at SOS, when beer was free at the party.

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Old 07-27-2018, 10:36 AM
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Thanks again to Dan and all the sponsors, we had a Great Time! My lil' dude especially liked the playground and other kiddos!



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