jespear wrote:I'll be there for on Friday, thanks to a MOST GENEROUS BOTL who GAVE me a ticket.
Will get the cigar "cattle call" out of the way as early as possible, then head to the parking lots to see who I can find.
Look for me . . .
I'll have my old JESPEAR Pennsylvania license plate around my neck and my MOOSE MANOR hat on my head.
So I arrived, safe and sound, at CFest Friday morning around 9:45, and gave Jamie, aka
heynow5151,
(the generous BOTL mentioned above) a call.
He meets me in the parking lot and hands me my ticket.
Jamie and I had a bet on the SuperBowl, with the stakes being, "Whatever the loser feels like sending as a payoff", and he decided that a ticket to CFest was appropriate . I told him that he was crazy, and that it was WAY TOO MUCH for our wager, but he would not take no for an answer.
When he hands me my "CigarNut" ticket, he says, "Here . . . Put this on", and hands me a shirt.
"I got you the "Shirt Upgrade".
THEN, he hands me a hat and says, "Here . . . Put this on.
I got you the "Hat Upgrade too".
ARE YOU FUGGIN KIDDING ME ?
Jamie and I have whacked each other around over the years, but NOTHING like this.
Thanks again, Jamie ! You are unbelievable.
I had a GREAT time with a GREAT friend.
John
PS
I also got to meet
Steve R, although I didn't realize it at the time.
He and jamie are good friends, but when he introduced himself, he just said, "Hi. I'm Steve."
He and jamie talked for about ten minutes, and then we left.
I told jamie that Steve was a really nice guy, and asked how he knew him.
(Steve was working a table, and I was curious.)
Jamie says, "OH . . . That's Steve R, from the forums."