Wish I could have been there my friend! I will be at Open Fields this year. Perhaps next year at the hotluck and firey foods show. If all goes well, I will ALSO be there as one of the evil corporate types on Satuday! ;-) Ted the Chilehead --- KnoxBill <knoxbill@comcast.net> wrote: > > even more good food at this year's hotluck...how can > it get any > better?...more chile-heads in attendance is the only > way;.. > > got there late, left early, both as a result of an > issue with the > car...just pulled in safely, no smoke out of the > engine, but ran into > some *serious* fog coming off the jellico > mountain...talking ten foot > visibility most of the way, sometimes, barely able > to see the white > stripe on the side of the road... > > missed chilewoman, ted, alex, their families and > several other > regulars...but had a fine crowd...the traditional > rain on friday and sun > on saturday...more people seem to show up when there > are no tornadoes > forecast...go figger... > > thanks again to the thomas family and the campbell > family, who host this > show...this was the 12th year. it is now officially > a tradition... > > and to all of those who expressed concern for me and > my car, i made it > safely, don't think i injured the car, and all ended > well that ended > well (or something like that)... > > > (special thanks to george starkey, who gave my > nephew a story that he > will never forget...nor will he ever forgive me when > he finds out the > truth...he called all his friends on the way > home..."you'll never > *believe* who i met at the hotluck!...yes, it really > was!...it was > *really* him!"...) > > knoxbill > > > > In 1969, only 66 years after Orville Wright flew two > feet off the ground for 12 seconds, Neil Armstrong, > Buzz Aldrin and I rocketed to the moon in Apollo > 11." > -- Michael Collins > Former astronaut and past > Director > of the National Air and Space > Museum > >