Hi All,
Just wanted to take a quick few minutes to give everyone a quick THANKS for a phenomenal OSH this year. It's a bit different to be on my side of the fence as a vendor as well as being a builder.
This year is by far the BEST show I've ever attended. For me personally last year (2007) was a flippin miserable year - the Chelton debacle, Dan Lloyd crashing, cutting my finger off in a prop, so on and so forth. What I'm getting at is this year there were SO many of you who stopped by just to say hi that it really reminded me of why I do what I do - The people as a whole are just one really neat group. We sat around with a bunch of builders, other vendors, etc.. drinking way to much beer in the evenings and had a wonderful time. The weather was great, and the show was so busy that we again can't thank everyone enough. We don't have the fanciest booth, or the most expensive display, but even still a veritable TON of you stopped by. I met a LOT of people in person that I've talked to so that was nice.
Anyway, I'll quit rambling. I just wanted to really let everyone know how much we sincerely appreciated everyone who stopped by, even if it was only to say hi - it's nice to meet a lot of you face to face. This year over many others reminded me of why I go to OSH as both a vendor and a builder. Sure the EAA itself has some significant room for improvement, but as a whole I'm very glad we went. One thing is I wish we'd have brough more of the "broke" T-Shirts, but since some people told me before the show they were tacky I only had 150 made - I think as a whole everyone who saw them got a really good laugh! Would you believe that we gave away ALL 150 of those shirts withing the first 15 minutes of Monday Morning?!?!?! I sort of felt like the Beetles there for about 10 minutes!
Have a great week,
Stein
PS, I'm not looking for any glowing reviews or responses to this thread, I simply just wanted to say thanks - and I mean that!
Just wanted to take a quick few minutes to give everyone a quick THANKS for a phenomenal OSH this year. It's a bit different to be on my side of the fence as a vendor as well as being a builder.
This year is by far the BEST show I've ever attended. For me personally last year (2007) was a flippin miserable year - the Chelton debacle, Dan Lloyd crashing, cutting my finger off in a prop, so on and so forth. What I'm getting at is this year there were SO many of you who stopped by just to say hi that it really reminded me of why I do what I do - The people as a whole are just one really neat group. We sat around with a bunch of builders, other vendors, etc.. drinking way to much beer in the evenings and had a wonderful time. The weather was great, and the show was so busy that we again can't thank everyone enough. We don't have the fanciest booth, or the most expensive display, but even still a veritable TON of you stopped by. I met a LOT of people in person that I've talked to so that was nice.
Anyway, I'll quit rambling. I just wanted to really let everyone know how much we sincerely appreciated everyone who stopped by, even if it was only to say hi - it's nice to meet a lot of you face to face. This year over many others reminded me of why I go to OSH as both a vendor and a builder. Sure the EAA itself has some significant room for improvement, but as a whole I'm very glad we went. One thing is I wish we'd have brough more of the "broke" T-Shirts, but since some people told me before the show they were tacky I only had 150 made - I think as a whole everyone who saw them got a really good laugh! Would you believe that we gave away ALL 150 of those shirts withing the first 15 minutes of Monday Morning?!?!?! I sort of felt like the Beetles there for about 10 minutes!
Have a great week,
Stein
PS, I'm not looking for any glowing reviews or responses to this thread, I simply just wanted to say thanks - and I mean that!
