[AT] Greenville OH Show

[Dean Vinson]

I went to both shows for a while on Saturday, and enjoyed them both.  Live 
steam is always fascinating, and the Thresher's show also had some folks 
using old gas tractors to cut, bind, and haul wheat (think it was wheat,  I 
didn't really look close come to think of it) in to be threshed, and then 
plowing and harrowing the field.  Really nice to see.

But the antique power show at the fairgrounds was also really nice.   Lot 
more gas tractors and swapmeet stuff, which is always fun.  And I got to 
visit briefly with some of the Dotsons while Gene was on his Case LA, 
powering the sawmill.  I took some pictures of Gene on the LA but managed to 
lose them by being a dumb s.o.b. with my computer.  Anyway, it's still a 
very nice size show.

I attended a couple of times in past years when the steam and gas tractor 
groups were still together at the fairgrounds.  This year's setup is clearly 
way better for the steam folks, much more room to do stuff.  The gas show on 
the fairgrounds seemed perfectly healthy too, at least to a casual observer 
like me.  The two showgrounds are only 15 minutes apart or so, something 
like that.  At first I thought "too bad they scheduled both shows for the 
same weekend," but then I decided it was better that way--if they'd been on 
different weekends I doubt I'd have come to both.  Clearly some bad blood 
between the groups but I don't know and don't care to know the details... 
seems like both shows are going to succeed, and both are still going to be 
interesting to me.

Dean Vinson
www.vinsonfarm.com
Dayton OH


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Gibson" <dgibson31 at woh.rr.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 11:21 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] Greenville OH Show


> If you would have come to the Steam Threshers you could have seen me sing 
> kareoke. Come to think of it that may be a reason NOT to come. LOL
>
> David D. Gibson
> Montezuma, OH
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David A. Laughead Jr." <daljr at bright.net>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" 
> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 8:44 PM
> Subject: Re: [AT] Greenville OH Show
>
>
>>    Farmer,
>> I got the sneakin' suspiction you went to the wrong Greenville Show. The
>> Steam Thresher's is and will always be the real deal. The Fairgrounds 
>> show
>> is nothing more than someone's greedy pissing contest. Thats about the
>> nicest way I can think of to put it!
>>
>> BTW, last I heard they had 35 registered steamers, I never heard a total
>> count on tractors, but there was a ton of Allis Orange!
>>
>> Dave Laughead
>> Arcanum, Ohio
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Indiana Robinson" <robinson at svs.net>
>> To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 5:30 PM
>> Subject: [AT] Greenville OH Show
>>
>>
>> I'm running late as usual... Diana and I are moving into the house here 
>> on
>> the farm
>> that I grew up in and where until rapidly advancing Alzheimers forced me 
>> to
>> place my
>> mother in a home, she lived. We had wanted to go to the Greenville show
>> anyway but
>> the stress of the move made a day off even more important. We drove over 
>> on
>> Friday
>> night and found a major colony of Dotsons camped in their favored 
>> location.
>> It was
>> easy to find, we just looked for the area where everything around had 
>> been
>> charred
>> from the flames of the "Dotson inferno"...  We pulled in nearby and 
>> started
>> looking
>> around the show. We really like that show, its just "one of those shows".
>> Not huge
>> but well handled.
>> We had a great Friday evening and all day Saturday visiting and looking 
>> and
>> shopping. We were sorry to find that the Willer's were not there this 
>> year.
>> We were
>> pretty tired before we got there (really wiped out) and down and didn't 
>> get
>> involved
>> in the phone call with H.L. but happy late anniversary H.L. and Billie...
>> You know
>> what 50 years of marriage means don't you H.L.? It means that Billie must 
>> be
>> unbelievably patient and tolerant...   ;-)    ;-)    ;-)
>> We are sorry that we left rather abruptly Saturday evening without 
>> getting
>> to say
>> goodbye to everyone but leaving was a strain and decided upon suddenly. I
>> was
>> dreading going home so much that only by grabbing my own arm and twisting 
>> it
>> behind
>> my back was I able to say "OK, we are going home now"... I didn't dare
>> delay once in
>> motion or I might still be there or headed off the other way. I REALLY
>> didn't to return to
>> this mess. Our old house is about 2,500 square feet and has 
>> waaaaaaaaaaaaay
>> too much
>> "stuff" in it... The other house is about 5,000 square feet and is 
>> stacked
>> to the rafters with
>> good stuff, not so good stuff and a hell of a lot of just plain crap...
>> In trying to honor my mothers earlier wishes expressed in her will even
>> though she is
>> still living (sort of) my sister in Pensacola is entitled to almost all 
>> of
>> the contents of the house.
>> She came up (at my request) and picked out what she wanted and I can tell
>> you that it could
>> probably all fit in an 8'x8'x8 box. Like me, my mother collected
>> everything... After removing
>> at least 4 pickup loads of just plain trash Diana and I are still up to 
>> our
>> necks in dishes, baskets,
>> several thousand books, all sorts of antiques and "STUFF"... You name it 
>> and
>> it is here in one
>> house or the other. Much of it is personal stuff with memories attached.
>> By the time we get this mess sorted out we probably won't need either 
>> house
>> because
>> we will have been locked away somewhere...