[AT] Portland Ind. Show

[szabelski at wildblue.net]

When I was a den leader in the Boy Scouts, they had a tradition of letting the Scouts who were earning their Eagle Badge build and light the last night’s bonfire at the Scout camp. We had all the scouts gathered at the ceremony arena and everybody was excited about doing their skits, dances, etc. as part of the ceremony. The Scouts earning their Eagle Badge decided that they were going to build the biggest fire ever and made a huge pile of wood. What the people running the camp didn’t know was that the guys had also figured out how to make some napalm that they sprinkled all over the wood . When they threw the torch into the big pile of wood there was a tremendous roar, and everybody had to run out of the arena and wait for the flames to die down. The heat from the fire was really something. Nobody was hurt, but it was decided later that the camp councilors would build the bonfires from then on.

Carl


----- Original Message -----
From: Mark Johnson <markjohnson100 at centurylink.net>
To: at at lists.antique-tractor.com
Sent: Wed, 26 Aug 2020 08:02:23 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: [AT] Portland Ind. Show

You're supposed to be using distillate or diesel fuel out of a tractor 
to start the camp fire! I thought everybody knew that.

Mark J

On 8/25/2020 10:05 PM, Spencer Yost wrote:
> I have proof that the Portland crew are cheating when starting the 
> camp fire at night.   I won’t reveal my sources but I’m beginning to 
> regret not going.   All kinds of twisted things.  Lighter fluid?  Oh 
> the humanity!
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> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On Aug 25, 2020, at 5:45 PM, Dean Vinson <dean at vinsonfarm.net> wrote:
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>> Have fun, gentlemen!   I won’t make it this year but will sure as 
>> heck be thinking of you all and the show.
>>
>> Dean
>>
>> Saint Paris, Ohio
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>> *From:*AT [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] *On Behalf Of 
>> *Tim Brown
>> *Sent:* Monday, August 24, 2020 4:25 PM
>> *To:* Antique Tractor Email Discussion Group 
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>> *Subject:* Re: [AT] Portland Ind. Show
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>> Hi Dell,
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>> Gene Dotson, Steve Sewell and myself are here now.
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>> Tim Brown,
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>> Waynesville, Ohio
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>> On Sun, Aug 23, 2020 at 5:14 PM DEL SCHRAM <delschram at comcast.net 
>> <mailto:delschram at comcast.net>> wrote:
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>>     Is anyone else going to the Portland show this week? Aug. 26 -
>>     Aug 29
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