[bnewell]

this is strictly from the "cheap seats"......this thread has really turned by stomach. I told myself that I was not going to post a comment but now I am torqued. "I" think it is getting more "destructive" than "constructive" and turning into a total "CLVSTER FVCK".

I have only been to 1 Fling and that was 2003. I paid my $100 several months before the event, attended the Saturday night event @ The Lube for a few hours and had to get back home that night. I did not receive my name tag, t-shirt or whatever else came with it. Did I give a sh!t......he!! no. I ended up buying a t-shirt at The Lube, had a great time seeing old friends and just looking at the cars.

I really don't care who's party it is...call it Ed's party or call it whatever you want. However you look at it, it "WAS" and hopefully "WILL BE" a great party. To have 300+ cars roll into the Columbus area, there needs to be some type of organization and iteneray. If a charity gets a few bucks out of it, all the better. And if they don't, where is the problem??

Otherwise, why don't we just all (300+ of us) just meet somewhere during the 3rd week of July, 2005. Heck, it doesn't have to be Columbus, lets go to YOUR backyard. We can just meet in some parking lot somewhere (hope its a big one) and when we are done doing whatever we did, we can just leave. We don't need no stinkin plans or schedule. We'll just go with the flow. I'm sure most restaurants would love to see 300+ people pulling into their establishments. I'm sure we could do burn-outs in all of the towns we drive through. I'm sure the local cops wouldn't mind our little cruises through their towns/country sides. I'm sure that we could just show up with no prior announcement and everything would be "JUST FINE".

Kind of reminds me of when I used to throw a party every year. The 1st year I supplied (1) keg of beer. 2nd year it was (3) kegs of beer.........(5) years latter I wrote the check for (37) kegs of beer + plus renting the Bud trailer and all of the taps. It was that year that I had to charge $5 at the gate. No one ever b!tched about the $5....it hopefully covered costs including fireworks and man, did we ever have a great time!!!!! That was the last year for the party......just tooo much for me. All of my volunteers to help cover the beer cost until we collected the money at the gate and the volunteers to clean-up the next day were no where to be found when the time came.

Not saying that the Fling has no volunteers, just the opposite. But the view is always easy from the "cheap-seats".

With that being said........

Who is up for the task?????

What are the dates??????

Where are we meeting??????

Can we come a day or two early????

If I do come early is there anything planned???????

What hotels/motels??????

Where are we eating????

Do we have to eat there again?????

How many people are coming???

What will we be doing??????

Will the weather be nice??????

What if it rains?????

Where is the website....I need to register NOW.....it is only 8 months away!!!!!!

Hurry up and respond, I need to put in for vacation time.

What is the cost???????

Lets give $$$$ up front to help cover any costs so that we can have a great/safe time...........................





COST???? WHAT THE HELL IS THAT FOR???????



Okay, I'm done......have a great evening!!!!

Brian