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Tue Aug 10 2010 11:43 AM
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Hi All This is Bob Hale and by the grace of God and my wife and daughter I was able to be at Iowa Gas this year. My wife (Sandie) and daughter (Tammi) loaded and unloaded and set the booth up and took care of business and me! I want to thank everyone who came by and said hi and many said they had been following my two year journey. I'm doing better now. I just don't have much strength and get tired easily. Anyway seeing all of you and knowing that you care meant a lot to me. I wanted to try and meet some of the oldgassers that I haven't but didn't even make it outside. Also spent 2 or 3 hours resting in the room so might have missed you then. I did meet Kevin Frith and had a few conversations with him. Seems to be a real nice guy.
Thanks again for stopping by the ballroom and lifting my spirits!! Bob Hale
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Glad you could attend, Bob. Recovery is a step-by-step process and I'm sure you enjoyed doing as much as you did. Getting out and doing something "normal" is a boost to the spirit. Hope you continue to get stronger.
Jim "Oldgas" Potts Your host and moderator
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Wish I would have known you were there, I would have stopped by to say hi. Glad to hear you are doing well and had a good time on your trip.
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I also wished I had known you were there. Not being use to That kind of Humidity/Heat, this is me trying to cool down on Tuesday about noon [pic taken by Wes Maxwell]. After a cool shower, 2-3 hrs later I was back outside & moving much slower !
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YOU MIGHT'VE BEEN COOLER IF YOU HAD SHED ONE OF THE TWO SHIRTS YOU WERE WEARING! LOL!
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.........SHORTS AND FLIP FLOPS ALSO PROVIDE A MUCH COOLER BODY!
DOC @ THE AMERICAN GARAGE
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sorry i didnt get to meet you bob.that pic is how i found db...musta already been hitting the jd, lol
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After the shower I never wore another t-shirt while I was there.
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I saw you sitting there DB and tried to help with a chair and a cold beer/water. It was so hot on Tuesday my mini bike I was riding experienced vapor lock and had to be parked. That was a first.
-Matt
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& I Really appreciated it. Thank You. I got my share of Chigger bites from laying on the ground there & down by Darrel's room! Still SCRATCHING
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I want to thank everyone who bid on my items at the auction. I was quite disappointed but should have known better to hold an auction with todays economy. MANY items went for 1/3 of what they should have but it is what it is. Thanks much for what you all did anyway Ray
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Ray, I had the same thing happen with the auction I put my stuff into. Its tough to see the prices that things went for even though there were a few winners in mine. I even had to turn the auction off the computer, I was just getting sick. You just never know and I know that your stuff was probably top stuff. At least you have the knowledge and where with all to replentish your collection.
Craig
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I just met Dick for the first time at Iowa gas . I dont think he wears flip flops. thanks for the oranges Dick. marty
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Just got home from the round trip to Iowa Gas and a little picken...total miles on the odometer was 4800 round trip...another great Iowa experience for the memory banks...mm
Wanted early tin litho signage. petro, farm, auto, etc.
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DB and others I was going to say that I was going to be at Iowa Gas In the ballroom, but was afraid with my past luck I would jinx it!!! Hope to meet some of you next year and maybe see some of you in Columbia hopefully!! Bob
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Dont know why but I always imagined DB with Bermuda shorts, black socks and sandals with a Pall Mall hanging out of his mouth.
Wanted: Original Jenney Gas, Husky, Marathon, and Frontier Globes
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You'll never see me in shorts or a shirt w/o pockets @ IG
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i hope we never see you in shorts anywhere!!! the glare might be blinding!!lol
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i hope we never see you in shorts anywhere!!! the glare might be blinding!!lol Thanks for putting that thought into our heads for the day. LOL
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