We got back last night and rebooted the entire techno bank here at Exhaust Fumes. We of course went and checked the usual sights for any info on the local scenes. I found that the review of OOB, on HotKarz, was to say the least, expected and very well put.
Today I will not compare the Weekend at Burlington with the Show at OOB and only say there is no comparison. Burlington had the 2nd highest car count in its history with 1616 vehicles registered and 10,000+- spectators through the gate including the US Secret Service with President of the Republic of Macedonia wanting to see the iron on Saturday. With more English speaking Canadians in Burlington than in OOB it provided a grand view of some of the finest cars and trucks in North America.
The Comparisons between the Chambers of Commerce in Burlington and the surrounding communities and OOB are again listed as No Comparison. The Chamber in Burlington paid the bill on Thursday for a Dinner of, Ziti in Sauce with as much as the plate could hold with Meatballs the size of baseballs thrown on top, salad, bread, beverage and dessert, and a cut rate cash bar. In OOB you got Squat.
On Friday and Saturday you got a free bus trip provided by the Chamber to a shopping trip of your choice, either the Mall or a larger area called Church St. which in itself is the Size of 2 Maine Malls. In OOB you got Squat.
All Weekend they gave stuff away including awards on Sunday that the Chamber designed and paid for. In OOB you got Squat and a $15.00 Assortment of Plastic Tubes, Shiny Brittle Dodads and Tiny Blocks of Genuine Marble.
Other than that I got to do a Late Model Award rather than Street Rod, so I picked A Canadian that drove 1500 miles in two weeks to get it to Lake George and then Burlington in a Custom 51 Chevrolet 2dr Hardtop (no Post) that was low lean and still ran the stock engine and trans combination ( 6 Cyl, 3 on the tree). Gotta love that shit.
It just goes to show you that a good Chamber is willing to spend money so the people in attendance will spend money making the Chamber money in return with a stronger membership base, rather than penny ante money grubbers whose main business is ripping off its people in order to make money.
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come on now ever since WE were little Kids OOB has been SCREWING the public and will alway be doing so. It a way of life for OOB
ReplyDeleteYeah, pretty skeevy of the OOB chamber of cashflow, but if you can look beyond that rape and pillage.....
ReplyDeleteThere were 350 or so nice rides (including alot from NH, Mass and the Old Country [Quebec])PERFECT weather, a really nice venue, and a showfield that consisted of a huge amount of spectators that had nothing to do with the cars and the owners-something that you don't see so much of as the shows we attend are mostly tucked away behind a school or something. The old boy system still alive and well, but did ANYBODY really expect different? That DEAD AS HELL horse still being beaten mercilessly by the same Department of Dead Horse Beating. I guess it is because my ride is pretty grizzled (and not even there on Saturday) but is that $15.00 C.A.T. really worth all this drama? I took it as it was, a nice day, nice rides, and alot of "civilians" checking out all the fine vehicles. Truth be told, if I had had enough cash to get the caddy down,(boss not paying me well, but that's another story) I would have paid the $15- yes definatly price gouging, but a really nice day. Different priorities, I guess.
Anyway Burlington sounded like a blast-I am definatly planning on making the trip next year.