Tiskit Taskit

Put all the shows in a basket.

Seems that way doesn't it. We had more shit to do on the 23rd -24th than you could shake a stick at. Now as the second weekend in a row of twiddling ones thumbs in hopes of a car show has past, we have yet another weekend of choices.

But before we get into that, a flash review of the past, starting with the 23rd. Rod Run was a blast with a Shower, Heard good things about the Windham show, Togus got its wish, I was told that Harrison was the best yet and Dover- Foxcroft was a hike, fun and a hike. Then we took a trip to MDI with others and ate up some fuel, wore out some tires, found a great place to eat and missed some rather nasty ass thunderstorms.

Then we attended a boiled lunch that was actually a club meeting, finishing the time with a Front Street Shuffle that was bright and sunny and a great way to be with friends.

So that being said we now can tell of the clusterfuck that has become the car show schedule.

We have the dueling Fire Dept. shows in Searsport and Blue Hill or a Cruise night in Biddeford along with some Psychotic Illusions under the lights in Topsham. If that won't do it, there are Vintage Race Cars at Ainslee's or you can soar with the Eagles in Rumford. That's Saturday.

On Sunday you can get variable pricing at the gate, horse poop, fair food and sand drags at the Ossippee Valley Fair or Moxie in Lisbon and as always the much maligned Acton Show. I think the variable pricing at the gate in Ossipee has been fixed but I haven't verified it since the first time.

The whole point of having a calendar is to use it for spreading out a schedule, not competing against one another or as is the case of the last of June and the beginning of July using the Calendar to wipe your ass.

Some are beyond our control, with scheduling being arranged around a heritage festival or municipal mumbo jumbo that the organizers have to work with. But lately it has become a blatant case of people forgetting their 6 P's.

 Prior Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance.