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The Chip Board Archive 21

cc fantasy or truth

probably out of line, but what the h ll .[the fantasy ], 7:00 sat morning chipdealers lined up, waiting to get in & set up, 3 hours later at 10:00 after everyone had coffee & donuts doors pop open 50 -100 people waiting to get in, they all came to buy, chips, dice, ashtrays, memorabilia, & 7 hours later, the crowds gone, what a day, each dealer sold hundreds of items, can't wait till next year there counting the days ,====truth 7:00 sat morning, a few dealers waiting to get in ,& set up but its so cold ,but hey it,ll be warm inside ,wrong .the bld. was like a storage meat locker. so wheres the heat ? found it. 2- 6 inch propane heaters by the door & 2 across the room, & only 1 of them worked ,but in 3 hours the place should warm up ,10;00 o'clock wheres the crowd 3-4 people signing in for there free chips including ,myself .jeez its cold .but im a chipper & love chips ,so lets get dealing ,1st table. there buying & selling old cameras [no chips], the next table there selling knifes [no chips] & the next table, they have a huge assortment of collectables, but [no chips] finally a guy named tom, has everything, & also his friend with a table of dice & chips, but across from the chip tables, 2 nice ladies freezing to death with vases. bowls, nicnaks & assorted collectables but [no chips] so i keep moving, just trying to keep warm, & heres another guy selling guns & knifes [no chips],then i found the ashtray man, with boxes & boxes of trays, but i was so cold by then my fingers were like frozen, so i ran to the end of the building looking for a hot cup of coffee & maybe a donut or breakfast roll, no nothing. if you want something hot, have to hit mcdonalds, so off i go. i get 6 senior coffees, gave my friends each one & the nice ladies, so they wouldnt freeze. i stayed with my friend who was freezing also for 5 hours, note, made 2 more coffee runs, just to keep warm, wheres the buyers? & the ones i did get to see were so cold, how can you enjoy a show when you can,t feel your toes. but hey. the building was donated. if the show was held outside in the parking lot. it would have probably been a bigger success. i left my friend at 3:00 was so cold. if you need to ware longjohns & a parka to attend a chip show, theres a problem. my friend basically wasted a whole day, & i talked him into doing the show, hope he'll forgive me when he thaws out but i,m a winner, i got 2 chips & a ticket for some chip set for $5.00 ::: now this is only a story, fiction or fact??? jerry


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