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06-18-2007, 03:03 PM
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Please Don't Touch!
 Well, I've never had one on my car and I always thought that owners that used them were being a bit of a fuss-budget but two choice incidents at the show I entered last Saturday may have changed my mind on them. I'm talking about "Do Not Touch" signs. The first transgression happened when a gentleman showing his son some finer points on my car suddenly grabbed the driver's spotlight by the head and proceeded to wrench it rapidly from stop to stop! He already had his hand inside the car and was ready to start doing the same with the handle by the time I got to him and forcefully moved him away. He would have also been on the receiving end of some choice very words had the kid not been present. The second involved three Pacific Islander dudes who took such an interest in my engine compartment, they decided to lean in for a closer look with two placing their palms flat on the tops of my front fenders and the third using my rad support for a chinning bar! These guys must have weighed 250-300# each and were built like sumo wrestlers so the potential for damage (to both the car and me!) was definitely there. I admonished them in the most gentlemanly manner as possible and they moved away without incident...whew! Luckily, no lasting harm came to my car but now I'm starting to feel a bit paranoid about leaving it while at a showing. Anybody wish to share their experiences, observations and/or tips on this subject?  On the positiive side, I took a first in my division. 
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06-18-2007, 07:35 PM
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I did manage to make it to the awards tho..... 
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06-18-2007, 08:08 PM
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Nice pic (and car, too). Congrats on the award.
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Mike '82 SSP (Marketing Order) '83 Colorado State Patrol #202 '83 Texas DPS '85 Florida Highway Patrol #1422 '93 Florida Highway Patrol #1187 '93 Florida Highway Patrol #1363
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06-19-2007, 12:06 AM
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Down town Las Vegas has to be the worst ever. I would take the bicycles baby carriages
dogs with metal dog leashes out of control kids at any car show before the drunks and stupid people that think that everything in LV is put in place for their entertainment and abuse. non car people have no idea that these cars are privately owned most think they are a dealer display and that anything goes. when they come out of the casino drunk and stupid...... some how sitting on your hood or fender seems like a good idea.We had our pantera convention across from the Plaza Hotel but have since moved it to the Orleans and the car show is on the roof of the parking lot with security guards.Congrats on the award!! ................I am gonna look into one of those animal snare 
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06-20-2007, 05:58 PM
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Funny you mention downtown Vegas. While channel surfing, I just caught that U2 video filmed there ("The Streets Have No Name"?) and in it that wad Bono flops himself across the hood of what looks like a nice 'vette that was unlucky enough to be stopped in traffic as the band traipsed by. If I was that car's driver, I would have gotten out and given "Bonehead" a "Sunday, Bloody Sunday" right in his kisser!
Here's a nice sign that the Ripon show crew was passing out to participants one year: 
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06-21-2007, 11:52 AM
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