BILL'S REFLECTIONS ON THE SWL
FEST
© 2007 by Bill
Cole N2CSA
I've spent 20 years trying to forget the first SWL Fest and you want
me to write a few words about it?
When I dig back that far all I see are memory flashes and the weird pattern
of the carpet..........especially the carpet with the blood and outline
of the shooting victim in the lounge. Peg and the girls went to the 1st
SWL Fest with me. We were impressed by the door to our room. It was repaired
crudely not from being kicked in, but from some poor soul kicking it out
from the inside while trying to escape. Friday's weather was freezing
rain and snow. A combination that iced the roads. The pizza delivery man
had to walk the last block because the car didn't have the traction to
make it up the hill. Ah, a flash of the pink and purple Pancho Villa room,
the sumptuous banquet of subs and the Sumo Wrestler guarding the keg.
I won a prize in the raffle, a power strip. I couldn't claim it right
away because it was in use powering various paraphernalia. The next day
I had to hassle Bob Brown for it. The lasting effect of the 1st SWL fest
was that Peg, Jen and Sarah refused to attend another.
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