JohnR RISAA

[slow eddie]

i'm just the opposite. look forward to going every year. see people i haven't seen in a while. check out the new stuff. ask a lot of stupid questions. pick up a few just got to have things. have lunch in a watering hole with a few buddies.
just make a afternoon of it.

[tattoobob]

Originally Posted by piemma

I haven't gone for 3 years. I find it hard to swallow that I have to pay $10 to spend money on gear. I don't need hardly anything and what I do need I can get online and save the gas money.

Party Pooper

Originally Posted by slow eddie

i'm just the opposite. look forward to going every year. see people i haven't seen in a while. check out the new stuff. ask a lot of stupid questions. pick up a few just got to have things. have lunch in a watering hole with a few buddies.
just make a afternoon of it.

I do the same thing, and it gets me out of the house

[piemma]

You guys definitely don't have my life. I never have time for anything. Haven't you noticed my 3:00 AM posts? If I have time to relax I do it at home. I go hard 16 to 18 hours everyday.
Between working, turning plugs, cutting firewood, working on my boat, tractor, house and barn, the last thing I need to do is get out and burn an afternoon wandering around booths of stuff I don't need.

Nothing wrong with it if you have the time and don't mind driving into Providence, paying $10.00 to park and another $10 to get into the show. Just not my thing anymore.

[Rockfish9]

Originally Posted by piemma

You guys definitely don't have my life. I never have time for anything. Haven't you noticed my 3:00 AM posts? If I have time to relax I do it at home. I go hard 16 to 18 hours everyday.
Between working, turning plugs, cutting firewood, working on my boat, tractor, house and barn, the last thing I need to do is get out and burn an afternoon wandering around booths of stuff I don't need.

Nothing wrong with it if you have the time and don't mind driving into Providence, paying $10.00 to park and another $10 to get into the show. Just not my thing anymore.

Exactly why I don't go to these things anymore.. seems the older I get the less time I have...and as far as having.. like you stated ..I have everything I need.. and then some.. recently i was told that there was more "stuff" in my shop that at the local tackle shop... my reply.. you ought to see the garage!