----- Original Message -----
From: Walter Landry <waltlandry@mediaone.net>
To: <HannonsVT@AOL.COM>
Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2001 10:11 AM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Corruption at local car show!
> It is amazing how serious some people get with trophies. I like to win as
> much as the next guy but we have a local guy in my area that if he has
> anything to do with the show and there is peer judging you can count on
him
> and his friend stuffing the ballot box. The thing is he has a real nice
> car, not a forward look, but he could win sometimes on his own.
> It takes away from the show but we just ignore it and have fun.
>
> Walter
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Brandie Hannon <HannonsVT@AOL.COM>
> To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@LISTS.PSU.EDU>
> Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2001 3:26 AM
> Subject: [FWDLK] Corruption at local car show!
>
>
> > Hi everyone,
> > I just had to share this with everyone (venting!). Today I drove Mable
> down
> > to a local car show near where I live. The show was at a street fair
> > benefiting a few different local groups (boy scouts was one). I spent
most
> of
> > the day there as the car show started at noon and the awards were
> announced
> > at 8. Me and my friend had a great time talking to all the other car
> owners
> > at the show, there really was just a good bunch of people. About 6
o'clock
> > this guy rolls in driving an old ford 4x4, hops out, somehow grabs a
stack
> of
> > the car show ballots, fills them out with his number, and starts buying
> beers
> > for people to get them to go drop his ballots in the box.
> > Well anyways, he won by a landslide...but Mable and I came home with 3rd
> > place fair and square.
> > Is that Pathetic or what?
> > -Brandie
> > P.S. it gets better, he put the trophy on the hood of his truck and the
> wind
> > knocked it over and broke it into 3 pieces...thats karma for ya!
>
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