[vcf-midatlantic] Lemonade RE: Blantant Attack on Kennett Classic!

Sat Mar 14 12:47:49 EDT 2020

I'm thinking of working in some bicycling in that week.  That time of year is the best.

Bill: is there a good place to lock a bike at or near Kennett Classic?

Also - I know where I'm going for breakfast on Sat Oct 17, the airport three miles down the road:
http://eaa240.org/eaa-chapter-240/pancake-breakfasts/
(they're having free airplane rides for kids that day, too, if you have any. Kids.)

Some bicycling thoughts:

I hear the Lancaster, PA area with its Amish country is excellent biking:
https://lancasterpa.com/bicycling/

I have ridden the NCR rail trail from northern Baltimore to York, PA and really enjoyed it:
http://www.bikewashington.org/trails/ncr/ncr.htm

Last year I biked on the Delaware Canal towpath on the way to VCF-E and loved it, and rode around Sandy Hook nat'l park as well:
https://www.dcnr.pa.gov/StateParks/FindAPark/DelawareCanalStatePark/Pages/Biking.aspx
https://www.fodc.org/visit-the-canal/towpath-trail/
https://www.nps.gov/gate/index.htm

Cheers,
Garrett

On Sat, 14 Mar 2020 05:49:16 -0400
Chris Fala via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:

> Philly has the Franklin Institute.
> 
> 
> Doug, how it the museum at your house looking? ;-)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > On Mar 14, 2020, at 1:01 AM, Douglas Crawford via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
> >   
> 
> That sounds great!  Yes making an extended trip would be a
> great thing to do.  Good stuff you recommend, Bill.
> Also, don't forget in between the area south on the jersey coast
> has some beautiful beach areas that are wonderful in the late season.
> Spring Lake is one town I discovered recently.  WOW!
> Driving down the coast is an adventure.
> Then you could make your way through Philly for the downtown
> Constitition/Rev war sights if you have never seen them.
> Yes I believe a week here could be a great trip!
> 
> Hey who's up for keeping their exhibit intact and getting double use
> of it by also exhibiting the Kennett Classic show?
> 
> > On 3/13/2020 11:33 PM, Bill Degnan via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
> > Yes - I have been contacted by a number of people who privately expressed
> > their opinions and encouragement.  In fact I am surprised how many.
> > 
> > So we move on.  We are working out a great hotel/food deal and we have a
> > large open venue across the street from our shop for the event that we used
> > to use with the Kennett Makerspace.  Kennett Square is a few miles from
> > Longwood Gardens, not to mention Kennett Square's multiple brew pubs,
> > restaurants, art galleries and shops within walking distance of the shop.
> > Kennett Square is in between Philadelphia and Baltimore off rte 1.  Just
> > down the road is Winterthur, Brandwine Battlefield and all of the
> > Revolutionary War stuff, Joe Biden's house is nearby, the University of
> > Delaware, etc.  You could actually bring your significant other to a place
> > like this as there is plenty to do.
> > 
> > Did you know that there is new computer museum about 20 miles away in
> > Parkesburg called the "Computer Church" opening in the fall of 2020 (
> > http://www.thecomputerchurch.org/)?  System Source's Computer Museum is
> > about an hour and a half south down rte 1.  And those on their way east
> > from the middle of the country through PA should stop by the Large Scale
> > System Museum and their beautiful exhibits there.  I agree that someone in
> > the hobby might really want to make a week of it, there are many
> > less-out-of-the-the-way alternatives for those to the south and west.
> > 
> > There are alternatives!
> > 
> > Bill
> > KennettClassic.com
> > 
> > 
> > On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 9:43 PM Dave McGuire via vcf-midatlantic <
> > vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
> >   
> >>   Altoona gets you within about an hour of LSSM..
> >> 
> >>                  -Dave
> >> 
> >> On March 13, 2020 9:37:05 PM Jim Scheef via vcf-midatlantic <
> >> vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:  
> >>> Bill and all,
> >>> Jeff has verbalized what I was thinking. To help people make a vacation  
> >> of the two events, we need a list of fun places to visit - places geeks
> >> like us would find interesting - to fill the intervening week. The first
> >> thing I found is the Marshall Steam Museum (10 minutes from Kennett
> >> Square). Altoona and Gallitzin may be too far.  
> >>> Jim
> >>> 
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic-bounces at lists.vcfed.org> On  
> >> Behalf Of Jeff Salzman via vcf-midatlantic  
> >>> Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2020 8:12 PM
> >>> To: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org>
> >>> Cc: jsalzman at gmail.com
> >>> Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Blantant Attack on Kennett Classic!
> >>> 
> >>> Making lemonade out of lemons... wouldn't it be an incentive for those
> >>> regular visitors who travel long ways to to attend VCF East to also hang
> >>> around the area for less than an additional week to attend Kennett  
> >> Classic?  
> >>> Especially those who would would be flying in and might justify staying a
> >>> few extra days to do so. Why pay for two sets of round trip flights if  
> >> they  
> >>> wanted to go to Kennett Classic, too?
> >>> 
> >>> Not trying to incite violence here. It's just a thought.
> >>> 
> >>> On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 7:02 PM Dean Notarnicola via vcf-midatlantic <
> >>> vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
> >>>   
> >>>> We had no choice. September and November were out.  Considering the only
> >>>> two weekends at our disposal were the one we chose or the same one as  
> >> your  
> >>>> event, we jumped through hoops to avoid rescheduling on the same dates  
> >> as  
> >>>> your event. and considering the circumstances under which we had to do  
> >> so  
> >>>> we would hope you would understand.
> >>>> 
> >>>> 
> >>>> On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 6:49 PM Bill Degnan via vcf-midatlantic <
> >>>> vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
> >>>>   
> >>>>> To schedule vcf east less than a week before our event is a blantant  
> >> and  
> >>>>> ignorant obnoxious affront to us!    We consulted with vcfed so as  
> >> not to  
> >>>>> infringe with the events and plans of the federation and this is what  
> >> we  
> >>>>> get in return.  How unprofessional.  I ask everyone to stand behind  
> >> us to  
> >>>>> protest this decision.  Please be human and decent, we did everything  
> >> to  
> >>>>> space our event.  We offered to volunteer at vcfed!  If you continue  
> >> to  
> >>>>> pursue this, the working relationship between our two groups will be
> >>>>> permanently damaged.
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> Bill and Karen.
> >>>>>   
> >> 
> >> --
> >> Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
> >> New Kensington, PA
> >> 
> >> 
> >>   
> 