[Ravensfort] Fw: [Bjornsborg] Fwd: [WSA] Re: Iolo's Kerfuffle

Gróa groa at houston.rr.com
Tue Aug 12 08:32:18 PDT 2003


Annes,

I think this is the post you were refering to.  Here it is for everyone's
parusal...

Groa

----- Original Message -----
From: <donpieter at aol.com>
To: <Bjornsborg at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2003 6:29 PM
Subject: [Bjornsborg] Fwd: [WSA] Re: Iolo's Kerfuffle


> From Iolo,
>
> Piet
>
>
> In a message dated 8/9/2003 2:19:26 PM Central Standard Time,
> info at crossbows.net writes:
>
> >  Hey Guys, Iolo here.  I have just returned home from Pennsic to a pile
of
> > junk mail.  Here is the lowdown on my adventures at Pennsic.  You may
post
> > this anywhere you like, forward to anyone you like, SO LONG AS YOU DO SO
> > UNEDITED.
> >  I went to Pennsic.  Set up Wednesday morning The weather was very nice.
I
> > sold some bows.
> >   As usual, we tested bows with boffer (old combat) bolts against the
> > tent, as we have for the last 17 years.  No one complained to me.  If
they
> > complained to others I was not told of it.
> >   Thursday afternoon, Cindy Cooper Tracy, the merchant autocrat, came to
> > me, said I was in violation of pennsic rules for shooting said padded
bolts
> > at the tent.  This is quite true.  The rules, at least for the last 10
years
> > or so, if taken literally would prohibit such activity.
> >   I offered to cease all such shooting immediately,  Cindy replied that
> > she would like me to leave.
> >   Cindy apparently believes she has warnedme  about the practice in the
> > past.  I recall no such warnings, Particularly no such warnings from the
> > Merchant Autocrat's office.  I have had no complaints from surrounding
> > merchants.
> >   This does not mean everybody was happy with the practice of shooting
the
> > tent.  Some people just don't like personal confrontations.  I certainly
> > don't.
> >   Cindy told me to leave, I packed up and left.  Do I think she was
fair?
> > In my reasoning, no.  Did she have the right to do what she did?  Of
course,
> > The Cooper's own the park, and Cindy is the duly authorized Merchant
> > Autocrat.
> >    You can all discuss this question till the cows come home.  I am
> > certain that everyone will accuse everyone else of Lying,
misrepresenting,
> > or whatever.  I will have nothing to do with it.
> >   That's all I have to say.   Iolo.
> >
>
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