[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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