FWIW, there was a cop threatening to padlock the gate by Friar Tuck's
due to the dumbasses who were 'borrowing' shopping carts from the
grocery and dumping them by the gate (and their brethren who then used
them for trash receptacles). I'm not saying it would have stayed locked
but he was ****ed and he was dead serious. I tried to talk to him and
tell him that not all of us approve of such behavior but he was well
past the point of civil discussion. He brought up feelings I haven't
had since the 70s.

Tom

Jay Honeck wrote:
In particular, he emphasized how great the people were there. "Nobody
littered, everyone was super polite, and not a single person was
drinking at the entire event!"


This is quite true. Oshkosh is the epitome of clean, and is absolutely the
single neatest event I've ever attended.

And there is no alcohol on the grounds -- period. You cannot buy a beer
anywhere.

But in the North 40? Where we *live* for a week? You bet there is beer
a'plenty. But no one abuses it, no one leaves a scrap of litter on the
field, and everyone is in bed by 11 PM -- mostly because, after walking for
10 hours, no one can stay awake any longer.

And it all starts anew the next morning, with the first departure of the
day. To awaken in my tent, next to my plane, to the sounds of radial
engines and the occasional Merlin -- God, how I love it.

And, God, how I miss it already...