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You're lucky you didn't come to San Mateo this year.
On the row you used to have your booth, the first 60 feet were removed for the "flytying Theater",( which used to be squeezed in were ever they could find room) then poor ol' Denny Rickards was over there all by himself next to some "carny" joker I wouldn't trust a quarter with selling a piece of plastic for your cell phone for $12, then an empty booth space, then 30 feet of a boat giveaway sponsored by a radio station, manned by an Aryan Brotherhood/convict looking guy with a shaved head except for the mohawk ponytail at his tatooed neck, then some jokers selling shoe insoles, then some other jokers selling glasses cleaner, and then FINALLY another fishing lodge booth on the center aisle end.
Our side of the aisle was 2 vacant booths, then 40 feet of a wooden picture frame/candle holder retailer, then 20 more vacant feet that ISE let the picture guy store his boxes in, then the WU booth, the cafe entrance, then the row of featured tyers.
If ISE would have eliminated all the CARNIVAL/ FLEA MARKET FREAKS, they could have fit all the fishing/hunting/boating vendors into the main hall. To think back less than 10 years when Ed Rice ran the show and if you wanted to see everything you HAD to go on a weekday because the crowds were so HUGE on the weekend, or go for 2 DAYS.
To top it all off, ISE was violating child labor laws with some 10 year old kid stopping every single person that went down the aisle on SAturday Morning asking them where they saw the advertising for the show. Of course he didn't care if you were talking to that person or not. I think Denny was going to skin him alive if he chased off one more person. The way the ISE had people going thru the show, our aisle was the last one they saw, and most looked down it from the end and kept on going. They had been harassed by the flea market re-fi your mortage/buy a silly worm/ cotton sheet/saleman freaks so much, they just wanted OUT.
I look forward to seeing you at Pleasanton. My dogs miss you too! Woof!
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