Barbersville Bust
Todd O. Cronkhite Native of Maine
>I don't know what the he!! happened, but I can tell you this snafu put me one kind of ticked off mood for about 30 minutes this morning, which is usually quite difficult to do.
According to the MWTCA website there was to be a meet in Barbersville Fl. on April 2nd and 3rd. My buddy and I made arrangements to go, and this morning at 3 am we hit the road. Got to the place where we "ass-u-me"d the meet would be and NOTHING! We fiqured perhaps the meet might be at a different location this time than last, such as perhaps a church parking lot, VFW hall, fire station etc, etc, so we drove all over the Barbersville area and found NOTHING! Stopped and asked numerous locals and nobody knew anything about it. So the question is "What the #%&* Chuck, Over?
Misprint on the Website? Will there be a meet the 3rd and 4th, vs the 2nd and 3rd? If you intend to go to this advertised meet you'd better check it out before leaving, unless you like driving for 2 hours or more for NOTHING like my buddy and I did. :~(
I passed up a fossil club meeting last night so as to get into bed early so as to be well rested for a early morning wake up and long drive.
I must confess to being a bit upset, but I'll get over it I guess. The day wasn't a total loss tho, as my buddy and I stopped at a small flea-market and I picked up a heavily rusted Sargent knuckle joint block plane that is is seriouse need of resuing for $3, and a push drill also for $3. The push drill came in its original tin box, and from what it says on the remaining bit of the label it is a No.1 Automatic Drill manufactured by Goodell Brothers in Greenfield, Mass. Anybody have any clues to the vintage of this push drill?
We than went over to Chipmunks Hardwoods in Edgewater where he bought some georgous Maple for his workbench top. Nice place and nice fellow operating the plave, I think his name is Brad. Well worth a visit if you're in that area. It is in the new industrial park just off of Park Ave. in Edgewater.
Todd O.