We are in Lawrenceville, Georgia this weekend for our annual visit to Metro Atlanta. Even though a year has passed, a story from our last visit gained more clarity. Remember the nice husband who bought a Vagabond as a surprise for his wife for Valentine’s Day and then sent her on a scavenger hunt through this show until she found her prize in our booth?
I got to meet him yesterday. This is Tom Walborn, and his wife Barbara says she has gotten a lot of good use out of that Vagabond. Tom is a good sport – I introduced him during the giveaway (basically explained to the ladies present that their husbands needed to take lessons from Tom) and he got a nice round of applause. A few minutes later, he won a prize!
This happy lady won the last prize. I called a number (I think it was “014”) and she moaned loudly. From experience, I know that the loudest moans usually come from someone who has the ticket one higher or lower than the one I just called. But “014” wasn’t there. So I asked her which she had – one higher or one lower. Her thumb went up, just as I drew the next ticket --- “015”
Mid-afternoon, Dave Carlson from Heirloom brought the ATC Contest entries by – a vote by the vendors determines the winner, and it was my turn to vote. The theme this time was “Robots” – and the first entry I saw was the obvious winner . . .
And it did -- but it’s not the one I voted for . . .
I figured that anyone who was brave enough to steal an actual Star Wars Lego from her kid to try to win a prize should get at least one vote, just for guts . . .
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