What a great time my son Noah and I had finally meeting you guys face to face and spending some time with you. To a man, each of you were a pleasure to be around, so much so that it seemed like we were old friends and had done this many times before.
Ed was an oustanding host and offered so many valuable insights regarding everything relating to chainsaws that it were if he was hosting a clinic for us. Ed was busy the whole time attending to our questions and illustrating many subtleties in tuning, filing and technique to help us all perform better. There was obviously no agenda to make any of us feel like we were in Ed`s shadow, he was completely selfless in his attitude and behavior while he gracefully spanked us when it came time to cut, LOL!
I admit that I had minor reservations concerning meeting Hunter, given the controversy based on statements made by others that had surrounded him a few months ago, but my reservations were quickly removed. He`s one of the nicest guys that I`ve met in a long while and isn`t the least bit evasive in discussing anything. He`s also very generous. Thanks Hunter.
John is John, ever ready to mediate and had something nice to say about everyone.
Crofter is the sage of this bunch. He has a very warm, easy going demeanor with interesting insight on virtually everything we discussed. A very wise man indeed, and he also files a pretty impressive chain! He has obviously passed on alot of his great personality and insight to his sons, the Wright brothers. Brian(Timberwolf) appears to be following in his fathers footsteps and his other son, whose name I`ve regrettably forgotten, doesn`t appear to be the chainsaw nerd that some of the rest of us are, but he seemed to have a good time none the less, and he was just as involved in the activities as anyone. I hope that I can get Frank to give me a few pointers on how to raise sons like his.
It was my pleasure to buy dinner for these guys and regret that the Wrights had to leave before we went to eat. I wasn`t alarmed by the amount of food consumed since I`d sized these guys up in advance and didn`t see anyone resembling a marathon runner in the group, LOL, but I did keep my hands close to my body during the melee. Besides, I was able to pay with my Visa card which automatically gives me the best exchange rate for US$ vs Cdn$ so it wasn`t like I was spending real money.
Now I`m anxiously waiting for another opportunity to do something like this again, hopefully we can do it in an area where more people could make it.
Check out the new outfit that Che made for me to wear to the next gig, what do you guys think?
Russ
