2009 ISE pics / report

no stinkin' Security guys to wake me up

Brian "Troutnut"  PLEASE tell everyone about your "falling asleep" incident....FUNNIEST THING I HAVE EVER HEARD

I was going to put this in "it happened to me"...

First... I had the flu bug everyone has had and slept like crap all week, and burning the candle at both ends and in the middle preparing for the show, and driving back and forth from Fairfield each day thru work traffic.

Second, I have been chugging Robitussin, Ziacam, Benadrl,... trying to open enough of my lungs up to breathe a full breath.

So, Saturday at ISE I got a break from the Wilderness Unlimited booth, and went over to a "secret" bathroom I know of on the San Mateo Fairgrounds campus, where no one uses, it is peaceful and quiet, no one waiting in line, and there are no kids peeing on the seats.

3:37pm I go into the "handicap" throne to do my daily constitutional, and while in there doing my deed I "just rested" my eyes, since I forgot to bring something good to read, only to be rudely awakened at 4:13 by Security banging on the door and shouting " hey buddy, you ok in there?" Ruined a perfectly good nap!  I was probably snoring away! I don't remember anything else in between, so I must have been out like a light. I didn't pass out from toxic gases.  Didn't even get to really finish. I had to go back in 5 minutes later and make a second deposit.

 

LMAO!!!!!,  sounds easy for any of us to do in those circumtsances,

thank god it wasn't a heated seat crapper. That whould have been like an electric blanket....Just resting my eyes....oh thats a good one!

some more photos:

my first NCKA sighting, on the way into the fairgrounds:


mooch, fishunter and zee:


polepole and someone i don't know, sorry:


you can see fishmaster 1's shirt in action here:


bungle, chucke, fishunter and mooch:


jedmo and hojoman:


the boys up on stage for the presentation:


another:


eric kunz during his sturgeon presentation:


some more of EK:



scallen up for his presentation:



scallen chitchatting with someone i dont know:


the crowd for chuck's workshop:

 
chuck and zee during their workshop:



quote: "Hey Allen, SMILE"


freddie and tailwalk talking sturgeon attack on monday:


more on photobucket here:
http://s50.photobucket.com/albums/f313/bassmanben/San%20Mateo%20ISE/

Great photos and commentary, thanks. There is one photo I'd like to caption:





Mooch: "Listen Adam, I'm tellin' ya, you do that again and . . "
Adam: "OK, I hear ya brutha, OK"

Thanks for sharing pics, BMB.

How did I miss the NCKA/Erik K sturgeon presentation????  I didn't see that on the schedule.

Thanks for the recap bassmanben!!! FYI the gentleman chittchating with scallen is the notorious SCXFACTOR... ....Andy

Great photos and commentary, thanks. There is one photo I'd like to caption:





Mooch: "Listen Adam, I'm tellin' ya, you do that again and . . "
Adam: "OK, I hear ya brutha, OK"

He's always bustin' my balls about something!...and I'm sure this was another B-BustingMoment.

It was fun&scary at times to be "cultured" for two nights in a row....Frinight was my first Real_Pho experience, after that it was my first taste of IcedTea w/those big-dark tapioca balls in it...VERY YUMMY (x2)!!

When we were in the ChowLine...I had to stick around PapaBill and ask if it was SAFE for me to try.....I don't like wasting food, so i grab things I know I will eat. Them SNAILS were not going to get past my first chew attempt&test, so I didn't even try one....we did see those same snails in the DFG booth the next day at the show though...they were labled as a InvasiveFreshWaterSnail at were encase in plastic.Mooch took a pic of them for an actual comparison...EEWWW!

Sweet report Mooch & all. It's almost like I was there (I did almost lick the monitor when I saw the pics of the hokkido feasting)!

Mooch, that was really cool that you showed off your AOTY award from a few years ago. I missed the ISE this year since I was busy carving & sanding the awards for 2009. Wish I'd gone now, just to hang with all of the NCKA crew that I miss during the Looong winter RF closure.

Sweet report Mooch & all. It's almost like I was there (I did almost lick the monitor when I saw the pics of the hokkido feasting)!

Mooch, that was really cool that you showed off your AOTY award from a few years ago. I missed the ISE this year since I was busy carving & sanding the awards for 2009. Wish I'd gone now, just to hang with all of the NCKA crew that I miss during the Looong winter RF closure.

ChampChuckE. had his displayed too!....i kept grabbing Moochs' and putting it in my yak, then he would take it back, then when he turned away I would...get the picture, I did it for three days straight.....I soo0O0oooo want to earn my own!

Mooch, that was really cool that you showed off your AOTY award from a few years ago

That was a highlite for me as well, admiring Mooch's plaque...  You did a great job on those, Sean.

That was a highlite for me as well, admiring Mooch's plaque... 
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I told him he should take the time to BRUSH PROPERLY.

Could not make it this time, I had a blast last year, I didnt know about the Fred Hall no-show but work is so freakin scarce now I got to take it when I get it. Great pics and reports, I wanna hear more!