<div dir="ltr">Brings a new meaning to the tailgating area where everything is "cheaper than sh#&".<div><br></div><div>Pat KF4MTV</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Sep 28, 2020 at 11:01 PM Richard O'Neill <<a href="mailto:richardoneill@earthlink.net">richardoneill@earthlink.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
  
    
  
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    <div>  I certainly do remember it, though
      not fondly. How could anyone who was there forget the day the
      arena sewer system backed up and erupted throughout much of the
      downhill tailgate area. Wading through a sea of flowing human
      excrement to locate bargains made it one of my most memorable
      Hamventions. <span><span>:-D</span></span><br>
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      The Other Richard <span><span>:-P</span></span><br>
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      On 9/28/2020 7:02 PM, RICHARD BARTH wrote:<br>
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      <div style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"times new roman",times;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> <span>Does anyone remember the
          time when the sewage line from the</span> <br>
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      <div style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"times new roman",times;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> <span>Arena broke down, and there
          was "whatever" on the ground just</span> </div>
      <div style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"times new roman",times;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> <span>outside the Arena? The
          inside toilets had to be closed and the </span> </div>
      <div style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"times new roman",times;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> <span>porta-potties outside were
          going full blast. The exhibitors just</span> </div>
      <div style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"times new roman",times;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> <span>around the break were
          getting everything off the ground and into</span> </div>
      <div style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"times new roman",times;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> <span>their cars, trucks, or
          whatever. </span> </div>
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      <div style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"times new roman",times;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> <span>I consider it one of the
          Hamvention's least famous occasions.</span> </div>
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        <div> From: Richard O'Neill <a href="mailto:richardoneill@earthlink.net" target="_blank"><richardoneill@earthlink.net></a>
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        <div> To: <a href="mailto:tacos@amrad.org" target="_blank">tacos@amrad.org</a> </div>
        <div> Date: 09/27/2020 11:56 PM </div>
        <div> Subject: Re: Last Hurrah for Hara </div>
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             "All those moments in time ....."     <br>
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          On 9/27/2020 7:08 PM, Rob Seastrom wrote: <br>
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          <div> To recap, the Hara Arena, longtime home of the
            Dayton Hamvention closed in 2016 and was hit by a tornado in
            2018, thus removing any doubt (as if there ever was any)
            about whether the closure would be temporary or permanent. </div>
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          <div> It is now being torn down. </div>
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          <div> <a href="https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/what-to-know/photos-one-last-look-inside-hara-arena-before-it-is-demolished/QRORXLJXBVD2TORRWH6HSQT2PA/" target="_blank">https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/what-to-know/photos-one-last-look-inside-hara-arena-before-it-is-demolished/QRORXLJXBVD2TORRWH6HSQT2PA/</a>
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