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I am amazed that you can keep all that going on your own while visiting with everyone at the same time! Very well done Bruce!! You put on a Great show!! 👏

Nick, you have put your finger exactly on the problem I'm having , this year especially I told my wife that I really thought I needed another helper. Ang helped out Sunday and that was a real blessing...but I was stretched really thin the other 3 days & Saturday was a bit stressful, even though I had signs everywhere about not running accessories without my supervision , I still had several people messing with my stuff without knowing what they were doing.😒

I would love to come help you! But one of my favorite shows moved to the same weekend next year

Your also welcome anytime Nick. Every year I usually have a steam family boy who's family has a steam tractor @ the show and who's a little bored of life come stay with me for a few hours or the whole day & I teach them how to run a number of things so they can help me out, this year they came around...but they're a little older and out chasing the girls now 😉

Bruce, an impressive display to say the least...especially love that little sewing machine!

Rog

thanks Rog, I actually got pretty good sewing with that machine, I had over 2 dozen women (& a few guys) sew a chain stich with it over the 4 days. I had bought 3 yards of material & cut it into 3' x 6' swaths & taught the girls how to make a pouch that was useful to them.