Hell week is here. Got the old place squared away.

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RSie

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I live across the street from the fairgrounds.. Fair time is 'hell week' for us. Includes us being on guard for people pulling out the temp 'no parking' signs, and parking us in our driveway. Drunks stumbling across the yard at 2 AM.
The upside is I see friends and extended family parking here that I haven't seen in years (or since last year, lol). I always have the grill hot, and the beer cold. Let the kids go, sit here and people watch (girl watch). I have the ol' Chieftan set up as a potty stop, and as a 'too drunk to drive home' crash place.
Best deep-fried cheese curds you'll ever taste, will be here. Or deep fried corn dogs. Or deep fried Oreo's (those are absolutely awesome!). Or deep fried peanut butter and jelly sandwiches (never had those.. gonna try one this year). Deep fried anything. Cholesterol on tap! And the beer flows like rivers.
Fun time, and stressful at the same time.
I'll make spot to park and crash if you show up. :)

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By the title I thought you meant:

The annual in-law invasion.

Have fun be safe, haven’ Been to a northern fair in decades
Well, the in-laws do invade, but it's all good. The wife stays sober, and keeps me safe! If ya ever want to do a northern fair, I have room :)
 
Well, the in-laws do invade, but it's all good. The wife stays sober, and keeps me safe! If ya ever want to do a northern fair, I have room :)
Alright you jive turkey I WILL TAKE A RAIN CHECK!! I’ll bring beer, steak, and bacon, and great manners, & sea stories.

Probably have to sleep on the front porch though, have developed sleep apnea and snore like an angry kodiak grizzly. The other submarineers fought to not be in my bunk room underway.
 
I would put some wooden stakes in the ground.
Wrap them with police line do not cross tape, I bet nobody would park their.
Or better yet, charge people to park on your yard.
Every house at Carlisle by the fairgrounds has parking for $10 a car.
 
It's awesome living here with a kid. The resident 17 year old.. we finally got him a week long pass when he was 8 or so. He'd meet up with all his hockey buds.. I didn't have a worry about 10 hockey boys hanging together getting kidnapped or some crap. He'd come back after a few hours, after eating all that fried stuff, puke his guts out, lay on the couch for an hour or so. Then get up and go do it again. :)
 
I would put some wooden stakes in the ground.
Wrap them with police line do not cross tape, I bet nobody would park their.
Or better yet, charge people to park on your yard.
Every house at Carlisle by the fairgrounds has parking for $10 a car.
Last day of the fair, I always pull out the police 'no parking' signs with the stakes. I probably have 30 or so now. I reinforce what they put up ever 5 feet or so. :)
 
Last day of the fair, I always pull out the police 'no parking' signs with the stakes. I probably have 30 or so now. I reinforce what they put up ever 5 feet or so. :)
Buy a roll of the yellow tape, I bet Amazon sells it cheap.
Or sell yard space for $10 bucks.
 
Alright you jive turkey I WILL TAKE A RAIN CHECK!! I’ll bring beer, steak, and bacon, and great manners, & sea stories.

Probably have to sleep on the front porch though, have developed sleep apnea and snore like an angry kodiak grizzly. The other submarineers fought to not be in my bunk room underway.
You had me at 'jive turkey' and 'I'll bring bacon'. 'Great manners' not allowed, I like being an asshole to people, and getting that back (in a fun way). Any time, guy.
 
Buy a roll of the yellow tape, I bet Amazon sells it cheap.
Or sell yard space for $10 bucks.
Can't sell yard space. The back yard is pretty soft, and the kid gets mad if there's ruts. For some reason he's turned into the greens keeper this year. A hockey and golf loving 225 pound greens keeper. Don't make him mad, he goes all Happy Gilmore :)
 
Was about 4 or 5 years ago. We're all sitting in the yard.. a group of 5-6 kids, maybe 13-14 years old, comes walking up the road. "Can we sneak through your yard?" to the fair entrance. I told him he had to do a trick or something to impress us. One of his friends stepped up.. "I got this". He did backflips all the way through the yard.. 7 or 8,and wound up on the sidewalk on the other side. Looked at me and said "OK?" ,yeah dude, you're good. A few hours later, with a yard full of people, they came back and asked again.. "you know the drill!" I moved others out of the way. Backflips again all the way. Never heard so many 'holy shiit!' exclamations in my life.
 
Sounds like a good time RSie. I love a small town county fair. If I was in your neighborhood I'd pass by with some gator bites and people watch with you!
 
Sounds like a good time RSie. I love a small town county fair. If I was in your neighborhood I'd pass by with some gator bites and people watch with you!
Central WI State fair, a bit bigger than most county fairs. Gator bites?... sounds interesting. People watching can be interesting.. can be very good, or very, very bad, depending on the amount of spandex involved. Some people should not wear spandex, is all I'm sayin' :)
 
It's always the fat one's wearing the spandex, revealing parts of the body I would rather not see. lol
I seen a lot of camels in the desert. lol
 
It's always the fat one's wearing the spandex, revealing parts of the body I would rather not see. lol
I seen a lot of camels in the desert. lol
Agreed. If you need THAT MUCH spandex, spandex is not for you. Maybe a nice Muumu?
As my Pa used to say... "All that meat, and no potatoes?"
 
Last time somebody "parked me in" I went out front with the tractor and a chain. They came right out, "Whaddahya doin?" "Towin this asshole's car."

"THAT'S MY CAR!!"

"Then you are the asshole and I'm gonna move it."

He moved it, and didn't park there again!!
 
Last time somebody "parked me in" I went out front with the tractor and a chain. They came right out, "Whaddahya doin?" "Towin this asshole's car."

"THAT'S MY CAR!!"

"Then you are the asshole and I'm gonna move it."

He moved it, and didn't park there again!!
We called the cops. I knew the cop that showed up.. "you want it towed out of the way?" Nah, just ticket him if you want. He gleefully ticketed about 8 cars right down the line.
I mean, how dumb can you be? No parking for blocks around, but this street, right next to the grounds, has parking.. "there's all kinds of no parking signs in the ditch, but I'm good."
 
'New management' ruined the fair for me. They closed the gate across the street from my house... that was my fav people watching spot. I think they did it this year, as they are allowing open beers through the whole grounds, always had to stay in the beer tent before. I think it's going to cause a shitshow at the other 3 entrances.. people used to drop off and pick up kids all day at this entrance, and park as close as they could and go in this entrance instead of paying for parking across from the main entrance.
There aren't nearly as many food vendors as there used to be. The wife couldn't find an elephant ear, had to settle for mouse ears. She didn't see much of the crazy deep fried stuff that used to be there either. They used to have a lunch special, where you'd pay 10$ to get into the grounds, get something to eat, and they'd give you the money back if you left within 2 hours.. now they give you $5 back, or a $5 off a ride wristband. So, you have to pay an extra $5 for lunch on top of fair food prices. I know they lost at least 10 of us from where I work that used to get lunch there all 7 days.
They are also charging extra for the big name bands Thurs-Sunday, and extra for the Monster trucks on Sat. and the demo derby on Sunday.
They lost a lot of business. Idiots.

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So where's the fair deadgummit all?
 
You lost me at no Elephant Ear!
The wife was devastated. I'm pissed the guy that sold deep fried Oreo's isn't there. Sounds weird, but damn those things are good. You can only eat one though.. like a rock in your gut for hours. The next morning is not fun either.
 
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