Anybody go to the Erie County Fair?

[Buffalo716]

Just leaving rn. The last day of the 180th Erie county Fair

 

So angry , had the chance to win a Tom Brady jersey with 3 football tosses through hoops in a row..  was gonna get the jersey and burn it!

 

Went 2-2 to start and my last one dinged out! Now I'm left with a stupid giant dog! My GF was not happy when I said its mine and to get your own!

[Augie]

25 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said:

Just leaving rn. The last day of the 180th Erie county Fair

 

So angry , had the chance to win a Tom Brady jersey with 3 football tosses through hoops in a row..  was gonna get the jersey and burn it!

 

Went 2-2 to start and my last one dinged out! Now I'm left with a stupid giant dog! My GF was not happy when I said its mine and to get your own!

Quite the charmer, you are! What a catch for her!  But I understand how dear it is to you......

 

?

 

[Buffalo716]

1 minute ago, Augie said:

Quite the charmer, you are! What a catch for her!  But I understand how dear it is to you......

 

?

 

It's super cute man!

 

And of course I gave it to her after teasing

[Augie]

2 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said:

It's super cute man!

 

And of course I gave it to her after teasing

 

Wise move! If not.....she might tease then NOT give it to you. 

[Buffalo716]

9 minutes ago, Augie said:

 

Wise move! If not.....she might tease then NOT give it to you. 

She really woulda been disappointed cus if I went 3-3 I really woulda got the Brady jersey to burn ? 

 

Or sell in eBay hahahahah

[Augie]

When my younger son turned 16 I took him to WNY for a Bills game. I met up with an old buddy, and we took our boys to Dave & Busters. His son was a couple years younger, and sports wasn’t really his thing. My son, AAU PG, all sports all the time. We sent them off to play games while we caught up (a/k/a drank). 

 

After a while we start to wonder where they are....it’s been a while. Just as we get ready to go looking, they come around the corner. His son is carrying as many stuffed animals as he can carry and he’s beaming! My buddy says “WOW!” His son says “it was him! He just said what do you want?” My son said “it’s just hoops.”  He made a kid happy that day!

 

Had a similar experience at Carawinds south of Charlotte one time. Some little girl REALLY wanted some stuffed creature. He dialed in and got it for her on those rigged rims. Made my heart warm to see such a young person so determined to make a younger kid happy! Still touches me, to this day! 

 

 

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Edited August 19, 2019 by Augie

[Saxum]

I used to work the fair occasionally when in late teens before college. I'd work closing and I'd go up to remove hooks from ropes.  Got asked me if I had ever done it before and I said sure last two years and you pay so much and he said no I don't so I said "OKAY I am sure someone else will need help and started to leave."  He said okay and I said "Payment up front because you tried to lowball me." and he did.  Went up, removed hook and tied string to it and went down.  He said you need to remove it and I said "I will" and tied string to base.  Did it three more times.  Then I took my strings and told everyone to move away and then boss told them too. Pulled strings and all hooks released all at once and everything fell down in a pile in middle.  He said "You have done this before." and I said "Yep, faster this way and not have to worry about waiting between poles.  Needed to find another tent after I grabbed my string and started rewinding them around spools.

 

Only big prize I won was on coin toss. Tossed the quarter dead center on big prize mark.  Guy running it said I cheated and I said no I didn't but before you pick it up roll up sleeves and show me hand so you cannot palm in another coin.  Other players were saying "fix, fix, fix" and he did what I asked and my coin was clean.  He gave me prize and I asked for my quarter back and he asked "Why?" and I told him this is an old quarter, mostly silver, throws better. He looked at it again and then gave it to me without taking another quarter I offered in exchange.   The prize I gave to a young(er) teen girl and her parents told it was too much. I said it did not cost me anything so how can you say it costs too much? Parents looked at each other, could not dispute logic and let me give her prize. She kissed me on cheek and whispered "Call me" slipping a piece of paper in my pocket with her name and phone.  Went to college a week later and never did call.

[That's No Moon]

I went to the fair once when I was a teenager. Not my thing.  My wife forces me to take the kids to the boardwalk in Ocean City, MD a couple times a year.  I'm not sure which I like less. I think the boardwalk, especially that one.

[Saxum]

Been to Atlantic City boardwalk but not Ocean City's.  It is okay for a visit but the stuff gets repetitive fast.

[That's No Moon]

Just now, Limeaid said:

Been to Atlantic City boardwalk but not Ocean City's.  It is okay for a visit but the stuff gets repetitive fast.

When i think of an evening at the Boardwalk this is what comes to mind.

 

Where can I go to sit in traffic, pay $8/hour to park, wade through thousands of people many of whom are jackass teenagers, pay astronomical prices for anything, play rigged games to win cheap imported Chinese crap, get low quality merchandise from 47 t shirt shops that all sell the same 15 shirts, ride maintenance neglected rides with indifferent foreign staff, purchase food from a place that clearly hasn't been cleaned since the Carter Administration, battle birds for any food that I do buy, run a 50/50 chance of getting crapped on by said birds, eat whilst walking in the blazing sun through a place that smells like a combination of hot vinegar and low tide, and pray I don't get hepatitis from the bathroom?  Oh, that's right!  Let's go to the Boardwalk!

[Augie]

8 minutes ago, That's No Moon said:

When i think of an evening at the Boardwalk this is what comes to mind.

 

Where can I go to sit in traffic, pay $8/hour to park, wade through thousands of people many of whom are jackass teenagers, pay astronomical prices for anything, play rigged games to win cheap imported Chinese crap, get low quality merchandise from 47 t shirt shops that all sell the same 15 shirts, ride maintenance neglected rides with indifferent foreign staff, purchase food from a place that clearly hasn't been cleaned since the Carter Administration, battle birds for any food that I do buy, run a 50/50 chance of getting crapped on by said birds, eat whilst walking in the blazing sun through a place that smells like a combination of hot vinegar and low tide, and pray I don't get hepatitis from the bathroom?  Oh, that's right!  Let's go to the Boardwalk!

That’s quite a sales pitch! I think I saw that on the website, but I can’t be sure. 

[sherpa]

Was Esther/Lester the "Human Hermaphrodite" there?

She was part of the freak show in the early 70's.

Always wondered what became of him/her.

 

I carried that scar for quite a while.

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

As a young child, attended with mother and aunt, dressed in my saddle shoes and white socks.  Of course, through the small livestock building, and of course, walked through the manure.  I no longer attend the fair.  ?

[Gugny]

Last year broke the streak that began the year my son was born.  We would take him to the fair every summer; even post-divorce I took him.  Last year, he went with a couple of his buddies.  So we made it 14 years straight.  I think we're both going to miss the fair (Washington County, NY) this year because we'll be out of town the weekend we normally go.

 

The fair actually opens today for the week.  There is a slight chance we can go Thursday, if I can get out of going to work that day.

[LeviF]

I just go to the fair for the tractor pulls.

[Gugny]

7 minutes ago, LeviF91 said:

I just go to the fair for the tractor pulls.

 

I can't think of anything louder that I've ever heard with my own two ears (although my ex came close a couple times).

[LeviF]

Just now, Gugny said:

 

I can't think of anything louder that I've ever heard with my own two ears (although my ex came close a couple times).

 

It is loud.  I bring disposable earplugs since I like to watch from behind the fence, not up in the grandstand.  I was a few beers in one time and some hillbilly came up right next to me with her <1yo child.  No ear protection.  I bitched her out a bit, she called me an ####### and left.  I'd rather be called an ####### than have that kid get hearing damage before he's even old enough to comprehend what's going on.  Those tractors can top 100db easy.

[Gugny]

Just now, LeviF91 said:

 

It is loud.  I bring disposable earplugs since I like to watch from behind the fence, not up in the grandstand.  I was a few beers in one time and some hillbilly came up right next to me with her <1yo child.  No ear protection.  I bitched her out a bit, she called me an ####### and left.  I'd rather be called an ####### than have that kid get hearing damage before he's even old enough to comprehend what's going on.  Those tractors can top 100db easy.

 

There is absolutely zero doubt in my mind that it's imminent hearing damage for anyone without protection.

 

They're not my thing, so I never watch.  But just walking past them, I have to plug my ears.

[teef]

we would do the state fair on the regular a few years ago.  we'd spend the night at turning stone casino, and just mosey on over the next morning to continue the drinking and people watching.  the last time i went, they made big improvements.  there was a large area for the beers and wines of ny.  we were on the earlier side of the day, so vendors were bored and couldn't wait to give us samples.  

[Gordio]

The last time I was at the fair was about 10 years ago.  My friend asked me to go, so it was me, my son(who was 5 at the time, my friend, his son & his girlfriend & daughter.  It was getting late & he was trying to impress his girlfriend so he played that milk jug game where if you knock 3 down with a softball you win.  He was a good ball player back in the day so I had no doubt he would win this game.  He ended up knocking the jugs down & his girlfriend went to get her daughter some French fries so he told the worker "I will be right back, I just want to see what stuffed animal my girlfriend's daughter wants."  The worker said no problem.  So we went to look for the girlfriend & when we got back the game was boarded up & closed for the night.  I thought it was funny but my friend was furious.  He went behind the back where there was a lock on the door.  He told me, his son & my son to stand lookout & he took a boulder & busted the lock open.  He went inside & grabbed the stuffed animal & got out of there.  When he was coming out of there he looked at his son(who was 7 at the time & looked absolutely petrified) & said "That will be the day when a Carne outsmarts your old man."  I couldn't stop laughing the whole night over that.