I am really sorry that Ed had to walk to the dinner in the cold.? Actually I guess I am sorry I had to miss the dinner, the band, dancing with my wife and the fact that I had to walk all by myself too.? When the pictures were finished, Ed, Nancy, Lea and I were left along with a few people still working dogs or just talking.? Ed did ask me where the dinner was held and I pointed out the building. Silly me I should have offered to walk him over there....but I had to get the water coolers out of the ring, lock up the stall, exercise and feed my dogs and then go to the dinner.? Nicky had gone over earlier to set up the dinner and get ready to admit everyone at 6:30 as planned. When I got to the dinner, around 10pm, it was all over, everyone was waiting for the program, awards and to hear Ed's speech which was something else wasn't it? Nicky did a wonderful job with the decorations, (thank you Joe, Kelly, Susie and Bill for helping with the set up), I heard the room looked?super and I hear the band (Kenny Cordova and the Olde Rock Band) was great...sorry I missed seeing both. And just who was the Judges' Hospitality Chair?? And why didn't Ed just ask for a ride?? I am sure there would have been several with cars. And is this really something we should be griping about?? And finally, where were the people who are griping about Ed having to walk, were they already at the dinner having fun?? Maybe they should have come back to the arena to make sure Ed was OK.......... Lew ________________________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================