In a message dated 7/4/2006 7:09:18 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, PAGAIRS@xxxxxxx writes: you get dumped at a motel room, sometimes theres no one to take you back to the airport....sometime the person that was to pick you up at the airport doesnt show.....you sit in airports for hrs..you eat by yourself like you have the plague...your dont like to talk to people before a show, because someone may accuse you of setting the show up if that person wins.... And, that is the best part of judging. After the show a number of people talk to each other about why you did what you did, and only a few believe it is because you did the best you could do. You never bill the club for all your expenses, and parking now at the airport is often fifty dollars or more. You get a stale sandwich in the terminal for ten dollars. No one pays to clean the clothes you wear, or the gas to get to and from the airport. Months later you begin to hear about those you missed, and why you didn't put them up. Anyone who judges does it because they feel they owe it owe it to the sport. Few would think it gives them any advantage. I got a judges license so that Tedi would stop holding it over me that she had one. She is now trying to grow a mustache. I win that one, so far. Evan _Asgard German Shepherds_ (http://www.asgardgsd.com/) http://www.asgardgsd.com/ Where Type Movement and Temperament come together ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. 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 - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================