Poll: What's your lame excuse for missing BLADE this year?

[Crewdawg]

I personally fall under the military reason. That's my story...

 

[Doogoon]

Well.... I`m one of those losers that doesn`t know what BLADE is.

 

[DeepFriedDoom]

What's BLADE? Is it some kind of trade show where different manufacturers meet and trash talk each other's products?

 

[Crewdawg]

I had not heard of BLADE until I joined this forum, either.

 

[mrn8]

For me, the cost of going to Blade for one weekend would be about the same as getting out in the woods for 5-7 weekends. I'd love to be able to go some day, but for now the choice is easy.

 

[DerekH]

RC CAT! The aerodynamics of the common housecat are just plain difficult, and this requires a lot of attention!

 

[MsNaughtyIrish]

Man...I fell under the "what's BLADE." That's sad. I didn't know about it until I joined this site. (walks away in shame)

 

[Crewdawg]

Obscure RC Cat reference, for those who may have missed it, thanks to Bandaidman in another post.
http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/0...extra-life-as-a-remote-controlled-helicopter/

 

[Murphnuge]

I'll be there next year for sure. Todd and I have made plans, maybe be manning a booth.. This year was too quick, I'd actually forgotten all about it.

 

[C_Tanner]

Missing an option: "Refuse to get my junk handled by a sweaty freak in a blue shirt and then marched into a DNA-scrambling terahertz wave oven".

 

[FAL'ER]

How about an option that says "Pie" as in I like pie, which I very much do.

 

[FAL'ER]

Missing an option: "Refuse to get my junk handled by a sweaty freak in a blue shirt and then marched into a DNA-scrambling terahertz wave oven".

Really it's money and the new Gestapo, tanner nailed it.

 

[Bufford]

Working out the complexities of the litter box for the RC cat took longer than I thought. You really wouldn't want to be around when an RC cat has to go from way up overhead.

 

[gytheran]

Rock concert, Prometheus, and the wife's family reunion with her 95 y/o grandfather.

 

[thrillbilly]

Money, too close to the Spring Gathering...and I didnt really pay attention to when it was until too late. Im gonna try to attend next year.


I dont get the flying thing, I had zero issues last time I flew, not quite a year ago. No hassle, no TSA goons, nada.

 

[thatotherguy]

forgot when it was until i saw the posts about it
last time I flew it was actually a decent experience, got all nice tsa goons

 

[Dr Rez]

1. I only have amotorcycle and that many miles on it would surely destroy the engine!

2. If I went I would have no money left to fix my bike. Although I would have many nice new blades.

 

[Chameleonbear]

Grandma died yesterday, Adopted brother's brother died 10 days ago, close family friend was taken off life support thursday, have 2 torn ACLs and the doctor wants to operate...

I didn't see this option on the poll though.

 

[JSMcustoms]

Well, it's not all that far for me to get to Atlanta, GA from the mountains of North Carolina (about a 5 hour drive). The main thing that kept me from going is the outrageous gas prices.

 

[1066vik]

I went to the gathering at Ethan's a couple weeks ago instead.