UPDATE POSTED 10-9-21: ANNOUNCING THE "WEAR ARE YOU" CONTEST! MONEY AND PRIZES ..! DON'T MISS OUT ..!

Challenge accepted!  

Peter

I got it all down, Alan!  I'll be looking for Ed, Allan, and Dave in the halls!!!

WOW !!!   Nice see you at the meet

Awesome!

So I am ready!! Great idea!!!

Ha Ha! Great idea. Peter could probably wear a different item of OGR clothing every day for a month. I'm gonna look for Dave to see if he has the photo he took of me on a bike at his house when I went there with Marty in 2013 or so.

Gerry

Very cool idea.  When will the prize be awarded?

I'm game! See you at York!

Chris

LVHR

Alan,

I love the way you played with words using "wear" instead of "where" because of the apparel connection. Very cleaver!

See you guys at York

Nice. A fresh idea. And someone wins…

I’ll add that I enjoyed visiting  the OGR booth and seeing the OGR celebrities and my conversation with Ed.

I really enjoyed seeing Ms. Trotta in person. She’s such a talented person.   I liked seeing her personal creations, even without a Lionel train or model depicting our hobby 😁😄☺️

@jhz563 posted:

Very cool idea.  When will the prize be awarded?

I am assuming you mean the Grand Prize...?  If so, the following week after Fall York.  The rest of the prizes, etc. will be awarded over the next couple of weeks after Fall York.

@Seth Thomas posted:

Nice. A fresh idea. And someone wins…

I’ll add that I enjoyed visiting  the OGR booth and seeing the OGR celebrities and my conversation with Ed.

I really enjoyed seeing Ms. Trotta in person. She’s such a talented person.   I liked seeing her personal creations, even without a Lionel train or model depicting our hobby 😁😄☺️

EVERYONE WINS in this case!  This is why we need those pictures and your contact info!

@OGR CEO-PUBLISHER posted:

I am assuming you mean the Grand Prize...?  If so, the following week after Fall York.  The rest of the prizes, etc. will be awarded over the next couple of weeks after Fall York.

Very good and thanks for the reply.  I was just wondering if that $500 could help me bring home something from the show

Very cool idea!  Count me in!

-Greg

@jhz563 posted:

Very good and thanks for the reply.  I was just wondering if that $500 could help me bring home something from the show

Well, there would be no way that we could award it during the show since we would not know who the Grand Prize winner is until the end of the show.

Come on guys and gals....surely there are more of you that are going to participate!  Give us some idea by posting here so we can get a handle on the numbers.

Thanks!

Alan,

I will be there with my OGR shirt.

I always have my OGR pin on my badge holder, so I'm in!

Is it one entry per person, or one entry per OGR celebrity you are photographed with?

I am in and this is a great idea. My only issue is we moved and I can only find one OGR shirt so it will be ripe by the end of the show. Maybe I can borrow something from Peter's collection?

@CarGuyZM10 posted:

I always have my OGR pin on my badge holder, so I'm in!

Is it one entry per person, or one entry per OGR celebrity you are photographed with?

One entry per person ...

@hokie71 posted:

I am in and this is a great idea. My only issue is we moved and I can only find one OGR shirt so it will be ripe by the end of the show. Maybe I can borrow something from Peter's collection?

Or check out our webstore!!

@CarGuyZM10 posted:

Is it one entry per person, or one entry per OGR celebrity you are photographed with?

None of us is a "celebrity." We're just ordinary guys who love this hobby and try in our own ways to share that love. The exception might be Dave, who is the drummer in a very popular and long-standing rock band (The Clarks). Check them out online to learn more about them. Anyhow, you'll also never find a more modest guy about his many diverse talents than Dave. I can assure you of that.

So just look for one of us ordinary train guys who will, at one time or another, be in most all of the halls.

Count me in for this contest.    I'll be there all 3 days with my OGR hat.    Probably will only wear my OGR logo shirt one day.   I don't wish to contribute to that special train meet smell!

If I go to the event I'm in!

Alan , great idea ! I'm in !

Alex

Well as of right now I’m going and I will have something with the OGR Logo.

Lets see how many of you plan on participating by posting here!

WHAT???  A chance at a $500.00 grand prize PLUS being a prize winner just for participating??  Come on guys and gals ... let us know in this thread if you plan on participating in the contest.  This will give us some idea of how many prizes to order.

Thanks!!

Okay Alan here’s your answer. I’ll be there and hunting for Allan and his co workers. Oh and I’ll be wearing my new OGR shirt. See you in York.

I'll have my BLUE OGR shirt on one of the days.

But I'm wondering if Ed, Allan and Dave will get pulled apart all weekend long!!  But I'm sure with my celebrity status, they all will be looking for meeeeeeee!!!

Or, maybe this will be a Candid Camera Show.  Where Ed, Allan and Dave won't even be there and the cameras follow unsuspecting forum members around in their search for them!!   

@OGR CEO-PUBLISHER posted:

WHAT???  A chance at a $500.00 grand prize PLUS being a prize winner just for participating??  Come on guys and gals ... let us know in this thread if you plan on participating in the contest.  This will give us some idea of how many prizes to order.

Thanks!!

My wife and and I are certainly going in on this.  See you there

@OGR CEO-PUBLISHER posted:

They will be on the lookout for those of you who are also wearing a bit of O Gauge Railroading attire—shirts, caps, tags, bags, jackets. . . you name it. . . just as long as you are wearing something that lets those around you know that you are a fan of OGR! (No undergarments please...LOL.) No purchase is necessary to participate, so homemade is fine.

For those extremely dedicated members, do tattoos count?  Asking for a friend!

@H1000 posted:

For those extremely dedicated members, do tattoos count?  Asking for a friend!

YIKES!!  That would be a VERY dedicated OGR person!  Assuming that this may be a joke but just in case, I guess my answer would be:  It depends on where the tattoo is located!  These pictures will be posted on the forum and on our FB page.

Sounds like a great & fun contest! My wife and I will begin planning!

Well, I definitely don't have any tattoos, and that wouldn't apply to me. I will of course be wearing my apparel during the meet, night time I think I'll pop on my Steamtown hat. I'm glad we don't have to text the pictures over to a text message address. My phone likes to take big sized photos anymore. It had at one point been fine with the camera adjustments for pixel size, but it has gone through so many updates that those original options aren't available anymore.

I will also be bringing my Canon along for other photos outside of York, so if we have dinner, I can snap and upload those when time permits(unless I leave it at home or in the room by mistake).

Thanks guys and gals for responding to this thread.  This should be fun!  I am even thinking about adding another Grand Prize!

All set, have my new OGRR shirt!

Side Rod

Peter's picture with Allan in issue 320.

@DMASSO posted:

Peter's picture with Alan in issue 320.

Not, it is with Allan and not with Alan

Sorry Allan.

Is it ok if I wear this on my back

@bluelinec4 posted:

Is it ok if I wear this on my back

That will be entirely acceptable, Ben! See you there!

@bluelinec4 posted:

Is it ok if I wear this on my back

I say you glue straps inside it and wear it on your arm like Captain America's shield!

That looks like a very large yo-yo to me!

@PRRMP54 posted:

That looks like a very large yo-yo to me!

Its actually a spare tire cover

Interesting re-purposing; I would never have thought of doing that.

Take my name off the list, Alan.  I won't be going to York next month.  I will be at home helping my wife deal with her mum.  We hadn't even talked about it; I just decided to cancel my room on my own.  I hope this York meet is a great one for everyone who can attend.  I will miss seeing everyone.

Mark I was looking forward to meeting you but maybe some other time. Alan will not be seeing me either with this wonderful Covid thing I decided last week to bypass this one. Maybe next year. It’s just a bit too risky yet. Oh well hopefully it’s a good show. Enjoy it everyone.

Poconotrain, we will plan on it next year!! 

Sounds good Mark, maybe by then things will he leveled off.

I will have my OGR badge holder, so I can participate.

In honor of this event, I bought these three shirts:

Unfortunately, I will not be able to attend York as the 2,800 mile trip is just not in the cards this year. At least I can still enjoy wearing my new shirts and celebrate alone here in California.  Have fun everyone!

@bluelinec4 posted:

Is it ok if I wear this on my back

Better yet Ben ... Sell this back to OGR!!  Hey, just wishful thinking on my part. 

Just a friendly reminder that we are getting close to the meet.  If you already have or have had something with the OGR logo, etc. don't forget to take it with you if you are going to the York meet.  AND ... if you have intended to order some kind of OGR apparel from our webstore, you need to do it today!!  We contract with the same folks as the NJHRs and so order now and make sure you tell the folks to rush the order!

Finally, we will have a booth in the Orange Hall.  The plan is to have a "Wear Are You" sign on it with brief instructions on the contest.  Your goal is to find Allan Miller, Ed Boyle, or David Minarik and get that picture taken with them and then email it to me at:  adman@ogaugerr.com

Everyone will that participates will win something as stated in the rules in my first post in this thread but I have a surprise in this morning's update:   We are going to award TWO grand prizes of $500.00 each per the rules.  Lets have fun with this guys and gals!!

Just to make things a bit more challenging:

Ed Boyle will not be attending the Oct. York event because he is still recovering (and it's going well) from some recent health-related issues. That leaves Dave and me as the go-to guys for this fun contest, with the same "rules" in effect as previously stated. Dave has his new OGR shirt and I have mine, so we should be easy enough to find. Hint: We both plan to be wearing long-sleeve shirts.

On a somewhat related note, there will NOT be an OGR Grandstand Meeting on Friday afternoon this time around, in large part because that is traditionally Ed's project to arrange and coordinate.

Ed....whatever is up........GET WELL SOON!

Peter

@Putnam Division posted:

Ed....whatever is up........GET WELL SOON!

Peter

Ed assures me he is on the road to recovery, but is (quite logically) cautious about making any long-distance travel and being overly active for any prolonged period. With all that has been going on over the past couple of years, it certainly makes goods sense to err on the side of common sense and caution.

@Allan Miller posted:

Ed assures me he is on the road to recovery, but is (quite logically) cautious about making any long-distance travel and being overly active for any prolonged period. With all that has been going on over the past couple of years, it certainly makes goods sense to err on the side of common sense and caution.

I always love talking to Ed. Yeah, I love talking to everybody as well, Ed reminds me of someone, which I couldn't quite tell you who but I wager maybe my late brother-in-law's Uncle Frank. Uncle Frank was one of those old Navy vet's who was a very learned man, read a bunch of stuff, and you could pick any topic and he would be able to talk to you about it. I feel that way with Ed(and a bunch of other people as well) and enjoyed helping him set up the October 2018 OGR meeting. That was one of my favorite times of that York meet. Wish Ed well to a speedy recovery.

I'm glad to hear Ed's doing well and completely understand his decision.  We should all stampede the OGR booth as soon as the doors open like everyone did a few years ago for the Lionel boxcar!

-Greg

Just in via a TCA email blast:

Pennsylvania COVID-19 restrictions will be in effect. Please wear a mask in all buildings. Many tables have been relocated; some even to new buildings. Some entrances will remain closed.

Hate to say it, but this may impact my willingness to even attend the event. I am not terribly interested in living under COVID rules for attending an event that I associate with a 'normal' life. A full day of mask wearing is just not something that I would look forward to, no matter how much I look forward to attending York. And the mask requirement will pretty much negate the whole purpose of our "Wear Are You" contest for rather obvious reasons.

Stay tuned!

And when the left doesn't know what the right is doing (just did a Google search for PA COVID Restrictions):

Pennsylvania has lifted most COVID-19 restrictions The restrictions do not apply to Philadelphia, which has its own COVID-19 mitigation measures. Municipalities and school districts, if they so choose, may continue to implement stricter restrictions.

Sep 28, 2021

@Allan Miller posted:

Ed assures me he is on the road to recovery, but is (quite logically) cautious about making any long-distance travel and being overly active for any prolonged period. With all that has been going on over the past couple of years, it certainly makes goods sense to err on the side of common sense and caution.

A wise decision......but, as one of the "York Regulars", Ed will be missed by all his train buds!

Peter

Ed: I hope you have a full and speedy recovery!

@Allan Miller posted:

And when the left doesn't know what the right is doing (just did a Google search for PA COVID Restrictions):

"Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania has lifted most COVID-19 restrictions. ... The restrictions do not apply to Philadelphia, which has its own COVID-19 mitigation measures. Municipalities and school districts, if they so choose, may continue to implement stricter restrictions.Sep 28, 2021"

Not looking to get political here, but the reason for that statement is that the masks are the only big restriction (besides size of gatherings, which I think is 1/2 maximum occupancy) that PA still has. At one time, there were more stringent restrictions in place.

For those of you concerned about the masks, I do find that a paper one is less restrictive than a cloth one, if that helps.

As for the contest, could we remove the masks just for the photo? I know here in Pa even with how strict we are with school masks, we are allowed to do that in elementary schools.

A clarification from the president of TCA can be found in this thread: 

https://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/...4#157406523896288444

@Mallard4468 posted:

A clarification from the president of TCA can be found in this thread:

https://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/...4#157406523896288444

Thanks for posting the link to that clarification (which I was just about to do, but you beat me to it)!

Dave Minarik and I will still be at York and we will still be doing the "Wear Are You?" contest in accordance with the rules Alan Arnold has posted. I was a bit concerned at first because the last thing I would want to see on this forum would be a lot of photos of folks wearing face masks since the whole point of the contest is to apply faces to names, and to recognize/thank those who support the forum and the magazine.

@Allan Miller posted:

Just to make things a bit more challenging:

Ed Boyle will not be attending the Oct. York event because he is still recovering (and it's going well) from some recent health-related issues. That leaves Dave and me as the go-to guys for this fun contest, with the same "rules" in effect as previously stated. Dave has his new OGR shirt and I have mine, so we should be easy enough to find. Hint: We both plan to be wearing long-sleeve shirts.

On a somewhat related note, there will NOT be an OGR Grandstand Meeting on Friday afternoon this time around, in large part because that is traditionally Ed's project to arrange and coordinate.

I talked with Ed and he really wants to be at York but it is more important that he gets better!  So, as Allan said above, Ed will be watching from the sidelines so to speak.  He was concerned about the Grandstand meeting but because of the absence of some of the regulars, the meeting was going to be rather short anyway.  

I will be manning the computers and phones in the office here at the "OGR World Headquarters" waiting for you all to email your pictures.  NO TEXTS PLEASE!!  I will not include pictures being texted to me so be sure to email them.  Best address is adman@ogaugerr.com but you can also send them to info@ogaugerr.com since I can get them from the moderator at that address.  I will have a special thread going in the featured topics and will up date it daily through the end of the meet.  REMEMBER....review the rules of the contest!

Thanks so much everyone!

Alan

Hi All,

First time I've been on the Forum in a couple of weeks. Sorry to hear of Ed's health travails, but glad to hear he's on the mend. Sorry, too, to hear of the cancellation of the Forum "grandstand" meeting but it would seem odd not seeing him M.C.ing it anyway. As noted, it's Ed's baby, after all.

Hope Ed's back on his feet and 100 percent in time for the April 2022 meet.

Stay well, everyone, and, for those of you making it to York this time around, Kathie and I will see you in a week.

Chris

I know I have to email these.  I just felt like sharing.

This is my first York alone without my Son.  He's working at the SMS Railroad now.

It was very exciting to see so many OGR members.

Ron