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#150681 - 10/02/08 03:11 AM Our dinner with Doug
Blast Offline
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Carpal Tunnel

Registered: 07/15/02
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Loc: TX


Our esteemed leader Doug Ritter wound up in Houston this week. Since Houston is a city better lived in than visited he was so desperate for entertainment that he contacted me. shocked Kind of odd considering he makes a living by making things safer for people.

I sent word out to my fellow Houston-area ETSers (if you didn't get a pm it was because I didn't know/forgot you were here) about a meet-and-greet for Doug this evening. Only ClarkTX, me and my DW could make it. Food was eaten, discussions were had...and upcoming DK products were displayed!

Oh my, get your wallets ready folks, there is some AWESOME stuff in the pipes. Sadly we had to swear death-oaths before he'd show them to us so I can't say any more than "I WANT! I WANT! I WANT!". Even DW, who is about as far away from being a gear freak as possible demanded several of the things as her Christmas presents this year.

This lead to talking about how Doug is able to do all this. In a nutshell, we all need to be donating more money to the ETS Foundation. Like everywhere else, the 80/20 rule applies. 20% of the people involved in this forum (actually less) keep it going. Doug is on the road over 40 weeks a year attending safety committee meetings, giving talks, and testing gear. Without Martin's and Chris's help the ETS forum would have folded a long time ago. Maybe think about that before hitting the Submit button next time you want to flame/vent. Each time you do that it weakens this board.

But I digress. After that show and tell we all brought out our EDC gear. Here we are sitting in Pappas BBQ in downtown Houston passing around handfuls of knives, flashlights, and assorted other fearsome gadgets and none of the other customers even batted an eye. One was even kind enough to take our picture. Doug, being the supper-awesome-wonderful guy that he is made sure we all left with more EDC gear than we entered, plus I got an ETS hat. SWEET!

-Blast


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#150682 - 10/02/08 03:17 AM Re: Our dinner with Doug [Re: Blast]
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Paranoid?
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Registered: 10/30/05
Posts: 1341
Loc: Virginia, US
Cool beans, Blast!

Look at that Ritter PSK laying there. Did you get it signed? LOL


Edited by Nicodemus (10/02/08 03:18 AM)
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#150686 - 10/02/08 04:27 AM Re: Our dinner with Doug [Re: Nicodemus]
Todd W Offline
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Registered: 11/14/04
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Loc: Mountains of CA
Looks like a fun time was had by all smile
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#150689 - 10/02/08 04:41 AM Re: Our dinner with Doug [Re: Todd W]
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Registered: 10/12/07
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Loc: Southern California
Well, shoot, it almost makes up for that dadgum hurricane. smile
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#150694 - 10/02/08 08:53 AM Re: Our dinner with Doug [Re: Blast]
LED Offline
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Registered: 09/01/05
Posts: 1474
The coveted ETS Hat, damn you! Aren't those the equivalent of a knighthood in the preparedness world? Sir Blast? Good stuff, thanks for sharing.

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#150698 - 10/02/08 10:45 AM Re: Our dinner with Doug [Re: LED]
MDinana Offline
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Registered: 03/08/07
Posts: 2208
Loc: Beer&Cheese country
Dag gum it! I did't get an email! It's only 800 miles away - my Ford Explorer could make that in a flash, using only the tiniest of volumes of gasonline. Geez Blast, thanks a lot (you have to read this sentence with the same insulted attitude a 14 year old might use).

Do you think ClarkTX didn't get a hat since he already has one on?

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#150701 - 10/02/08 10:55 AM Re: Our dinner with Doug [Re: Blast]
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Registered: 01/28/01
Posts: 2197
Blast,

Thanks very much for orgaizing the mini equipped.gig. I had a great time and enjoyed meeting all of you.
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#150703 - 10/02/08 11:03 AM Re: Our dinner with Doug [Re: Doug_Ritter]
CJK Offline
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Registered: 08/14/05
Posts: 601
Loc: FL, USA
"Sir Blast" ??? Don't give him any ideas....LOL

I envy you Blast....to have the chance to sit with DR and 'chat'. Not only 'cool' but to 'pick his brain' for ideas and stories.....oh how lucky......



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#150706 - 10/02/08 11:41 AM Re: Our dinner with Doug [Re: LED]
Blast Offline
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Carpal Tunnel

Registered: 07/15/02
Posts: 3760
Loc: TX
Quote:
The coveted ETS Hat, damn you!


That was my choice prize out of his knives and survival kits. The hat is even better in person. The underside of the brim is dark-colored to reduce glare. Attention to details like that are want make Doug's gear so much better than anything else out there.

-Sir Blast
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#150712 - 10/02/08 12:48 PM Re: Our dinner with Doug [Re: Blast]
Alan_Romania Offline

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Registered: 06/29/05
Posts: 648
Loc: Arizona
Ya'll know you can buy ETS caps... HERE... and help support ETS while your at it laugh


Edited by Alan_Romania (10/02/08 12:49 PM)
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