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Curious as to how many that post/read this forum plan on attending the Breeder's Expo. in Daytona this season? My wife and I are always there. We will be there Friday morning thru Monday spending most nites on the Adam's Mark pool deck chatting.

Already personally know many of you but there are quite a few forum regulars we have never met before. My cell will always be on...

904-233-1973

Rich & Jane Hebron

I will be there. I will also be at pool side thur-friday and sat eve.

The funny thing is with some of the hateful bickering on here over the years I think we met we would realize that we all have a lot in common. There would be smiles , laughter and maybe a few beers and definetly a great time.

We should all vote to see who should room together.

We should all vote to see who should room together.

Now that would be interesting. lol.

I will vbe there on thursday morning through monday.I will try and look you up rich,
I will have a few snakes on renegades table so you will be able to find me there part of the time.Shouldn't be to many male shannon's at the show?LOL..
Or you can find me throwing up in the corner after looking at all the jurassic milks?LOL..j/k rainer

shannon brown
760-937-3269

Renegade's table is always one of my first stops. Rick is a great guy. We will be on deck Friday nite so I'll shoot you a call then.

Rich

Sounds good,I don't really have any plans on friday night other than several beers........

shannon

Hey Shannon, I will be in the same hotel as Rainer. I will be there by friday night, but hopefully more like friday morning. Gimme a call, I will be very thirsty! Tom Stevens 512-680-6662

rich,it'll be good to meet you.i have been to all but the very first show in 1990,and probably seen you a zillion times in the back hotel party.i'm at tables 50 and 51,but probably will be splitting my time between the tables and the festhaus(where i requested my tables be moved to-wayne didnt go for it though). look forward of course to seeing everyone else. later,howie
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Howie--save me the good stuff will ya??
:Mark

hey there Mark,look forward to yapping at ya next week. i will save the good stuff for you,what do you need this year? have intensely speckled ob kings for one,and lots of surplus okeetees for two.whatcha want?will also have some european locale beer in da cooler,howie

Everything but the beer, Howie! Still have the yeller thayeri?
See you there.
:Mark

hahaha, most sales are done in the rooms anyway. Howie, I always hit your tables but you are typically VERY busy when I am there. I'll make sure to interrupt this time around.

Rich

My girlfriend and I will be there from friday afternoon until monday or tuesday. I'll be staying at the same motel as Rainer, so maybe we can all meet up and talk hybrids or something. LOL. Just kidding. See you there......can't wait. Like kids in a candy store.

Brandon Osborne

but will your hotel be locality pure? lol

well, unless they put it on a flat bed trailer and roll around its easy to confirm its locality. bring a gps unit so we can track the hotel out in the field, maybe even find it again at a later date.
code name daveb
real name dave b

>>Curious as to how many that post/read this forum plan on attending the Breeder's Expo. in Daytona this season? My wife and I are always there. We will be there Friday morning thru Monday spending most nites on the Adam's Mark pool deck chatting.
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>>Already personally know many of you but there are quite a few forum regulars we have never met before. My cell will always be on...
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>>904-233-1973
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>>Rich & Jane Hebron

I'll be there. Funds are a bit better this year, so hopefully I can finally get my hands ona few things. Are credit cards generally accepted by most or all breeders at the show.
~scott
Texas Snakes & More

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Snakes in Southern Flames !

AIM-Lgholbrooki

Scott@texassnakes.net

Some sellers accept the plastic some do not. One of the problems I've heard of in the past is that the ATM's ran out of $$. I think Wayne has added more this year. I hope so.
:Mark

I have a room for friday and saturday night. I leave Texas on thursday night for the helldrive but seeing I will consume gallons of coffee on the drive I will be ready for a few cold ones when I arrive. I will need some encouragement to stick with colubrids, as I may go for some of those nifty Ball Python morphs. My cell [which always seems to cut me off after 2 seconds of talking!] 512 680 6662 Tom

heading toward BPs as well. Only colubrids this season will be those Tri-Color hognose I've been looking into.

We'll be there early Friday. Give a call when you arrive.

Rich

Hey Tom......

Just stick with colubrids, mostly pits though!!!!! LOL!

If you will be there, we will most likely run into each other. We can talk metal and snakes!!!!!!

Take care!
Billy
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Genesis 1:1

I'll be there as usual with my assortment of NON hybrid offerings. Just look for the old man that talks like Elmer Fudd.

kk

Table # 393. Come by and say HI!
:Mark

I thought you'd be there Mark. I will stop by for sure. Tom Stevens

Looking forward to meeting you Tom.
:Mark

Mark, Pierson and I are planning to make it. I'll come by to finally meet you in person.

Great. Since I'll have only about 25% of normal years, I'll be able to bs a lot more. Only thing is, that also leaves too much time to wander around and SPEND!
:Mark

393?!?!?! How many vendors will be at the show?

Ive never been, how big is this show? Ive heard that the Hamburg show is one of the largest, is Daytona bigger?

I have been told that the Daytona show is the largest. I think there's over 600 tables now. Of course, some vendors have multiple tables.
:Mark

Mark, will do. Glad to see some table numbers in this post as well so to know where to go. We rarely spend anytime at the actual show as for the MOST part all we do is pick up herps prepaid for and head to specific tables we already have listed. To crowded for me once they open up those doors for a casual browse. Thats when we head to the beach and hotel. We'll be sure to stop by and say hello.

Rich Hebron

I might actually be able to meet you!

not if I see you coming.
:Mark

Yep, I'll have table #175.
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Lindsay Pike
Urotopia Uromastyx

We'll try to make it a point to run into each of you. If on deck Friday night I'll stop by the back bar (Closest to the stage) at say 8PM. All free stop and say hello.

Rich Hebron

np

duh

I've responded to Rich's post in the Pit forum but I'll add my name here.I'm thinking of a day trip up Sunday.

That said,let me ask the experienced guys,is Sat or Sun better??
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Lloyd Heilbrunn

Palm Beach Gardens, Fl.

Friday (set up day) is the best.

Sat if you are looking for something nice or hard to get (rare). All the nice(new)stuff will be sold on sat. On sunday you will definetly get the better deals. Vendors will really cut some great deals so they don't have to go home with the snakes.
What are you looking for and I can give a better answer?

Don't know yet,I'm relapsed back to newbie status after 25 years away . But nothing too highend because of that. Sounds like the Sunday deals might be best for me.

But I definately am leaning toward a Thayeri or other non-native king, and maybe a pinesnake.
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Lloyd Heilbrunn

Palm Beach Gardens, Fl.

I agree with BlueRosy, if you're looking for an animal that's a hot commodity, there may not be many left on Sunday. If you're looking for something a little more common, then You can probably get a better deal on Sunday, as many vendors don't want to make a long trip home with a lot of leftover animals.

Todd