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• At the Machine Paintball Vapor Test Drive event at Low Country Paintball this past weekend, both guns I had for sale sold one right after the other! Ken’s a genius for coming up with that idea…
• Speaking of Ken and the Vipers, they’re up at the NPPL DC Challenge…if you’re up there, drop by and tell him I said hey and cheer the Palm Beach Vipers to victory!
• Speaking of NPPL, I’m hoping that Frank “Da Tank” Connell of Avalanche calls me when he reads this…I had a couple of questions for him.
• Tater tells me that Valken will be at Blast Camp in Hobart, IN this weekend for their big game and to support the Action Track Wounded Veterans Program…
• Meanwhile, Gino and Potter are partying at the Valken Compound while NPPL DC Challenge is going on. Tell them I said Hi.
• Over in Taiwan, Mike invited me to a Typhoon Party…I had to decline, since I need to renew my passport plus Ashley and I are getting ready for a Hurricane party here in South Georgia…
• Ed Poorman comes back to the game, working for the NPPL. So….a “Dark Edition” VIP lounge is coming?
• The PSP let me know that the Virtue Spire is here. The NPPL told me about it as well, and they invited me to come up and check it out.
• But they didn’t offer me a plane ticket, so….
• Down in Florida, a Mr. Epshire has a problem with paintball…a link to his letter to the editor and my response can be found here: http://thefordreport.com/2012/08/a-response-to-mr-epshire/
• Meanwhile Bussler informs me that Tippmann is consolidating some of their facilities, moving from Illinois to Fort Wayne, IN: http://thefordreport.com/2012/08/tippmann-sports-to-consolidate-its-u-s-operations/
• Veteran sales rep Ryan Gray lands at Valken: http://thefordreport.com/2012/08/valken-adds-veteran-sales-rep-ryan-gray-to-stable/
• Quarles and Taitano dropped in to let me know that Empire has released a Digicam version of the HALO TOO.
• Labor Day weekend starts Ashley and I’s scenario season, down in Florida at Old River Paintball playing in “Shadow Wars: The Dragon’s Gambit”. Check out http://www.oldriverpaintball.net to read the storyline and sign up!
• Meanwhile, the industry is stepping up to help “Georgia” Joe Hamilton as he starts the process of getting surgery to remove the tumor in his neck: http://thefordreport.com/2012/08/the-industry-steps-up-for-joe/
• Quarles also sent me some info on how to be stylish this fall, Empire style.
• Joey DeCaire flounced (yes, she flounces) into my office to let me know that the Richmond Cup is coming up in less than a month.
• It’s Staargate time! http://thefordreport.com/2012/08/staargate-vs-rome-2012/
• And it’s Proton time too! Potter did a fantastic job of avoiding Bo the Happy Puppy to hook me up with this video: http://thefordreport.com/2012/08/the-valken-proton/
• Duece and Greg Hastings check in from Skyline Nation: http://youtu.be/xO8oGxCdOMg
• Are you going to Castle? http://youtu.be/rhp68mdO1ck
• September 8^th and 9^th, Cowboys and Aliens are coming to Indiana’s Fort Knox Paintball.
• Paintball 2Xtremes is back.
• Operation: End War is coming to The Paintball Zone in Waterford, CA September 29^th and 30^th. If you’re doing the mag fed thing, this is the event to go to.
• Empire put a link to my review of the Super Freak on their FaceBook page, and my server just about melted down…see why here: http://thefordreport.com/2012/08/the-empire-super-freak-kit/
• This weekend starting tomorrow night, Ashley and I will be celebrating Miss Tinsley’s 4^th birthday. My parents are flying in from Colorado, and her parents will be making an appearance as well as just about everyone we know here in South Georgia. Needless to say, we’re going to be busy, so if you call and I don’t call right back, that’s the reason why.