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STEEL CITY REPTILE EXPO! September 12, 2009!

mvite said:
I hope you guys know each other or else she's gonna beat your arse, Mikey!
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No No! I mean like, nobody under 18 aloud! Haha! Sorry about that! That did sound bad! I don't even know her age! Why do I feel like I'm gonna get slugged at this show for something I did by accident, haha?
 
Mike Shaffer Reptiles said:
No No! I mean like, nobody under 18 aloud! Haha! Sorry about that! That did sound bad! I don't even know her age! Why do I feel like I'm gonna get slugged at this show for something I did by accident, haha?
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LOL---I mistook that! Hopefully she gets to your explanantion before she replies! :D

Mike--Where did you come up with the name for your company?
 
I'm just a big softie, Mark. You know that. :D Never been in a fight in my life beyond the cop stuff.
 
mvite said:
LOL---I mistook that! Hopefully she gets to your explanantion before she replies! :D

Mike--Where did you come up with the name for your company?
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Yeah me too! Sometimes I write faster than I think and I come up with....well, you see, lol!

My company.....? Well my name is Mike Shaffer and the reptiles are owned by me, so....Mike Shaffer Reptiles just worked and was really simple. Why? Don't you like it? I can change it for you Mark! I'm not picky, haha!
 
Also---I hesitate to share this because I know I'll get someone else all interested in them and then they will buy them out from under me.....but---

I'm thinking about getting some albino red-eared sliders....but I'd like to get 4-6 of them of course...gulp. I hope someone there has some nice turtles and such.
 
porkchop48 said:
I think Mark has no right to talk about names..... ppfftttt Awesome aquatics.

Do snakes swim well? Can you frag them?
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Oh no you dittnt.



I went and paid the stupid lawyer to set up the coral biz---why pay again?!

Plus if it was Awesome Snakes or Awesome Lizards people would get freaked out.

I like the A because it comes early in the alphabet. :yesnod:
 
porkchop48 said:
You know that was my job to count the vendors.......Now what am I going to do.

I think Mark has no right to talk about names..... ppfftttt Awesome aquatics.

Do snakes swim well? Can you frag them?
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Well I guess you could double check my count and repost, haha! I will leave it up to you from now on but no slacking!:NoNo:

Mark....Do you sell Sea Snakes?:shrug01:
 
Mike Shaffer Reptiles said:
Mark....Do you sell Sea Snakes?:shrug01:
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Nope--nothing aquatic at all any more. I don't even have my own fish tank!

HEY PAUL--

If you don't post something here soon, I'm likely to start some sort of poll--like "What color shirt should Paul where to the Expo?"

A.) Not white
B.) Any color but white
C.) Nothing whitish
D.) All of the above
E.) Blue
 
37 vendors...

Mark makes sense not to pay the lawyers again. Completely understand. I just had nothing else to take a jab at. Nuthin.
 
porkchop48 said:
37 vendors...

Mark makes sense not to pay the lawyers again. Completely understand. I just had nothing else to take a jab at. Nuthin.
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LOL--I know--Nuthin else??? That's right, we met on the internets loooong ago!

There will be plenty to make fun of, as will show you my hog and balls very soon!






Many of my corns will still be in the egg, so that will have to wait for the next show.

I called Paul this morning--and guess what?

He and Ben were in Washington PA putting up fliers locally! They were literally canvassing business owners and veterinarians offices to round up some local interest and ask permission to post fliers.

I think it's great that they are working the vendor crowd and the attendee crowd.

It's so much more fun to bust on these guys than to give them props, but it's only fair of me. :thumbsup:
 
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