Shown below are pics of my nearly loaded van. From the outside it looks almost normal !! But check out the interior - I won't have to worry about any hitchhikers - there is NO room for them !! Later tonight or early tomorrow I will be loading up my clothes and my Exhibit. Looks like there is plenty of room left.

Now on to the Winner of the Contest.

Here are the answers to the questions - The object is an exacto knife and it will be used to remove inspection stickers from gas pumps as I get gas for my van on the trip to the Convention.

The first person to get the correct answer was my "Good Old Buddy" Ron Bayne of Baltimore, Md. However, he will not be attending the Convention so he can not claim his prize as stated in the contest.

So we go on - Dave Spragg followed up Ron's post saying he was going to guess the object was to remove gas tags but there wouldn't be room for the tags in the van.

Then we heard from Jim Follis - who also guessed the purpose of the knife was to remove gas pump inspection stickers, but he noted in a follow up post that Ron Bayne had already guessed the same thing earlier.

So in an effort to be "fair" and with NO collusion with any Russians I have decided how the winner of the Contest will be decided.

At High Noon on Friday June 22,2018 on the Convention floor Dave Spragg and Jim Follis will have an "arm wrestling" contest and the Winner will receive a "Special" prize from the van load of "Stuff" I have brought to Las Vegas. May the Best Man Win !!

I really look forward to seeing how this Contest ends and who gets the "Special" Ptrize.

Well, "That's All Folks" - SEE YOU ALL IN VEGAS !!!

Take care,
Jerry "The Gas Pump Sticker Junkie" Birl