Went to the Washington County (NY) fair on Saturday, after a hellacious migration at work.
The fair was cool, not quite as many exhibits as the Durham Fair in CT, that we go to almost every year, but still a good amount of animals and food and TONS of brandy new tractor's on display ^2
There were tractor pulls going on, a common sight at most fairs I imagine. Some antique tractors, that was an interesting sight, and the usual, more modern, tractors as well.
Then, right around 8:00PM - there's suddenly a swarm of people by the tractor arena and two 'color' announcers start talking up a storm.
These machines appeared that looked like dragsters with I-beam frames and rollcages, tires the size of Volkswagens and what looked like un-muffled airplane engines(since confirmed) set up to tow a giant weighted sled.
The first one launched with a sound that would wake the dead and have them calling the police with a noise complaint I don't even think jet engines are that loud, and there were thousands of people cheering this - sober, since no booze was sold there.
Simply stunning
The fair was cool, not quite as many exhibits as the Durham Fair in CT, that we go to almost every year, but still a good amount of animals and food and TONS of brandy new tractor's on display ^2
There were tractor pulls going on, a common sight at most fairs I imagine. Some antique tractors, that was an interesting sight, and the usual, more modern, tractors as well.
Then, right around 8:00PM - there's suddenly a swarm of people by the tractor arena and two 'color' announcers start talking up a storm.
These machines appeared that looked like dragsters with I-beam frames and rollcages, tires the size of Volkswagens and what looked like un-muffled airplane engines(since confirmed) set up to tow a giant weighted sled.
The first one launched with a sound that would wake the dead and have them calling the police with a noise complaint I don't even think jet engines are that loud, and there were thousands of people cheering this - sober, since no booze was sold there.
Simply stunning