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bluehull last won the day on April 2 2012

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  • Your Drum Corps Experience
    Emass corps 1960's Driving Corps tractor trailers
  • Your Favorite Corps
    all of them
  • Your Favorite All Time Corps Performance (Any)
    SCV La Mer
  • Your Favorite Drum Corps Season
    1994
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    COOS County, N.H.
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    Driving ships worldwide ( ocean masters license ) Coaching hockey

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  1. Diesel price per gal. in 2018 2,65 per gal. Diesel price per gal in 2023 4.49 per gal The average fuel to top off tanks in a freightliner, volvo. or kenworth tractor on tour is 130 gals every 3.5 days ( this is low ball ) The cost for three tractors during a 57 day tour in 2018 for these three was roughly $ 16,716..... In 2023 with the same consumption and tour length was approx. $ 28,333 This does not take into consideration West Coast corps extended mileage to and from Cal. and Ariz. The differential would have almost paid the wages of 2 Class 'A' CDL drivers for full tour. As mentioned by others, the commercial construction of props has to be substantial also.
  2. TLR We did what we could for the Pilot whales in the Faroes on the Barker
  3. Nice non competitive moments for me Cavies being the Cavs.. like the show and exiting the field in style to their great street beat Cadets wearing their classic uniform to retreat . They upgraded the entire field with tradition. Scouts not making top twelve, but being very much a part of Championship night Not dragging out the scores with needless awards to commercial entities. Having the USMC playing the corps onto the field and corps carrying American, Canadian, British flags to retreat All of the corps making it a great finals regardless of their placing
  4. I think Grandpa Joe owns a campground. He has been crowing about haw great it would be for the Corps to stay in campgrounds while in Indy.
  5. " BD fatigue " that is real... They keep winning and everyone else keeps losing. They earn all their championships because they are the best. They bring in the best mm's from wherever. Others keep losing their best mm's. They deserve all of their accolades. There is no disrespect, it is just that one cannot maintain enthusiasm and be overwhelmed by the same corps winning every year, while down in the ranks... corps wonder will it ever change and how long can they keep chasing the rabbit......
  6. ' F Troop ' Funny outrageous TV show The Cavalry and the Fugarwi Indians. Censors took it off TV
  7. Stepping outside ? Outside of where ? Maybe you call camping towing a 35' trailer Maybe you could help by getting some platoon sized tents from government surplus and some unused M*A*S*H showers. Am sure the kids won't mind the Ticks and an occasional rattlesnake bite
  8. Stop nitpicking and ankle biting. The Troop is killing it.. It has been years and they are back !!!!
  9. You are correct. I watched equipment truck drivers doing three point turns just to get thru the gates. The drop trailers ( food trucks etc. ) were grounding and were remote from the buses. Management and staff have their own difficulties ( financial costs,, distance to housing etc. ) It is just too far into the city. It is understandable that several corps on a fine line are bypassing Atlanta.
  10. on the eve of a possible national championship. not into conquest at the moment
  11. Then establish an ethnic percentage limit to all potential MM's If the corps does not adhere to this, then they will not be allowed to tour.. This will end the issue...
  12. Some people that own 4500 lb. trucks haul 2800 Lb. cars out of ditches, plow snow, haul equipment that builds, repairs, and services vehicles and homes. They in many cases live in areas where the short wheelbase 2800 Lb cars ( or less ) are useless. of course if you live in Montpelier, Cambridge, Asheville, Austin, or Berkeley you have no problem ! Where i am, our low temp was -34 below, and we are still buried in snow. We are not the " last of the good listeners " Some people prefer to not have their young children at ground level when they are T-Boned by some imbecile. We will leave that up to the Pontificators
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