Archive of the '2010 Show Floor Zingers' Category

Thanks to Burns & McDonnell you too can have your picture taken riding on a Mardi Gras float. I was lucky, I got to do the real thing at the reception. Go over to the good folks at B&M and ask them for a photo. This is a great booth toy!

Neil Kirby and I played with the Areva HVDC valve model. Lucky for me, he had a tube of super glue handy. He is pretty good with the glue too. Go ask him about why he needed the super glue!

ABB has developed a new ABB. They are opening internal divisions to form a one stop shopping experience for the utility. Mark Wells & Bill Rose took me around the booth showing off all their new technology. They explained how this new approach will help them and the industry too. Go see it.

From shear booth size you have to see this place. They have full scale equipment on the floor. I would have loved to have watched the set up, but it started last week - they worked very hard and long.

Remember the old style phone booth? What do you mean phone booth. Way back in the dark ages, telephones were kept in glass and wooden housings. You went inside and put coins in the phone and made your call. (Superman changed clothes in there too). Well,I saw one on the floor today at the MacLean Power System booth. It was full of money and a fan was blowing the money around. Rumor has it someone will get in there and start grabbing. I’ll have to check this out further.

Who has the best give away booth toy???? I am looking. The winner will be featured in an up coming blog! If you see me, give me a toy.

Be sure to stop at Areva!. Neil Kerby has the most fantastic scanner. He held a graphic of a converter station up to it and the computer screen jumped to a 3D model of a converter. What a neat thing. I could not believe it. The detail was great. You could do a real fly around and go thru the model.

I got on the floor before the grand opening. I knew the exhibits would be ready for us, but it was still shocking to see how it had changed since yesterday afternoon. While we were all out playing at the reception, the exhibitors were busy working. Many worked through the night to get ready. I talked with several workers and they did not make the reception. Sorry guys, but thank you so much for keeping after it. The floor is beautiful. I am going crazy running around trying to see everything you brought.

The doors opened exactly on time. The band marched down the main aisle. They had to dodge the tables set up for our lunch. The Crescent City Currents have been working and working to pull this off. The attendees are flooding the hall. I can’t believe the numbers. I was on the floor before the opening and it was quiet. The only noise was the vacuum cleaners - now it is very noisy here.

The crowd has grown exponentially. Everyone is milling about. Waiting until the magic hour of 10am gets here. The band is here. The plan is in place. We are ready to get this show on the road. Tommy is giving orders and answering question. Now I have to get the video working. I am sure I’ll get it, but uploading is a challenge here.

Wandering around the floor is like running an obstacle course. Everyone is so busy. I try to stay in the background and out of the way. I was walking the center aisle and stumbled on to the Southern States booth - literally. My friend Tom Speas was busy working on the floor. He saw me and waved me over. They were in the final stages of setting up the booth. It is all most done. But one piece of equipment work on checkout. After is was 20 feet in the air, it wasn’t working. Murphy is helping.