Naples Jan 23
I have fond memories of chatting with a German engineer on his way to a trade show.
It was back in 1988 and we were on a Eurail train.
I remember that he spoke about how the German stands would have been designed for months, prefabricated and delivered in flat packs with every screw accounted for.
They would turn up a week before with exactly the right number of workers to erect them and have a nice, clean, functional display that showed off all their manufacturing skills.
Then, he said, the Italians would turn up at the last moment, throw something up, decorate it with colours and bling.
Then they would fill it with beautiful and stylish products, women and men and take the show by storm.
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DavecUK I was going to ask if you were going to Rimini before you posted. I worked for many years in the Exhibition industry about 24 years in total, 14 of those at the Olympia exhibition centre in Hammersmith. Spent around another 10 years working on the stands carrying out the electrics.All around the country. Good fun when I was younger.only went abroad twice, once to Amsterdam and the second time to Geneva. Brings back some good memories.
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Meldrew Yup I only do it for the fun, you get to meet some great coffee people and see interesting things. Also, I guess people never look up!
DavecUK When I was at Olympia I was on the maintenance. A good percentage of our work was linked to the exhibitions, we were responsible for connecting the stand supplies to the hall’s distribution boards. Some of these located in the roof. Then they put ducts in the floor to a central walk way in the basement where we had further bus bars installed. This saved most of the roof work. 
Makes the NEC look rather bland.
HYPERBOLIC PARABOLOID SHELL ROOF ??
Elcarajillo If you want one of those from Italy, here you are:
Amberale Is the group vent into the drip tray hidden behind that polished slanted section
It certainly is.
That new Minima PID looks nicer than the current one. Might have to swap the housing if and when it becomes available.
Looks like the Sydney opera house with the sails flopped down :)
chlorox When he says on camera, that he is on a diet, he really is…….but off camera, who knows……LOL