LAWSON: Yes, I am. I think that any of the
operators that are not in their associations-and
there are a lot of them-should come forth and join
their state associations, their national association,
and their local associations , if they have one. What
it has meant to me over the years is that I have
been able to meet people in my own industry. And
that has helped me come up with good ideas that
have been profitable for me . I have been able to
make lifelong friendships, to do so many things
through the state association. I just feel so strongly
that if these fellows would come forth and join their
association and get in there and work in t hem, they
would get an awful lot of satisfaction. I know for a
fact that they would certainly derive profits from it.
PLAY METER: Plus you get to meet with others
and discuss ideas with one another.
LA WSON: Fellowship is one of the best things in
the world. You know, today we are all living too
doggone fast. We go home and sit down in front of
that box, and they tell us and show us exactly what
they want us to know . If you get outside and talk
with your fellowman, you'll find there's a helluva lot
of nice people in this world . And it's just
everything to me to just be able to join with my
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fellow operators and discuss our differences.
There's problems in this thing, no matter if you're
from Coos Bay, Oregon or Key West, Florida. We
all have the same problems. And I have been able
to pick up some very helpful things from meeting
with them, some things that are very useful to me.
I have become very friendly with operators
throughout the country. It's the thing I look
forward to, to get to be with these fellows once or
twice a year, find out what they've been doing,
what they've been buying, what's going good for
them . And I think you'll find that you'll get a lot of
honesty and lifelong friendships out of that. It's a
great thing.
PLAY METER: Certainly, they have nothing to
lose.
LAWSON: That's right. That's for sure. Of
course, the association is like anything else, you get
out of it what you put into it. If you just sign up and
send in your money, you're not going to get
anything out of it. You've got to get in there and
contribute something to it. And when you do that,
you're going to find that it's a good feeling , and you
derive an awful lot of benefits from it.
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