I sent the following note out to my club to make sure they'd be ready to go:
" Let's plan for flying this on Saturday.
So, climb up into your attic or down in your house's crawl space and dig out that old Ringmaster (that you put up or down there away from your other planes so as not to contaminate them) and hose the dirt and cob-webs off of it (do this in the backyard so you don't scare your neighbors!) If the engine won't turn over try this: 1) if it is a Fox, get out a Ford Wrench and just smash on it a few times, that usually loosens them up, 2) if it is a McCoy, hope that it hasn't exceeded its 15 run life-time and squirt some used 30 weight oil in the venturi. Clamp it as hard as you can in your bench vice and use a pipe wrench to turn it over until it frees up, 3) if it is a VECO or a K&B, soak it overnight in your toilet tank with maybe a shot of scrubbing bubbles on it first, or maybe that blue stuff, 4) if it is an Enya, you are over-qualified for this event and cannot fly in it, 5) if it is an OK Cub, please see Father McKayhee and ask for an exorcism, 6) if it is a diesel - please don't show up at our field as we just don't like your kind, and finally 7) if it is electric - "dog-gone it Murphy, I told you that electrics ruin the spirit of this event. It is no fair to show up with something that's likely to run!"
And yes, I have been pounding on the Fox in my Superringmaster (I don't have a Ford Wrench but do have a big wooden mallet and that seems to help) to get it ready for saber-dancing on Saturday."