Hello Keith. Great to see your name on my screen again. I joined VFB right at the end of the 2nd 100 Caddis swap. I guess you could call me one of the Old Timers. More likely an Old Fart. I remember thinking that I was glad I was not the SwapMeister sorting 10,000 flys.
On Wed, Apr 19, 2023 at 3:09 AM 'KP' via VFB Mail <[email protected]> wrote: > HA!! Good to see you are still kicking around you old Blowhard :-) > Sorry to hear about your tough medical times bud and your brothers > passing. However I'm a boy from Wolverhampton in the UK and its city motto > is "Out of darkness cometh light" and your three recent additions to the > "pawpaw" duty list are exactly that. The light. Welcome to them all. > Ive been on the list for years even before the )2 Caddis Swap. Who > remembers that little swap. A Byard special for sure. I still have the > flies from both of those mega swaps plus lots of the others we all did. > Some great guys now gone but what times they were. I worked for Orvis (yes > I know) in the UK for the last 13 years of my working life. I retirred 2021 > and they closed down all but one of the stores in 22. See they just didnt > realise how much they need me !!! :-) Now I just do the gardening, some > teaching tying and fly casting and looking after grandkids occassionally. > Good to hear from you all. > Oh and HPPY BIRTHDAY Great Grandad!! > Keith > > On Sunday, 16 April 2023 at 23:43:00 UTC+1 Charles Alexander wrote: > >> Folks: I'm still here too. Just haven't felt up to it as for the last two >> yrs after covid TRIED to kill me. I spent over 70 days in a coma,kidneys >> started shutting down etc etc. As soon as they'd fix one thing something >> else would pop up,with the latest thing being a positive cologuard test and >> I'm supposed to have the ole colonoscopy to get that checked out. >> >> my docs have all told me that I had the worse case of covid they have >> seen and lived to tell about it. I still cannot walk without the aid of a >> walker but God has seen me this far so I don't think He's going to fail me >> now. I did lose one of my younger brothers this last July. He went to >> Wal-Mart, got inside the door and he just feel over dead. There happened to >> be a gold sematin right there and he gave my brother CPr till the got there >> and because of that we were able. Donate my brothers organs which either >> saved the lived or improved the lives >> >> On a better topic, two months ago we closed on a new home and are still >> haven't finished moving which is a pain but we love the new place and it's >> only 5-10 minuites from two city parks, which are both stocked with bass >> and bluegills. And I did get to go fishing three times last Spring and we >> did fish each trip. Then, three and six months ago respectively, we >> welcomed two new grand daughters which brings the total to 17 and 18 total >> and paw pawpaws job is to hold and spoil them. We even have one great grand >> daughter. Now, I turn 65 tomorrow, but that don't seem old enough to be a >> GREAT grandfather lol. Well, sorry for writing a BOOK here but trying to >> condense two Yrs into one email ain't easy for a blow hard like me lol, >> Chuck >> >> -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" > group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en > > VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VFB Mail" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vfb-mail/2b3f68b8-e2a7-4e8d-a81a-93009d7fb9a2n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vfb-mail/2b3f68b8-e2a7-4e8d-a81a-93009d7fb9a2n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VFB Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vfb-mail/CAOii2iZGv%3DjOTpyPGsPUqeVTPyZjc4RNbzTreQ1CVYDuhm1C2Q%40mail.gmail.com.
