For those of you who seem to want to poke fun at my propensity to "tim" a little here and there, let me remind you that I AM one of God's annointed. . .and as a guild, we have a long and rich tradition of "trimming" if you get my drift. And for anyone else who even uses "Old Curmudgeon" or "Chicken Eater" in the same post as my name. . .well, may there be a little "snipping" in your life!!! Doug :-}
----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Broomell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 20, 2002 2:54 PM Subject: [VFB] SPECIAL NEW HACKLE SWAP > Hello. I want to announce a new swap. > > Owing to 1) the popularity of the recent Whiting Co-op Swaps and, 2) the > recent re-awakening of the "Trimmed Hackle" Debate, I am going to attempt to > host my very first swap. > > The Trimmed Hackle Swap. > > Here's the deal - we need all participants to kick in for a few saddles or > capes(similar to the rules of the first couple of Co-op Swaps)...my > suggestion is that we buy nothing other than Whiting Platinum. > Next we have to find someone in the swap who trims hackles....this may be > the hard part. Since NONE of us (except that old curmudgeon Dr. Doug) has > ever trimmed a hackle in our lives we can't really be expected to snip....we > may take part in group plucking....but not group snipping. Anyway...so we > find someone who will snip....or someone who "has a friend who snips but I > would never do it myself...." and send them the feathers. And they trim > trim trim until all the feathers are the proper size. This way - everyone > can end up with ultra-tiny feathers of all colors and flavors (this is > important to that Old Curmudgeon Chicken Eater Dr. Doug) to play with. > > Who's in? > > Chris > >
