Go get um Doc! ----- Original Message ----- From: Dr. Doug Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 20, 2002 7:59 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] SPECIAL NEW HACKLE SWAP
> > 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 > > > > > >
