Re: [VFB] Fishing for a living

[Dr. Doug Miller]

Believe me. . .I do!  Having seen it - it becomes more real and evokes great sympathy from me. Doug ----- Original Message ----- From: Deborah Duran To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 12:12 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] Fishing for a living Doug No ...  nothing romantic about it.  I've been meaning to pick up Linda Greenlaws novel The Lobster Chronicles but haven't had the time.  It is a very rough looking group at the docks.  Not an easy life.  I see a lot of yards even in my neighborhood that have old lobster traps stacked against the side of the house left over from some past go of it.  Even the lobster licenses are very hard to come by.  The guys doing the fishing have it even worse.  They are gone for long periods of time and it's very dangerous work.  Think about that the next time you take a bite of swordfish, lobster, tuna, shark or any of the other delicious things you can pick up at the fish counter. Deb