Tony,
Congratulations on your anniversary, Dot must be one tough woman!! Just
kidding, she is a great lady. I hope your surgery goes well this time and
the recovery is swift.
Happy Holidays,
Bruce Whittle
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From: "Tony" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2003 7:23 AM
Subject: [VFB] Good Morning
> Good Morning my VFB friends.
> I have been off list for a while but I had to get back on for a short to
> wish you all
> A very Joyous and safe Holiday Season.
> Today I have been married to the same lady for 53 years. Yes, I am older
> than dirt.
> It is also one year today that I had the knee replacement done.
> I have received some messages from list members that have been concerned
> about my welfare.
> I just had too much to do and the spam got out of hand. I now have a
> spam blocker through my server, this keeps me from sifting through a
> load of junk.
> I have also been having problems with the knee replacement . It seems
> that the metal is being rejected by my body system.
> This has kept me from spending time at the tying bench and getting other
> things done. It has also kept me from doing fly fishing shows, it is
> frustrating.
> I will be back on the list for two weeks and then off again for a while.
> Will be going back on January 5 th. to have the knee replaced again with
> a ceramic coated knee joint. Hope that will solve the problem. I will be
> in for about 17 days for surgery and rehab with another three months of
> rehab after I go home. Will get back on list again when I can sit at the
> computer.
> I hope to get some tying in while recouping. I am anxious to start tying
> with the CDC I got from Harry Mason. These feathers look very
> interesting. Have not tied much with CDC. I am sure Hans can give me
> some hints.
> Now to get back to Fly fishing things.
> I still have to finish wrapping a rod and have two bamboo blanks to make
> before the surgery so I had better get off this electronic monster and
> get to work.
> Thanks again to all my friends on this list for just being a friend..
> Tony [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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