Critter, To assist Rene and make it easier (since he lives in Germany) the Mess Swap is with digital photos only. If you don't have one, take 35mm and have a friend scan them. Many photoshops do this also. Email these .jpeg's to Rene and that's it. Physically sending stuff is a little more difficult and a little risky, with international mail and all.
If there is enough interest and goodies to send, we could pick one stateside vfb'er and send him/her the goods. That person could send one package to Rene, and it should get through if marked properly. DonO ----- Original Message ----- From: "Critter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "DonO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 9:45 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] Mess swap , smiling faces... Thank you for clarifying this for me DonO, I think I'm gonna have to dig out my camera. Do you think sending Rene a couple of flies with my pictures is a good enough? Thanks again! -Critter Quoting DonO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Critter, and all newbies, > > The mess swap is a closed swap, with only those who submit photos getting > the photos of others back. I'm sure you can imagine the reasons for this. > You wouldn't want to let just anyone into your house, eh? > > These photos are not to be posted by any swapper in a public venue, web > site, mag, rag, or other. Same reason. Since the vfb is like a family, we > all trust each other and most have an 'open door' policy with the vfb > friends. The confidence we have in each other is not shared with the > general public at large. It's a shame, but that's how life is. But it's > nice to have the vfb! > > That being said, if you want to see the photos of other vfb'er tying areas, > desks, and rooms, all you have to do is sign up with Rene, submit photos of > your 'mess' (don't straighten up before photos), and when he has a > sufficient amount to warrant the work, he will submit that group to the > present group and all previous groups. Also, the new group will get the > previous group's photos. The swap grows with each new generation, and so > does Rene's work. > > Since it seems to becomming a 'tradition', what, 5 STM's now, Rene is in > line for some rewards for his hard work. My room has cluttered up a bit > since the last go-round, so I'll re-submit new photos and add a little > thank-you bonus for the work involved. I anyone wants to send Rene a lil' > bonus, I'm sure he'd appreciate it, although I know he's not doing it for > material gain. > > DonO > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Critter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 6:05 AM > Subject: Re: [VFB] Mess swap , smiling faces... > > > where are the pictures at? > > Quoting Mark Klemick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > Rene - > > > > Thanks very much for your time and effort in assembling all our photos. > I've > > really enjoyed seeing the creative setups from all the group. As I look > > through the last several editions of your swap, I find myself wishing that > we > > had also included at least one picture each of ourselves working happily > in > > the > > 'mess'. If you choose to do this again in the future, please consider > > encouraging people to include a shot of themselves, maybe raising a glass > in > > a > > world-wide toast led by you. > > > > Thanks again, Rene, > > > > Mark > > > > ===== > > Mark Klemick ! GoFishGo ! [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. > > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > > > -- > "To go fishing is the chance to wash one's soul with pure air, with the rush > of the brook, or with the shimmer of sun on blue water. It brings meekness > and > inspiration from the decency of nature, charity toward tackle-makers, > patience > toward fish, a mockery of profits and egos, a quieting of hate, a rejoicing > that you do not have to decide a darned thing until next week. And it is > discipline in the equality of men - for all men are equal before fish." > > ( ~ Herbert Hoover ~ ) > -- "To go fishing is the chance to wash one's soul with pure air, with the rush of the brook, or with the shimmer of sun on blue water. It brings meekness and inspiration from the decency of nature, charity toward tackle-makers, patience toward fish, a mockery of profits and egos, a quieting of hate, a rejoicing that you do not have to decide a darned thing until next week. And it is discipline in the equality of men - for all men are equal before fish." ( ~ Herbert Hoover ~ )
