[VFB] VFB getting Dull ????

[Jimmy D. Moore]

While I'm on my "soap box", I might as well get this one off my chest also.  There were times, not too long ago, when we had some really good banter among members.  Yeah, I know this is primarily a fly fishing discussion list, but for me the VFB has always been a lot more.  It's been a place to make new friends.  It's been a place I could "kid" my friends and it's been a place to do a  little "Tom Foolery".  The last thing we had that resembled this was the International Order of Fly Fishing Fanatics!

I don't know about you, but the members of the VFB are a very important of my family.   You have given Jody and me comfort during some very trying times, "healthwise" over the last three years.  You made a tremendous difference in Jody's ability to cope when she was undergoing breast cancer radiation and chemo treatments.  She'll never forget her Rainbow Angels, the 50 fly tyers who tied a special fly for the "Jody's Courage Swap", which was fostered by List member Rick Zieger.

I guess what I'm getting at is that I'd like to see a little more Tom Foolery and banter between members. There's an old saying that all work and no play makes Jack a very dull boy.  I'll paraphrase that by saying that all techincal stuff and no fun poking  by members, makes the VFB a little Dull Too.

So, I'm going to start it off by doing a little "Fun Poking"

DonO, you and Nick need to come up with some more alter egos.  Turn them loose on the VFB.
Murf, your IOFF swap is more complicated than the NCAA BCS formula.
Larry sends me videos that only a MIT graduate could open.
Deb sends me jokes that are too risque for the Joke Club.
Byard signed my new Oil skin VFB cap with disappearing ink.
Alan F. needs to make his comments to me online instead of offline.  Don't sweat it Alan, you won't embarass me.
Rick catches more fish in an hour than I catch in an entire season.  I really wonder about that ;-)
The VFB Renegades have quit renegading.  Well all except me.

If you don't like what I've just said, you can take your fly rod and GO FISH!

JIMMY  D

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Jimmy D. Moore - Scout Exec. BSA (Ret.), TOWA, TF&G Contributor, GRTU Past VP. Past Pres. McGregor Rotary.  Freelance Outdoor writer, humorist and half-assed Texan.

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