I'd rather just go fish, but that isn't going to happen....as for posting stuff, about all you'll get out of me for the next 3 1/2 weeks are chemistry tests (senior inorganic stuff for the most part). Since I doubt that that would draw much of an audience, I won't p[ost it at all. I'm looking forward to the thrid week of May, I'll be free for two weeks...then we start all over with summer school...
Mark Delaney On 4/17/05, Jimmy D. Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > > -- > ******************************************************************* > 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. > > Author - "MOON HOLLER MISFITS Fishing & Hunting Club", (c) > http://home.earthlink.net/~rayado/rayadoflyfishingflypatternstips/index.html > > ******************************************************************** > "Being able to read trout streams is just as valuable to a fly fisherman as > the ability to read a defense is to an NFL Quarterback." > > Jimmy D. Moore - (c) [2004] > ******************************************************************* > > > > > > > > > -- "So much water, so little time!" http://chemprof.tripod.com/fishing.html
