Justin,
I am very sorry to hear about your father. My reason for bringing this
uncomfortable issue up is that my biggest pet peeve is the incredibly lax
attitude towards personal responsibility that pervades our culture. When
the President lies the Country shrugs and says, "who cares" and the
integrity of the office suffers. If you had communicated with the tiers (as
John did) I would not have felt obligated to handle this the way I did.
It's not the flies, you see; it's the responsibility for one's actions that
is the issue. I sincerely apologize to the group for feeling the need to
embark on this subject. I didn't enjoy it either. As I said, life isn't
always pleasant. I do wish you the best Justin during this very difficult
time for you.
regards,
Keith
-----Original Message-----
From: Justin Teegarden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 3:22 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: Feathers from afar.
Ouch....
Well since you have dragged the whole list into this little personal
vendetta I guess it's fair that I defend myself.
I returned home from my Christmas Vacation and noticed that my flies were
still on the table and hadn't been sent yet, miscommunication between my
wife and I. I quickly replied to Danny asking if I could send the flies
late. Shortly After, I received notice from my sister that my Dad had been
diagnosed with a rare form of Hepatitis C attacking his liver and that the
disease is terminal. My dad is 49 and I am 27. We are fairly close, and
this hit me hard. After I found out about this I went into my own little
world not talking to most anyone including my wife. You noticed as well, I
usually post 3-4 messages on this list a week. Well when I received this
package of feathers, something of divine nature I presume, It kinda snapped
me out of it.
I have since emailed Danny with apologies and asked him to send me the
addresses of all list member so I can send my flies to them personally.
This is my reason and "excuse." Take it for what it's worth. In the end I
agree it wasn't right to not communicate and leave everyone hanging.
Justin
On Tue, 23 Jan 2001 10:23:46 -0800 Keith Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Justin,
>
>We haven't heard from you for a while. As a person who actively promoted
>the last Fly Swap you were also one of several that flaked out without a
>single response to many emails from Danny McMillin; swapmeister. He waited
>an extra month but never heard anything. I, for one, was very disappointed
>with Justin in particular. Also flaking out without ever responding to
>emails was Pat Bolton; since he did not actively promote the Fly Swap he
>gets fewer demerits. Greg Mindt also flaked out but at least he had the
>courtesy to correspond. Overall I was very surprised at the lack of
>responsibility and motivation on the part of these tiers. Danny did a
super
>job but I know he was put in a very frustrating and embarrassing position
>because he had to explain to the others why there were delays and
repeatedly
>try to get the slackers to respond and fulfill their commitment. I hope
>that this doesn't put the nix on future swaps but I also hope that people
>will act like mature adults. This can be a really fun thing but everyone
>has to do their part; it's simple really. Unfortunately, this situation
>needed to be brought to the attention of the list.
>
>Keith
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Justin Teegarden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 9:47 AM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Feathers from afar.
>
>
>Awhile back ago I wrote an email to a bird rancher in the Mid East
>somewhere. I asked him If I could buy some of the feathers from the birds
>that he had. The feathers that just dropped out from everyday hustle and
>bustle etc. I gave him my address and told him to send me whatever he
could
>and I would reimburse him for what ever I thought they were worth.
>
>Well Out of the blue I received this package today filled with Bags 4 in
>all, full of feathers.
>
>I did a quick scan of these feathers and put them on a rinky dink free
>website.
>
>http://weflyfish.homepage.com/
>
>I have a few good Ideas on what to use the feathers for.
>
>But I really don't know what I am gonna use them all for.
>
>Any Ideas?
>
>Justin
>
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>
>
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