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Betty -
Same type of experience from Dan Craft except that he responded to both my e-mail and the phone call a coupla weeks later. Each time he said he'd mail a catalogue the next day. That was mid-August 2004. Mail mist be real slow from there to here. Bought materials to build 3 rods elsewhere and will continue to do so.
Donald
Don
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Kerry,
Read the sections on the costs of not closing our border, tort reform and the ACLU. The ACLU should curl any hair you have left.
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LadyFisher, Publisher of
FAOL
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Betty, I for one appreciate your effort in tying flies for the Kids Day of Fishing. I expect that some of the kids either do, or will in the future. It may be that decades from now one of them will have grown into another Ted Trueblood and mention the effects of your efforts. He/she might not know your name, but would be thankful all the same. A lot of these actions take a long time for the good that they do to blossom to full maturity. Then they can go on to touch other generations.
What you did, what any of us do, when we do things like this is to plant a seed. We may never see it germinate, let alone mature. That doesn't mean that it isn't vital, nonetheless. (Jimsonweed seed can sprout after 90 years.) Relax and take the planter's pleasure at a job done well and hope that the crop sprouts and is nourished and tended by others.
You might feel like a potted plant, but you might well have been a more prolific plant than you know. Even a potted plant can provide the seed for a forest.
take care,
ed
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Hey there Betty;
It seems to me that the "person" for which you were doing this favor needs a bit of "enlightenment" ar at least your reassessment of your relationship with him/her.
Overworked, bored and unappreciated with 500 miles return trip home does not a pretty scenario paint.
Your kindness and consideration, however, are not unacknowledged. You can share MY stream anytime.
Mark
PS: My parents,of course, and the mandatory military draft taught me discipline and manners and about life.
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I'd rather be in Wyoming!
[This message has been edited by Marco (edited 10 June 2005).]
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Ladyfisher,
I am not going to purchase Mr. Savage's book to read about his hatred for the left. The thing is I agree with much of what Mr. Savage has to say I just don't care much for his delivery and I am not going to encourage his style of bashing by buying his book. I have read many passages from his books and a couple of reviews on "Liberalism is a Mental Disorder" in particular. That was enough for me.
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Betty, I had an email delivered 5 days after it was sent. I have no clue where it resided for that time.
Jim
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Betty, if you tie 300 flies for me I'll thank you profusely.
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Hi there Betty. It sounds like to me that if you can tye a couple of hundred flys in seven hours, you should be putting on some paid seminars.
I know you've got a lot of class because you went out of your way to pick me up that nice portable material storage case at Dicks. I really do appreciate your consideration and that case packs nicely on my motorcycle. I like that your assertive and insist on proper treatment. after all, it's only fair. WAY TO GO!!----John Taylor
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Betty, I'll better Daves offer. Thank you verry verry much (in advance) for all the flies you will tie for me and mail to me. I will gladly pay a paultry amount for the postage. email me and I'll send you my address.
Seriously. Is there a comopany returns policy still available? If so, return and repurchase (elsewhere). Write the OS manufacturer to see if they will help.
As for the fly tying, let them know how you feel. They should be told that they have forgotten their responsibility and that it is not okay!
jed
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Just an update...
I'm feeling much better today. Headed to a NEW FLY FISHING store in Lawrence! And Bass Pro had settled on a new store to be built about two miles from out house!! (open mid 2006)
I did write to the person who invited me to the Kid's day.....four weeks ago. Still haven't heard anything. The head of the hatchey thanked me profusely, as did the kids...for them I'd do it again.
We're not talking salmon flies here. Most of them were jig heads, bead heads, leeches, etc. Each child got to tell me what he/she wanted to have, and in what colors. We had some pretty "impressive" flies...all fishable. One cute thing....a little girl, when asked what fly she wanted said, "A pheasant tail nymph, right Daddy?" Daddy got a pheasant tail nymph, and the little girl got a bead head with 4 colors of marabou, and flash!
I wrote a letter to the Sales Manager of the Micro Center (local) and future CC'd to their headquarters, Apple, the bank that carries their credit card, and to Problem Solvers at the KC TV station, those letters to be sent if I'm not totally satisfied with the response from the SM. Stay tuned!
Still have heard nothing from Dan Craft. Got my stuff elsewhere. Oh, well!
You all have made me feel like a million bucks! It's so great to have a family that believes in you!
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Trouts don't live in ugly places