I received your invitation to the fishing tournament, however, your untimely communication on said invitation will make it impossible for me to participate in what appears to be a well thought out fishing adventure with some of the local color. However, much consideration was given to the extension of your hospitality, and much conversation ensued referencing the above mentioned material. Here are the considerations;
1). It would be at least a twenty hour drive to Ipswich, leaving me slightly battered, therefore unable to step up my level of competitiveness rendering the competition unlevel and unfair.
2). Assuming there is not an International Airport nearer than New Jersey, I would have to rob a local bank in order to afford the $1600, two-stop, non-refundable ticket, then drive from somewhere in NJ to the coast of Ipswich, therefore, once again, dulling my skills as a top-notch, saltwater flyfisherman to the point of useless (this considering there is anyone left in NJ since I truely believe they have all moved to Florida).
3). I propose the invitaion was sent in delay to prevent the possible participant from showing up on the inviter’s front door step with several bottles of cheap rum (half-full).
4). I also propose the inviter purposely delayed the sending of the invitation in a deliberate attempt to spare embarrassment to the inviter and his comrades when invitee took the trophy back to Florida.
So I submit…send it earlier next time; I might just show up! AAARRRGGGHHH!!!
I thought the Boston airport was isolated by a bitty ol’ construction project that is now “only” a zillion bucks or so over budget.
How come the folks out West didn’t get an invite? Scared? (btw, “salt water” to me is the saline flavored condesation going down the side of my Margarita glass.)
Snow on the roof but with fire still in the hearth
Don’t be knocking Boston’s big dig. Look how easy it is to get through Logan the 911 terrorists got through without any problems. It is easy to drive through as long as you are not afraid to bump to get through traffic and drive through construction zones.
Who has time for stress when there are fish to catch.
Nick
I paid for it. We who live in Western Mass, almost never drive on the roads that were rearranged and have not been able to get funding for the last three years to fix ANYTHING to do with roads, including bridges that are in dire need of repair. I put alot of money into that project and only about 90% of it was wasted (which is good for a state run project), so I am quite posessive about it. If you don’t take good care and show respect for the big dig then the gov’t might do it again in the next few years just to get is so the tunnels don’t leak and the tiles don’t fall off the underpass roofs etc.
Not that I’m bitter, no not me, it just sounds that way.
Shhhhhh! I heard that the Big Dig is actually a plot by the Brits to get even with y’all dumping their tea all over the harbor.
Actually, I always felt a bit sorry for those folks that live out in Western Mass since the Blue Bloods of Boston (hmmmph)think that anything west of the belt line (is that Rt. 128?) is still owned by the Native Americans (to be PC).
Jed, ah’m jest a teasin y’know.
Snow on the roof but with fire still in the hearth
Aw hell Dave, a real pirate wudda sailed into the hahbah and had some chowdah, then went stripah fishin’.
(Jeeze, those guys get a little riled up over the dern airport thang. That’s why I was gonna fly into NJ, so’s I could sneak over to yer house)
Oh yeah…ST2, yeah bud, I understand the condesation deal, but if we saltwater guys thought there was a fish in that glass sweat, we’d throw a bug at it!G
Dear Pammy (as we call her out here in the arid dessert) didn’t bother to respond 'cause she is presently making plans to grace our streams and rivers in Arizona with her presence on precisely the same dates. Of course, we’ll not tell y’all 'zackly which stream she plans on visiting until its all over but then (assuming we’re still able to reach the keyboard) we’ll give you a full report.
Snow on the roof but with fire still in the hearth
I know yur just joshin’. We here like 128. Those inside of 128 think that our area is still untamed wilderness andd we like it that way. Keeps those city slickers where they belong. Even Micus, who is afraid to come out west and do some trout fishing with us. Josko and Kirk_A on the other hand are willing to make the trip so they must be the pirates that fears no one or no thing.