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> From: "Chicken:" <chickenj...@gmail.com> > __ > > http://www.seaforager.com/ > > So a million years ago I lived in NYC and owned a little moving company. We > moved people and their stuff from place to place to pay our bills, and we > played in a rock and roll band to have some fun. My business got buzy, and we > would end up with more jobs then we could do. So we would pass off jobs to > other movers. > > That’s when I met Kirk. He had a shitty van and was doing the same thing we > were. I gave him jobs from time to time, we’d talk on the phone. It was years > before I met him. He was different looking then I imagined he’d be. He was > tall, red headed and looked Irish. I was sitting in stopped traffic once on > the BQE and I looked over and there he was right next to me in his blue Chevy > van, playing his harmonica. Happy as a clam. > > He called me one day, told me he was moving to California. Asked me if I’d > buy his van for $300. I agreed. I didn’t realize he was on the corner. He > double parked the van in front of my place and came up stairs. I gave him the > money, and wished him luck. > > He has apologized to me for that van almost every time I have seen him in the > last dozen or so years. To say it was a piece of shit is an understatement. > The doors closed by being tied with shoe laces. The exhaust piped right into > the cabin. The tires were bald, the lights didn’t work. The thing was a > menace. The second day I owned it I couldn’t get it to start then it got > towed away for having expired tags. The year was 1989. > > Kirk moved to SF and co-founded the mighty Rube Waddell with Larry and > Freddy. He got into fishing. He is a talented ukulele player. Kinda. He > married the bartender from the Odeon, Camilla and had a little boy named > Django. Kirk has become kinda a fishing advocate. For sustainable fishing. > Not the kind that poisons the ocean and so on. There is a right way to fish. > And it’s complicated and not as profitable. But the fish are way better when > caught sustainably. > > He’s quite celebrated, as a fisherman. Activist. Teacher. He leads tours, > talks to people about fish. Explains things. De-mystifies other things. He > sings pirate songs, too. Camilla plays the accordion. I’m sure the kid we be > tap dancing soon. > > He just made a big leap. He started a CSF: Community Supported Fishery. It’s > a box of fish you buy, sight unseen that you pick up once a week or once > every other week. It’s $22. His plan is to get 300 people to sign up, to make > it work. Read all about it here: > > http://www.seaforager.com/ > > > This is a great idea. You get better fish then you have access too, and it’s > cheaper then any store. This is the most DIY attempt at a business you’ve > ever seen. The Chez Poulet will be a drop off point, you will come there to > get your package of fish. You can sign up for however long you want. This is > a cool thing to support, and he is a cool guy. Don’t buy a van from him, > though… _______________________________________________ bagasch mailing list bagasch@lists.monochrom.at http://monochrom.at/mailman/listinfo/bagasch
