I'm as good maintaining my inbox as I am maintaining my tying bench. This was what I found in a mid-August mail from 2004. (Not by Don though...) ------------------------------------------------------------------ So welcome to the world, Emma Elizabeth Colyn, I'm sure it won't be long, Before a fly-rod you'll be holdin'. Your dad will be posting many times, as your virtues he'll be extolin'.
Buggs ------------------------------------------------------------------ /Nick -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- Från: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] För David Colyn Skickat: den 26 januari 2010 21:31 Till: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Ämne: Re: [VFB] 200 VFB members as of today Sorry Don, it was 5 1/2 years ago and some months of gestation. You composed the most beautifull ode to an expected daughter. And its been lost in my maelstrom of electronic records. (I know I have a hardcopy in the archives) But, more to my point, we do things out of kindness, and forget them, but they are remembered forever. So I measure the worth of my friends. Thanks again Don. 2010/1/26 David Colyn <davidco...@googlemail.com> Hold on, I'll go find it 2010/1/26 Don Ordes <f...@tribcsp.com> David, I don't remember the 'Ode to Emma'. Please refresh these tired, abused brain cells. DonO ----- Original Message ----- From: David Colyn <mailto:davidco...@googlemail.com> To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 12:39 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] 200 VFB members as of today Hello you All Wouldn't it be Jimmy (Mud Hole Lunkers) or some such to dredge me out of the reeds? I'm not gonna tell anyone about lurking, skulking, poaching or the like, but I've got my fair share of the value of you old bunch of smelly waders. Jimmy, who has defended me against the worst of them. Don, telling me about dental floss and them big ass flies. Tony, and all his words of wisdom (still haven't built it.....) your chili Pepper caught my youngest, Emma a real corker, it did! Don (again) your ode to Emma will never release me. Do YOU remember that one? Nick, how far you have come, my friend, a true doien to the cult, what issit, three now?? Ankle biters, I mean hahahaaha, to Theresa my regards. Kieth, never made that second trip to Germany, but you knew or expected that, didn't you? Ruven...... you still here, not seen you in a bit. Pete Gramp ??????? I feel you buddy......... Apologies to anyone I may not have mentioned, tis not intentional, I swear. Remind me and you are in my heart still. Oh, I'll mention you too. tee hee. I am happy to still be a member, although not a "dues dunner" (who was that?) so nail me to the wall........ Byard always treated me well. and still get your chat every day. Damn, its good to be reminded of happier days. When a trip to Lesotho was the highlight of the year! No Jimmy not for Bucket mouths!!!!! I lament at the state of the VFB, and no thanks to me for not contributing, my head hangs in shame. Excuses are the apologies for those not worthy of mention. HOWEVER I salute you, the stalwarts of the fraternity. YOU have kept the course, the passion and the faith. I, for one, am eternally grateful for the freethinking inspiration you have so graciously poured over us. Thank you, my distant friends Your ever-grateful student David Munro Colyn Pretoria Gauteng South Africa P.S. Find me at http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?ref=profile <http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?ref=profile&id=645517785> &id=645517785 If you do it at all?? "Ummmm, when did I sign up here?" 2010/1/26 Jimmy D. Moore <ray...@earthlink.net> Thanks DonO: We have indeed lost members. I just checked and as of today, we have 200 members, a far cry from our high water mark of 600 +. Right now we're averaging 775 posts per month, which comes in at 29 VFB posts per day. 775 sounded like a lot, but the 29 ain't much. With 200 members, we should have lots more activity and we can if our members will remember what the VFB was designed for - learning from each other and passing on tips on fly fishing / tying. Maybe some of us, not me and DonO, are too bashful to pose a question or pose a comment. However, we all need to remember that "THERE'S NO DUMB QUESTION WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER." So, lets get cracking and ask those questions and pass along our fly fishing and fly tying tips. I do the Daily Quote and that generates a few comments, but maybe I should pull in a few instructional quotes too. Don't worry about someone on the list jumping you for a comment you've made. If they do, it's usually done in fun. An example would be me chastising DonO for being so long-winded. Give him a word, just one little word, and he can write a 5 page epistle on it. Banter is good, to a point and gives us a chance to poke fun at one another. One thing for sure, as VFB Moderator, I ain't gonna jump on anybody, at least not on List, so let's saddle up and get the list Moving again. JIMMY D -- **************** ><((((((((º> ***************************************** JIMMY D. 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