OMG Nick, you are LEGEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Where do I post Emmas 1st Rainbow pic???????
2010/1/26 Niclas Runarsson <niclas.runars...@soderhamn.com> > 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 <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&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. MOORE, ARS WB5RHT,author Moon Holler Misfits Fishing & Hunting >>>> Club, Member, TOWA Past VP Guadalupe River Trout Unlimited, Member, North >>>> Zone Fishing Editor Emeritus, >>>> Texas Fish & Game Magazine, VFB & FFW Moderator, Scout Exec. BSA, >>>> Retired, http://bigtroutman.tripod.com/index.html >>>> ***************** <º))))))))>< *************************************** >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" >>>> group. >>>> >>>> To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en >>>> >>>> VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> David Colyn >>> >>> 072 345 5510 >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" >>> group. >>> >>> To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en >>> >>> VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" >>> group. >>> >>> To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en >>> >>> VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> David Colyn >> >> 072 345 5510 >> >> >> > > > -- > David Colyn > > 072 345 5510 > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" > group. > > To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en > > VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" > group. > > To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en > > VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com > -- David Colyn 072 345 5510 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. 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