I hope this will not offend anyone especially the friends I have made on this list. I have thought several times of unsubscribing but I was afraid of loosing contact with most of you. I have personally met a good number of you people and have not found any that I disliked.There are some more of you I want to meet in person.If it were not for this list, we would not have some of the best flytyers at the Sowbug Roundup Show. Yes, we are a family and I feel I am part of it. Maybe it is just me getting to be an old toot over the years but at times I just get bored with the list and wish we could go back to the old days. We have lost a good number of regulars, not sure what the reason is,I think we have become a bit stale. I will stay with the list as long as it is around, I still need to keep in touch with you all. Tony
--- Michael Bliss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Byard, et. al, > > I will lightly weigh in on this. I migrated to this > list 4 or 5 years back > (has it been longer?) from another list for the very > reason that Byard > mentioned that we are doing here. I knew Byard from > there. We were in a > couple of swaps and I still have one that he did > where we drew our favorite > fly and tying method. I think Sue was the > swapmistress. I came to the list > to be educated and meet new friends. That has > happened. I think that > sometimes we get a little too silly here but having > said that I like that we > are friendly and seem to care about each other. I > get lots of help from the > list so I would hate to see it go away. I would > just suggest a little less > banter and more real education. I did think Chuck's > question would lead to > some interesting discussion of tyers and their art. > It still could. I will > try and help in this area with my comments for as I > said, I think the people > on this list are a wonderful cross section from > around the world. Ian > helped me so much when I was headed to New Zealand. > Too bad he could not > meet me there to teach me to land the big ones I was > fortunate to hook. > Let's do what it takes to make this list the best. > > Mike > > > On 9/27/06, Chuck Alexander > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I apologize for any of My off topic comments.. > I'll stay fishing/tying > > related, Chuck > > > > > > > > > I used to be quite proud of this VFB mail list. > What happened? > > > > > > Today a post was made...a good post... it > attempted solicitation of > > > comments and thoughts that actually pertained to > fly tying. I > > was really > > > looking forward to the discussion. Thanks Paul M > for a most lucid > > > reply... sadly, yours was the only one. All > other replies turned a > > viable > > > topic into a "good-ole-boy" diatribe...a much > too frequent occurrence > > of > > > late. > > > > > > At the top of this note you will find a request > for unsubscribing > > > instructions. I don't blame him. If this wasn't > my list, I'd be gone. I > > > see two to three new subscribers daily... and > the same number of folks > > > bailing by unsubscribing daily. Why... because > the group has become > > very > > > closed and familial. Yes, over the years we've > all come to know each > > > other but for this list to continue we must > strive to accept new > > members. > > > > > > I don't currently have the time or energy to be > the tyrant landlord of > > > the list. If someone would like to step up to > the position please raise > > > your hand. > > > > > > As the list currently stands, I can't envision a > need for it > > to continue > > > in it's present form. So what do we do? > Suggestions? > > > > > > I'll start... > > > > > > Biggie... refocus on fly tying/fishing. > > > > > > ...you guys continue the discussion... > > > > > > ...byard > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
