Ouch....
Well since you have dragged the whole list into this little personal vendetta I guess
it's fair that I defend myself.
I returned home from my Christmas Vacation and noticed that my flies were still on the
table and hadn't been sent yet, miscommunication between my wife and I. I quickly
replied to Danny asking if I could send the flies late. Shortly After, I received
notice from my sister that my Dad had been diagnosed with a rare form of Hepatitis C
attacking his liver and that the disease is terminal. My dad is 49 and I am 27. We
are fairly close, and this hit me hard. After I found out about this I went into my
own little world not talking to most anyone including my wife. You noticed as well, I
usually post 3-4 messages on this list a week. Well when I received this package of
feathers, something of divine nature I presume, It kinda snapped me out of it.
I have since emailed Danny with apologies and asked him to send me the addresses of
all list member so I can send my flies to them personally.
This is my reason and "excuse." Take it for what it's worth. In the end I agree it
wasn't right to not communicate and leave everyone hanging.
Justin
On Tue, 23 Jan 2001 10:23:46 -0800 Keith Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Justin,
>
>We haven't heard from you for a while. As a person who actively promoted
>the last Fly Swap you were also one of several that flaked out without a
>single response to many emails from Danny McMillin; swapmeister. He waited
>an extra month but never heard anything. I, for one, was very disappointed
>with Justin in particular. Also flaking out without ever responding to
>emails was Pat Bolton; since he did not actively promote the Fly Swap he
>gets fewer demerits. Greg Mindt also flaked out but at least he had the
>courtesy to correspond. Overall I was very surprised at the lack of
>responsibility and motivation on the part of these tiers. Danny did a super
>job but I know he was put in a very frustrating and embarrassing position
>because he had to explain to the others why there were delays and repeatedly
>try to get the slackers to respond and fulfill their commitment. I hope
>that this doesn't put the nix on future swaps but I also hope that people
>will act like mature adults. This can be a really fun thing but everyone
>has to do their part; it's simple really. Unfortunately, this situation
>needed to be brought to the attention of the list.
>
>Keith
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Justin Teegarden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 9:47 AM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Feathers from afar.
>
>
>Awhile back ago I wrote an email to a bird rancher in the Mid East
>somewhere. I asked him If I could buy some of the feathers from the birds
>that he had. The feathers that just dropped out from everyday hustle and
>bustle etc. I gave him my address and told him to send me whatever he could
>and I would reimburse him for what ever I thought they were worth.
>
>Well Out of the blue I received this package today filled with Bags 4 in
>all, full of feathers.
>
>I did a quick scan of these feathers and put them on a rinky dink free
>website.
>
>http://weflyfish.homepage.com/
>
>I have a few good Ideas on what to use the feathers for.
>
>But I really don't know what I am gonna use them all for.
>
>Any Ideas?
>
>Justin
>
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>
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