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Therefore to achieve your goal, there must be cheap tax, your stuff's
gotta cost over a grand otherwise you have to go chase those trashy
*smallmouths* in some god forsaken muddy river in eastern NC. ;)

um...those would be *largemouths*...and, don't be sending any of those
less-than-effete folk into the realm.

btw...i trust wally has returned the book. thanks so much for the rare
gift. it was a pleasure to hold and to read, even though the bubble-boy
suit and gloves made page turning a bit tough. g

jeff

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"Jeff Miller" wrote in message
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um...those would be *largemouths*...

Largemouth, smallmouth, they're still not trout.

and, don't be sending any of those
less-than-effete folk into the realm.

Elitist g

btw...i trust wally has returned the book. thanks so much for the rare
gift. it was a pleasure to hold and to read, even though the bubble-boy
suit and gloves made page turning a bit tough. g

I'm sure it's on the way, I order some fly lines from him and told him to
send it with the lines. I'm glad you got to read it finally and enjoyed it.
I really wasn't worried about damage to it, I don't have any plans to sell
it and I am a reader, not a collector. Remember it was some guy stuck in the
mid-west who put you onto Rivers of Memory and Starlight Creek, I might need
an attornery one day. g

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Wayne Knight wrote:
I don't have any plans to sell
it and I am a reader, not a collector. Remember it was some guy stuck in the
mid-west who put you onto Rivers of Memory and Starlight Creek, I might need
an attornery one day. g



as i'm sure you know, the grace and gift of the opportunity to hold and
read a pristine signed 1st edition of "the starlight creek angling
society" can never be repaid by anything a lawyer can do (esp. this
one). hope all you'll ever need from me is help with a speeding ticket
to or from the smokies ...and, "attornery" is about as fine a freudian
as i've read.

jeff (definitely "ornery" about leaving graham county)

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"Jeff Miller" wrote in message
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as i'm sure you know, the grace and gift of the opportunity to hold and
read a pristine signed 1st edition of "the starlight creek angling
society" can never be repaid by anything a lawyer can do (esp. this
one). hope all you'll ever need from me is help with a speeding ticket
to or from the smokies ...and, "attornery" is about as fine a freudian
as i've read.


Actually it was just plain old bad typing and non-proofing, nothing freudian
about it.

Forget about the pristine shape, and they were all first editions (there's
been no re-printing), how did you like the read?

I don't know if I told you the story of how i got that copy, Somewhere along
my travels I ran across a beat up copy in a flea market or some such. There
was no slip cover and several pages had been torn out in front, including
the signature page. In unpacking things in Indy and moving a book case, I
had some books on the floor, including that beat up copy and my wife dog
took a liking to several of them, including Starlight.

I made a few phone calls to some people I know who know other people about
getting it rebound and repaired as much as possible, I ended up sending it a
binder used by the parent company of the original publisher. A few weeks
later that copy you saw showed up in a UPS envelope. There was a nice note
from a gentleman and a request that I never sell it. So at some point I will
probably donate the book along with the other four books (all 1st editions)
of his to a library, probably through my estate after I'm gone.


jeff (definitely "ornery" about leaving graham county)

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Wayne Knight wrote:



Forget about the pristine shape, and they were all first editions (there's
been no re-printing), how did you like the read?

you know that i'm intrigued, enthralled, bitten...whatever...by
middleton. starlight is obviously a derivative essay, continuing the
philosophical current of the earth is enough. i loved the book. i'm a
sap for middleton's writing.

HM was once asked by an interviewer: "mr. middleton, what have fish got
to do with it?"

to which HM responded: "for chrissakes, that's what i'd like to know."

from my improbable and serendipitous association with folks like you,
jim roberts, wayno, indian joe, wolfgang, dave lacourse, warren, dan
finn, willie, john baker, john hightower, mike makela, and wally...well,
sometimes, i think i'm close to knowing the answer. and, that's really
near where starlight creek meanders, ain't it? your story of acquiring
the book is further proof of the magic and mystery of "the rhythm of
things that come and go. ebb and flow."

jeff