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A little "what the pros use" story...
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A little "what the pros use" story...
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A little "what the pros use" story...
Dave LaCourse wrote:
snip Where were you after Katrina? ... Not to intrude reality into a good rant but you're way off base on this one Louie. Richard and his girlfriend were most gracious hosts when Kristine was in New Orleans helping put some libraries back together and Kristine told me they were both quite obviously involved in relief and rebuilding efforts. Oh, and Richard isn't fat. Back to your regularly scheduled rant. -- Ken Fortenberry |
A little "what the pros use" story...
On Sun, 13 May 2007 13:08:48 GMT, Ken Fortenberry
wrote: Dave LaCourse wrote: snip Where were you after Katrina? ... Not to intrude reality into a good rant but you're way off base on this one Louie. Richard and his girlfriend were most gracious hosts when Kristine was in New Orleans helping put some libraries back together and Kristine told me they were both quite obviously involved in relief and rebuilding efforts. Oh, and Richard isn't fat. Back to your regularly scheduled rant. While I appreciate the defense, it really isn't necessary. Anyone who knows me, well, knows me, and anyone who doesn't and takes such stuff as truth isn't worth worrying about...but hey, as always, EMMV... TC, R |
A little "what the pros use" story...
wrote in message ... On Sat, 12 May 2007 18:23:44 -0700, JR wrote: Dave LaCourse wrote: Hmmmm. Just talked on the phone with Nicole Apple. She and her husband Jason own/operate Xclusive Xpeditions and can book a trip to just about anywhere. Her picture is on the June 07 copy of Fly Rod & Reel. Pretty lady. Met them at a fly show a couple years ago. They're out of Bellevue, Washington. I asked her about the Simms she is wearing in the picture. "Oh, they're the best." And, of course I had to ask, "Does Simms give you and your guides a discount on them?" Her answer was "NO!" When I said that I have heard guides get a discount on Simms, she said that was news to her. My guess is that Xclusive Xpeditions (execrable name, btw) is essentially a travel agency and doesn't *have* its own guides the way a lodge or fly shop does. She should inform herself. If the guides XX uses can prove to Simms that they are in fact professional guides (and the requirements aren't that stringent), then can get the pro discount, and I'm sure they do. - JR Now hang on a tick, JR. I just talked to my grandmother. She and Bill Shatner both own and operate telephones. Not only can she book a trip to just about anywhere, but Bill can get her a discount. As one might imagine, I've known her quite a while. Not to brag, but I daresay she considers me family. I asked her about Simms waders. She said she didn't know what they were. I asked her if Simms gave her a discount. Again, she said she didn't know what they were. When I said that Louie said that Fiona Apple said that it was news to her that Simms gave guides a discount, she told me to lay off the Martinis or at least to quit talking about Semmes and his waiters (she's a little hard of hearing...)...so I did. HTH, R ...and FWIW, I'd trust someone, in Bellevue or otherwise, who named their business "Xclusive Xpeditions" about as much as I'd trust, oh, say, a review in some advorag... Whereas the rest of us are content to place our trust in someone whose vast and meticulously documented experience make him the clear choice for information on any topic whatsoever. Someone whose demonstrated fair-mindedness and passionate devotion to disinterested evaluation on merits alone, make whatever position he takes on any issue unassailable. Someone whose close reasoning and dedication to treating serious matters with the gravity they deserve and require, give his words the weight and dignity that naturally accrue to those of the acknowledged ancient masters. Someone whose self-effacing adherence to the hallowed principles of modesty and humility in the face of universally recognized and unequalled accomplishment make him the envy of all who behold him. Someone whom parents point to as a model for their children to emulate. Someone whom even fractious children, ordinarily inclined behave in deliberate contravention to their parents' wishes, choose to emulate. Someone for whom the deep respect of his erstwhile peers is none the less treasured for all that it is heaped upon him in such measure that it would make any other commodity worthless and uninteresting. Someone whose single-minded and unswerving focus on the task at hand and astonishing ability to keep others on track through force of will and deft use of language would leave others drifting slack-jawed in his wake were they not sucked along in the vortex of his charmingly self-denied magnificence. Someone whose generosity of spirit and sacrosanct humanity are the stuff of legend. In short, we place our trust in the only real Liberal in America. But then, you already knew that. Wolfgang |
A little "what the pros use" story...
wrote in message ... On Sun, 13 May 2007 13:08:48 GMT, Ken Fortenberry wrote: Dave LaCourse wrote: snip Where were you after Katrina? ... Not to intrude reality into a good rant but you're way off base on this one Louie. Richard and his girlfriend were most gracious hosts when Kristine was in New Orleans helping put some libraries back together and Kristine told me they were both quite obviously involved in relief and rebuilding efforts. Oh, and Richard isn't fat. Back to your regularly scheduled rant. While I appreciate the defense, it really isn't necessary. Anyone who knows me, well, knows me, and anyone who doesn't and takes such stuff as truth isn't worth worrying about...but hey, as always, EMMV... You guys are SO precious! :) Wolfgang who is better and humbler.....but mostly better.....than all y'all combined. |
A little "what the pros use" story...
wrote in message ... On Fri, 11 May 2007 20:37:42 -0400, Dave LaCourse wrote: On Fri, 11 May 2007 18:53:19 -0500, Ken Fortenberry wrote: There was a time however when you had Orvis everywhere and I would have been somewhat skeptical of an Orvis endorsement. ;-) Yes, those were the days of $200 waders for 20 days of fishing. And in one case, $250 for 3 days. Nothing worse than a catostrophic wader failure when you're in Labrador. Well, maybe a stick in the eye is worse, cttoi. Well, maybe, but it certainly makes trivial things like starving children, war, poverty, and disease pale in comparison... See, this is EXACTLY what endears you to all of us. Your saintly abnegation in pursuit of justice and equality for the less fortunate shines forth in everything you do and say. It is true that this makes it more difficult for us to focus on the comparitively more frivolous (although infinitely valuable....in its context) wealth of knowledge and probity you bring to all others questions and discussions, but I'm sure I speak for everyone here in declaring that knowing the world is a better place for it makes the effort worthwhile. OTOH, maybe Fiona Apple and her husband can book yer ass into someplace where you can see some of the world that isn't Orvis-recommended...someplace actually extreme. And if they can't, let me know...I'll get ya into a place or two that'll cause a leak in your G3s...from the inside, at least... As insufficient as our paltry imaginations doubtless are, we are nevertheless all aquiver with speculation on what you COULD show us....if you really wanted to.....which, of course, you don't.....I mean, why would you.....right?.....YMMV.....HTH. Wolfgang well, he COULD!, you know.....if he wanted to.....if we were worthy.....if we could handle it. |
A little "what the pros use" story...
On Sun, 13 May 2007 13:08:48 GMT, Ken Fortenberry
wrote: Not to intrude reality into a good rant but you're way off base on this one Louie. Richard and his girlfriend were most gracious hosts when Kristine was in New Orleans helping put some libraries back together and Kristine told me they were both quite obviously involved in relief and rebuilding efforts. Oh, and Richard isn't fat. Wow. double surprise. All I can remember his him complaining about the aftermath of Katrina and how bad HE had it. And he's not fat? And he has a *girlfriend*. Wow, make that a triple surprise. |
A little "what the pros use" story...
On Sun, 13 May 2007 13:06:45 -0400, Dave LaCourse
wrote: On Sun, 13 May 2007 13:08:48 GMT, Ken Fortenberry wrote: Not to intrude reality into a good rant but you're way off base on this one Louie. Richard and his girlfriend were most gracious hosts when Kristine was in New Orleans helping put some libraries back together and Kristine told me they were both quite obviously involved in relief and rebuilding efforts. Oh, and Richard isn't fat. Wow. double surprise. All I can remember his him complaining about the aftermath of Katrina and how bad HE had it. And he's not fat? And he has a *girlfriend*. Wow, make that a triple surprise. Well, **** fire and save matches...it was AT LEAST 8 hours before Uncle Dickey had the boys at, um, Hiliberten send a fresh cocktail shaker and some Perrier ice so that Jeeves could shake up a cocktail...good God, man, it was unsavilezed...I almost resorted to going fishing or something common... And yet again, knowing this won't help, R |
A little "what the pros use" story...
JR wrote in :
Scott Seidman wrote: Simms has some lower end waders, somewhat above their lowest end, that ring in at about $200 I've been wearing a pair of Simms Lightweights ($199, but not made anymore) for four years now. When I worked part time in a fly shop last year I bought a second pair at a huge discount on the theory that the first pair would soon wear out. They haven't yet. I've compared notes with folks who have the original Guide model, and the Lightweights appear just as tough. I'm not convinced that the G3s or G4s are twice or three times as tough and/or long-lasting as my Lightweights. I do know (from working in the shop) that there are a lot of folks out there who will buy whatever the top-of-the-line Simms model happens to be.... - JR (who wouldn't be caught dead in the G4s on purely aesthetic grounds) I know some of the Simms lower line models use breathable materials other than GoreTex, which Simm's claims is the caddilac. I think the new $200 line might be GoreTex, but I'm not sure. -- Scott Reverse name to reply |
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