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I hauled the whole lot of 'em into the office today & made use of a
conference room table. Got all of them sorted & mostly packaged.

A few swappers, including a couple who ought to know better, just
didn't send appropriate return packaging. Yeah, your little flies &
little tags fit just fine in there, but no way Larry's popper & a
couple others were going to squeeze into that little ziploc or that
compartmented fly box. You guys have to wait until I get you a bigger
box tomorrow.

Kudos to all, however, for an excellent job on the tags. Only a
handful came loose, and that part of the job was a breeze. Special
thanks to Eddie Jasen for helping carry Tony's load.

As of today, I expect to get at least the 7 easy ones into the mail.
If I had to lick it, write on it, box it, or do anything other than
pack it & seal it, yours will be lagging behind a day or two.

And, tho it's oft repeated by swapmeisters, a really nice job by all
of the tyers. As a novice and infrequent practicioner of the craft, I
am humbled and impressed by what you guys can do.

Lastly, I'll be digging out my vise & tripod for individual pix asap,
and I'll try and put them up on the same website as the swap info. I
took a few shots of the sorting, but I can't upload them thru the
company system, so that'll have to wait until tonight.

TOS,
Joe F.

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rb608 a écrit :

As of today, I expect to get at least the 7 easy ones into the mail.
If I had to lick it, write on it, box it, or do anything other than
pack it & seal it, yours will be lagging behind a day or two.



Woody Allen=on
Oh dear, the expectancy, the anxiety, did I do right or did I messed up
something. I may never know. I will have to talk this out with my
analyst. 8^]
Woody Allen=off

Many thanks for the time and patience Joe. :-)

Now back to your regular nonsense. :-P

--
Hope to read you soon,

Denis
www.uqtr.ca/~lamyd

You'll have to eat the SPAM to E-mail

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On Mar 27, 5:01 pm, Smoking North 45° wrote:
Woody Allen=on
Oh dear, the expectancy, the anxiety, did I do right or did I messed up
something. I may never know.

You're good, save that psychoanalysis fee. :-) In your case, it's
only the customs declaration that's slowing me down.

Joe F.

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rb608 typed:
snip
Lastly, I'll be digging out my vise & tripod for individual pix asap,
and I'll try and put them up on the same website as the swap info. I
took a few shots of the sorting, but I can't upload them thru the
company system, so that'll have to wait until tonight.

If you'd like, I'd be honored to give the photos a place of honor on my
website right next to the DDFS 2005 (
http://css.sbcma.com/timj/pics/ddfs2005_1/ ). Stan was going to do the DDFS
2006 photos, but he's just too damned busy lately. . . heck, we'll be lucky
to get in some Springtime bluegill fishing this year. :(

Just email the photos to timj at sbcma dot com.
--
TL,
Tim
-------------------------
http://css.sbcma.com/timj

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"Tim J." wrote in message
If you'd like, I'd be honored to give the photos a place of honor on my
website right next to the DDFS 2005 (

You got a deal. As soon as I shoot 'em, I'll get 'em to you.

Joe

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"Tim J." wrote in message
...
If you'd like, I'd be honored to give the photos a place of honor on my
website right next to the DDFS 2005 (
http://css.sbcma.com/timj/pics/ddfs2005_1/ ). Stan was going to do the
DDFS 2006 photos, but he's just too damned busy lately. . . heck, we'll be
lucky to get in some Springtime bluegill fishing this year. :(

Yeah, life sucks sometimes, but sometimes you win. Class got out at 7
tonight and I stopped at M&D and it's $3 draft week! Mahrs "U" and Fest
Weisse on tap for $3 - it's a sweet thing. I had a hard time leaving after
one of each. And there's supposed to be Bink blonde, bruin and trippel on
tap this weekend. See if you can get a kitchen pass for the day Saturday.
We're planning two sessions with a supper break somewhere in town.

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On Mar 27, 5:24 pm, "Tim J."
wrote:
Just email the photos to timj at sbcma dot com.

Well, it's a learning curve every time I do this; but I finally
figgered out the new camera & managed to persuade it to focus properly
in macro mode. I took a few passable images, but before I get down
into full scale, put-em-on-the-web production, I thought I'd solicit
an opinion on background color.

Because the frame size is so small for these, I pretty well have my
choice of backgrounds. White is easy, and I also have pastels of
blue, orange, yellow, green, etc. For each specific fly, there's
probably a "best" color background to show it off; but in general,
what's your opinion as to the best background?

Joe F.

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Okay, almost everybody is in the mail as of today. I still need to do
the customs declarations on you overseas guys, but I picked those
forms up today, and yours will be in the mail tomorrow.

Photos pending.

Again, thanks to all.

YOS,
Joe F.

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rb608 typed:
On Mar 27, 5:24 pm, "Tim J."
wrote:
Just email the photos to timj at sbcma dot com.

Well, it's a learning curve every time I do this; but I finally
figgered out the new camera & managed to persuade it to focus properly
in macro mode. I took a few passable images, but before I get down
into full scale, put-em-on-the-web production, I thought I'd solicit
an opinion on background color.

Because the frame size is so small for these, I pretty well have my
choice of backgrounds. White is easy, and I also have pastels of
blue, orange, yellow, green, etc. For each specific fly, there's
probably a "best" color background to show it off; but in general,
what's your opinion as to the best background?

Hopefully, you're asking the group and not me. I need my wife to put
together my shirts and slacks or I am a walking fashion faux pas.
--
TL,
Tim
-------------------------
http://css.sbcma.com/timj

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On Mar 28, 3:13 pm, "Tim J."
wrote:
Hopefully, you're asking the group and not me. I need my wife to put
together my shirts and slacks or I am a walking fashion faux pas.

I gather you're another for whom "Are you wearing that?" isn't really
a question. :-)

Joe F.

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rb608 typed:
On Mar 28, 3:13 pm, "Tim J."
wrote:
Hopefully, you're asking the group and not me. I need my wife to put
together my shirts and slacks or I am a walking fashion faux pas.

I gather you're another for whom "Are you wearing that?" isn't really
a question. :-)

It usually doesn't escalate to that level. Her dazed and puzzled look alone
sends me back to the closet.
--
TL,
Tim
-------------------------
http://css.sbcma.com/timj

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Tim J. wrote:
rb608 typed:
I gather you're another for whom "Are you wearing that?" isn't really
a question. :-)

It usually doesn't escalate to that level. Her dazed and puzzled look alone
sends me back to the closet.

I got one word of advice: simplify. You're *guys* fer chrissakes
you don't need more than one color scheme. You got your brown
shoes or you got your black shoes, pick one and be done with it.
After that it's a simple matter to pick one and only color scheme
for your wardrobe and stick with it. If everything in your closet
matches, you can't pick something that doesn't match. This ain't
rocket science, boyos. ;-)

This queer eye from the straight guy moment brought to you as a
public service by ...

--
Ken Fortenberry

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Ken Fortenberry typed:
Tim J. wrote:
rb608 typed:
I gather you're another for whom "Are you wearing that?" isn't
really a question. :-)

It usually doesn't escalate to that level. Her dazed and puzzled
look alone sends me back to the closet.

I got one word of advice: simplify.

I try to always wear the top hat, wingtips, and matching sequined thong, but
I have to take the top hat to the cleaners every once in a while. A *real*
man can't be seen in a dirty top hat!
--
TL,
Tim
(I know, I know - get a second top hat.)
-------------------------
http://css.sbcma.com/timj

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Tim J. wrote:
Ken Fortenberry typed:
Tim J. wrote:
rb608 typed:
I gather you're another for whom "Are you wearing that?" isn't
really a question. :-)
It usually doesn't escalate to that level. Her dazed and puzzled
look alone sends me back to the closet.
I got one word of advice: simplify.

I try to always wear the top hat, wingtips, and matching sequined thong, but
I have to take the top hat to the cleaners every once in a while. A *real*
man can't be seen in a dirty top hat!

OK then, you're a black shoe guy. Just avoid thongs in earth
tones and you should be good to go.

--
Ken Fortenberry

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On Mar 28, 4:28 pm, Ken Fortenberry
wrote:
Just avoid thongs

That would have sufficed.

Joe F.

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On 28 Mar 2007 10:09:00 -0700, "rb608" wrote:

On Mar 27, 5:24 pm, "Tim J."
wrote:
Just email the photos to timj at sbcma dot com.

Well, it's a learning curve every time I do this; but I finally
figgered out the new camera & managed to persuade it to focus properly
in macro mode. I took a few passable images, but before I get down
into full scale, put-em-on-the-web production, I thought I'd solicit
an opinion on background color.

Because the frame size is so small for these, I pretty well have my
choice of backgrounds. White is easy, and I also have pastels of
blue, orange, yellow, green, etc. For each specific fly, there's
probably a "best" color background to show it off; but in general,
what's your opinion as to the best background?

Joe F.

I'd use a neutral white for all of the flies. Ever changing backgrounds are
distracting when you're shooting a collection...

/daytripper (with all this build-up, I can't wait to see the li'l critters)