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It's been a bad news, good news day. I spent the entire
afternoon surrounded by lawyers one of whom represented
me and the other who represented the insurance company
of the criminal incompetents who killed my daughter. It
was not a pleasant afternoon having to relive a painful
episode I'd just as soon forget. But it's settled.

The good news; when I got home the man in the brown truck
had left six bottles of wine on my doorstep ! The Wine
Garage Intense Red Wine Club, April 2007 edition. A Barbera,
a Petite Sirah, a Rhone blend, a Syrah and two Zinfandels.
If you live in a state where you can get wine deliveries
from California I highly recommend the Wine Garage

http://www.winegarage.net/

It's like Xmas, six times a year !

Well, this has been a looming presence on the calendar for
awhile and I'm glad it's over. Now it's time to go fishin'.
I think I'm gonna tie up some big uglies and see if I can't
fool a Lake Kinkaid musky into thinking it's a gizzard shad.

--
Ken Fortenberry

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On 18-Apr-2007, Ken Fortenberry wrote:

It's been a bad news, good news day. I spent the entire
afternoon surrounded by lawyers one of whom represented
me and the other who represented the insurance company
of the criminal incompetents who killed my daughter. It
was not a pleasant afternoon having to relive a painful
episode I'd just as soon forget. But it's settled.

I remember this
It was about the time I first started interacting w ROFF
It was heart wrenching!

But man, you can be a bit nuts at times - but I can also!

I do hope that you take some time to go fishing
Don't take Dick Cheney with you.

Sincerely
Fred

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On Apr 18, 3:25 pm, Ken Fortenberry
wrote:
It's been a bad news, good news day. I spent the entire
afternoon surrounded by lawyers one of whom represented
me and the other who represented the insurance company
of the criminal incompetents who killed my daughter. It
was not a pleasant afternoon having to relive a painful
episode I'd just as soon forget. But it's settled.

The good news; when I got home the man in the brown truck
had left six bottles of wine on my doorstep ! The Wine
Garage Intense Red Wine Club, April 2007 edition. A Barbera,
a Petite Sirah, a Rhone blend, a Syrah and two Zinfandels.
If you live in a state where you can get wine deliveries
from California I highly recommend the Wine Garage

http://www.winegarage.net/

It's like Xmas, six times a year !

Well, this has been a looming presence on the calendar for
awhile and I'm glad it's over. Now it's time to go fishin'.
I think I'm gonna tie up some big uglies and see if I can't
fool a Lake Kinkaid musky into thinking it's a gizzard shad.

--
Ken Fortenberry

I will be hitting the Umpqua again this summmer. The near seal lever
part where the small mouth abound. One hundred fish days are
possible, A lot of smaller fish but never boaring. There are a
number of wineries around Roseburg and that part of Oregon. I take
the main squeeze, she likes to sit in the sun and read while I fish.
The condition for her company is that we take in 2 or 3 wineries in
the afternoon when it's to hot to fish anyway.
I can't recall the name of it but the oldest winery in Oregon is
nearby. Last year we bought some Ice Wine. This year I'm buying
more. I don't know where it fits in with the wine snobs but it's
pretty good. But then again I like Raspberry wine.

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"Ken Fortenberry" wrote in message
t...
It's been a bad news, good news day. I spent the entire
afternoon surrounded by lawyers one of whom represented
me and the other who represented the insurance company
of the criminal incompetents who killed my daughter. It
was not a pleasant afternoon having to relive a painful
episode I'd just as soon forget. But it's settled.

The good news; when I got home the man in the brown truck
had left six bottles of wine on my doorstep ! The Wine
Garage Intense Red Wine Club, April 2007 edition. A Barbera,
a Petite Sirah, a Rhone blend, a Syrah and two Zinfandels.
If you live in a state where you can get wine deliveries
from California I highly recommend the Wine Garage

http://www.winegarage.net/

It's like Xmas, six times a year !

Well, this has been a looming presence on the calendar for
awhile and I'm glad it's over. Now it's time to go fishin'.
I think I'm gonna tie up some big uglies and see if I can't
fool a Lake Kinkaid musky into thinking it's a gizzard shad.

Right on cue. And perfectly balanced. Well.....almost.

Wolfgang

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BJ Conner wrote:

I will be hitting the Umpqua again this summmer. The near seal lever
part where the small mouth abound. One hundred fish days are
possible, A lot of smaller fish but never boaring. There are a
number of wineries around Roseburg and that part of Oregon. I take
the main squeeze, she likes to sit in the sun and read while I fish.
The condition for her company is that we take in 2 or 3 wineries in
the afternoon when it's to hot to fish anyway.

My wife and I have always been able to find a way to enjoy
being outdoors together. She likes photography and I like
trout fishing so it's easy enough to arrange because trout
hang out in some really beautiful and photogenic places.

I can't recall the name of it but the oldest winery in Oregon is
nearby. Last year we bought some Ice Wine. This year I'm buying
more. I don't know where it fits in with the wine snobs but it's
pretty good. But then again I like Raspberry wine.

We've signed up for a bunch of "Wine Clubs", some of which
I like and some of which I'd just as soon she cancelled.
We get Ridge (woo hoo !!), Ferrari-Carrano (OK), Hop Kiln (OK),
Bonny Doon (I swear if those crazy mother****ers ever send us
another bottle of Bouteille Call I'll cancel it myself, wife
be damned ;-), and Wine Garage (my fave). Living here in corn
country it's nice to get California wines in the mail every so
often but we're not sophisticated oenophiles, just winos. ;-)

--
Ken Fortenberry

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"Ken Fortenberry" wrote in message
. ..

We've signed up for a bunch of "Wine Clubs", some of which
I like and some of which I'd just as soon she cancelled.
We get Ridge (woo hoo !!), Ferrari-Carrano (OK), Hop Kiln (OK),
Bonny Doon (I swear if those crazy mother****ers ever send us
another bottle of Bouteille Call I'll cancel it myself, wife
be damned ;-), and Wine Garage (my fave). Living here in corn
country it's nice to get California wines in the mail every so
often but we're not sophisticated oenophiles, just winos. ;-)
Ken Fortenberry

Ken,
you should take the wine tours out in the Napa Wine Country, they're
outstanding if you're a connoisseur of fine wines.
One year, one of the host at one of the Wineries got sick, so the gal in
our party took over. They let her have at it, she was filling our glasses
with the expensive cabs...pretty wild.

Every year we head down to the Paso Robles Great Western Bike Rally
at the end of May (Memorial Day Weekend). Lots of wine tours,
and then make your way to Cambria on the coast for the famous
ollieberry pie at Linn's bakery. One of the best in the world!
Quite a few bead and breakfast there as well.
enjoy,
-tom

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On Apr 18, 7:51 pm, Ken Fortenberry
wrote:
BJ Conner wrote:

I will be hitting the Umpqua again this summmer. The near seal lever
part where the small mouth abound. One hundred fish days are
possible, A lot of smaller fish but never boaring. There are a
number of wineries around Roseburg and that part of Oregon. I take
the main squeeze, she likes to sit in the sun and read while I fish.
The condition for her company is that we take in 2 or 3 wineries in
the afternoon when it's to hot to fish anyway.

My wife and I have always been able to find a way to enjoy
being outdoors together. She likes photography and I like
trout fishing so it's easy enough to arrange because trout
hang out in some really beautiful and photogenic places.

I can't recall the name of it but the oldest winery in Oregon is
nearby. Last year we bought some Ice Wine. This year I'm buying
more. I don't know where it fits in with the wine snobs but it's
pretty good. But then again I like Raspberry wine.

We've signed up for a bunch of "Wine Clubs", some of which
I like and some of which I'd just as soon she cancelled.
We get Ridge (woo hoo !!), Ferrari-Carrano (OK), Hop Kiln (OK),
Bonny Doon (I swear if those crazy mother****ers ever send us
another bottle of Bouteille Call I'll cancel it myself, wife
be damned ;-), and Wine Garage (my fave). Living here in corn
country it's nice to get California wines in the mail every so
often but we're not sophisticated oenophiles, just winos. ;-)

--
Ken Fortenberry

I 'll see if I can pick up a bottle of Ice wine for you. It's made
from grapes that have hung on the vine utill there frozen. There
squezzed when frozen so the ice ( water ) stays with the leaves, etc.
The resulting grape juice is sweeter and the wine is sweeter etc. I
guess it come in various varieties. I know it comes in smaller
expensive bottles. Good desert wine. Like I said I'm not a snob.
Willamette Vinyards makes a sparkling muscat that is also a good
desert wine. They also do a good reisling that we go throug a case of
a year.

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Tom Nakashima wrote:
"Ken Fortenberry" wrote:
We've signed up for a bunch of "Wine Clubs", ...

Ken,
you should take the wine tours out in the Napa Wine Country, they're
outstanding if you're a connoisseur of fine wines.

We've done that and enjoyed it, but we're nowhere near connoisseurs.
Actually we preferred the Sonoma Valley for quality of restaurants
and winery tours. Korbel does a great job and is a gorgeous place
but our favorite was Topolos in Forestville. Too bad they're going
out of business. They were my favorite wine club too and they made
famous the LOPT, the Loyal Order of the Purple Tongue. ;-)

We like to visit the wine country whenever we're in the Bay Area.
Unfortunately all our friends who moved to the Bay Area have one
by one moved back to Chicago. Somewhere in there is a story of
some sort.

--
Ken Fortenberry

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BJ Conner wrote:
Ken Fortenberry wrote:
... Living here in corn
country it's nice to get California wines in the mail every so
often but we're not sophisticated oenophiles, just winos. ;-)

I 'll see if I can pick up a bottle of Ice wine for you. ...

Cool, I'll try most anything once. We'll have it with dessert
one night and then I'll find something in our cellar that I
think you might like and send it to you. I promise not to send
Bonny Doon's Bouteille Call. ;-)

--
Ken Fortenberry

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On Apr 18, 3:25 pm, Ken Fortenberry
wrote:
It's been a bad news, good news day. I spent the entire
afternoon surrounded by lawyers one of whom represented
me and the other who represented the insurance company
of the criminal incompetents who killed my daughter. It
was not a pleasant afternoon having to relive a painful
episode I'd just as soon forget. But it's settled.

The good news; when I got home the man in the brown truck
had left six bottles of wine on my doorstep ! The Wine
Garage Intense Red Wine Club, April 2007 edition. A Barbera,
a Petite Sirah, a Rhone blend, a Syrah and two Zinfandels.
If you live in a state where you can get wine deliveries
from California I highly recommend the Wine Garage

http://www.winegarage.net/

It's like Xmas, six times a year !

Well, this has been a looming presence on the calendar for
awhile and I'm glad it's over. Now it's time to go fishin'.
I think I'm gonna tie up some big uglies and see if I can't
fool a Lake Kinkaid musky into thinking it's a gizzard shad.

--
Ken Fortenberry

Wine and fishing. You can forget a lot of things with either.

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"Ken Fortenberry" wrote in message
t...
Tom Nakashima wrote:
"Ken Fortenberry" wrote:
We've signed up for a bunch of "Wine Clubs", ...

Ken,
you should take the wine tours out in the Napa Wine Country, they're
outstanding if you're a connoisseur of fine wines.

We've done that and enjoyed it, but we're nowhere near connoisseurs.
Actually we preferred the Sonoma Valley for quality of restaurants
and winery tours. Korbel does a great job and is a gorgeous place
but our favorite was Topolos in Forestville. Too bad they're going
out of business. They were my favorite wine club too and they made
famous the LOPT, the Loyal Order of the Purple Tongue. ;-)

We like to visit the wine country whenever we're in the Bay Area.
Unfortunately all our friends who moved to the Bay Area have one
by one moved back to Chicago. Somewhere in there is a story of
some sort.
Ken Fortenberry

I like that LOPT! I'll pass that on to our friends.
Yes, the Sonoma Valley has a variety of good restaurants.
The Bed & Breakfast are very popular today, most of the time you
have to book far in advance. Bev and I have met the nicest people at the
B&B's, we never stay in motels anymore.We also enjoy the home
style cooking that they provide. I think the people who attend the
B&B's go out of their way to make good company.
-tom

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On Apr 19, 3:30 pm, BJ Conner wrote:
On Apr 18, 3:25 pm, Ken Fortenberry

It's been a bad news, good news day.

Wine and fishing. You can forget a lot of things with either.

Ken - I'm sorry that this thread got its start for such a sad reason,
but I'm happy that you're enjoying your wine and are thinking about a
fishing trip.

I hope everyone is thinking about a fishing trip . . .

My buddies and I are getting out this weekend for a two-night backpack
for some Appalachian brookies. I just got back from the state store
with a bottle of Lagavulin, printed out my temporary non-resident
license on the computer, looked over my 2007 order of flies from Harry
Murray, admired my new Cabela's wading booties (the old pair is
finally being retired), and can't wait to hit the road tomorrow after
a short stop at work. I think we're going to be blessed with nice
weather, hopefully it'll be warm enough to get things going on top.

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mr rapidan wrote:
BJ Conner wrote:
Ken Fortenberry wrote:
It's been a bad news, good news day.

Wine and fishing. You can forget a lot of things with either.

Ken - I'm sorry that this thread got its start for such a sad reason,
but I'm happy that you're enjoying your wine and are thinking about a
fishing trip.

Oh, not so sad really. I'm glad to finally have all that
in the past and I thought it was delicious kismet to have
a half dozen bottles of interesting wine waiting for me
at home when I finished up with the unpleasantness.

And yeah, I'm really looking forward to a few days on
Lake Kinkaid. In a concession to impending geezerhood and
the requirements of musky fishing I've put a little 4 stroke
2 HP Honda putt-putt on my old Grumman canoe. This trip will
be the new putt-putt's maiden voyage.

My buddies and I are getting out this weekend for a two-night backpack
for some Appalachian brookies. I just got back from the state store
with a bottle of Lagavulin, ...

Hmmmmmm, I'm thinking your trip sounds better than mine. ;-)
Have fun out there.

--
Ken Fortenberry