So, how's everybody?
 

I haven't been here for a while, and haven't really been fishing in
about 3 years, but I'm thinking about changing one of those things.

After the physical beating I took a few years ago I've been fighting
my way back to health, and took some time off from leisure time to
finish my BS in math and physics (I dropped out in 1976 with six
liberal arts courses to go - and now, 35 years later, I don't feel
more "educated", just more "credentialed"). Hanging around with a
bunch of young college students was a lot of fun though and I'm
thinking about keeping my student ID valid.

I've also taken the time to become more educated on the goodness of
beer and fine bourbons. I've been liking Taras Boulba in the first
category and Buffalo Trace in the second, but tastes and times vary,
and should.

My fly tying stuff is all stored away - I have more flies that I can
shake a stick at (so to speak).

Planning ahead - some friends were chatting about a recent striper and
blues expedition to Martha's Vineyard, and that reminded me of the
first (alnd last) time I tried that in Chatham a few years back - do
Gary or Greg ever show up here any more? Anyways, for the New English
types, I'm talking to friends about planning an early fall trip to the
Buzzards Bay area - many people have recomended canoe/kayak fishing in
Buttermilk Bay - paddlig around, watching the birds for bait fish
clues. The weekend I'm thinking of coincides with a Trout Unlimited
event at Redbrook (good food, good raffles, great cause - supporting
one of the last sea run brook trout streams in New England).

How 'bout them Celtics, eh?

--
Stan

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wrote:
I haven't been here for a while, and haven't really been fishing in
about 3 years, but I'm thinking about changing one of those things.

Does this mean you can fly fish the streams again and you're not reading
this, or you're reading this and have no plans to fly fish the streams? I'm
confused.

In either case, it sounds like you're a LOT healthier than last we met.
That's really good to hear, my friend.
--
TL,
Tim
-------------------------
http://css.sbcma.com/timj

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On Jul 5, 2:44 pm, wrote:
I haven't been here for a while, and haven't really been fishing in
about 3 years, but I'm thinking about changing one of those things.

After the physical beating I took a few years ago I've been fighting
my way back to health, and took some time off from leisure time to
finish my BS in math and physics (I dropped out in 1976 with six
liberal arts courses to go - and now, 35 years later, I don't feel
more "educated", just more "credentialed"). Hanging around with a
bunch of young college students was a lot of fun though and I'm
thinking about keeping my student ID valid.

I've also taken the time to become more educated on the goodness of
beer and fine bourbons. I've been liking Taras Boulba in the first
category and Buffalo Trace in the second, but tastes and times vary,
and should.

My fly tying stuff is all stored away - I have more flies that I can
shake a stick at (so to speak).

Planning ahead - some friends were chatting about a recent striper and
blues expedition to Martha's Vineyard, and that reminded me of the
first (alnd last) time I tried that in Chatham a few years back - do
Gary or Greg ever show up here any more? Anyways, for the New English
types, I'm talking to friends about planning an early fall trip to the
Buzzards Bay area - many people have recomended canoe/kayak fishing in
Buttermilk Bay - paddlig around, watching the birds for bait fish
clues. The weekend I'm thinking of coincides with a Trout Unlimited
event at Redbrook (good food, good raffles, great cause - supporting
one of the last sea run brook trout streams in New England).

How 'bout them Celtics, eh?

--
Stan

Stan,

Good to hear from you, and glad your health is improving. Congrats on
the degree....I didn't finish college until I was 52, so we have that
in common. About the Celtics - I kind of lost interest in the NBA
after the Bird, Parrish, Ainge era. The current crop of players
doesn't turn me on, either on or off the court. Glad to hear you are
actively thinking about fishing, and hope things continue to go well
for you.

George

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On Jul 6, 2:44*am, wrote:
I haven't been here for a while, and haven't really been fishing in
about 3 years, but I'm thinking about changing one *of those things.

After the physical beating I took a few years ago I've been fighting
my way back to health, and took some time off from leisure time to
finish my BS in math and physics (I dropped out in 1976 with six
liberal arts courses to go - and now, 35 years later, I don't feel
more "educated", just more "credentialed"). *Hanging around with a
bunch of young college students was a lot of fun though and I'm
thinking about keeping my student ID valid.

I've also taken the time to become more educated on the goodness of
beer and fine bourbons. *I've been liking Taras Boulba in the first
category and Buffalo Trace in the second, but tastes and times vary,
and should.

My fly tying stuff is all stored away - I have more flies that I can
shake a stick at (so to speak).

Planning ahead - some friends were chatting about a recent striper and
blues expedition to Martha's Vineyard, and that reminded me of the
first (alnd last) time I tried that in Chatham a few years back - do
Gary or Greg ever show up here any more? *Anyways, for the New English
types, I'm talking to friends about planning an early fall trip to the
Buzzards Bay area - many people have recomended canoe/kayak fishing in
Buttermilk Bay - paddlig around, watching the birds for bait fish
clues. *The weekend I'm thinking of coincides with a Trout Unlimited
event at Redbrook (good food, good raffles, great cause - supporting
one of the last sea run brook trout streams in New England).

How 'bout them Celtics, eh?

--
Stan

Hey Stang: welcome back! I've been wondering where and how you've been
up to (or as much as that makes sense)

Finished your BA in Math, eh? If you returned in the latter end of
your degree, did you have to do any math classes, like walk ice-cold
into Diff-EQ or Linear Algebra? I also walked away from a BA in Math
(since I already had one in Geology and had a full-time teaching offer
in hand), and I've also been thinking of doing the last couple of
classes finish that BA, but it means I have to take two liberal arts
classes and Linear Alg, and you can believe I've forgotten quite a bit
of the prerequisite stuff by now, even though I teach everything up to
Calc.

Anyway, I'm on the road on my way to Indy for a conference, but will
be passing back through New England on my way to Maine around the
14th. Wanna get together and revisit the Farmington or something? I'll
bring the bagels.

--riverman

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wrote in message
...
I haven't been here for a while, and haven't really been fishing in
about 3 years, but I'm thinking about changing one of those things.


heck, I hope you can change BOTH of those things. Good to hear you have been
mending, Stan. I've missed you at the Penn's Claves(next year, BTW, is the
10th annual, keep us in mind).
Tom

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On Jul 5, 10:41*pm, riverman wrote:
On Jul 6, 2:44*am, wrote:

I haven't been here for a while, and haven't really been fishing in
about 3 years, but I'm thinking about changing one *of those things.

Hey Stang: welcome back! I've been wondering where and how you've been
up to (or as much as that makes sense)

Finished your BA in Math, eh? If you returned in the latter end of
your degree, did you have to do any math classes, like walk ice-cold
into Diff-EQ or Linear Algebra? I also walked away from a BA in Math
(since I already had one in Geology and had a full-time teaching offer
in hand), and I've also been thinking of doing the last couple of
classes finish that BA, but it means I have to take two liberal arts
classes and Linear Alg, and you can believe I've forgotten quite a bit
of the prerequisite stuff by now, even though I teach everything up to
Calc.

Anyway, I'm on the road on my way to Indy for a conference, but will
be passing back through New England on my way to Maine around the
14th. Wanna get together and revisit the Farmington or something? I'll
bring the bagels.

--riverman

Replying to riverman, but will also comment to others in this
thread...

I''m not up for wading yet - but could spare time to socialize if the
opportunity presents itself. I actually finished a BS - took way too
much science - thus the deficiency in liberal arts... I would rather
jump back into a linear algebra course than something like diff-eqs.
I was hanging with a bunch of EE majors last year and looked through
some of their diff-eq work (all practice, no theory) and it was
extremely daunting - I think it would take a year or remedial work to
get back to that. I talked to the head of the applied math masters
program at the university and he was very encouraging - having done
his undergrad work in the early seventies like I did, he offered the
opinion that things were more rigorous back then and I could easily
compete with today's students for a slot in the program. I was not
convinced, but it was comforting. Thankfully they didn't make me take
anything difficult - just intro-to-everything in social sciences and
writing. Lots and lots of writing.

Tom: I really missed Penns the past couple of years. Jimmy and I were
planning on going but he had family issues both years, and I probably
wouldn't been able to fish at all 2 years ago... Next year!

Tim: Are you up for a leisurely day on the Paug if I promise to not
rock the boat?

George: Graduating was anticlimactic - I really enjoyed being back in
school. I'm going to have to fill the time with something, and it
will probably be river activism - the DEP gave those shysters in
Russel permission to draw 850,000 gallons a day - I could get worked
up over that. We're making progress on the Swift River projects too.
The engineer's report we commissioned on the Ice Dam is getting good
responses from people at Riverways.

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wrote:
snip
I''m not up for wading yet - but could spare time to socialize if the
opportunity presents itself.

Moan and Dove. . . say, this afternoon?

Tim: Are you up for a leisurely day on the Paug if I promise to not
rock the boat?

Well, here's the dilemma: I'm up for it, but time off of work right now is
scarce. Long story, and probably best presented at the "socializing" thingy.
--
TL,
Tim
-------------------------
http://css.sbcma.com/timj

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On Jul 6, 12:46*pm, "Tim J."
wrote:

Moan and Dove. . . say, this afternoon?

Check your email

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On Jul 5, 10:41*pm, riverman wrote:

Anyway, I'm on the road on my way to Indy for a conference, but will
be passing back through New England on my way to Maine around the
14th. Wanna get together and revisit the Farmington or something? I'll
bring the bagels.

--riverman

Send me an email and I'll make sure you have ways to contact me (stuck
using google groups at the moment so I can't see addresses clearly).

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Congrads on the bs Stan.........hope you can make it to Penns next
year they have that area at spring creek sort of a deck type deal that
requires no wading along with the fishermans paridise
area...........Good to hear from you again.........

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Congrads on the bs Stan.........hope you can make it to Penns next
year they have that area at spring creek sort of a deck type deal that
requires no wading along with the fishermans paridise
area...........Good to hear from you again.........

'Sides, there's a ground hog the other side of the hill that keeps
crying out your name. :-)
Frank Reid
(congrats on the degree. Hope to see you next year)

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On Jul 6, 10:42*pm, Frank Reid wrote:
Congrads on the bs Stan.........hope you can make it to Penns next
year they have that area at spring creek sort of a deck type deal that
requires no wading along with the fishermans paridise
area...........Good to hear from you again.........

'Sides, there's a ground hog the other side of the hill that keeps
crying out your name. :-)
Frank Reid
(congrats on the degree. *Hope to see you next year)

I've gotten a lot of mileage out of that story... Seemed a bit
Twilight-zonish at the time.

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On Jul 5, 2:44*pm, wrote:
I haven't been here for a while, and haven't really been fishing in
about 3 years, but I'm thinking about changing one *of those things.

welcome back, stan. keep up the communication.

yfitons
wayno

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Congrads on the bs Stan.........hope you can make it to Penns next
year they have that area at spring creek sort of a deck type deal that
requires no wading along with the fishermans paridise
area...........Good to hear from you again.........

'Sides, there's a ground hog the other side of the hill that keeps
crying out your name. :-)
Frank Reid
(congrats on the degree. *Hope to see you next year)

I've gotten a lot of mileage out of that story... *Seemed a bit
Twilight-zonish at the time.

Yeh, drive in a straight line (as straight as you can get on the roads
in Centre County) and pass the same ground hog three times.. Insert
Twilight Zone theme here.
Frank Reid

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On Jul 6, 1:40*pm, wrote:
On Jul 6, 12:46*pm, "Tim J."
wrote:



Moan and Dove. . . say, this afternoon?

Check your email

Hope you guys gave my regards to Ms. Dickinson :-)

Welcome back, Stan!
Bill

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typed:
On Jul 6, 1:40 pm, wrote:
On Jul 6, 12:46 pm, "Tim J."
wrote:

Moan and Dove. . . say, this afternoon?

Check your email

Hope you guys gave my regards to Ms. Dickinson :-)

Poetry? We don' need no steenkin' poetry!

FWIW, I can now verify that Stan is very much alive and not a sock puppet.
--
TL,
Tim
-------------------------
http://css.sbcma.com/timj

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In article 28fa7cf3-b791-4abe-bb9c-089165c7cbf7@
2g2000hsn.googlegroups.com, says...
Hope you guys gave my regards to Ms. Dickinson :-)



Angie?


--
Kevin Vang
reply to kevin dot vang at minotstateu dot edu

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On Jul 5, 2:44 pm, wrote:

....Planning ahead - some friends were chatting about a recent striper and
blues expedition to Martha's Vineyard, and that reminded me of the
first (alnd last) time I tried that in Chatham a few years back - do
Gary or Greg ever show up here any more? Anyways, for the New English
types, I'm talking to friends about planning an early fall trip to the
Buzzards Bay area - many people have recomended canoe/kayak fishing in
Buttermilk Bay - ......................


I dropped in last week for the first time in quite a while....

Glad to hear you're getting back to life and congrats on the degree.
I've been "planning" to do the same for just about as long as you did
but never made it.

I was on the Cape with my brother last month, went down to Morris
Island, remembered the trip with you and Gary, I'm pretty sure it was
a good four years ago, and started wondering about what had happened
to you.

I ran into Gary on the Cape last year.

If you're planning a trip into the Buzzard's Bay area, look up the
Elizabethans. They may be the closest thing to undeveloped landscape
in that part of the NE coast. I fished off of them in a boat one long
day, a beautiful setting and lots of stripers.

..... and if you're looking for volunteers, I'd be interested: I hoped
to get back to CC for a long weekend during the fall run.

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On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 11:44:33 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

I haven't been here for a while, and haven't really been fishing in
about 3 years, but I'm thinking about changing one of those things.

After the physical beating I took a few years ago I've been fighting
my way back to health, and took some time off from leisure time to
finish my BS in math and physics (I dropped out in 1976 with six
liberal arts courses to go - and now, 35 years later, I don't feel
more "educated", just more "credentialed"). Hanging around with a
bunch of young college students was a lot of fun though and I'm
thinking about keeping my student ID valid.

I've also taken the time to become more educated on the goodness of
beer and fine bourbons. I've been liking Taras Boulba in the first
category and Buffalo Trace in the second, but tastes and times vary,
and should.

My fly tying stuff is all stored away - I have more flies that I can
shake a stick at (so to speak).

Planning ahead - some friends were chatting about a recent striper and
blues expedition to Martha's Vineyard, and that reminded me of the
first (alnd last) time I tried that in Chatham a few years back - do
Gary or Greg ever show up here any more? Anyways, for the New English
types, I'm talking to friends about planning an early fall trip to the
Buzzards Bay area - many people have recomended canoe/kayak fishing in
Buttermilk Bay - paddlig around, watching the birds for bait fish
clues. The weekend I'm thinking of coincides with a Trout Unlimited
event at Redbrook (good food, good raffles, great cause - supporting
one of the last sea run brook trout streams in New England).

How 'bout them Celtics, eh?

Oh, man...did they get caught cheating, too...?

Good to hear from you and glad things are looking up,
R

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Stan,

Wellcome back. Good to hear from you, and glad your health is improving.

Hans van der Stroom


schreef in bericht
...
I haven't been here for a while, and haven't really been fishing in
about 3 years, but I'm thinking about changing one of those things.

After the physical beating I took a few years ago I've been fighting
my way back to health, and took some time off from leisure time to
finish my BS in math and physics (I dropped out in 1976 with six
liberal arts courses to go - and now, 35 years later, I don't feel
more "educated", just more "credentialed"). Hanging around with a
bunch of young college students was a lot of fun though and I'm
thinking about keeping my student ID valid.

I've also taken the time to become more educated on the goodness of
beer and fine bourbons. I've been liking Taras Boulba in the first
category and Buffalo Trace in the second, but tastes and times vary,
and should.

My fly tying stuff is all stored away - I have more flies that I can
shake a stick at (so to speak).

Planning ahead - some friends were chatting about a recent striper and
blues expedition to Martha's Vineyard, and that reminded me of the
first (alnd last) time I tried that in Chatham a few years back - do
Gary or Greg ever show up here any more? Anyways, for the New English
types, I'm talking to friends about planning an early fall trip to the
Buzzards Bay area - many people have recomended canoe/kayak fishing in
Buttermilk Bay - paddlig around, watching the birds for bait fish
clues. The weekend I'm thinking of coincides with a Trout Unlimited
event at Redbrook (good food, good raffles, great cause - supporting
one of the last sea run brook trout streams in New England).

How 'bout them Celtics, eh?

--
Stan

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On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 11:44:33 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

I haven't been here for a while

That's ok, Stan. No one else has either.

Glad to hear you are on the mend.

Go fishing.

And, be well.

Dave

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On Jul 7, 11:18*pm, Kevin Vang wrote:
In article 28fa7cf3-b791-4abe-bb9c-089165c7cbf7@
2g2000hsn.googlegroups.com, says...

Hope you guys gave my regards to Ms. Dickinson :-)

Angie?

--
Kevin Vang
reply to kevin dot vang at minotstateu dot edu

"Angie, Angie, when will those clouds all disappear? "
You're a Rolling Stones fan?

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On Jul 8, 9:17*am, Scott Seidman wrote:

We do a Catskills trip the first weekend of June in Roscoe if you want
something non-stressful.


I know about that, and every year I talk to Jimmy about taking you up
on some hospitality. Did you go last month?

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On Jul 5, 2:44*pm, wrote:
I haven't been here for a while, and haven't really been fishing in
about 3 years, but I'm thinking about changing one *of those things.

Hey, whattaya say. You've prompted me to pop my head up again as
well. Like you, I ain't been around much lately, though thankfully
health is not one of my reasons. Glad to hear things have been
looking up a bit for you.

Joe F.