Surprise, Charles! I am returning...
 

I guess that this is as good a time as any to GENTLY rejoin my very favorite
group of humans, the ROFBer's.

First, I have to admit that you, Mr. Summers, never cease to amaze me. One
day your actions make you appear to be a genius, and then the very next you
end up looking like that great action hero, SUPER DUMMY! I can say that,
because as you know I have earned the exact same title.

Not meaning to be cruel, I am not just here to just try to cheer you up,
Charles. I have been in constant communication with Da Boss (Joe
Haubenreich) since I pulled my own stunt & tried to turn myself into a
mental veggie back in April. You personally know what appears to have
happened then, but I cannot disclose any real details here at the request of
my doctors, who are still admittedly confused even at this late date
(especially since I appear to be heading for a full mental recovery, which
had been thought to be impossible.) In other words, by this time next month
I expect to be rejoining the team, with many of my light duties targeted to
directly help you out. With luck, I will finally rejoin the ranks of the
"occasionally useful".

I will admit here to everyone about one very strange personal thing. This is
best understood if I list the chronology & meanings point by point:

1. To begin with, I will state that my April episode left me basically
unable to speak or function in any useful way. I was also so totally weak
that I could move very little.

2. By early May, I had been deposited in a very specialized Care Facility,
where I was first tested to see if my future was to be bedridden in some
nursing home for the rest of my life.

3. When I quickly started showing improvement, thankfully they changed
direction, adjusting their testing goals & preparing me for possible home
care, which is naturally what I wanted.

4. The strange thing about which I spoke of above was this: Even before
finally being sent home on a trial basis, my brain was just about fully up
to speed on fishing & Secret Weapon stuff. The exceptional nature of this is
that at the same time, I was still unable to order my food off of a menu, or
even to tell time!

5. My replies to the fishing questions are what prompted my doctors to let
me try going home. Before you ask, what impressed the doctors was not the
accuracy of my answers (they were not trained to judge) but that the answers
were long, involved, sounded logical & had some big words.

I will ask each of you to please understand that I am not yet up to
attempting any kind of regular communication with you. This simple posting
has taken hours, and has really drained me. I just wanted Charles to know
that he is in my prayers, & that some help is on the way.

Bob Rickard
(AKA The Old Geezer)
www.secretweaponlures.com
--------------------------=x O')))



----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles B. Summers"
Newsgroups: rec.outdoors.fishing.bass
Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 10:44 PM
Subject: This just sucks...


Well, you may remember that I've taken up mountain bike riding. Got a new
bike on Tuesday and decided that I needed to take a trail ride. Great
bike,
great trail. Well, I made it out of the woods and was going through my
cool
down. That's when I noticed that they still had the lights on at the BMX
track. Been there and done that before, and it's alot of fun.

Well, new bike didn't like jumps too well but took the first one with
ease.
The second one was a table-top type of jump where to get air, then come
down
on the downhill side. Ok, this was where the trouble began. Handlebars
must
have been loose in the neck and slipped, causeing me to almost castrate
myself! I hit the upper bar between my legs, bounced off of the bike, then
down the hill on my head. My helmet is toast, but my head is fine (I
think).

X-Rays show two breaks... I show alot of pain!

Down but not out...
Charles


"Thundercat" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 25 Aug 2005 21:50:16 -0500, "Charles B. Summers"
wrote:

Couldn't make it to the NWC, then planned an overnight trip to Lake
Barkley
for Friday night with Justin Hires... but now I can't make that trip.

Now, I'm laid up here at the house with my pelvis broken in two places.
:-( Doc says I'll be off the water for at least a month, maybe two.
Please
do me a favor and tell me how bad fishing is this time of year. Ok?

Hope everyone at the NWC has a great time... and Steve, keep us
informed.


If nobody else is gonna ask, I will...
What the heck did you do to yourself son?!?!?

Harry J aka Thundercat
Brooklyn Bill's Tackle Shop Fishing Team
http://www.brooklynbillstackleshop.com
Share the knowledge, compete on execution.

Bob Rickard wrote:
I guess that this is as good a time as any to GENTLY rejoin my very favorite
group of humans, the ROFBer's.

That's great news, Bob. You've been missed!

Welcome back Mr. Rickard!

Yeah... what I did was stupid, but it let me know that I still feel good and
makes me think I'm still healthy enough to take certain risks in life, and
afterall... isn't it what it's all about? Did you hear that I finally quit
smoking?

Glad that everything is finally looking up for you. I've been kept informed
as to your conditions, but sometimes was left out of the loop.

So, now that you're all better... can you wait until I heal enough to get my
boat back out and go fishing with me? We can make it an official ROFB event
for all of us that have injured ourselves this year, and limit the
equiptment to only a cane pole and one bait of your choice.

The beer is on you!



"Bob Rickard" wrote in message
m...
I guess that this is as good a time as any to GENTLY rejoin my very favorite
group of humans, the ROFBer's.

First, I have to admit that you, Mr. Summers, never cease to amaze me. One
day your actions make you appear to be a genius, and then the very next you
end up looking like that great action hero, SUPER DUMMY! I can say that,
because as you know I have earned the exact same title.

Not meaning to be cruel, I am not just here to just try to cheer you up,
Charles. I have been in constant communication with Da Boss (Joe
Haubenreich) since I pulled my own stunt & tried to turn myself into a
mental veggie back in April. You personally know what appears to have
happened then, but I cannot disclose any real details here at the request of
my doctors, who are still admittedly confused even at this late date
(especially since I appear to be heading for a full mental recovery, which
had been thought to be impossible.) In other words, by this time next month
I expect to be rejoining the team, with many of my light duties targeted to
directly help you out. With luck, I will finally rejoin the ranks of the
"occasionally useful".

I will admit here to everyone about one very strange personal thing. This is
best understood if I list the chronology & meanings point by point:

1. To begin with, I will state that my April episode left me basically
unable to speak or function in any useful way. I was also so totally weak
that I could move very little.

2. By early May, I had been deposited in a very specialized Care Facility,
where I was first tested to see if my future was to be bedridden in some
nursing home for the rest of my life.

3. When I quickly started showing improvement, thankfully they changed
direction, adjusting their testing goals & preparing me for possible home
care, which is naturally what I wanted.

4. The strange thing about which I spoke of above was this: Even before
finally being sent home on a trial basis, my brain was just about fully up
to speed on fishing & Secret Weapon stuff. The exceptional nature of this is
that at the same time, I was still unable to order my food off of a menu, or
even to tell time!

5. My replies to the fishing questions are what prompted my doctors to let
me try going home. Before you ask, what impressed the doctors was not the
accuracy of my answers (they were not trained to judge) but that the answers
were long, involved, sounded logical & had some big words.

I will ask each of you to please understand that I am not yet up to
attempting any kind of regular communication with you. This simple posting
has taken hours, and has really drained me. I just wanted Charles to know
that he is in my prayers, & that some help is on the way.

Bob Rickard
(AKA The Old Geezer)
www.secretweaponlures.com
--------------------------=x O')))



----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles B. Summers"
Newsgroups: rec.outdoors.fishing.bass
Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 10:44 PM
Subject: This just sucks...


Well, you may remember that I've taken up mountain bike riding. Got a new
bike on Tuesday and decided that I needed to take a trail ride. Great
bike,
great trail. Well, I made it out of the woods and was going through my
cool
down. That's when I noticed that they still had the lights on at the BMX
track. Been there and done that before, and it's alot of fun.

Well, new bike didn't like jumps too well but took the first one with
ease.
The second one was a table-top type of jump where to get air, then come
down
on the downhill side. Ok, this was where the trouble began. Handlebars
must
have been loose in the neck and slipped, causeing me to almost castrate
myself! I hit the upper bar between my legs, bounced off of the bike, then
down the hill on my head. My helmet is toast, but my head is fine (I
think).

X-Rays show two breaks... I show alot of pain!

Down but not out...
Charles


"Thundercat" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 25 Aug 2005 21:50:16 -0500, "Charles B. Summers"
wrote:

Couldn't make it to the NWC, then planned an overnight trip to Lake
Barkley
for Friday night with Justin Hires... but now I can't make that trip.

Now, I'm laid up here at the house with my pelvis broken in two places.
:-( Doc says I'll be off the water for at least a month, maybe two.
Please
do me a favor and tell me how bad fishing is this time of year. Ok?

Hope everyone at the NWC has a great time... and Steve, keep us
informed.


If nobody else is gonna ask, I will...
What the heck did you do to yourself son?!?!?

Harry J aka Thundercat
Brooklyn Bill's Tackle Shop Fishing Team
http://www.brooklynbillstackleshop.com
Share the knowledge, compete on execution.

So GREAT to hear from you Bob, best wishes pal.

Warren

"RichZ" wrote in message
...
Bob Rickard wrote:
I guess that this is as good a time as any to GENTLY rejoin my very
favorite
group of humans, the ROFBer's.

That's great news, Bob. You've been missed!

Bob Rickard wrote:
I guess that this is as good a time as any to GENTLY rejoin my very favorite
group of humans, the ROFBer's.


to speed on fishing & Secret Weapon stuff. The exceptional nature of this is
that at the same time, I was still unable to order my food off of a menu, or
even to tell time!
snip
... Before you ask, what impressed the doctors was not the
accuracy of my answers (they were not trained to judge) but that the answers
were long, involved, sounded logical & had some big words.

Once a bulls***ter, always a bulls***ter. ;-) ;-) ;-)

Good to hear you're on the mend Bob. Keep on keepin' on.

--
Ken Fortenberry

Dang Bob, I'm glad to hear you are getting better and are on here
again. You are one of the people from here I would really like to
meet.

Keep getting better and post when you can.

On Sat, 27 Aug 2005 22:47:21 GMT, "Bob Rickard"
sent into the ether:

I guess that this is as good a time as any to GENTLY rejoin my very favorite
group of humans, the ROFBer's.

First, I have to admit that you, Mr. Summers, never cease to amaze me. One
day your actions make you appear to be a genius, and then the very next you
end up looking like that great action hero, SUPER DUMMY! I can say that,
because as you know I have earned the exact same title.

Not meaning to be cruel, I am not just here to just try to cheer you up,
Charles. I have been in constant communication with Da Boss (Joe
Haubenreich) since I pulled my own stunt & tried to turn myself into a
mental veggie back in April. You personally know what appears to have
happened then, but I cannot disclose any real details here at the request of
my doctors, who are still admittedly confused even at this late date
(especially since I appear to be heading for a full mental recovery, which
had been thought to be impossible.) In other words, by this time next month
I expect to be rejoining the team, with many of my light duties targeted to
directly help you out. With luck, I will finally rejoin the ranks of the
"occasionally useful".

I will admit here to everyone about one very strange personal thing. This is
best understood if I list the chronology & meanings point by point:

1. To begin with, I will state that my April episode left me basically
unable to speak or function in any useful way. I was also so totally weak
that I could move very little.

2. By early May, I had been deposited in a very specialized Care Facility,
where I was first tested to see if my future was to be bedridden in some
nursing home for the rest of my life.

3. When I quickly started showing improvement, thankfully they changed
direction, adjusting their testing goals & preparing me for possible home
care, which is naturally what I wanted.

4. The strange thing about which I spoke of above was this: Even before
finally being sent home on a trial basis, my brain was just about fully up
to speed on fishing & Secret Weapon stuff. The exceptional nature of this is
that at the same time, I was still unable to order my food off of a menu, or
even to tell time!

5. My replies to the fishing questions are what prompted my doctors to let
me try going home. Before you ask, what impressed the doctors was not the
accuracy of my answers (they were not trained to judge) but that the answers
were long, involved, sounded logical & had some big words.

I will ask each of you to please understand that I am not yet up to
attempting any kind of regular communication with you. This simple posting
has taken hours, and has really drained me. I just wanted Charles to know
that he is in my prayers, & that some help is on the way.

Bob Rickard
(AKA The Old Geezer)
www.secretweaponlures.com
--------------------------=x O')))



----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles B. Summers"
Newsgroups: rec.outdoors.fishing.bass
Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 10:44 PM
Subject: This just sucks...


Well, you may remember that I've taken up mountain bike riding. Got a new
bike on Tuesday and decided that I needed to take a trail ride. Great
bike,
great trail. Well, I made it out of the woods and was going through my
cool
down. That's when I noticed that they still had the lights on at the BMX
track. Been there and done that before, and it's alot of fun.

Well, new bike didn't like jumps too well but took the first one with
ease.
The second one was a table-top type of jump where to get air, then come
down
on the downhill side. Ok, this was where the trouble began. Handlebars
must
have been loose in the neck and slipped, causeing me to almost castrate
myself! I hit the upper bar between my legs, bounced off of the bike, then
down the hill on my head. My helmet is toast, but my head is fine (I
think).

X-Rays show two breaks... I show alot of pain!

Down but not out...
Charles


"Thundercat" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 25 Aug 2005 21:50:16 -0500, "Charles B. Summers"
wrote:

Couldn't make it to the NWC, then planned an overnight trip to Lake
Barkley
for Friday night with Justin Hires... but now I can't make that trip.

Now, I'm laid up here at the house with my pelvis broken in two places.
:-( Doc says I'll be off the water for at least a month, maybe two.
Please
do me a favor and tell me how bad fishing is this time of year. Ok?

Hope everyone at the NWC has a great time... and Steve, keep us
informed.


If nobody else is gonna ask, I will...
What the heck did you do to yourself son?!?!?

Harry J aka Thundercat
Brooklyn Bill's Tackle Shop Fishing Team
http://www.brooklynbillstackleshop.com
Share the knowledge, compete on execution.




Remove the x for e-mail reply
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www.SecretWeaponLures.com
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Dan, danl, danny boy, Redbeard, actually Greybeard now wrote:
Dang Bob, I'm glad to hear you are getting better and are on here
again. You are one of the people from here I would really like to
meet.

Keep getting better and post when you can.

On Sat, 27 Aug 2005 22:47:21 GMT, "Bob Rickard"
sent into the ether:

I guess that this is as good a time as any to GENTLY rejoin my very favorite
group of humans, the ROFBer's.

First, I have to admit that you, Mr. Summers, never cease to amaze me. One
day your actions make you appear to be a genius, and then the very next you
end up looking like that great action hero, SUPER DUMMY! I can say that,
because as you know I have earned the exact same title.

Not meaning to be cruel, I am not just here to just try to cheer you up,
Charles. I have been in constant communication with Da Boss (Joe
Haubenreich) since I pulled my own stunt & tried to turn myself into a
mental veggie back in April. You personally know what appears to have
happened then, but I cannot disclose any real details here at the request of
my doctors, who are still admittedly confused even at this late date
(especially since I appear to be heading for a full mental recovery, which
had been thought to be impossible.) In other words, by this time next month
I expect to be rejoining the team, with many of my light duties targeted to
directly help you out. With luck, I will finally rejoin the ranks of the
"occasionally useful".

I will admit here to everyone about one very strange personal thing. This is
best understood if I list the chronology & meanings point by point:

1. To begin with, I will state that my April episode left me basically
unable to speak or function in any useful way. I was also so totally weak
that I could move very little.

2. By early May, I had been deposited in a very specialized Care Facility,
where I was first tested to see if my future was to be bedridden in some
nursing home for the rest of my life.

3. When I quickly started showing improvement, thankfully they changed
direction, adjusting their testing goals & preparing me for possible home
care, which is naturally what I wanted.

4. The strange thing about which I spoke of above was this: Even before
finally being sent home on a trial basis, my brain was just about fully up
to speed on fishing & Secret Weapon stuff. The exceptional nature of this is
that at the same time, I was still unable to order my food off of a menu, or
even to tell time!

5. My replies to the fishing questions are what prompted my doctors to let
me try going home. Before you ask, what impressed the doctors was not the
accuracy of my answers (they were not trained to judge) but that the answers
were long, involved, sounded logical & had some big words.

I will ask each of you to please understand that I am not yet up to
attempting any kind of regular communication with you. This simple posting
has taken hours, and has really drained me. I just wanted Charles to know
that he is in my prayers, & that some help is on the way.

Bob Rickard
(AKA The Old Geezer)
www.secretweaponlures.com
--------------------------=x O')))



----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles B. Summers"
Newsgroups: rec.outdoors.fishing.bass
Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 10:44 PM
Subject: This just sucks...


Well, you may remember that I've taken up mountain bike riding. Got a new
bike on Tuesday and decided that I needed to take a trail ride. Great
bike,
great trail. Well, I made it out of the woods and was going through my
cool
down. That's when I noticed that they still had the lights on at the BMX
track. Been there and done that before, and it's alot of fun.

Well, new bike didn't like jumps too well but took the first one with
ease.
The second one was a table-top type of jump where to get air, then come
down
on the downhill side. Ok, this was where the trouble began. Handlebars
must
have been loose in the neck and slipped, causeing me to almost castrate
myself! I hit the upper bar between my legs, bounced off of the bike, then
down the hill on my head. My helmet is toast, but my head is fine (I
think).

X-Rays show two breaks... I show alot of pain!

Down but not out...
Charles


"Thundercat" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 25 Aug 2005 21:50:16 -0500, "Charles B. Summers"
wrote:

Couldn't make it to the NWC, then planned an overnight trip to Lake
Barkley
for Friday night with Justin Hires... but now I can't make that trip.

Now, I'm laid up here at the house with my pelvis broken in two places.
:-( Doc says I'll be off the water for at least a month, maybe two.
Please
do me a favor and tell me how bad fishing is this time of year. Ok?

Hope everyone at the NWC has a great time... and Steve, keep us
informed.


If nobody else is gonna ask, I will...
What the heck did you do to yourself son?!?!?

Harry J aka Thundercat
Brooklyn Bill's Tackle Shop Fishing Team
http://www.brooklynbillstackleshop.com
Share the knowledge, compete on execution.




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www.SecretWeaponLures.com
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Bob, glad to hear from ya again! I haven't talked to ya in
awhile..didn't want to
bother you! Take it easy. Lay back in the lazy boy, relax, and keep a
note pad and
pen close; for all the great ideas you have in that master mind of
yours. Oh, and ya know I'll test all your ideas for ya! LOL.

Thanks for the awsome lures! I'm sure Joe probably told ya about our
trip to Barkley Lake and all the fish we caught on S.W.'s.

But, my trip over the weekend blew that out of the water. I didn't
catch the numbers of fish, but caught 13 keepers over 15". A 5.12lb,
5.11lb, 4.0lb a couple of 3 1/2lbs and rest were 2 2 1/2lbs. All but
one were on the S.W. Midnight snack II.

Sorry, Charles about what happened. I missed fishing with ya down
there.

Thanks again for everything Bob!!

Justin Hires
www.SecretWeaponLures.com

Man Justin... I didn't need to hear that!


But, my trip over the weekend blew that out of the water. I didn't
catch the numbers of fish, but caught 13 keepers over 15". A 5.12lb,
5.11lb, 4.0lb a couple of 3 1/2lbs and rest were 2 2 1/2lbs. All but
one were on the S.W. Midnight snack II.

Sorry, Charles about what happened. I missed fishing with ya down
there.

Thanks again for everything Bob!!

Justin Hires
www.SecretWeaponLures.com