"Frank Church" wrote in message
9.11...
All swap flies that I had went out today (19 parcels)..2 tiers flamed out
on us so you should get 19 flies each. Just FYI for U.S. folks..there were
some issues with Priority Mail stamps..the PO would not accept PM stamps
with a date on them, so I ponied up another $3.85 for each one. USPS sez
PM
stamps with a date on them cannot be used past that date. This will be my
farewell gift to youse guys since this will be the last swap that I host.
This is NOT sour grapes, let me hasten to add...it's just that now that
I'm
single again I plan to spend my winters south, WAY south. (can you spell
Guadalajara..Melaque Beach..Manzanillo?) I used to take my sailboat to
Mexico and sail the winters away, sounds like an even better idea now.
It's
been fun these past 5 yrs doing this, I hope someone carries this on. (you
listening Timmaay?) ;-) BTW Mu, Wayno got your extra flies as requested.
Any extra flies I'm gonna keep and see that my grandson gets them. If you
really want your extras returned, send me a SASE with a request for same.

Frank Church
...my nomination for the neatest fly was the big-assed shrimp, awesome!
...and Big Dale had the best named fly..John Dear! oh my

That mail thing really shorts my wires. Let me know if my stamp was dated.
I took them to the local small post office, and I'd love to mention that
lack of service to the USPS at my office.

Thanks so much for hosting this swap. The several swaps in which I've
participated have forced me to get better as a tyer. Well, except this
time. I was not pleased with the out come. I'll have to put more time in
next time. When you let us know we had more time, I used it, but not well.

Randy