"Wolfgang" wrote in message
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SNIP


You may set your mind at ease, Jan.....the much anticipated death of ROFF
simply isn't going to happen. The only thing that COULD make it happen is
for all those who wring their hands and rend their clothing in despair
over
the dreadful conditions here to have their wish come true. Enthusiasm for
a
beloved avocation like fly fishing is understandable (and even
admirable.....at least for those of us who share that enthusiasm and have
reason to find it defensible) but the activity, for all its complexity and
lifelong value to participants, is too cramped and narrowly focused to
sustain a vibrant community discussion through eternity. The ideal ROFF
that many envision is a lot like the classic picture of the Christian
heaven.....nice climate, and you don't have to worry about
mosquitoes.....but a couple of eons of singing hosannas would find the
vast
majority bolting for the nearest exit and jostling for space on the first
commuter train to hell. Those few who missed the last train would then
settle down to an interminable polite discussion about the true nature of
God (otherwise known as "the best knot for attaching leader to fly line")
until the sponsors decided that "Heaven®" was no longer a viable commodity
and closed it down due to lack of interest, leaving the last few holdouts
to
ruminate that having an immortal soul isn't quite as peachy as the
advertising brochures made it look. They would then spend the rest of
eternity (a much longer time than most people suppose) wandering from one
moderate forum to another, searching for yet another opinion on the best
floatant, and leaving each as they successively went tits up, all the
while
wearing large stinking birds suspended from thongs around their necks.

But, if wishes were fishes......

SNIP

Wolfgang



ROFLAO!

Not at the content of this paragraph, but at the similarities to your ideas
and the production of George Bernard Shaw's Don Juan In Hell that I was
fortunate enough to see last winter. Absolutely hilarious and thought
provoking.
Thanks for both. (the laugh and the thoughts).

Jeremy Moe