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**[email protected]** · November 8th, 2007, 03:11 PM posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.fly

On Thu, 08 Nov 2007 05:52:45 -0600, wrote:

I don't need to travel to California to help children, but if you
provide me with info on the children's charity of which you speak, I'll
be happy to consider adding it to the list, although I will say that
while I have the utmost sympathy for _any_ child going through _any_
traumatic illness, there is only so much one person can do and I prefer
helping where it's needed most, first. As to helping sick kids, you
have no idea of which you speak, but here's a hint: it might occur to
even a casual reader that someone who has some passion about the whole
subject - you know, foaming and frothing and all - might well have that
passion for a reason.

IAC, even if I liked to hunt sick kids with Dick Cheney and John Kerry,
it still doesn't change the fact that what you are doing is no more than
SPAM and doing it for kids that apparently don't need it. AFAIK, you
didn't instigate it, but you certainly jumped on board, and are now
promoting it. And if your pitch had been for sick children who couldn't
afford gear, you might have had my help, and you would have certainly
had my respect, but I've never seen you mention any such charity - which
is not to say you have not - on ROFF. And your replies thus far make me
all the more certain in saying:

**** YOU, **** YOUR FLY SUBSIDY, AND **** MYRON

And for me, that about does it,
R

my "pitch" as it were, was to help riverman turn some kids on to
flyfishing. As to weather they meet some criteria for need was not my
call nor did it matter. If you had come here and asked for flies, I
have done the same thing. Like I did with riverman I would not ask
for any type of means test, I would take you on your word that you
wanted some help.
I did so as a donation and at my cost and or less. If you think I did
this make a dime your sadly mistaken.
As for helping kids... I agree, you have no idea......but lets just
say that chemo makes doing a half hitch difficult.