On Jan 24, 1:35*pm, Larry L wrote:
On Jan 23, 4:14*pm, Giles wrote:



So, what's funnier than a bunch of *maturing* fly fishers trying to
find "JUST" the right angling aid? *****ed if I know.

I tend to agree and find my own compulsive behavior pretty amusing,

BUT

in 'some' *self defense, I've noticed that, apparently, *in all areas
of human interest there are individuals obsessed with inspecting the
smallest details, minutely ..... just part of the Nature of the Beast,
imho

I carry a jewelers loupe wherever I go these days. There is no better
pocket-sized tool for giving a boy a good sense of how large the world
actually is.

I watched a PBS special about Birds of Paradise last night that
recorded people sitting in tree stumps, in a downpour, for days on
end, to get the chance to see a particular bird perform it's mating
dance .... then the damn thing ****ed without dancing !! ..... can't
believe I'm too unique in "level of absurdity' in my own fields of
interest ;-) .... in fact I'd have to get more involved to make TV,
I'd guess

Was that Attenborough's film....or something else? If the former, I
watched it less than a year ago. If the latter.....don't know.....may
or may not have seen it.....can't keep track of it all.

In any case, they are a most unusual family. Puts one in mind of 17th
century European nobility at court.....except for the rampant inbred
vacuity, of course.

giles