"Giles" wrote

Meanwhile, we have heard rumors that your mobility ain't quite what it
used to be (there's a "hitch in yer gitalong" was, if memory serves,

yep; confusion abounds between my vascular guru and my neurologist
concerning the cause of my problem, but no matter: the truth is i can't
walk more than 150yds, and my wading techniques make frank reid look like
barishnikov in his prime.


get up off your ass
and join the Miller/Bowen expedition to settle some very old scores,
come June.

i would truly enjoy the trip, regardless of the reduced activity. i count
on working on the concept.

Remember, Cheeselandia has more miles of trout streams per unit of
surface area than most.....and more vendors of alcoholic beverages
than the vast majority of sovereign nations.

Besides, whattya got to lose?

yes! yes!!! an opportunity to break the chains of age and disability, and
leap, free of evil gravity, into the thin, clean air of cheeselandia the
beautiful...
yfitons

Ditto, albeit not in precisely the same locale.

wayno

giles