"Warren" wrote in message
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Loyal fans......every syllable......gotta love 'em!

Hey, just glad to see you back around this place. This place just
isn't a true nuthouse without your presence. bseg

Flattery (as they used to say back in the day when the comparison had a
readily recognizable meaning) is like soft soap.......it's 90% lye. The
character of ROFF does not depend to any appreciable extent on my presence
or contributions. I don't make it......I just play to it.

I really enjoyed your bear story.

Glad to hear it. As it says on the toilet seat, we aims to please.

That had to have been one hell of
a memorable clave experience!

It was for me. I only regret that I lacked the means to make it so for the
bear.

The fact that you mentioned it over
the fish caught leads to be assume that either it (the bear) was a
kick ass experience in retrospect

The experience was unnerving. In retrospect it's easy to make of it
whatever one wants to.......that's the beauty of of unscathed survival.

or that the fishing, actually
catching, was a bit slow this year.

From all reports, it appears that the fishing was about what it always is at
the Penns clave. Some people caught a lot of fish (they worked hard at it)
and some didn't (in many cases despite the fact that they worked hard at
it). I didn't work very hard at it. I had other things on my agenda.

Even if I am wrong, I hope that
the bear tale, like a good fishing yarn, only improves with each
telling.

Not likely. One can only go so far in that direction. This was a pretty
straighforward and very factual account, with only one insignificant
deviation (for literary effect) at the very end. The humor (such as it
is......Frank will clarify in the epilogue) was inherent in the situation.

Unfortunately I have to warn you though. You should be aware that
Ken will most likely end up bitching because you just you had to
include the imagery of you running around without pants. It seems
he has become either ROFF's fashion advisor or G-rated censor while
you were away. G

I intend to catch up on his fasion tips just as soon as I finish the
cookbook.

Wolfgang
hey warren..........BOO!........hee, hee, hee.

Arrrrrrrrggghh!

Don't scare me like that! ;-)
--
Warren
PS-You really didn't need to express you political views in the bear
story. The fact that you are conservative wasn't necessary in the
telling of the tale. Or maybe it was....... ;-)

Allow me to clarify. I have always been conservative to the point of being
downright old-fashioned. I tend to take cues from the likes of Jefferson,
Hamilton, Paine, Adams, Madison, Washington, Parks, etc.

Wolfgang