On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 09:51:57 -0700, JR wrote:

Frank Reid (in So what about them Red Sox?) wrote:

I would much rather see a lockout directed specifically at the Yankees
than the current one at the whole of the NHL. Screw the "luxary tax,"
if you go over your spending limit, you're banned from playoff action.

light bulb in balloon over head blinks on

A luxury tax is JUST what we need to battle the ogre of runaway
trendiness: regs on 50% of trout/steelhead/salmon water (including 50% of
the big destination waters) limiting the total *retail* value of visible
paraphernalia (rod, reel, line, waders, boots, vest, clothing--forget
flies, tools, etc.) to US$ 1,000. We start with the SJ and the Madison.


JR

Most unacceptable. Under such, uh-hem, regulations, we would not be able to
wear our Patrick-Philleap-for-Orvus watch with the stream temp gauge, butler
buzzer, and Royal Warrant ("By Appointment to His Royal Wulffness, Lil' Lord
Lefty"). No, my good fellow, not unacceptable at all. We have standards, you
know.

Lord Assor-Turnbull

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