Talk about cabin fever, Happy holliday!

On 12/19/03 2:24 PM, in article , "Roger Ohlund"
wrote:

(Rephrased question: How are things where you live?)

As in Chambana, the students have fled this particular quadrant of Cleveland
for the balance of the calendar year and a peculiar silence has fallen over
the bustling paths of academe.

We're a tad further north than central Illinois, lying at 41 degrees, 30
minutes, 9 seconds north. So not a whole lot of "sunshine" just now, but a
good sight more than in Sverige. Our ground has been covered with snow for
the past several days. For those that live to the east of the city, the
covering has become a nice thick blanket of more than 12". Time to swap
casting for kick and glide. Or, for those of us with young ones, a swift
sled ride down the neighborhood hill.

I haven't cast a fly in over a month, and it's likely I won't until March or
April. Time has come to do other things. Though for me, I'm not far from
fishing during these cold months, as a pile of books and a tying vise is
never far from hand. Certainly memories of trips of the past year are quite
fresh. Armchair travel dreams of Montana, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Sweden
will doubtless occupy a fair amount of time.

The other day I found myself thinking about the past year on ROFF, about its
peculiar denizens, those I've met in person, those I haven't. How I'd hoped
to fish with the Westerners in the west but didn't. How Wolfgang and I have
yet to share the Ontonagan, something we've talked about nigh on two or
three seasons now. About Penns, both '03 and '04. As bad habits go, I
think I'll keep this one.

Happy Solstice to all-

Bill

William Claspy wrote:


The other day I found myself thinking about the past year on ROFF, about its
peculiar denizens, those I've met in person, those I haven't. How I'd hoped
to fish with the Westerners in the west but didn't. How Wolfgang and I have
yet to share the Ontonagan, something we've talked about nigh on two or
three seasons now. About Penns, both '03 and '04. As bad habits go, I
think I'll keep this one.

Happy Solstice to all-

Bill



indeed bill... you've missed a fine stream and a good guide/fishing
companion. i highly recommend making time for the ontonagan with wolfie.
it is logged as among my favorite fishing trip memories of this year...
especially one fine brown i watched the wolf pull from a most difficult,
nigh impossible little patch of water behind tree roots and a cut bank
amidst three or four different currents.

as you, i am blessed to have met many here and to have enjoyed their
kindness, wit, blistering criticism, sarcasm, intoxication, food, and
many, many good laughs. this very day, a messychewsetts pirate - just
recovered from the flu - drove 45 minutes into a cold day to a town not
on his customary route for the selfless purpose of assisting a
cackalackian friend. this is a crazy place, but we should never lose
thought of its specialness. god bless us, everyone.

tiny jeff

"Jeff Miller" wrote in message
news:koNEb.37673$hf1.27995@lakeread06...

...god bless us, everyone.

Oh, good grief, EVERYone?! O.k., o.k., it's Christmas.....what the hell.


tiny jeff

Leave it alone......it'll grow.

Wolfgang
august.....hm.....i hear august is a pretty month in sweden.....hm.......

Wolfgang
august.....hm.....i hear august is a pretty month in sweden.....hm.......

Sweden. Fresh air. Liquor.
South America. Fresh air. Cold Beer.

Sweden. Nordic Blondes.
Senoritas.

Trout.
Peacock Bass.

Both locations, starry brilliant nights out in the field, expect better city
night starry lights in Sweden.

Snuggle in sleeping bag.
Sprawl in a hammock.

You see the dilemma here don't you........ Wolf, we should get together and
talk about this......see if you can get ahold of Jeff.

Question. At some of the claves, the clackawackas have described themselves
as the North Carolina contingent. But if a bunch of Americans went across
the pond, well, would Miller be known as a . . a. . dare I say it . .
..Yankee?

john

"asadi" wrote in message
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Wolfgang
august.....hm.....i hear august is a pretty month in
sweden.....hm.......

Sweden. Fresh air. Liquor.
South America. Fresh air. Cold Beer.

Sweden. Nordic Blondes.
Senoritas.

Trout.
Peacock Bass.

Both locations, starry brilliant nights out in the field, expect better
city
night starry lights in Sweden.

Snuggle in sleeping bag.
Sprawl in a hammock.

You see the dilemma here don't you........

Life is a series of hard choices, all of which, ultimately, lead to the
grave. That said, someone who drops body parts like a chain smoker does
butts, would do well to surround himself with persons familiar with his
proclivities.....persons who can be relied upon to help search for the
missing bits. Then too, a bracing climate in which misplaced appendages can
be located and reattached before rotting completely has a lot to be said for
it.

Wolf, we should get together and
talk about this

It would be irresponsible not to.

......see if you can get ahold of Jeff.

He's a slippery little devil but, given a sufficient supply of beer for
baiting, I believe we can draw him in close enough to make a grab.

Question. At some of the claves, the clackawackas have described
themselves
as the North Carolina contingent. But if a bunch of Americans went across
the pond, well, would Miller be known as a . . a. . dare I say it . .
.Yankee?

Well, it took Joel and me just two days to have him using "ya dere" in
context and with the proper inflection and accent. By the end of a week,
with a bit of help from George and Cyli, he was lingering in front of the
chainsaw display at the Settler's Co-op, and I distinctly heard a dreamy
voice utter "mmmmmm...pasties!" from the sauna on our last night in the UP.
He'll do, I think.

Wolfgang
to whom it occurs that one could do a lot worse than an international
goodwill delegation composed of baker, miller, and siebeneich as a
representative sample of america's finest.

Wolfgang
to whom it occurs that one could do a lot worse than an international
goodwill delegation composed of baker, miller, and siebeneich as a
representative sample of america's finest.

Gonna need a Marine division to exfiltrate this crew after they try to give
country X and new constitution. Jeff will write it, Wolfie will explain it
and Asadi will smoke it.
--
Frank Reid
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"Frank Reid" moc.deepselbac@diersicnarf wrote in message
...
Wolfgang
to whom it occurs that one could do a lot worse than an international
goodwill delegation composed of baker, miller, and siebeneich as a
representative sample of america's finest.

Gonna need a Marine division to exfiltrate this crew after they try to
give
country X and new constitution. Jeff will write it, Wolfie will explain
it
and Asadi will smoke it.

You've seen us before our morning ablutions. You know that the Xians are
going to NEED a strong constitution!

Wolfgang

"Frank Reid" moc.deepselbac@diersicnarf wrote in message
...
Wolfgang
to whom it occurs that one could do a lot worse than an international
goodwill delegation composed of baker, miller, and siebeneich as a
representative sample of america's finest.

Gonna need a Marine division to exfiltrate this crew after they try to
give
country X and new constitution. Jeff will write it, Wolfie will explain
it
and Asadi will smoke it.
--
Frank Reid
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hilarious, and *so* right on.

yfitons
wayno

Wolfgang wrote:


He's a slippery little devil but, given a sufficient supply of beer for
baiting, I believe we can draw him in close enough to make a grab.

did someone mention beer? being able to transport a case of beer
certainly has its attraction... if we could haul a case up hazel creek
or to middle falls, hell, i believe i could tolerate a bit more of that
camping stuff.

Question. At some of the claves, the clackawackas have described

themselves

as the North Carolina contingent. But if a bunch of Americans went across
the pond, well, would Miller be known as a . . a. . dare I say it . .
.Yankee?


Well, it took Joel and me just two days to have him using "ya dere" in
context and with the proper inflection and accent.

Wolfgang
to whom it occurs that one could do a lot worse than an international
goodwill delegation composed of baker, miller, and siebeneich as a
representative sample of america's finest.

forgot to add:

ever since that jaunt and the breakfast in merrill, i order my eggs
"basted". the folks at flora's diner and gas bar were a bit perplexed
at first. but, hell, think of all the wonderful treats we have to offer
dem dere swedes. course, i hope they have excellent medical and mental
health plans to handle what we tend to provide in these cultural
exchanges. i can't imagine a more confusing american offering than the 3
of us from which to draw conclusions...


Wolfgang wrote:


to whom it occurs that one could do a lot worse than an international
goodwill delegation composed of baker, miller, and siebeneich as a
representative sample of america's finest.