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"Willi" wrote in message
Funny you bring up karma. Getting ripped off by Matt got me to thinking about karma. I'm pretty trusting ie. I don't lock my house or my car (some people would say this is stupid), but I don't get ripped off. Matt's a dickhead. He ripped off a bunch of people. It's even worse when it is by someone you "know". While everyone's fears about getting "ripped off" may or may not be well founded; it is not my impression of Matt that he would do so intentionally or have the need to acquire a supply of midges in that manner. Frankly, it's indeed possible that life changes may be preventing him from following through. As just as frankly (and morbidly), after seeing him drive his Honda CBR600 crotch rocket, it's also quite possible that he's in the hospital or dead. Whattaya say you give it some time & hope for the best? Joe F. (trying to project some good karma here) |
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![]() rb608 wrote: "Willi" wrote in message Funny you bring up karma. Getting ripped off by Matt got me to thinking about karma. I'm pretty trusting ie. I don't lock my house or my car (some people would say this is stupid), but I don't get ripped off. Matt's a dickhead. He ripped off a bunch of people. It's even worse when it is by someone you "know". While everyone's fears about getting "ripped off" may or may not be well founded; it is not my impression of Matt that he would do so intentionally or have the need to acquire a supply of midges in that manner. Frankly, it's indeed possible that life changes may be preventing him from following through. As just as frankly (and morbidly), after seeing him drive his Honda CBR600 crotch rocket, it's also quite possible that he's in the hospital or dead. Whattaya say you give it some time & hope for the best? Well Joe, after not hearing ANYTHING for a long period of time, we finally heard from Matt around XMas. Before that other participants were echoing your sentiments, trying to give him the benefit of the doubt since we hadn't heard from him in a long time and he was ignoring emails. His email around Christmas explained that he had "misplaced" the flies on a fishing trip and was embarrassed to tell us about it but he had found them and was finally getting them out. So, at least up to that point, he WAS a dickhead and his choice to ignore emails and ignore us wasn't due to life changes or getting injured or ...... Since that time no one in the swap has heard a word. What are we supposed to think? If you know the guy maybe you could get us some information. Willi |
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![]() "Willi" wrote in message Well Joe, after not hearing ANYTHING for a long period of time, we finally heard from Matt around XMas. Before that other participants were echoing your sentiments, trying to give him the benefit of the doubt since we hadn't heard from him in a long time and he was ignoring emails. Well okay then. Not having been a participant, I hadn't followed the progress or updates. I *have* seen him drive though, hence my concern. :-) Joe F. |
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Willi wrote in message ...
[snip] If you know the guy maybe you could get us some information. Willi I don't know the guy, but the same type of thing happened to several folks (including me) in a swap on a sal****er board. A guy "known" by several, received the flies, promised to send them out several different times, and just sort of disappeared. There were excuses of health, business etc. In this case, the moderators of the board took it upon themselves to tie up flies for the participants (7 of us) and sent us some fantastic flies. Unfortunately, no one "owns" ROFF per se, so this is not really possible is it? You never know, things happen in people's lives, and to people. Sometimes good guys go "bad" (define it how you will) for no apparent reason. But I don't walk in others' shoes, and they don't walk in mine (and "they" should be thankful for that!). -- Rob |
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![]() "Willi" wrote in message ... snip Since that time no one in the swap has heard a word. What are we supposed to think? It's a shame, too...it seems pretty silly for someone to tarnish his reputation over a few bugs. I was upset when the midges first went missing, but when I took the time to put things into perspective, I realized that this group has given me many more positive things than negative. I've "met" flyfishers from all over the world and know that it wouldn't be too difficult to drum up a fishing partner on at least a couple of continents. I've had the pleasures of fishing with a fellow ROFFian on a couple of occasions and of participating in a successful swap (I'm still catching fish with those flies). I've seen incredible photos from all over the globe and read stories of fishing in exotic locales. Nobody has been too hard on me here...at worst I've been ignored, but I've also made a few friends. Yeah, it would have been nice to see everybody's midges, but I look at the $7 and 2 hours that I invested as dues paid. I think I got a pretty good deal. Cheers, Bill |
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![]() Bill Mason wrote: but I've also made a few friends. Yeah, it would have been nice to see everybody's midges, but I look at the $7 and 2 hours that I invested as dues paid. I think I got a pretty good deal. More than not getting the flies, it's the getting ripped off that bothers me. Like you say, small thing in the scheme of things but it is irritating. Willi |
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On Thu, 05 Feb 2004 18:28:07 GMT, "rb608"
wrote: "Willi" wrote in message Funny you bring up karma. Getting ripped off by Matt got me to thinking about karma. I'm pretty trusting ie. I don't lock my house or my car (some people would say this is stupid), but I don't get ripped off. Matt's a dickhead. He ripped off a bunch of people. It's even worse when it is by someone you "know". While everyone's fears about getting "ripped off" may or may not be well founded; it is not my impression of Matt that he would do so intentionally or have the need to acquire a supply of midges in that manner. Frankly, it's indeed possible that life changes may be preventing him from following through. As just as frankly (and morbidly), after seeing him drive his Honda CBR600 crotch rocket, it's also quite possible that he's in the hospital or dead. Whattaya say you give it some time & hope for the best? I'm still laughing about the juxtaposition of the last two sentences... Joe F. (trying to project some good karma here) lol! /daytripper ("Stop, yer killing me!" ;-) |
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He should just tell us the truth.
On the way home from his friend's house (you know, the guy who had the flies for two months) he got pulled over by a cop who asked him to help save a few people from a burning building nearby. Well, they went and saved the people, mostly elderly, and he forgot all about the midges which were in his backpack in the back seat of the cop car. He went down to the precinct to recover the backpack and learned that the cop had been shot during a meth lab bust, and was so rattled that he'd retired and moved to Costa Rica. The flies are on the way from Costa Rica and Matt will send them out to us when he gets them! bruce h |
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wow thats some truth someone should make a movie
"bruiser" wrote in message ... He should just tell us the truth. On the way home from his friend's house (you know, the guy who had the flies for two months) he got pulled over by a cop who asked him to help save a few people from a burning building nearby. Well, they went and saved the people, mostly elderly, and he forgot all about the midges which were in his backpack in the back seat of the cop car. He went down to the precinct to recover the backpack and learned that the cop had been shot during a meth lab bust, and was so rattled that he'd retired and moved to Costa Rica. The flies are on the way from Costa Rica and Matt will send them out to us when he gets them! bruce h |
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On 2004-02-05 20:03:04 -0700, "tony weall" said:
wow thats some truth someone should make a movie Starring Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts. :-) ----------------------------------------------------- Cut "to the chase" for my email address. |
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