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Re:Customer Service Report 16 Years, 6 Months ago
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Bjorn wrote:
Well Slo, don't know what to tell you, really. I still support Friends of the River and they are a good organization. You, it seems, don't like any nonprofit, nor do you seem to be to interested in understanding the role they play in society. I won't debate you on that, because you clearly are just name calling. They have a 4 star rating from Charity Navigator for financial stewardship, by the way... in case anyone else gets confused about what is real and what is true in Slo-World.
I don't know why you got so bitter and angry and why you feel the need to come in here and constantly stir it up. Maybe you weren't hugged enough as a kid or maybe you just aren't a good person and there is no reason. I used to enjoy you being on the board, remember being around at least a couple campfires with you, but now... it's all crap... really... all crap.
Yeah, I had problems with Skirt... but then you and Skirt are basically doing the same thing... I had a problem with skirt when he started doing the name calling and making up lies about me. I had a problem with skirt when he'd go out of his way to be an a-hole, like you are now.
By the way... you aren't going to put your cleated boot, or any other kind of boot, anywhere on me. Physical threats? Really? Come on, Slo. What are you, 12?
B-
Just to clear up a few items...
no, my letter didn't mention guiding, that was a long time ago
no, I don't drive a prius, I have a gas hoarding SUV
I worked (and no longer do) at Friends of the River, a 36 year old river conservation organization dedicated to preserving rivers in California... no raping involved.
I am a liberal and voted for Obama, as did a majority of Americans.
Boy - I feel like a dentist hitting a nerve during a root canal. Cha-ching....
I'm here from the Government to help you. The checks in the mail. I promise I won't .... never mind! They have a 4 star rating from Charity Navigator for financial stewardship. I still support Friends of the River and they are a good organization. Thanks for adding to the mantra's of life that keep me going. I was getting tired of the same old ones.
You know - satire is almost wasted on whining cry babies like you. Physical threats, making up lies about you.... are you sure you aren't sully in disguise??? Like I told Oscar Meyer in another post - the two of you should start your own board and only invite those that think like you so you won't be so upset about being forced to read posts you don't agree with. It could be like your own Fairness Doctrine board. How dare anyone disagree with you.
Please accept my most humble apology... (Hmmmm, that could be added right after "The check's in the mail" 
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Re:I agree with you 16 Years, 6 Months ago
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You take it with a huge grain of salt???? GIVE ME A BREAK!!! I'm speechless! You win - I can't top that.
Do I go fishing anymore - I don't think I could fish any more. I had to come home early from my last trip a week ago because my shoulder was getting too sore. I don't even have to steer my car anymore - it has the roads around Davis, Capitulation, Bridgeport and Crowley memorized right now. I'm starting to rethink this retirement thing - I may have to go find a job so I can get some rest. I think waiting 2 weeks between trips is pushing it - I'll be 50 soon and if I expect another 50 on the water I better take it easy. After the next trip that is - I'm leaving for La Paz Thursday for a week of yellowfin and maybe my first marlin on a fly. After that I'll take it easy. I promise!!!
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A few things you need to know about me:
I has been known to cure narcolepsy, just by walking into the room. My organ donation card, also lists my beard. I'm a lover, not a fighter, but I'm also a fighter, so don’t get any ideas. When it is raining, it is because I'm sad. Even my parents’ advice is insightful. If there were an interesting gland, mine would be larger than most men’s entire lower intestines. My shirts never wrinkle. I am left-handed. And right-handed. Even if I forget to put postage on my mail, it gets there. I once knew a call was a wrong number, even though the person on the other end wouldn’t admit it. You can see my charisma from space. The police often question me, just because they find me interesting. I once punched a magician. That’s right. You heard me. When I order a salad, I get the dressing right there on top of the salad, where it belongs…where there is no turning back. If a monument was built in my honor, Mt. Rushmore would close, due to poor attendance. My beard alone has experienced more than a lesser man’s entire body. My blood smells like cologne. On every continent in the world, there is a sandwich named after me. I don't believe in using oven mitts, nor potholders. My cereal never gets soggy. It sits there, staying crispy, just for me. My pillow talk is years ahead of it’s time. Respected archaeologists fight over my discarded apple cores. I have always been known to rock the casba. Birds have never defecated on my car. I never rock climb with ropes, I feel they are for pussies. I once buried a time capsule full of things that haven’t happened yet. I have been pronounced dead 7 times…make that 8. My bear hugs are actually hugs I give to bears. I can’t be bought, but my beard clippings have been know to show up on ebay. I have never lost a sock. If I disagree with you, it is because you are wrong. My reputation expands faster than the universe. I once had an awkward moment, just to see what it felt like. I live vicariously through myself. Happy Hour is the hour after everyone from happy hour has left. I sleep with a night light, not because I'm afraid of the dark but the dark is afraid of me. I hold a doctorate in originality in which I teach at Harvard where no one ever passes. When I go skydiving Peregrine Falcons always trail behind me. The President of a country once took a bullet for me on a failed attempt. When I look in the mirror there's never a reflection because I am only 1 of a kind. I can defeat anyone in a game of chess without making any moves. It is rumored that James Bond movies are my real life biography. I once gave an autograph in sign language. I didn’t just taste fear… I ordered seconds of it. Restaurants offer me my usual table, even if I've never been there. Stray dogs obey my commands. The Spanish Civil War was started by two women fighting over me. Waiters Tip me. After hearing me play guitar, Hendrix decided life was not worth living. In Pamplona, the bulls run with me. I traveled to the edge of the world…and proved the world was flat. I once fought myself…and won. I took the McChicken off the dollar menu. It has been said that I beat 2 pac and biggie in a rap battle…thats why they killed each other. My tan never goes away. I painted my house with my beard. After seeing me dance…Michael Jackson died of cardiac arrest. I blow a .000…after putting down a case. I went skinny dipping…with my clothes on. Hookers ask me how much? I am so elusive, I can escape anything, even black holes. When a camera points at me, it never goes out of focus. I can strangle you with a cordless phone. I went to Mars, and that is why there is no life there. When I do a pushup, I'm not lifting myself up, I'm pushing the Earth down. I don't read books, I stare them down until they give me the information I need. There is no theory of evolution, just a list of creatures I allow to live. It takes me 20 minutes to watch 60 Minutes. I am The Most Interesting Man In The World.
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Re:Customer Service Report 16 Years, 6 Months ago
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baweston wrote:
Hey Slo, isn't this guy one of the original "personality not allowed here" folks that helped devolve this board into a vacuum? You know - anybody with a personality and a view other than his and he's on his knees whining to Greg to "make it stop".
And now a gloating thief. Openly talking about unjust enrichment and opportunistic greed.
I used to visit this board several times a day. Now I check in once a year or so to see if it's gotten any better. Looks like Bjorn and Sgt. Sully are still whizzing upstream from where I'm standing.
What's the deal with Prius drivers in the fast lane, anyway? They don't belong there - their car is not fast enough. Besides, Prius is all Hippie douchebag image anyway. Haul your kids to montessori school and be seen by other whole foods markets' shoppers "doing the right thing". "Hey look everybody I brought my paper bag back to use again! I won't be nice until somebody acknowledges how great I am!" The Prius fuel economy is maybe as good as a VW TDI that has better emission stats. How about the ecohazard of battery disposal and the toxic emission from a car that has a significantly higher than normal probability of spontaneously combusting emitting hundreds of pounds of carcinogens. Buy German next time, please! Faster, safer, better MPGs and not so damn ugly!
Uh, hey Slo, you gonna lube those boots or use walnut shell chunks and cornstarch like when you did the last one of these fellas'. Just wonderin'. Need some help?
B
Yeah - he's one in the same. GM's inbox looked like Bjorn to the 99th power. Why do you thing GM bailed and changed his email address? You got that Prius green thing to the letter. Its just like feelgood legislation and the fairness doctrine. The TDI is even better these days with the ammonia injection - those board fascists belch out more pollutants.
The answer is: Walnut shells AND coral sand.
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A few things you need to know about me:
I has been known to cure narcolepsy, just by walking into the room. My organ donation card, also lists my beard. I'm a lover, not a fighter, but I'm also a fighter, so don’t get any ideas. When it is raining, it is because I'm sad. Even my parents’ advice is insightful. If there were an interesting gland, mine would be larger than most men’s entire lower intestines. My shirts never wrinkle. I am left-handed. And right-handed. Even if I forget to put postage on my mail, it gets there. I once knew a call was a wrong number, even though the person on the other end wouldn’t admit it. You can see my charisma from space. The police often question me, just because they find me interesting. I once punched a magician. That’s right. You heard me. When I order a salad, I get the dressing right there on top of the salad, where it belongs…where there is no turning back. If a monument was built in my honor, Mt. Rushmore would close, due to poor attendance. My beard alone has experienced more than a lesser man’s entire body. My blood smells like cologne. On every continent in the world, there is a sandwich named after me. I don't believe in using oven mitts, nor potholders. My cereal never gets soggy. It sits there, staying crispy, just for me. My pillow talk is years ahead of it’s time. Respected archaeologists fight over my discarded apple cores. I have always been known to rock the casba. Birds have never defecated on my car. I never rock climb with ropes, I feel they are for pussies. I once buried a time capsule full of things that haven’t happened yet. I have been pronounced dead 7 times…make that 8. My bear hugs are actually hugs I give to bears. I can’t be bought, but my beard clippings have been know to show up on ebay. I have never lost a sock. If I disagree with you, it is because you are wrong. My reputation expands faster than the universe. I once had an awkward moment, just to see what it felt like. I live vicariously through myself. Happy Hour is the hour after everyone from happy hour has left. I sleep with a night light, not because I'm afraid of the dark but the dark is afraid of me. I hold a doctorate in originality in which I teach at Harvard where no one ever passes. When I go skydiving Peregrine Falcons always trail behind me. The President of a country once took a bullet for me on a failed attempt. When I look in the mirror there's never a reflection because I am only 1 of a kind. I can defeat anyone in a game of chess without making any moves. It is rumored that James Bond movies are my real life biography. I once gave an autograph in sign language. I didn’t just taste fear… I ordered seconds of it. Restaurants offer me my usual table, even if I've never been there. Stray dogs obey my commands. The Spanish Civil War was started by two women fighting over me. Waiters Tip me. After hearing me play guitar, Hendrix decided life was not worth living. In Pamplona, the bulls run with me. I traveled to the edge of the world…and proved the world was flat. I once fought myself…and won. I took the McChicken off the dollar menu. It has been said that I beat 2 pac and biggie in a rap battle…thats why they killed each other. My tan never goes away. I painted my house with my beard. After seeing me dance…Michael Jackson died of cardiac arrest. I blow a .000…after putting down a case. I went skinny dipping…with my clothes on. Hookers ask me how much? I am so elusive, I can escape anything, even black holes. When a camera points at me, it never goes out of focus. I can strangle you with a cordless phone. I went to Mars, and that is why there is no life there. When I do a pushup, I'm not lifting myself up, I'm pushing the Earth down. I don't read books, I stare them down until they give me the information I need. There is no theory of evolution, just a list of creatures I allow to live. It takes me 20 minutes to watch 60 Minutes. I am The Most Interesting Man In The World.
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no blame here 16 Years, 6 Months ago
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Andrew,
Forgive me if my post was construed by you as placing blame on anyone. I sure didn't intend to blame anyone for anything.
It is what it is, is all I was saying. The board is a mere shadow (for me) of what it was in its heyday.
Now what I meant to convey, what I should have conveyed, is this board use to be a hell of a lot more informative and entertaining back in the day. One could almost taste the passion for our sport here. Disagreement ran amok, opinions from opinionated fly fishers butted heads. I found this board a wonderful place to spend time while trapped at a desk far from water.
For a long time now, for me at least, there is little about this place to recommend. I miss the old days and the gang who use to post here. They shared a wealth of information and were often outrageously amusing (to me). I fear that wealth of information, those years of fly fishing experience shared, will never return to this place. I hope that I am wrong about this, but I doubt it.
I guess I have the ability to look past all the crap. I guess some people don't have that skill; ergo, they prefer the board the way it is now. I sure don't like this board much at all these days. Does anyone care how I feel? I hope not!
I still check this board from time to time hoping to see posts made by friends. Friends I made because of this board.
If it makes anyone happy, I'll take the blame for the sorry state of affairs here.
One more thing, using an indicator is not fly fishing!
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"Rivers course through my dreams, rivers cold and fast, rivers well-known and rivers nameless, rivers that seem like ribbons of blue water twisting through wide valleys, narrow rivers folded in layers of darkening shadow, rivers that have eroded down deep in a mountain's belly, sculpted the land, peeled back the planet's history exposing the texture of time itself."
— Harry Middleton (Rivers of Memory)
"Each night as I haul myself onto the back of county garbage truck no. 2, there is a familiar wind, some thread of moonglow or starlight, a splatter of dark rain on my skin, something that stirs my memory, and again, if even for a brief moment, I am on some mountain river, some stretch of bright water, full of possibilities, including the possibility of trout, perhaps one that, when hooked, will haul me in and out of time, in and out of life's mysterious and frightening, wondrous and incomprehensible continuum, even to the edges of the universe." -- Harry Middleton
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Re:no blame here 16 Years, 6 Months ago
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Didn't take it that way.
But before you completely disappear...I think you still owe me some flies!
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Re:no blame here 16 Years, 6 Months ago
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oldtrout wrote:
I guess I have the ability to look past all the crap. I guess some people don't have that skill; ergo, they prefer the board the way it is now. I sure don't like this board much at all these days. Does anyone care how I feel? I hope not!
You know, it got so bad here that even I could not offend anyone. There was nobody left who cared. And, those that did care got tired of waiting for the pages to load. I think things really went downhill when I gave up Tequilla and all other hard liquor . . .
The old board was like Howard Stern on "free" radio. Love him or hate him, you tuned in to hear what he would say next . . .
I used to think Skirt was this jerk anti-gun, anti-capital liberal. As luck would have it, I made it to a spring bash, and the odds were with myself and SLO where we ran into him stream-side at PH2 Riffle. The next few days, fishing with Skirt and getting to know him, made for one of my fondest fishing memories. I learned a great deal about casting from him. I loosely kept in touch with Skirt since then, and have been able to fish with him again. He was even there when I shot the mouse in the cabin at Alpers (remember the hypocritical stink with Big TJ?). Those were some fun times on the board. It was like somebody's crazy relative always stiring things up. That crazy liberal Portegee FTIR and the Kerr brothers - those were some great threads. Strange how the Fairness Doctrine crowd squelched the free sheech that did not measure up to their standards.
I never met Willie face-to-face, but sure enjoyed our interactions after our initial confrontations. Nobody could point out revisionist history like Willie. I guess he also went the way of Skirt, as I have not seen him in a long time either.
Bjork, I am not sure if we ever met, but I do remember all your posts over the years. I cannot remember agreeing with any of them, but this latest consumer fraud thread sure wound me up. Patagonia is HQ'd in my backyard here in Ventura County (along with Abel), and is supposed to ba a good employer. I have some ten plus year old Abel reels with lots of dings and scratches from heavy use. I could not imagine walking in there and asking them to somehow make them new again. Good for you that Christmas came early (is that a PC analogy?). It is people like you that create higher consumer prices for everyone else. Like the higher taxes all us producers must pay to cover the moochers, at least you got yours.
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Re:Customer Service Report 16 Years, 6 Months ago
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"Removed" (inappropriate image removed by Moderator)
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- I have a large ass.
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Oh crap I forgot. 16 Years, 6 Months ago
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Flies! Indeed I do owe you flies.
Any flies in particular you want me to tie?
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"Rivers course through my dreams, rivers cold and fast, rivers well-known and rivers nameless, rivers that seem like ribbons of blue water twisting through wide valleys, narrow rivers folded in layers of darkening shadow, rivers that have eroded down deep in a mountain's belly, sculpted the land, peeled back the planet's history exposing the texture of time itself."
— Harry Middleton (Rivers of Memory)
"Each night as I haul myself onto the back of county garbage truck no. 2, there is a familiar wind, some thread of moonglow or starlight, a splatter of dark rain on my skin, something that stirs my memory, and again, if even for a brief moment, I am on some mountain river, some stretch of bright water, full of possibilities, including the possibility of trout, perhaps one that, when hooked, will haul me in and out of time, in and out of life's mysterious and frightening, wondrous and incomprehensible continuum, even to the edges of the universe." -- Harry Middleton
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Re:no blame here 16 Years, 6 Months ago
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Hey Blake...I might be crazy, but I ain't no "crazy liberal Portegee FTIR", not that there's anything wrong with being Portegee, it's the liberal tag we gotta straighten out. You keep that crap up and we're gonna have to find us a place to square off. We'll have Wayne Kerr referee. You'll quickly find out I'm a lot easier to get ahold of than I am to let go of, and not to mention I won my last fight by 50 yards.
FTIR
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Re:Oh crap I forgot. 16 Years, 6 Months ago
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October will be here in no time. How about a few October caddis? That'd be cool. Honestly, it's not a big deal, just thought I'd throw it out there for old times sake.
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Re:Customer Service Report 16 Years, 6 Months ago
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Last Edit: 2009/08/13 09:22 By oldtrout.
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"Rivers course through my dreams, rivers cold and fast, rivers well-known and rivers nameless, rivers that seem like ribbons of blue water twisting through wide valleys, narrow rivers folded in layers of darkening shadow, rivers that have eroded down deep in a mountain's belly, sculpted the land, peeled back the planet's history exposing the texture of time itself."
— Harry Middleton (Rivers of Memory)
"Each night as I haul myself onto the back of county garbage truck no. 2, there is a familiar wind, some thread of moonglow or starlight, a splatter of dark rain on my skin, something that stirs my memory, and again, if even for a brief moment, I am on some mountain river, some stretch of bright water, full of possibilities, including the possibility of trout, perhaps one that, when hooked, will haul me in and out of time, in and out of life's mysterious and frightening, wondrous and incomprehensible continuum, even to the edges of the universe." -- Harry Middleton
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