[Blindtlk] fly fishing techniques
Brett Winchester
BWinches at icbvi.state.id.us
Mon Aug 21 18:07:33 CDT 2006
And I will not talk about what my kids ate for gourmet mustard.
>>> awheeler at neb.rr.com 8/21/2006 4:53 PM >>>
Ooh! If only this were an NFB joke list, I'd find a good comeback.
*GRIN*
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brett Winchester" <BWinches at icbvi.state.id.us>
To: <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 5:31 PM
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] fly fishing techniques
> fly paper of course. I was not planning to send my retort to the
whole
> list but you ached for it. (misspelling intended.)
>
> It seems that in the old country, there was an outstanding violin
> craftsman and maker named Opper Nockity. Mr. Nockity's reputation
ranged
> across Europe. One day an aspiring violinist arranged to purchase one
of
> Opper's best instruments. The violinist sat in awe as Opper tuned
and
> tested the finely crafted instrument, and encouraged the young
musician
> to always maintain meticulous care of such a piece of workmanship.
He
> played scales and some of the best musical selections of that day,
and
> entertained the aspiring lad for quite a while. The musician paid
the
> agreed upon price and left for home with his newly acquired violin.
When
> he arrived home, he immediately took the violin out and began to
play.
> To his horror, the instrument in the jostling about of the trip home
had
> lost its tune. No matter what he did, he could not tune it. He
quickly
> put the instrument back in its case and took it back to Mr.
Nockity's
> shop.
>
> He burst into the shop and in desperation said to the violin maker,
> "Please help. I need you to retune my violin."
>
> Said Mr. Nockity, "Alas, I cannot."
>
> "But why?", cried the young man.
>
> "Well, everyone knows . . .
>
> .
>
> .
>
> .
>
> .
>
> . . . Opper Nockity tunes but once."
>
>
>
>
>
>
>>>> awheeler at neb.rr.com 8/21/2006 4:13 PM >>>
> Besides, what kind of bait would you use? *GRIN*
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
> To: "NFBnet Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 4:41 PM
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] fly fishing techniques
>
>
>>I prefer angling for fish. Flies don't taste good and it's darn hard
> to
>> cast in their direction as they zoom around so much! (har)
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> On Mon, 21 Aug 2006, Brett Winchester wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Any feedback on this subject from successful practitioners. .
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