"John H" wrote in message
...


Sometimes, it's conversationally useful to take a situation or a piece of
writing and interpret in an extreme way which borders on the absurd. That
doesn't always falsify the original information, but it may serve to plow
through the cotton some people insert in their ears each morning.


As a matter of fact, it seems as though there are several people in
this news group who do interpret a piece of writing in an extreme way,
bordering on the absurd. Very often, it does falsify the original
information. Yet these folks see no problem in this, and even seem to
believe the extremely absurd "characterizations" they have developed.

Have you noticed this?

John H

Maybe. :-) But,. it's 45 degrees, the rain has stopped, and I'm having
hallucinations. There are brown trout drifting along the wall behind my
desk. I can't focus on anything else at the moment.

On Fri, 02 Jan 2004 17:27:08 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:

"John H" wrote in message
.. .


Sometimes, it's conversationally useful to take a situation or a piece of
writing and interpret in an extreme way which borders on the absurd. That
doesn't always falsify the original information, but it may serve to plow
through the cotton some people insert in their ears each morning.


As a matter of fact, it seems as though there are several people in
this news group who do interpret a piece of writing in an extreme way,
bordering on the absurd. Very often, it does falsify the original
information. Yet these folks see no problem in this, and even seem to
believe the extremely absurd "characterizations" they have developed.

Have you noticed this?

John H

Maybe. :-) But,. it's 45 degrees, the rain has stopped, and I'm having
hallucinations. There are brown trout drifting along the wall behind my
desk. I can't focus on anything else at the moment.

It's 48 here in northern VA, and there are no trout to be seen. Where
are you? Out there in Seattle with Chuck?

John H

On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

"John H" wrote in message
...


As a matter of fact, it seems as though there are several people in
this news group who do interpret a piece of writing in an extreme way,
bordering on the absurd. Very often, it does falsify the original
information. Yet these folks see no problem in this, and even seem to
believe the extremely absurd "characterizations" they have developed.

Have you noticed this?

John H

Maybe. :-) But,. it's 45 degrees, the rain has stopped, and I'm having
hallucinations. There are brown trout drifting along the wall behind my
desk. I can't focus on anything else at the moment.

It's 48 here in northern VA, and there are no trout to be seen. Where
are you? Out there in Seattle with Chuck?

John H

I'm in Rochester NY. There are TWO trout to be seen on my kitchen counter.
The first 4 were too small to keep. Frankly, it's not supposed to work this
well. I'm really surprised. There's a hatchery about 2 miles upstream from
where I fished, and I thought maybe they'd released a few. But, these fish
are much more colorful than the ones that've lived on hatchery food. It
usually takes them a good 3-4 months of yummy bug dinners to develop the
wild color.

It's 48 here in northern VA, and there are no trout to be seen.

....And it's supposed to be 72 and sunny tomorrow here in Richmond, VA!!!! Is
this supposed to be winter? ....NOT!

Heck, tomorrow, I'm going to play golf with some friends. Forget going
hunting. With that kind of weather, all the ducks and geese won't migrate
south - they are all still up in PA, NY, and Canada.

Butch Ammon

"Butch Ammon" wrote in message
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It's 48 here in northern VA, and there are no trout to be seen.

...And it's supposed to be 72 and sunny tomorrow here in Richmond, VA!!!!
Is
this supposed to be winter? ....NOT!

Heck, tomorrow, I'm going to play golf with some friends. Forget going
hunting. With that kind of weather, all the ducks and geese won't migrate
south - they are all still up in PA, NY, and Canada.

Butch Ammon

There are about 6 trillion ducks here in Rochester, all flocking around some
guy who seems to have an endless supply of bread in his car, and he never
goes home. Are these the ducks you were looking for? Want me to knock him in
the water? :-)

Heck, tomorrow, I'm going to play golf with some friends. Forget going
hunting. With that kind of weather, all the ducks and geese won't migrate
south - they are all still up in PA, NY, and Canada.

Butch Ammon

There are about 6 trillion ducks here in Rochester, all flocking around some
guy who seems to have an endless supply of bread in his car, and he never
goes home. Are these the ducks you were looking for? Want me to knock him in
the water? :-)


Yes, please.... :- What northern folks are technically doing is called "Short
Stopping". Ducks and Geese will not migrate to southern climates when they
have a permanent food supply. I know that the organization Ducks Unlimited is
all up on it and trying to stop it.

Butch Ammon

"Butch Ammon" wrote in message
...
Heck, tomorrow, I'm going to play golf with some friends. Forget going
hunting. With that kind of weather, all the ducks and geese won't
migrate
south - they are all still up in PA, NY, and Canada.

Butch Ammon

There are about 6 trillion ducks here in Rochester, all flocking around
some
guy who seems to have an endless supply of bread in his car, and he never
goes home. Are these the ducks you were looking for? Want me to knock him
in
the water? :-)


Yes, please.... :- What northern folks are technically doing is called
"Short
Stopping". Ducks and Geese will not migrate to southern climates when
they
have a permanent food supply. I know that the organization Ducks
Unlimited is
all up on it and trying to stop it.

Butch Ammon

I read that feeding them makes them congregate in bunches that are much
larger than they would gather in normally. The result is that duck diseases
spread much more quickly. It makes sense. In wild places, I've never seen
hundreds hanging out together.

I've mentioned this to 2-3 people who had multiple loaves of Wonder Bread
with them, but they just drooled and gave me a vacant stare. I guess George
Carlin will never run out of stupid people for his comedy.

Doug Kanter wrote:

"Butch Ammon" wrote in message
...
Heck, tomorrow, I'm going to play golf with some friends. Forget going
hunting. With that kind of weather, all the ducks and geese won't
migrate
south - they are all still up in PA, NY, and Canada.

Butch Ammon

There are about 6 trillion ducks here in Rochester, all flocking around
some
guy who seems to have an endless supply of bread in his car, and he never
goes home. Are these the ducks you were looking for? Want me to knock him
in
the water? :-)


Yes, please.... :- What northern folks are technically doing is called
"Short
Stopping". Ducks and Geese will not migrate to southern climates when
they
have a permanent food supply. I know that the organization Ducks
Unlimited is
all up on it and trying to stop it.

Butch Ammon

I read that feeding them makes them congregate in bunches that are much
larger than they would gather in normally. The result is that duck diseases
spread much more quickly. It makes sense. In wild places, I've never seen
hundreds hanging out together.

I've mentioned this to 2-3 people who had multiple loaves of Wonder Bread
with them, but they just drooled and gave me a vacant stare. I guess George
Carlin will never run out of stupid people for his comedy.

We had about a dozen ducks in our yard this morning, stopping off for
some corn and fresh water. We usually have a double handful of ducks or
geese in the yard for a spell during part of each day until about
mid-December, but this year, they're hanging about longer.

I think they've figured out that the signs that say "Hunters Will Be
Shot on Sight" make the acreage so protected in our immediate area a
safe zone.



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