Hi Sherri -

Thanks for the personal note and for the one here. You can try


Please give Joe my love if you find him. It would be great for him and
Trey to meet, don't you think?

I didn't see Scott in the Northern Lights - got a real Alaska snowstorm
instead - guess he didn't want me to cry.

Much love,
Kathy

Oci-One Kanubi wrote:
The Riviera Ratt and the Round-the-World Rat (or maybe an impostor that
was good enough to fool Riviera) were reunited at Gauley Festival.
Wilko van den Bergh, Chris Bell, Leland Davis and I (IIRC) were tasked
with the hostage exchange. I don't remember what the Revered Ratt had
to do to get the Roaming Rat back (he might have been required to make
a contribution of a particular sum to American Whitewater).

We had scheduled a huge production on the Festival bandstand while the
band was on break, and it was a massive anti-climax; it seems that a
tiny proportion of Gauley-festerers were RBP readers, and the rest just
didn't know or care what we were doing.

-Richard, His Kanubic Travesty
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Richard Hopley Winston-Salem, NC, USA
. rhopley[at]earthlink[dot]net
. Nothing really matters except Boats, Sex, and Rock'n'Roll
. rhopley[at]wfubmc[dot]edu
. OK, OK; computer programming for scientific research also matters
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John Fereira wrote:
"Paul Skoczylas" wrote in
news:lbL9h.853$uj6.733@edtnps89:

"Wilko" wrote in message
...

I still have that plastic Rat... After it was "kidnapped", it
literally went all over the world!

There were actually two of those rats. After it was kidnapped and sent
around the world, someone introduced a second rat into the mix... One
of them spent some time with me, and went on holiday with my family. I
hope one found its way back to its master.

The one I saw just just a bit after the infamous ratnapping and I never had
heard that the first was returned. I saw the second rat, I believe, and met
it's doting owner at Moosefest. I caught my first glimpse as he was running
Fowlersville falls.

Do'h! Premature Epostulation.

What I meant to say was, yes, Matt was required to make an AW
contribution in exchange for the return of the Ratt. The terms were
negotiated by His Judgeship Chris Kelly.

-- Chris


wrote:
Oci-One Kanubi wrote:
The Riviera Ratt and the Round-the-World Rat (or maybe an impostor that
was good enough to fool Riviera) were reunited at Gauley Festival.
Wilko van den Bergh, Chris Bell, Leland Davis and I (IIRC) were tasked
with the hostage exchange. I don't remember what the Revered Ratt had
to do to get the Roaming Rat back (he might have been required to make
a contribution of a particular sum to American Whitewater).

We had scheduled a huge production on the Festival bandstand while the
band was on break, and it was a massive anti-climax; it seems that a
tiny proportion of Gauley-festerers were RBP readers, and the rest just
didn't know or care what we were doing.

-Richard, His Kanubic Travesty
--
================================================== ====================
Richard Hopley Winston-Salem, NC, USA
. rhopley[at]earthlink[dot]net
. Nothing really matters except Boats, Sex, and Rock'n'Roll
. rhopley[at]wfubmc[dot]edu
. OK, OK; computer programming for scientific research also matters
================================================== ====================


John Fereira wrote:
"Paul Skoczylas" wrote in
news:lbL9h.853$uj6.733@edtnps89:

"Wilko" wrote in message
...

I still have that plastic Rat... After it was "kidnapped", it
literally went all over the world!

There were actually two of those rats. After it was kidnapped and sent
around the world, someone introduced a second rat into the mix... One
of them spent some time with me, and went on holiday with my family. I
hope one found its way back to its master.

The one I saw just just a bit after the infamous ratnapping and I never had
heard that the first was returned. I saw the second rat, I believe, and met
it's doting owner at Moosefest. I caught my first glimpse as he was running
Fowlersville falls.

IIRC, Revered Ratt claimed indigence and approached the RBP readership
begging for help raising the required extortion fee. I sent in my allotted
contribution, and was handsomely rewarded with a feeling of being a
participant, and supporting a good cause (or was I unwittingly supporting
Ratt's career catapult into the powerful and prestigious position of head
mucky-muck streamkeeper with AW?) Either way, my contribution forced me to
step back from my lifelong ambition of owning a rat-like creature of my own.

Brad Snow
s/v Aldonza


wrote in message
ups.com...
Do'h! Premature Epostulation.

What I meant to say was, yes, Matt was required to make an AW
contribution in exchange for the return of the Ratt. The terms were
negotiated by His Judgeship Chris Kelly.

-- Chris


wrote:
Oci-One Kanubi wrote:
The Riviera Ratt and the Round-the-World Rat (or maybe an impostor that
was good enough to fool Riviera) were reunited at Gauley Festival.
Wilko van den Bergh, Chris Bell, Leland Davis and I (IIRC) were tasked
with the hostage exchange. I don't remember what the Revered Ratt had
to do to get the Roaming Rat back (he might have been required to make
a contribution of a particular sum to American Whitewater).

We had scheduled a huge production on the Festival bandstand while the
band was on break, and it was a massive anti-climax; it seems that a
tiny proportion of Gauley-festerers were RBP readers, and the rest just
didn't know or care what we were doing.

-Richard, His Kanubic Travesty
--
================================================== ====================
Richard Hopley Winston-Salem, NC, USA
. rhopley[at]earthlink[dot]net
. Nothing really matters except Boats, Sex, and Rock'n'Roll
. rhopley[at]wfubmc[dot]edu
. OK, OK; computer programming for scientific research also matters
================================================== ====================


John Fereira wrote:
"Paul Skoczylas" wrote in
news:lbL9h.853$uj6.733@edtnps89:

"Wilko" wrote in message
...

I still have that plastic Rat... After it was "kidnapped", it
literally went all over the world!

There were actually two of those rats. After it was kidnapped and
sent
around the world, someone introduced a second rat into the mix...
One
of them spent some time with me, and went on holiday with my
family. I
hope one found its way back to its master.

The one I saw just just a bit after the infamous ratnapping and I
never had
heard that the first was returned. I saw the second rat, I believe,
and met
it's doting owner at Moosefest. I caught my first glimpse as he was
running
Fowlersville falls.

RBP was a collection of like-minded (mostly) contributors BS, with some
personal contact and affection between individuals, but with no real group
spiritual connection. A(S)D on the board was entirely different, with a
strong group spirituality, with friendships and IRL contacts that
encompassed most who posted regularly. As such it was bound to implode, but
not before affecting all who were a part of those days, and contributing to
some lifelong connections.
Thank you, Scott. Your death was not without a profound and positive effect
on all our lives. You're still with us.

Brad Snow
s/v Aldonza


"Mothra" wrote in message
ups.com...
It was 8 years ago. There were so many messages on rbp back then.
Probably as many in a week as there are in a year now. And the most
prolific poster of all was Scott Bristow. I had never met him in
person, and yet I loved him like a brother. Trusted him so much I left
him the key to my house so he'd have a place to stay when he came to
paddle Great Falls of the Potomac on Thanksgiving Weekend 1998.

He stayed at my house, sure. He and Joe and Julie drove up from
Atlanta. I was having Thanksgiving with family in Virginia Beach. But
I was coming back on Saturday and we were all meeting for dinner that
evening. Not just me and Joe and Julie and Scott - but David and
Sheila and Matt and Rebecca and lots more. It was going to be a
rec.boats.paddle get together. And then I got the call.

It was 4 in the afternoon. I was running a nice hot bath in
anticipation of our night out. I almost didn't answer the phone. But
then, I was leading a club trip the next day and it might be a paddler.
So I got up and answered the phone. I still remember David' voice.

"We lost Scott at Great Falls today."

And with those words an era ended.

I don't think I've ever been so affected by loss - except for my baby
sister and my dad. It's still unfathomable to me how I still grive
for Scott, and now 8 years have passed.

We memorialized his passing for a while by paddling the GW Canal loop
because that's what a bunch of us (including newborn Rowan Chapelle -
just 2 weeks up and bunting'ed up in a pfd) were doing as Scott
perished at Charlie's hole.

I wonder if anyone still paddles that loop in his memory. We'd always
do it the Saturday after Thanksgiving because that's what felt right,
rather than the 28th.

This year, on the 28th, I'll be landing for a business trip in Juneau,
Alaska. I've never been to Alaska and there's 45 inches of snow on the
ground right now and its dark. Never mind. I'll look for Scott in the
night sky - maybe he'll show in the Northern Lights.

I havern't had a cry like this in a good long time.

Good to see all of you out there, though it is a sad anniversary. It's
great to know Scott is not forgotten. Wish I had known him IRL.

Robin

Good to see all of you out there, though it is a sad anniversary. It's
great to know Scott is not forgotten. Wish I had known him IRL.

Robin