Pitch', my favorite critic - let me quote the part of my article to you here, in case the ink rubbed off in your mag paragraph:

"You can then also use another of my favorite tricks - from above several other boats, dump out a few gallons of low vis oil based paint right in line toward the boats below. You will have more fun with this than sneaking into fish hatchery ponds! Watch as these guys reel in their lines with fresh paint on them. They usually bring in their paint covered anchor ropes and go home. Just be sure that if they look up river in your direction that you are pretending to be wiping paint off of your lines too, until they leave. ... OK, now you know I joke around a bit, eh?"

"OK, now you know I joke around a bit"

Pretty obvious to all, even those with an RT chip on their shoulder! Then you turn around and hypocritically say to Aunty "Unless you have relatives named Jethro, why would you have such a hard time seeing the joke? All jokes should have a little graemlin?" ... He's C&R'd again Marsha .

Double Haul, my appology about the tasteless joke has already been sent into STS, asking it be an addendum in my next column. Not much more I can do - but to keep learning as I've mentioned. As far as editing me and other columnists, they are reluctant to do that - prefering to give you the author as themselves. Same with articles, except in really substantial cases.

Has it all been covered satisfactorily now?

RT

[ 11-29-2001: Message edited by: RT ]