| Welcome back Mr. Rickard! Yeah... what I did was stupid, but it let me know that I still feel good and
makes me think I'm still healthy enough to take certain risks in life, and
afterall... isn't it what it's all about? Did you hear that I finally quit
smoking? Glad that everything is finally looking up for you. I've been kept informed
as to your conditions, but sometimes was left out of the loop. So, now that you're all better... can you wait until I heal enough to get my
boat back out and go fishing with me? We can make it an official ROFB event
for all of us that have injured ourselves this year, and limit the
equiptment to only a cane pole and one bait of your choice. The beer is on you!
"Bob Rickard" <r.r.rickard@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:Z36Qe.6275$L77.6187@newssvr19.news.prodigy.com...
I guess that this is as good a time as any to GENTLY rejoin my very favorite
group of humans, the ROFBer's. First, I have to admit that you, Mr. Summers, never cease to amaze me. One
day your actions make you appear to be a genius, and then the very next you
end up looking like that great action hero, SUPER DUMMY! I can say that,
because as you know I have earned the exact same title. Not meaning to be cruel, I am not just here to just try to cheer you up,
Charles. I have been in constant communication with Da Boss (Joe
Haubenreich) since I pulled my own stunt & tried to turn myself into a
mental veggie back in April. You personally know what appears to have
happened then, but I cannot disclose any real details here at the request of
my doctors, who are still admittedly confused even at this late date
(especially since I appear to be heading for a full mental recovery, which
had been thought to be impossible.) In other words, by this time next month
I expect to be rejoining the team, with many of my light duties targeted to
directly help you out. With luck, I will finally rejoin the ranks of the
"occasionally useful". I will admit here to everyone about one very strange personal thing. This is
best understood if I list the chronology & meanings point by point: 1. To begin with, I will state that my April episode left me basically
unable to speak or function in any useful way. I was also so totally weak
that I could move very little. 2. By early May, I had been deposited in a very specialized Care Facility,
where I was first tested to see if my future was to be bedridden in some
nursing home for the rest of my life. 3. When I quickly started showing improvement, thankfully they changed
direction, adjusting their testing goals & preparing me for possible home
care, which is naturally what I wanted. 4. The strange thing about which I spoke of above was this: Even before
finally being sent home on a trial basis, my brain was just about fully up
to speed on fishing & Secret Weapon stuff. The exceptional nature of this is
that at the same time, I was still unable to order my food off of a menu, or
even to tell time! 5. My replies to the fishing questions are what prompted my doctors to let
me try going home. Before you ask, what impressed the doctors was not the
accuracy of my answers (they were not trained to judge) but that the answers
were long, involved, sounded logical & had some big words. I will ask each of you to please understand that I am not yet up to
attempting any kind of regular communication with you. This simple posting
has taken hours, and has really drained me. I just wanted Charles to know
that he is in my prayers, & that some help is on the way. Bob Rickard
(AKA The Old Geezer)
www.secretweaponlures.com
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles B. Summers" <charles_summers@somewhere.com>
Newsgroups: rec.outdoors.fishing.bass
Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 10:44 PM
Subject: Re: This just sucks... |
