A reminisce…

Johnny West

Johnny West

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What I sent my Iowa bud today…waxing nostalgic.

My Vicar was born January 1, 1966 and told him about my day, that day. I was senior in high school, as you may recall. It was -3°F so I decided to go trout fishing at Coldwater. There is that big pool I liked to fish which I’m sure you’ve fished as well. I was using my fly rod with my dad’s Humphrey reel and threw out a salmon egg. It was immediately hit by about a 13” fully colored brown. I fished another 20 minutes more with no takes, was freezing my ass off, so went home. It was one of the best tasting trout I’ve caught.

My wife said I should be writing about my life stories and will try but some are quite private, as you can imagine. This one time at band camp….🙄
 
Johnny West said:
What I sent my Iowa bud today…waxing nostalgic.

My Vicar was born January 1, 1966 and told him about my day, that day. I was senior in high school, as you may recall. It was -3°F so I decided to go trout fishing at Coldwater. There is that big pool I liked to fish which I’m sure you’ve fished as well. I was using my fly rod with my dad’s Humphrey reel and threw out a salmon egg. It was immediately hit by about a 13” fully colored brown. I fished another 20 minutes more with no takes, was freezing my ass off, so went home. It was one of the best tasting trout I’ve caught.

My wife said I should be writing about my life stories and will try but some are quite private, as you can imagine. This one time at band camp….🙄
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Love it! I'm a terrible story-teller and am always impressed by people who are good at it.

Lee
 
Johnny West said:
Don’t sell yourself short. I bet you tell a great story… we all have one hidden memory, just needs to be flushed.
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Thanks for the vote of confidence, John, but I think my friends would disagree. I'm not much of a talker, much more of listener, so I jump right to the end.

My friend, Kathy, tells a terrible story going the other way adding filler words and irrelevant remarks. Example Kathy: "So I said to the cashier, 'Wow, those steaks are expensive!', and the cashier whose names was, um, wait a second (long pause), I'll think of it, my memory is going, I swear to God - maybe Mary or Mary Ann or Marie, I'm not sure now. Anyway, she said, 'Huh?' and I said, 'Wow, those steaks are expensive' ......

You get the idea.

Lee
 
QSis said:
Thanks for the vote of confidence, John, but I think my friends would disagree. I'm not much of a talker, much more of listener, so I jump right to the end.

My friend, Kathy, tells a terrible story going the other way adding filler words and irrelevant remarks. Example Kathy: "So I said to the cashier, 'Wow, those steaks are expensive!', and the cashier whose names was, um, wait a second (long pause), I'll think of it, my memory is going, I swear to God - maybe Mary or Mary Ann or Marie, I'm not sure now. Anyway, she said, 'Huh?' and I said, 'Wow, those steaks are expensive' ......

You get the idea.

Lee
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She is trying but not there…

Yesterday my local shooting and hunting bud called. He’s 84 and mind is starting to deteriorate. It kills me because he tells the same stories but forgets a lot of it either wrong places, dogs, etc. he’s gotten paranoid, too. He flew Hawkeyes off the Enterprise and retired a Delta captain. His wife called us Big John and Sparky.

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QSis said:
Thanks for the vote of confidence, John, but I think my friends would disagree. I'm not much of a talker, much more of listener, so I jump right to the end.

My friend, Kathy, tells a terrible story going the other way adding filler words and irrelevant remarks. Example Kathy: "So I said to the cashier, 'Wow, those steaks are expensive!', and the cashier whose names was, um, wait a second (long pause), I'll think of it, my memory is going, I swear to God - maybe Mary or Mary Ann or Marie, I'm not sure now. Anyway, she said, 'Huh?' and I said, 'Wow, those steaks are expensive' ......

You get the idea.

Lee
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And right there was a good reminisce.
 
Johnny, I love your stories and agree with your wife! Write them down. Or better yet, video yourself telling them for your children. Talk about your childhood, etc. Talk about when each child was born, etc. Let them hear some "inside voices."

Qsis, I agree with Johnny and believe you would be a good story teller. Now, your friend Kathy sounds like my sister telling a story....
 
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