Thanks for the update. It's funny, I was just thinking about Mac last week when we were moving back to Ellensburg. One of the movers, a young twenty-something kid, was talking with Gary about fly-fishing here in the Yakima River (it's a blue-ribbon trout stream).

It got me thinking about Mac because Gary has told me stories about how he and Mac used to talk about fly fishing a lot way back when. They had fun with a little play on words: "Je peche, donc je suis."

I'll pass Mac's message along to Gary.

~~Bonnie



>News of two from the Foxpro Hall of Fame :
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>Mac Rubel :
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>Greetings to one and all,
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>I ... realize that there is a large group of friends that I have lost contact with now that my life has transitioned from FoxPro guru to honest work. Life, depending on how you choose to look at it, is a hoot and a wonderful ride. Here is what has happened to me.
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>1. Eight years after my wife's death, I am happily married again. Deb works for the Jackson Lab in Bar Harbor and is a scientific curator and hula dancer.
>2. We live in Pamlico County NC, and are awfully proud of the county stop light. It's a far cry from New York City.
>3. I've gone into business. Check out www.acadiaguideservice.com and see what happens when you work hard at escaping computers work.
>4. I spend yesterday cutting cars in a junk yard with really big hydraulic scissors practicing extrication. I'm a volunteer fireman and an EMT for Pamlico County Rescue Squad. I get to drive big vehicles with loud sirens and lots of lights.
>5. My kids have grown and, although they have all had their share of problems, are doing well. My youngest is a sophomore at UGA, Nina is working in Wilmington NC, Nick is a Paramedic in LA, Tom, after four years in the marines and two difficult tours in Iraq is a freshman at Harvard, and Sasha, my eldest, has put aside her PhD program for the moment in favor of a job with UNESCO in Paris.
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>Life goes on.
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>I hope all of you are doing well and, despite the fact that I am, for the first time in a long time, truly happy, I really miss you guys.
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>Love and Hugs to you all
>Mac
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>And I am pleased to note that Les Pinter is now part of the Strataframe Team at Microfour.