Posted on behalf of
Barbel Fishing World :

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The posters of BFW decided to have a fish in for the Tsunami Victims after the dreadful events of Boxing Day and as good ideas do this has blossomed into a raffle.

Although I should not be I have been amazed at the generosity of people I have to admit that I am and we have an ever increasing amount of prizes from companies such as RMC, Harrison, Anglers Mail, Wychwood, Improve Your Coarse Fishing, Dynamite. Not only that but also guided trips out with Neil Wayte and I have bent the arm of a few others as well. 

There are others prizes in the pipeline that will be announced as and when we can confirm them. Of course we are more than happy to accept anymore kind donations!

What do posters have to do to have the chance to win one of these fantastic prizes?

Simple pop along to the BFW Shop and buy a Raffle Ticket for £5.20.

In this case though it is not about the winning, though the prizes are rather good, but about the contributing to the effort in helping those that need it most. As a result all the proceeds from the BFW Raffle will be handed over to the Disaster Emergency Committee.

As Anglers we only occasionally get the chance to make a real difference, please help us to make that difference. 

On Behalf of the BFW Tsunami Appeal

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£5.20 for a raffle ticket i can get a book of them cheaper thats all of my mrs's DLA

But could you get a new Harrison rod for £5.20 or any of the other prizes ?

This is not about the winning but the contributing.

Thankyou Elton !

[ 01. February 2005, 10:32 PM: Message edited by: Andy Thatcher ]

Got mine . . come on you guy's.

no its about winning otherwise why the need for a raffle ,i think with all the money raised we now own all the countries involved on a word of warning though beware of money raising i heard on telly that without being a charity yourself it can be construed as income (whatever the good cause) if the raiser is taxable

[ 01. February 2005, 10:47 PM: Message edited by: chesters1 ]

You seem pretty big on Winston Spencer Churchill, chesters1.

As someone who was once fortunate (and honoured) to travel overseas in the great (though, far from perfect) man's footsteps - well, in his spirit, at least - as a Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Travelling Fellow - for my Angling efforts and Travel Writing, I can tell you that his successors today care little about who just OWNS what on our slightly shaky planet nowadays.

Catch this site (you might even apply for a Fellowship, though, I warn you, the competition and the vetting process is pretty intense)...

http://www.wcmt.org.uk/


You might even consider these words from the old fella:

"With opportunities comes responsibility."


Yours in our sport and, I hope, a few other things,

PB

[ 01. February 2005, 10:58 PM: Message edited by: Paul Boote ]

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I can tell you that his successors today care little about who OWNS what on our planet nowadays.

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i'm not to sure who the successors are but i think owning has just as much relevance now as always maybe not the worthless land or inhabitants that infest them but certainly the monetry gain that can be got from them it whether minerals or human resources ,exploitation is as popular now as always as is the title of the site you reffer to

[ 01. February 2005, 11:06 PM: Message edited by: chesters1 ]

Enough said.

You have just hoisted yourself on your own horribly small, undeniably prejudiced petard, there, ches'.

I'd wish you the best, but suddenly find myself lacking the wherewithal, the inclination and the energy. I am sure you'll understand.

Stay safe, though. And, of course, stay small, as ever.


PB

so you lost then
nothing i have said is untrue and using a persons name to foist some aspect unrelated to him is exploitation in the extreme ,churchill in most of his positions spent his time defendingus against johny foreigner nothing else ,after the war he was dropped like a stone ,he was exploited as is everyone ,the site you recomend can nowadays be open to racial stereotypes itself as the only people who can "join" are british ,not such a clever thing nowadays seing that Churchill himself was half american

[ 01. February 2005, 11:21 PM: Message edited by: chesters1 ]

Never one to be rude (though, my word, when I AM...), I believe that the tablets (keep taking them, c') will do you (indeed, ALL of us) lots more good now than some cheesy WSC image superimposed upon a Union Flag.

May I suggest some further reading for you?

No?

But I will, nevertheless.

Try that 'Halcyon English Days' author, P.G. Wodehouse.

"What ho?" Bertie Wooster, don't ya know?

Yes, the same.

But ONE title of PGW's in his classic series...

"The Code of the Woosters"

There's a character in Wodehouse's marvellous 1930s country-house farce that you could probably relate to, ches': one, Roderick Spode.

I'll say no more here, but leave you (and others, I hope) to the delights of the novel and the bully-boy Spode's devastating comeuppance (tip: 60th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz, this week...).

Feel the lurve, ches', feel the lurve...

PB

[ 01. February 2005, 11:41 PM: Message edited by: Paul Boote ]