Jack and I were comfortably slouched, as usual, in our bar stool at the “Club 77”. When I say “our bar stool” I mean just that. The Club opens at 4:30, and we are always standing at the door waiting for it to unlocked, sometimes for hours. Jack has convinced me, and rightfully so, that it’s always good to be early so you can get the best seat. So, always being the first in line, we always pick the best seat, the same seat, “our bar stool”. If other patrons have a problem with that, then tough crap, they’ll have to beat us to the door, and I don’t think that’s going to happen.
Our discussion of late has turned to the economy, and our lack of sufficient funds to proceed with the fly tying video. As a result of the divorce (which some of you may recall from a previous thread) I was expecting to lose half, but Jack intervened. The X was threatening a long drawn out legal battle to gain as much financial advantage as possible. After many hours of Jacks consolation, consultation, and legal advice, he convinced me that it would be best if I just handed over everything to the X, and save myself the expense of retaining a lawyer, so I did. Now, lest any of you are of the opinion that Jack’s legal advice may have been lacking, let me remind you that we have two things going for us, an unfinished fly tying video with unlimited potential, and “our bar stool”.
Anyway, it just so happened that on this particular night, Rick, the owner of the “Club”, introduced me to Jim; I can’t recall his last name other than to say it had something to do with light, or one of those gymnastic apparatuses, or some thing like that. Well, I went into the wee hours of the morning laying out my life story to Jim which culminated in the current financial debacle Jack and I found ourselves in. I recall one tough guy sitting at the end of the bar saying that it sounded like a sob story to him. I was just about to get up and deck the jerk when it dawned on me. I have just purchased a lifetime supply of the Worlds Best Fishing Bait Recipe on e-bay. Maybe I can sell it to all my friends on TROUTNUT.