<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Re: OT: Noodling</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <STYLE type=text/css>BLOCKQUOTE { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } DL { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } UL { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } OL { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } LI { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } </STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1276" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kieth!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>ROTFLMAO!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Of course I'm from the University of = Texas (Longhorns), and "we" are blood enemies of Oklahoma in the sports = world, so I should probably be rather bent quite out of shape.  However, = I'm rather lost when it comes to sports, and I could care less about team rivalries.  (I understand there's going to be a big game = tomorrow.  Right? <wink>) </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To be honest, I can't recall where I = picked up the word.  I thought it sounded funny, and so I grabbed it.  It = would appear it has some unfortunate contexts, though, so I'll think twice = about ever "noodling" again!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Peace,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sarah,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>who did grow up in the Texas Panhandle, = not *too* far (in Texas terms) from Oklahoma.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=kam544@gbronline.com = href="mailto:kam544@gbronline.com">Keith McGavern</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=avery@ev1.net href="mailto:avery@ev1.net">Avery Todd</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, January 31, = 2004 11:03 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: OT: Noodling</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial = size=2></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV>At 5:55 PM -0600 1/30/04, Avery Todd wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">"Noodling"? Is that a native Texan = term that this native Texan has never<BR>heard???? At least not in this = context. :-)<BR><BR>Avery<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">well, back to what I *should* be = doing, instead of noodling away time on = the<BR>'puter...<BR><BR>Peace,</BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">Sarah</BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial = size=2></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV>Avery, Sarah, Rest,</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial = size=2></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV>Noodling: "<FONT face=Verdana color=#999966>.</FONT><FONT face=Verdana>..the name okies (Oklahomans') give to catfishing by = hand</FONT> ..."</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial = size=2></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV><A = href="http://www.bullymag.com/7.9.01/okie-070901.asp">http://www.bullym= ag.com/7.9.01/okie-070901.asp</A></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial = size=2></FONT><BR></DIV> = <DIV>fhttp://www.geocities.com/tony_soards/noodling/noodling.html</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial = size=2></FONT><BR></DIV> = <DIV>http://www.dto.com/fwfishing/methods/method.jsp?Articleid=152&= Ar<SPAN></SPAN>ticletypeid=107</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial = size=2></FONT><BR></DIV> = <DIV>http://www.cabelas.com/information/cabelas-field-guides/Catfish-Tech= <SPAN></SPAN>niques/Noodling-for-Catfish-The-Ultimate-Thrill-in-Fishing.h= tml</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial = size=2></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV>Staying informed still,</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial = size=2></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV>Keith</DIV><X-SIGSEP><PRE>-- </PRE></X-SIGSEP> <DIV><FONT color=#000000>Keith = McGavern          <SPAN= ></SPAN>          &nbsp= ;<SPAN></SPAN>         &nbsp= ; <SPAN></SPAN>    Texas State Association</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000>Registered Piano = Technician         <SPAN></S= PAN>        SOONER SPRING SEMINAR</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000>Oklahoma Chapter = 731           <SPA= N></SPAN>          &nbs= p;<SPAN></SPAN>         &nbs= p;  March 11-14</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000>Piano Technicians = Guild          <SPAN></= SPAN>           <S= PAN></SPAN>   http://www.ptg.org/tsa/</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>