What DOES Michael Hoffman like?

Hell, I don't even know who Yoga is. Is she pretty?

Michael,
Yoga is a guy not a doll.  (From the Bway Musical starring Robert Alda.)  Yes, and not only that, he is in Cooperstown in the Baseball Hall of Fame.  Played for the cursed Yankees. 
 

Oh, that Yoga. I didn't much like his Yoo Hoo.

I'll bet Labs and Chesapeake Bay, maybe Short Hair and Golden Retrirvers!

Yellow labs and Chessies. Both great hunting dogs, and they've been my breeds for along time. Although I did come close to getting a Hemlock setter once.

Michael Hoffman
 

...a Hemlock setter...

Talk about a dog that knows how to "play dead"!

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Michael Hoffman
 

...a Hemlock setter...

Talk about a dog that knows how to "play dead"!

Hemlock is  the name of a place in West Virginia where a great bird-dog man and grouse hunter named George Bird Evanse lived and worked. His setters were coveted the world around.

How much did his Strychnine Setters go for?

I don't believe he had any at Old Hemlock.

So, then, you probably wouldn't know what his Arsenic Airedales went for either. Woof.  

I have difficulty imagining the guy in W V training his dogs using Ancient Greek as the spoken commands !!! The only image I get when thinking of this exercise, is a scene from Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure (the movie) where they meet "Soc-Rates".
Even Michael won't admit seeing that film !
  As one of the few Roadfooders still on the site who has enjoyed a meet-n-eat with the Honorable Gentleman from Ohio, I wish to endorse the positive comments drawn from the adoring crowd as he wanders the Mid-West in search of new adventures.  You are indeed the "Character" you portray so well in these forums.

Why thank you Mr. Mayor. And I have, indeed, seen that movie.

Michael Hoffman


While I did enjoy a number of MacDonald's Travis McGee novels I don't consider myself a real fan -- I just haven't read enough of them to qualify. As for Louis L'Amour, well, I did like many of his books, but I thought he became formulaic.

By the way CTF , I really appreciate the fact that you've made me your idol, but you really shouldn't go overboard.

 
My Father and Uncle read every one of them. Read and swap back and forth. I am betting you love Last of the Mohicans as well?...Russ

I would also bet you like an old Parker 51 to write with...Russ

Russ Jackson


I would also bet you like an old Parker 51 to write with...Russ

I did have a Parker 51 when I was a kid -- I think junior high school. A gift. But I've been using a Cross pen since about 1966.
 
Oh, and I did love The Last of the Mohicans. James Fenimore Cooper was my favorite author at one time.
 
And I can't believe I was able to get on Roadfood without a battle. Nothing but computer problems today.

Which is your favorite?  Bridge, Poker, Chess, Gin, Pinochle,Canasta,or Hearts? I am betting 3 handed Pinochle...Russ

You would win the bet if you asked me!

3 handed Pinochle is my favorite. Nasty game. Followed by Poker and Gin. Euchre was left out as it is only a game of cheating. But if anyone would like to play for money I have a partner...Russ

Russ Jackson


Which is your favorite?  Bridge, Poker, Chess, Gin, Pinochle,Canasta,or Hearts? I am betting 3 handed Pinochle...Russ

I used to play gin and chess with my wifem and a little with my grandson when he was a little boy. I think the last time I played poker was in the '60s. Pinochle was my grandfather's game with a weird deck. Bridge, canasta, hearts? Never tried 'em.

I'm thinking Brooks Brothers and either L L Bean, or Lands End!

J Press, not Brooks Brothers. L.L. Bean? I do believe they have me on speed dial.

Didn't you usta get all your duds from the Sears-Roebuck Catalog ?
But if you needed something real quick like, there was always the
Army-Navy Store down on Main St.
 
Never could buy anything on Sunday because all the stores were closed. 
 
When we lived in Brooklyn on Sunday we could shop on Pitkin Ave cause that was where all the Jewish merchants were.  Make  sure you brought a good bargainer with you.