WHAT... My pond a sandpit

[Mistatee]

Just had potential buyers round for my house and they said they would make
my pond into a sandpit for the kids.... Gosh.

Not a safety issue, they are just not into ponds.

Maybe I should stipulate in the advertisement that the pond must remain a
pond for the next thirty years as per contract.

Hey... what do I care. I'll be too busy building my next pond at my new
abode to think about it.

Steve... and his/possibly was pond.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/steve.thomas4/MyPond.html

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[John Hines]

"Mistatee" > wrote:

>Just had potential buyers round for my house and they said they would make
>my pond into a sandpit for the kids.... Gosh.
>
>Not a safety issue, they are just not into ponds.

A pond is not un-like a built in pool, it is both a plus and minus when
it comes to home sales.

Given the long lifetime of Koi, this can be a potential problem.

[Dave Bell]

On Sun, 24 Aug 2003, Mistatee wrote:

> Just had potential buyers round for my house and they said they would make
> my pond into a sandpit for the kids.... Gosh.
>
> Not a safety issue, they are just not into ponds.
>
> Maybe I should stipulate in the advertisement that the pond must remain a
> pond for the next thirty years as per contract.

Just mention casually to them that there are a LOT of cats in the
neighborhood... The thought of a pond-sized sandbox boggles the mind!

Dave

[sandra]

You have a nice web site. The link to a map of your town is a good idea. I
haven't seen that before. Too bad about the pond but each homeowner likes to
add their own touch to their place. Not everyone into the maintenance it
takes to keep ponds/fish.
sandra

"Mistatee" > wrote in message
...
> Just had potential buyers round for my house and they said they would make
> my pond into a sandpit for the kids.... Gosh.
>
> Not a safety issue, they are just not into ponds.
>
> Maybe I should stipulate in the advertisement that the pond must remain a
> pond for the next thirty years as per contract.
>
> Hey... what do I care. I'll be too busy building my next pond at my new
> abode to think about it.
>
> Steve... and his/possibly was pond.
> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/steve.thomas4/MyPond.html
>
> Crying into my cornflakes.
>
>
>
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[Barbara2245]

"Mistatee" > wrote in message >...
> Just had potential buyers round for my house and they said they would make
> my pond into a sandpit for the kids.... Gosh.
>
> Not a safety issue, they are just not into ponds.
>
> Maybe I should stipulate in the advertisement that the pond must remain a
> pond for the next thirty years as per contract.
>
> Hey... what do I care. I'll be too busy building my next pond at my new
> abode to think about it.
>
> Steve... and his/possibly was pond.
> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/steve.thomas4/MyPond.html
>
> Crying into my cornflakes.
>
>
>

Arrange to take as much of the old pond and equipment with so the
don't fill the pond in with the fish in it or some thing. It has no
value to them. Good luck.
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[Nedra]

I don't think I'd sell to someone who threatened to sand in
My pond.
Tell them you live in a CAT neighborhood... that should
settle it!
I really like your signatures page!!

Nedra
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836
http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118

"Dave Bell" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 24 Aug 2003, Mistatee wrote:
>
> > Just had potential buyers round for my house and they said they would
make
> > my pond into a sandpit for the kids.... Gosh.
> >
> > Not a safety issue, they are just not into ponds.
> >
> > Maybe I should stipulate in the advertisement that the pond must remain
a
> > pond for the next thirty years as per contract.
>
> Just mention casually to them that there are a LOT of cats in the
> neighborhood... The thought of a pond-sized sandbox boggles the mind!
>
> Dave
>

[Karen Mullen]

In article >, "Mistatee"
> writes:

>Just had potential buyers round for my house and they said they would make
>my pond into a sandpit for the kids.... Gosh.

That's what happened to my pond in Houston, they filled it in. But I took
everything with me except my bricks, <smile> which I wish I had now. They just
weren't into all that "work". An the house I bot in Ohio's previous owner
didn't like things in the way of his occasional mowing as he dug up extensive
rock gardens and flower beds that had won yard of the year awards. Some people
just don't care. Take everything with you like I did, and set up one of those
blow up 3ft swimming pools as a temp home if you're not in the cold zones.

Karen
Zone 5
Ashland, OH
http://hometown.aol.com/kmam1/MyPond/MyPond.html
My Art Studio at
http://members.aol.com/kmmstudios/K.M.Studios/K.M.Studios.html
for email remove the extra extention

[~ jan JJsPond.us]

Well I will hope that the real buyers are ponders, because it would be a
darn shame to ruin such a lovely pond and surrounding area that you have
made. I'm amazed that anyone looking at it, wouldn't become instantly
porged. :o( ~ jan


>On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 10:42:24 +0100, "Mistatee" > wrote:

>Just had potential buyers round for my house and they said they would make
>my pond into a sandpit for the kids.... Gosh.
>
>Not a safety issue, they are just not into ponds.
>
>Maybe I should stipulate in the advertisement that the pond must remain a
>pond for the next thirty years as per contract.
>
>Hey... what do I care. I'll be too busy building my next pond at my new
>abode to think about it.
>
>Steve... and his/possibly was pond.
>http://homepage.ntlworld.com/steve.thomas4/MyPond.html
>
>Crying into my cornflakes.
>
>
>
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[mad]

if i had to leave my house, i'd take all mine with me, pond included. LOL
look and see why.
mad
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> From: "dkat" >
> Organization: Optimum Online
> Newsgroups: rec.ponds
> Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 02:21:42 GMT
> Subject: Re: WHAT... My pond a sandpit
>
> Given that I have made the mistake of going back to past homes and found
> what I treasured destroyed I've actually wondered if I could leave my
> current home (I've lived here longer than any other place) and if I did what
> would I do with my pond and such. For years I have tried to naturalize our
> yard and it is highly likely that anyone moving into our home would
> immediately try to kill all the moss, turn any evergreen plant they could
> into a square, rectangle or some Disney shape, and fill in my pond. I have
> decided that I'm adopting out my fish to a wonderful woman I know that has a
> much larger pond and then turning the pond into an almost bog garden for the
> irises I will leave. AND I will never come back to see what the new owners
> have done. DK
>
> "Mistatee" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Just had potential buyers round for my house and they said they would make
>> my pond into a sandpit for the kids.... Gosh.
>>
>> Not a safety issue, they are just not into ponds.
>>
>> Maybe I should stipulate in the advertisement that the pond must remain a
>> pond for the next thirty years as per contract.
>>
>> Hey... what do I care. I'll be too busy building my next pond at my new
>> abode to think about it.
>>
>> Steve... and his/possibly was pond.
>> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/steve.thomas4/MyPond.html
>>
>> Crying into my cornflakes.
>>
>>
>>
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[dkat]

Neat! That is a great idea. DK

"mad" > wrote in message
...
> if i had to leave my house, i'd take all mine with me, pond included. LOL
> look and see why.
> mad
> --
> See my zone 8B pond:
> http://community.webshots.com/album/14478479WdPMkPBPmt
> http://community.webshots.com/album/40739268OAqLln
> Rec.ponds FAQ: http://www.geocities.com/justinm090/faq.html
> Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein... Prov 26:27
>
> > From: "dkat" >
> > Organization: Optimum Online
> > Newsgroups: rec.ponds
> > Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 02:21:42 GMT
> > Subject: Re: WHAT... My pond a sandpit
> >
> > Given that I have made the mistake of going back to past homes and found
> > what I treasured destroyed I've actually wondered if I could leave my
> > current home (I've lived here longer than any other place) and if I did
what
> > would I do with my pond and such. For years I have tried to naturalize
our
> > yard and it is highly likely that anyone moving into our home would
> > immediately try to kill all the moss, turn any evergreen plant they
could
> > into a square, rectangle or some Disney shape, and fill in my pond. I
have
> > decided that I'm adopting out my fish to a wonderful woman I know that
has a
> > much larger pond and then turning the pond into an almost bog garden for
the
> > irises I will leave. AND I will never come back to see what the new
owners
> > have done. DK
> >
> > "Mistatee" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >> Just had potential buyers round for my house and they said they would
make
> >> my pond into a sandpit for the kids.... Gosh.
> >>
> >> Not a safety issue, they are just not into ponds.
> >>
> >> Maybe I should stipulate in the advertisement that the pond must remain
a
> >> pond for the next thirty years as per contract.
> >>
> >> Hey... what do I care. I'll be too busy building my next pond at my new
> >> abode to think about it.
> >>
> >> Steve... and his/possibly was pond.
> >> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/steve.thomas4/MyPond.html
> >>
> >> Crying into my cornflakes.
> >>
> >>
> >>
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[mad]

works for me since you are looking at the whole of my backyard. no room for
a larger one.
mad
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forget where I parked my car.

> From: "dkat" >
> Organization: Optimum Online
> Newsgroups: rec.ponds
> Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 02:24:18 GMT
> Subject: Re: WHAT... My pond a sandpit
>
> Neat! That is a great idea. DK
>
> "mad" > wrote in message
> ...
>> if i had to leave my house, i'd take all mine with me, pond included. LOL
>> look and see why.
>> mad
>> --
>> See my zone 8B pond:
>> http://community.webshots.com/album/14478479WdPMkPBPmt
>> http://community.webshots.com/album/40739268OAqLln
>> Rec.ponds FAQ: http://www.geocities.com/justinm090/faq.html
>> Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein... Prov 26:27
>>
>>> From: "dkat" >
>>> Organization: Optimum Online
>>> Newsgroups: rec.ponds
>>> Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 02:21:42 GMT
>>> Subject: Re: WHAT... My pond a sandpit
>>>
>>> Given that I have made the mistake of going back to past homes and found
>>> what I treasured destroyed I've actually wondered if I could leave my
>>> current home (I've lived here longer than any other place) and if I did
> what
>>> would I do with my pond and such. For years I have tried to naturalize
> our
>>> yard and it is highly likely that anyone moving into our home would
>>> immediately try to kill all the moss, turn any evergreen plant they
> could
>>> into a square, rectangle or some Disney shape, and fill in my pond. I
> have
>>> decided that I'm adopting out my fish to a wonderful woman I know that
> has a
>>> much larger pond and then turning the pond into an almost bog garden for
> the
>>> irises I will leave. AND I will never come back to see what the new
> owners
>>> have done. DK
>>>
>>> "Mistatee" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> Just had potential buyers round for my house and they said they would
> make
>>>> my pond into a sandpit for the kids.... Gosh.
>>>>
>>>> Not a safety issue, they are just not into ponds.
>>>>
>>>> Maybe I should stipulate in the advertisement that the pond must remain
> a
>>>> pond for the next thirty years as per contract.
>>>>
>>>> Hey... what do I care. I'll be too busy building my next pond at my new
>>>> abode to think about it.
>>>>
>>>> Steve... and his/possibly was pond.
>>>> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/steve.thomas4/MyPond.html
>>>>
>>>> Crying into my cornflakes.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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[D Kat]

I had a preformed pond given to me and I just don't have the time and energy
to dig a hole for it so I'm going to try to figure out how to do what you
did for this one. The problem is that the pond is one of the kidney shaped
ones with a center circle hole of about 18" (the pond is maybe 4'X2.5' - I
can carry it on my hip). So I have to have some support under the upper
level and I'm worried that with all the water in it that it will have stress
points if I don't get enough support or if the support is not level.... So
is this a doable idea or not? I am assuming you have no support on your
sides or underneath since it seems to go almost straight down. DK


"mad" > wrote in message
...
> if i had to leave my house, i'd take all mine with me, pond included. LOL
> look and see why.
> mad
> --
> See my zone 8B pond:
> http://community.webshots.com/album/14478479WdPMkPBPmt
> http://community.webshots.com/album/40739268OAqLln
> Rec.ponds FAQ: http://www.geocities.com/justinm090/faq.html
> Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein... Prov 26:27
>
> > From: "dkat" >
> > Organization: Optimum Online
> > Newsgroups: rec.ponds
> > Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 02:21:42 GMT
> > Subject: Re: WHAT... My pond a sandpit
> >
> > Given that I have made the mistake of going back to past homes and found
> > what I treasured destroyed I've actually wondered if I could leave my
> > current home (I've lived here longer than any other place) and if I did
what
> > would I do with my pond and such. For years I have tried to naturalize
our
> > yard and it is highly likely that anyone moving into our home would
> > immediately try to kill all the moss, turn any evergreen plant they
could
> > into a square, rectangle or some Disney shape, and fill in my pond. I
have
> > decided that I'm adopting out my fish to a wonderful woman I know that
has a
> > much larger pond and then turning the pond into an almost bog garden for
the
> > irises I will leave. AND I will never come back to see what the new
owners
> > have done. DK
> >
> > "Mistatee" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >> Just had potential buyers round for my house and they said they would
make
> >> my pond into a sandpit for the kids.... Gosh.
> >>
> >> Not a safety issue, they are just not into ponds.
> >>
> >> Maybe I should stipulate in the advertisement that the pond must remain
a
> >> pond for the next thirty years as per contract.
> >>
> >> Hey... what do I care. I'll be too busy building my next pond at my new
> >> abode to think about it.
> >>
> >> Steve... and his/possibly was pond.
> >> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/steve.thomas4/MyPond.html
> >>
> >> Crying into my cornflakes.
> >>
> >>
> >>
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[mad]

my pond is a 300 gallon blue plastic free-standing stock tank. i have no
clue how to support the underside of a pond like yours. sorry i can't be of
any help. maybe sombody else here will be able to help you.
mad

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Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein... Prov 26:27

> From: "D Kat" >
> Organization: Stony Brook University
> Newsgroups: rec.ponds
> Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 16:44:37 -0400
> Subject: Re: WHAT... My pond a sandpit
>
> I had a preformed pond given to me and I just don't have the time and energy
> to dig a hole for it so I'm going to try to figure out how to do what you
> did for this one. The problem is that the pond is one of the kidney shaped
> ones with a center circle hole of about 18" (the pond is maybe 4'X2.5' - I
> can carry it on my hip). So I have to have some support under the upper
> level and I'm worried that with all the water in it that it will have stress
> points if I don't get enough support or if the support is not level.... So
> is this a doable idea or not? I am assuming you have no support on your
> sides or underneath since it seems to go almost straight down. DK
>
>
> "mad" > wrote in message
> ...
>> if i had to leave my house, i'd take all mine with me, pond included. LOL
>> look and see why.
>> mad
>> --
>> See my zone 8B pond:
>> http://community.webshots.com/album/14478479WdPMkPBPmt
>> http://community.webshots.com/album/40739268OAqLln
>> Rec.ponds FAQ: http://www.geocities.com/justinm090/faq.html
>> Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein... Prov 26:27
>>
>>> From: "dkat" >
>>> Organization: Optimum Online
>>> Newsgroups: rec.ponds
>>> Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 02:21:42 GMT
>>> Subject: Re: WHAT... My pond a sandpit
>>>
>>> Given that I have made the mistake of going back to past homes and found
>>> what I treasured destroyed I've actually wondered if I could leave my
>>> current home (I've lived here longer than any other place) and if I did
> what
>>> would I do with my pond and such. For years I have tried to naturalize
> our
>>> yard and it is highly likely that anyone moving into our home would
>>> immediately try to kill all the moss, turn any evergreen plant they
> could
>>> into a square, rectangle or some Disney shape, and fill in my pond. I
> have
>>> decided that I'm adopting out my fish to a wonderful woman I know that
> has a
>>> much larger pond and then turning the pond into an almost bog garden for
> the
>>> irises I will leave. AND I will never come back to see what the new
> owners
>>> have done. DK
>>>
>>> "Mistatee" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> Just had potential buyers round for my house and they said they would
> make
>>>> my pond into a sandpit for the kids.... Gosh.
>>>>
>>>> Not a safety issue, they are just not into ponds.
>>>>
>>>> Maybe I should stipulate in the advertisement that the pond must remain
> a
>>>> pond for the next thirty years as per contract.
>>>>
>>>> Hey... what do I care. I'll be too busy building my next pond at my new
>>>> abode to think about it.
>>>>
>>>> Steve... and his/possibly was pond.
>>>> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/steve.thomas4/MyPond.html
>>>>
>>>> Crying into my cornflakes.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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[jammer]

I would set it down and pack dirt in around it and have sloping sides.

>
>> From: "D Kat" >
>> Organization: Stony Brook University
>> Newsgroups: rec.ponds
>> Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 16:44:37 -0400
>> Subject: Re: WHAT... My pond a sandpit
>>
>> I had a preformed pond given to me and I just don't have the time and energy
>> to dig a hole for it so I'm going to try to figure out how to do what you
>> did for this one. The problem is that the pond is one of the kidney shaped
>> ones with a center circle hole of about 18" (the pond is maybe 4'X2.5' - I
>> can carry it on my hip). So I have to have some support under the upper
>> level and I'm worried that with all the water in it that it will have stress
>> points if I don't get enough support or if the support is not level.... So
>> is this a doable idea or not? I am assuming you have no support on your
>> sides or underneath since it seems to go almost straight down. DK

[~ jan JJsPond.us]

>> I had a preformed pond given to me and I just don't have the time and energy
>> to dig a hole for it so I'm going to try to figure out how to do what you
>> did for this one. The problem is that the pond is one of the kidney shaped
>> ones with a center circle hole of about 18" (the pond is maybe 4'X2.5' - I
>> can carry it on my hip). So I have to have some support under the upper
>> level and I'm worried that with all the water in it that it will have stress
>> points if I don't get enough support or if the support is not level.... So
>> is this a doable idea or not? I am assuming you have no support on your
>> sides or underneath since it seems to go almost straight down. DK

I've seen these set up, above ground, at garden centers. They used cement
blocks for support and then used other material to hide the underneath.
Some have used wood, other bricks, etc.

There is someone on here that did a turtle deck pond that I think showed
pictures of construction, anyone remember that website? Or is the poster
still here perhaps? I know that cut a whole in plywood and set the preform
into it, like one would do a sink. The plywood was covered with astro turf
type stuff. ~ jan

See my ponds and filter design:
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~Keep 'em Wet!~
Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a
To e-mail see website

[dkat]

May I say once again... I just love this room! The ideas gave me a kick
start and I now know what I'm going to do.... (basically a combination of
all the ideas).. Thanks all! DKat

"jammer" > wrote in message
...
> I would set it down and pack dirt in around it and have sloping sides.
>
> >
> >> From: "D Kat" >
> >> Organization: Stony Brook University
> >> Newsgroups: rec.ponds
> >> Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 16:44:37 -0400
> >> Subject: Re: WHAT... My pond a sandpit
> >>
> >> I had a preformed pond given to me and I just don't have the time and
energy
> >> to dig a hole for it so I'm going to try to figure out how to do what
you
> >> did for this one. The problem is that the pond is one of the kidney
shaped
> >> ones with a center circle hole of about 18" (the pond is maybe
4'X2.5' - I
> >> can carry it on my hip). So I have to have some support under the
upper
> >> level and I'm worried that with all the water in it that it will have
stress
> >> points if I don't get enough support or if the support is not level....
So
> >> is this a doable idea or not? I am assuming you have no support on
your
> >> sides or underneath since it seems to go almost straight down. DK
>