quote for rec.ponds

[Ka30P]

Researching quotes tonight, found this one and for some
reason I thought about rec.ponds...

>>There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."* ~Dave
Barry<<

Surely not!
kathy :-)
algae primer
http://hometown.aol.com/ka30p/myhomepage/garden.html

[Bonnie]

Ka30P wrote:
> Researching quotes tonight, found this one and for some
> reason I thought about rec.ponds...
>
>
>>>There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness." ~Dave
>>
> Barry<<
>
> Surely not!
> kathy :-)
> algae primer
> http://hometown.aol.com/ka30p/myhomepage/garden.html

Many folks begin a hobby to keep them sane. The only
problem maybe that they overdo and then it becomes a
metal illness.
Ponders never overdo ;-)

--
Bonnie
NJ
http://home.earthlink.net/~maebe43/

[Roy]

On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 12:53:57 GMT, Bonnie >
wrote:

>===<>Ka30P wrote:
>===<>> Researching quotes tonight, found this one and for some
>===<>> reason I thought about rec.ponds...
>===<>>
>===<>>
>===<>>>>There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness." ~Dave
>===<>>>
>===<>> Barry<<
>===<>>
>===<>> Surely not!
>===<>> kathy :-)
>===<>> algae primer
>===<>> http://hometown.aol.com/ka30p/myhomepage/garden.html
>===<>
>===<>Many folks begin a hobby to keep them sane. The only
>===<>problem maybe that they overdo and then it becomes a
>===<>metal illness.
>===<>Ponders never overdo ;-)


I can relate to that. I used to always wish cool weather wold come so
stuff would stop growing and I would not have to be trimming and
cutting grass etc. I never really got into plants of any kind as it
always seemed to take forever to see it grow as it should, and I hated
to have to wait a year for it to take hold and do its thing etc
etc./......Nothing could be done to accelerate the growing
process........But since I retired and slowed down a lot, I hate to
see summer end and stuff go dormant.......as I have really enjoyed
watching the various stages plants go through, watching fish get
bigger and actually seeing things I was always too busy to spend time
on before. Its got me to the point I wish there wasa way I could
promote better weather and conditions over my pond etc so it would
always remain in full bloom .......I never can seem to say, there
thats it, its finally finished, as I always have to tinker with
something around the pond. The wife never knows what to expect when
she comes down to it......I must have planted and replanted her 1/2
barrel at least 20 times in its short life so far.........and each
time it looked great........there is just something about fiddling
around with aquatic type plants and fish and ponds that grabs ahold of
you. Never in my life would I have thought I could get attached or
obsessed with a $4.99 Wal Mart Koi that survived and is now 12"
long.......or that I would have ever spent $40 bucks for a fish just
to put in my pond.........or all the money for plants knowing full
well the koi are bound to nibble on them..........but I do, and I
enjoy it.
Visit my website: http://www.frugalmachinist.com
Opinions expressed are those of my wife,
I had no input whatsoever.
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[Cam]

I'll offer 5 bucks

Cam

[San Diego Joe]

"Ka30P" wrote:

> Researching quotes tonight, found this one and for some
> reason I thought about rec.ponds...
>
>>> There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."* ~Dave
> Barry<<
>
> Surely not!
> kathy :-)
> algae primer
> http://hometown.aol.com/ka30p/myhomepage/garden.html

I'm sure I don't know what he means.

San Diego Joe
4,000 - 5,000 Gallons.
Goldfish, a RES named Colombo and an Oscar.



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[Derek Broughton]

Cam wrote:

> I'll offer 5 bucks
>
Cheapskate.
--
derek

[Ka30P]

Cam wrote:
> I'll offer 5 bucks

Okay.
This took me a while.
Had the second cup of coffee.... oh!
Do I hear 10, 15, 20?




kathy :-)
algae primer
http://hometown.aol.com/ka30p/myhomepage/garden.html

[Derek Broughton]

Ka30P wrote:

> Cam wrote:
>> I'll offer 5 bucks
>
> Okay.
> This took me a while.
> Had the second cup of coffee.... oh!
> Do I hear 10, 15, 20?

I guess Cam and I share the same sick sense of humor. That was _my_ first
thought when I read the subject line, but I'm trying to curb my need to
respond facetiously (it's not really working...)
--
derek

[ClaudCar]

it took me this many posts into the thread to get it!!!! And I am into the
afternoon!

2 cents.

--
______________________
Claudia
Totus Tuus
"Derek Broughton" > wrote in message
...
> Ka30P wrote:
>
> > Cam wrote:
> >> I'll offer 5 bucks
> >
> > Okay.
> > This took me a while.
> > Had the second cup of coffee.... oh!
> > Do I hear 10, 15, 20?
>
> I guess Cam and I share the same sick sense of humor. That was _my_ first
> thought when I read the subject line, but I'm trying to curb my need to
> respond facetiously (it's not really working...)
> --
> derek

[jammer]

On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 12:53:57 GMT, Bonnie >
wrote:

>
>Many folks begin a hobby to keep them sane. The only
>problem maybe that they overdo and then it becomes a
>metal illness.
>Ponders never overdo ;-)

Nope, i never over-do! I have a near broken right arm and had to haul
and place rocks all week. Loved every owie minute of it.

[Benign Vanilla]

"Derek Broughton" > wrote in message
...
> Ka30P wrote:
>
> > Cam wrote:
> >> I'll offer 5 bucks
> >
> > Okay.
> > This took me a while.
> > Had the second cup of coffee.... oh!
> > Do I hear 10, 15, 20?
>
> I guess Cam and I share the same sick sense of humor. That was _my_ first
> thought when I read the subject line, but I'm trying to curb my need to
> respond facetiously (it's not really working...)

Ooh, ooh...I get it.

BV.

[Nedra]

I still don't get it and it's 4:30 pm here :(

Nedra
"ClaudCar" > wrote in message
news:DpG4d.9623$je.4828@trnddc04...
> it took me this many posts into the thread to get it!!!! And I am into
the
> afternoon!
>
> 2 cents.
>
> --
> ______________________
> Claudia
> Totus Tuus
> "Derek Broughton" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Ka30P wrote:
> >
> > > Cam wrote:
> > >> I'll offer 5 bucks
> > >
> > > Okay.
> > > This took me a while.
> > > Had the second cup of coffee.... oh!
> > > Do I hear 10, 15, 20?
> >
> > I guess Cam and I share the same sick sense of humor. That was _my_
first
> > thought when I read the subject line, but I'm trying to curb my need to
> > respond facetiously (it's not really working...)
> > --
> > derek
>
>

[Ka30P]

Nedra wrote << I still don't get it and it's 4:30 pm here :( >>

The 'quote' I wrote was for the quotation from Dave Barry. Our humorist saw it
as 'well, give me a quote on that there newsgroup... say about $5?'

Alas and alak. It took a much needed infusion of caffiene to get it. ;-)


kathy :-)
algae primer
http://hometown.aol.com/ka30p/myhomepage/garden.html

[Nedra]

oh!! ohhhhh ... LOL!!
Thanks Kathy. You can tell I do the stock market, right?
Nedra

"Ka30P" > wrote in message
...
> Nedra wrote << I still don't get it and it's 4:30 pm here :( >>
>
> The 'quote' I wrote was for the quotation from Dave Barry. Our humorist
saw it
> as 'well, give me a quote on that there newsgroup... say about $5?'
>
> Alas and alak. It took a much needed infusion of caffiene to get it. ;-)
>
>
> kathy :-)
> algae primer
> http://hometown.aol.com/ka30p/myhomepage/garden.html

[Ann in Houston]

Me, either. Never mind that we needed some way to cut down on tracked
litter from our kitty's box, and I saw a really nifty set-up that would fill
the bill and solve a separate problem that seemed unsolvable, but the dang
cat box "credenza" was 150.00. Well, no way was I going to spend that kinda
money on a "darn" cat. Forget that my daughter loves and can pet and sleep
with and relate to the cat, but as I was shopping for a cheapskate way to
achieve the same benefit, it occurred to me that we spend way more money and
effort to boot, for a bunch of fish that live in the water where we don't
touch them or cuddle with them, or any of that stuff. I know that the fish
do seem to develop a personality of sorts and are also pets, but sometimes
we tend to put that pond in a whole other category that makes it okay to
spend all kind of bucks on it, while we cheap out on lots of other things
that may actally be a lot more sensible.


"San Diego Joe" > wrote in message
...
> "Ka30P" wrote:

> >>> There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness." ~Dave
> > Barry<<
> >
> > Surely not!
> > kathy :-)
> > algae primer
> > http://hometown.aol.com/ka30p/myhomepage/garden.html
>
> I'm sure I don't know what he means.
>
> San Diego Joe
> 4,000 - 5,000 Gallons.
> Goldfish, a RES named Colombo and an Oscar.
>
>
>
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[Anne Lurie]

Roy, I always lived in the Rust Belt/Snow Belt until I moved down to NC a
few years ago. Some of us actually *celebrate* the coming of fall down
here! If you ever want to see what "accelerated growing" may look like,
feel free to call me in February when I'm watching the weeds waving nasty
hand gestures at me! :)

[Or, then, maybe not -- I'm afraid too many of the neighbors blame me for
the snow we've had here since we moved. I'm told that an average winter was
5" snow total, but we've had a couple of doozy snowstorms since we moved
here. Let me put it this way: I grew up on Lake Erie, lived in both ND and
VT, but only in NC was I ever really snowed in!]

Anne Lurie
Raleigh, NC



"Roy" > wrote >
>
> I can relate to that. I used to always wish cool weather wold come so
> stuff would stop growing and I would not have to be trimming and
> cutting grass etc. I never really got into plants of any kind as it
> always seemed to take forever to see it grow as it should, and I hated
> to have to wait a year for it to take hold and do its thing etc
> etc./......Nothing could be done to accelerate the growing
> process........But since I retired and slowed down a lot, I hate to
> see summer end and stuff go dormant.......as I have really enjoyed
> watching the various stages plants go through, watching fish get
> bigger and actually seeing things I was always too busy to spend time
> on before. Its got me to the point I wish there wasa way I could
> promote better weather and conditions over my pond etc so it would
> always remain in full bloom .......I never can seem to say, there
> thats it, its finally finished, as I always have to tinker with
> something around the pond. The wife never knows what to expect when
> she comes down to it......I must have planted and replanted her 1/2
> barrel at least 20 times in its short life so far.........and each
> time it looked great........there is just something about fiddling
> around with aquatic type plants and fish and ponds that grabs ahold of
> you. Never in my life would I have thought I could get attached or
> obsessed with a $4.99 Wal Mart Koi that survived and is now 12"
> long.......or that I would have ever spent $40 bucks for a fish just
> to put in my pond.........or all the money for plants knowing full
> well the koi are bound to nibble on them..........but I do, and I
> enjoy it.
> Visit my website: http://www.frugalmachinist.com
> Opinions expressed are those of my wife,
> I had no input whatsoever.
> Remove "nospam" from email addy.