On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 14:15:28 -0600, "Reel McKoi" wrote:

When I first learned about this NG back in 1996 or 97 there were a lot more
people posting messages here. There was a Kelly (?) who was "kneedeep", the
lady from Missouri with a gorgeous pond.

Kelly is probably too busy, is she still writing for WaterGardening? I'm
behind in my magazine reading. Have 2 left of Koi USA and I'm caught up,
but I have over 2 years worth of WG to catch up and I've yet to read the
last 4-6 of the defunked Pond & Garden. So glad I have my current crossing
guard job, I read between kids.

There was a woman called
"Goldfish" I think and many others. There was a man who raised and sold
koi commercially.

Brett & Roark (sigh) post at koiphen.com forum now days. ( So they didn't
give up ponds, they gave up newsgroups. Probably due in part to some ISP
dropping newsgroups due to the cross posting garbage that goes on.

Plus, many of these people just want to talk koi. yawn Though koiphen
does it's fair share of "chit chat" the moderators separate it out. I find
it way too hard to keep up and remember where I've posted, so I much prefer
this format. ~ jan

~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~