Let's hear whats ponding this weekend?

"Gill Passman" wrote in message
...

From the places I've looked at Derek is right....it's hard to spot stuff
on the rural locations (including the UK) and the photos in the rural
areas are also quite old (at least the UK ones I've looked at).

The ones of my property being used are ancient as all I saw was my
neighbor's old barn which was torn down in the 1980s. None of the
neighbor's houses show, nor does the subdivision down the road - and it been
there for years now.

I
can see my house very well even down to the car in the drive but I live in
an urban area....and yep, in an urban area you can spot ponds if large
enough but, as on some rural areas you can't even spot the house the
chance of seeing a pond would be non-existent IMO...

Gill
--
Koi-Lo....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
Aquariums since 1952.
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
http://www.hyphenologist.co.uk/killfile/
*Note: There are several *Koi-Lo's* on rec.ponds.
~~~ }((((o ~~~ }{{{{o ~~~ }(((((o

"~ janj" wrote in message
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I'd be surprised if you could see Jan's ponds either...

Checked it out, and my house is almost a direct shot downward, and I can't
make out any pond. Unlike pools that are bright obvious blue, ponds are
just black holes that kind of blend in with shade from trees and such.
Since there is a lot of building going on in our area, to date it, the
photo looks to be almost a year old. ~ jan
==========
The one of our property has to be prior to the mid-late 1980s as all there
is to see really are some old farm buildings that were torn down many years
ago on the land next to me - if indeed the pic is of our property. There's
a large mobile home on that lot now, and has been since at least 1988. No
one else's house shows, including mine. Nothing in the photo looked
familiar. But then they changed the addresses out here about 12 years ago,
so...........
--
Koi-Lo....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
Aquariums since 1952.
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
http://www.hyphenologist.co.uk/killfile/
*Note: There are several *Koi-Lo's* on rec.ponds.
~~~ }((((o ~~~ }{{{{o ~~~ }(((((o

"Gary Woods" wrote in message
...
~ janj wrote:

Checked it out, and my house is almost a direct shot downward, and I can't
make out any pond.

Gloat warning:

http://terraserver.microsoft.com/ima...21&Y=23688&W=1

================
Oh,... I wish it were mine! :-))

So many koi, so little space........
--
Koi-Lo....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
Aquariums since 1952.
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
*Note: There are several *Koi-Lo's* on rec.ponds.
~~~ }((((o ~~~ }{{{{o ~~~ }(((((o

"Gill Passman" wrote in message
...
Are both of those almost lake things yours? Wow...you are so lucky to live
somewhere with enough land to have ponds like that :-) Suburbia in the UK
very rarely offers that amount of space unless you are loaded with
cash....
=============
In the rural areas of the USA you can still find land fairly cheap. I had 9
acres at one time. I was on the edge of a nice small town. The further you
get into the boondocks the cheaper the land.
--
Koi-Lo....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
Aquariums since 1952.
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
*Note: There are several *Koi-Lo's* on rec.ponds.
~~~ }((((o ~~~ }{{{{o ~~~ }(((((o

"Gill Passman" wrote in message
...

Well, my hint of pond liner hanging around the garden (for months) has
paid off this weekend...hubby now is resigned to the fact that we will
have a pond at some point this spring....as long as he doesn't have to dig
or maintain it he probably won't mind...the danger is that he will hijack
my little pond project and it will become a lot larger - lol

Haven't started digging yet though...too busy digging the rest of the
garden right now - I give it around 3-4 weeks....

Gill
===============================
You'll get to a pond.... it's inevitable. ;-)

We got the forms in today and part of the berm cemented. The koi are doing
fine in the 500g tank behind the house. We were worried about ammonia
(N-Cycle) but there's none. We used their filter plus the one from the 780g
tank of fingerlings I recently sold. So we can take our time and do a
really good job.
--
Koi-Lo....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
Aquariums since 1952.
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
rec.pond's FAQ are at:
http://www.geocities.com/justinm090/faq.html
~~~ }((((o ~~~ }{{{{o ~~~ }(((((o

Koi-Lo wrote:

"~ janj" wrote in message
...

I'd be surprised if you could see Jan's ponds either...

Checked it out, and my house is almost a direct shot downward, and I
can't
make out any pond. Unlike pools that are bright obvious blue, ponds are
just black holes that kind of blend in with shade from trees and such.
Since there is a lot of building going on in our area, to date it, the
photo looks to be almost a year old. ~ jan

==========
The one of our property has to be prior to the mid-late 1980s as all
there is to see really are some old farm buildings that were torn down
many years ago on the land next to me - if indeed the pic is of our
property. There's a large mobile home on that lot now, and has been
since at least 1988. No one else's house shows, including mine.
Nothing in the photo looked familiar. But then they changed the
addresses out here about 12 years ago, so...........

In the end I could just pick out your house but little more...same
applies to others in a rural location...my Dad lives up in Scotland and
his son-in-law has a loch, stream and trout farm but you can see none of
it and this is on a massive scale (and very nice the trout are when
cooked - I have a great recipe but maybe not appropriate on a fish
newsgroup - he brings them down on his visits)....small price to pay
maybe for me being forced off of my pc and newsgroups....without going
into names (because I don't want to freak anyone) someone looks as if
they live in a brown blob in some woods near a highway....didn't spot
any ponds but a great place to live nonetheless....hey, you live in a
white blob...he lives in a brown one....

In reality it has the great potential for sharing....I've enjoyed
looking at localities....has to be a big thanks to Roy for giving us the
inspiration.....thank you mate...

Gill

Who gives a freaking flying rats ass about your god damned property
carol...........YOU seem to think everyone is so damed taken up with
you and your ****ing koi ponds thats all they can do is pay homahe to
your damed sorry fat ass.

Do us all a favor and go playout in the middle of the interstate
during night fall.............



On Sun, 23 Apr 2006 17:14:44 -0500, "Koi-Lo"
wrote:

"Gill Passman" wrote in message
...

From the places I've looked at Derek is right....it's hard to spot stuff
on the rural locations (including the UK) and the photos in the rural
areas are also quite old (at least the UK ones I've looked at).

The ones of my property being used are ancient as all I saw was my
neighbor's old barn which was torn down in the 1980s. None of the
neighbor's houses show, nor does the subdivision down the road - and it been
there for years now.

I
can see my house very well even down to the car in the drive but I live in
an urban area....and yep, in an urban area you can spot ponds if large
enough but, as on some rural areas you can't even spot the house the
chance of seeing a pond would be non-existent IMO...

Gill

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The original frugal ponder ! Koi-ahoi mates....

Yea, right "You" had 9 acres until your hubby number 6 decided to
dump your worthless ass and left you with a half pack of Kools and a
warm budweiser standning on the curb.......ya old worthless bat.

On Sun, 23 Apr 2006 17:29:53 -0500, "Koi-Lo"
wrote:

"Gill Passman" wrote in message
...
Are both of those almost lake things yours? Wow...you are so lucky to live
somewhere with enough land to have ponds like that :-) Suburbia in the UK
very rarely offers that amount of space unless you are loaded with
cash....
=============
In the rural areas of the USA you can still find land fairly cheap. I had 9
acres at one time. I was on the edge of a nice small town. The further you
get into the boondocks the cheaper the land.

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( @ @ )
-----------oOOo(_)oOOo---------------


oooO
---------( )----Oooo----------------
\ ( ( )
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The original frugal ponder ! Koi-ahoi mates....

Like I posted earlier who ghives a **** Carol? Oh I forgot Derek does!
my bad!

On Sun, 23 Apr 2006 17:38:39 -0500, "Koi-Lo"
wrote:

"Gill Passman" wrote in message
...

Well, my hint of pond liner hanging around the garden (for months) has
paid off this weekend...hubby now is resigned to the fact that we will
have a pond at some point this spring....as long as he doesn't have to dig
or maintain it he probably won't mind...the danger is that he will hijack
my little pond project and it will become a lot larger - lol

Haven't started digging yet though...too busy digging the rest of the
garden right now - I give it around 3-4 weeks....

Gill
===============================
You'll get to a pond.... it's inevitable. ;-)

We got the forms in today and part of the berm cemented. The koi are doing
fine in the 500g tank behind the house. We were worried about ammonia
(N-Cycle) but there's none. We used their filter plus the one from the 780g
tank of fingerlings I recently sold. So we can take our time and do a
really good job.

--
\\\|///
( @ @ )
-----------oOOo(_)oOOo---------------


oooO
---------( )----Oooo----------------
\ ( ( )
\_) ) /
(_/
The original frugal ponder ! Koi-ahoi mates....

~ janj wrote:

Wow, looks to be quite a walk when you take one, no wonder you find people
swimming in it from time to time. Can you even see it from the house? What
kind of trees are the majority?
A: about a hundred yards; not all that far.
B: Can't _quite_ see it from the house.
C: The trees are mostly red pine; planted about 40 years ago, 10 before I
bought the land. The pond is about 20 years old; took 4 days with a
turbocharged D-6 and a contractor who knew what he was doing.


Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at home.earthlink.net/~garygarlic
Zone 5/6 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G