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Robert Flory wrote:
The fun with fish and tanks is making them work. I train and exercise my
own dogs too.

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be fun for someone else.

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"Robert Flory" wrote in message
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Am I the only one who thinks the trend a bit sad?

Bob


Perhaps, but most of her home-maintenance clients were professionals who had
money to spare. A couple had jobs that required sporadic travel (flight
attendants for one.) I'd pay for design it if I had the disposable income -
I just don't have an eye for that.

Plus, there's a therapeutic effect to the tank. That's probably lost for
some people (me at times) in the midst of the maintenance.

A

On 2005-01-30, Robert Flory wrote:
Am I the only one who thinks the trend a bit sad?

Well, I can see both sides. I recently applied to work part-time with a
company that does installations and maintainence like this.

On one hand, those fish are getting better care than they would if these
people who don't want any responsibility just let the tank go.

On the other hand, if something happens in the tank that requires action
(water changes, isolation, etc), the owner is kind of helpless, since
they don't know anything.

I think I'd worry more about adequate routine care though - the
emergencies are rare when you keep up the tank.
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"The good Christian should beware of mathematicians, and all those who
make empty prophecies. The danger already exists that the mathematicians
have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and to confine
man in the bonds of Hell."
--St. Augustine, De Genesi ad Litteram, Book II, xviii, 37

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Robert Flory wrote:
The fun with fish and tanks is making them work. I train and
exercise my own dogs too.

Not everybody thinks the same way you do. What is fun for you might not
be fun for someone else.

I get a great deal of satisfaction from knowing that my fish live in a
good, functional, stable environment. I also get a great deal of
satisfaction from feeding and watching them. If I had very little time,
I think I'd get a lot of satisfaction from knowing that the fish still
had a good, functional and stable environment - maintained by a
competent & knowledgeable third party.

but yes, I think that one of the reasons we feel so involved with the
fish is because we _are_ involved with the fish.
--
sophie

"Robert Flory" wrote in message
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The fun with fish and tanks is making them work. I train and exercise my
own dogs too.

Bob

But another thing is that not all tanks are for the home. I am considering
to have one in my business, but am shying away from it due to the
maintenance aspect. I agree that there is satisfaction in working on the
tank, but it wouldn't be good business if it were to get in the way of other
things during the day.

dwhite



"Pszemol" wrote in message
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"Robert Flory" wrote in message
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Am I the only one who thinks the trend a bit sad?

What exactly is sad about it ?