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> Washington State University, my old stomping grounds, ended up on the best > party school list, again. The students felt duty bound to live up to the annual > *award* and in two seperate incidents students got drunk and fell out of > buildings. One young man dropped a long way and may never be okay again. The > other incident involved a keg of beer and about 65 students on a balcony, down > went the balcony, the beer and the kids.
I always knew better than to risk a keg on a crowded balcony…
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The thing I wonder in retrospect is why we would drink when it made us so sick. Took me two years to be able to hold more than a couple of drinks down. My first drunk involved a balcony and some walking on the hands type of thing. Congrats on making your knowledge official Derek. vern
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Washington State University, my old stomping grounds, ended up > on the best > party school list, again. The students felt duty bound to live > up to the annual > *award* and in two seperate incidents students got drunk and > fell out of > buildings. One young man dropped a long way and may never be > okay again. The > other incident involved a keg of beer and about 65 students on > a balcony, down > went the balcony, the beer and the kids. > I always knew better than to risk a keg on a crowded balcony…
I managed apartments in Huntsville, Texas (home of Sam Houston State University), and one night about 2:00 a.m., was awakened by a lot of laughing, loud music, you know..the staples of college life. When I looked out the bedroom window across the parking lot, I could see flames in the apartment window and a bunch of kids out on the balcony. I thought there was a fire and was getting ready to dial 911 when one of the guys came out and yelled to friends downstairs that the hot dogs were ready. Turns out, the kids on the balcony didn’t want to go inside to make room for the guy to cook on the grille, so he took it into the bedroom and cooked the food in there. Do you know what charcoal soot can do to white walls and beige carpeting? His mom and dad didn’t get their deposit back, and he didn’t get re-leased. I think all universities/colleges are party towns…it’s just a matter of national ranking.
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>Turns out, the kids on the balcony didn’t want to go inside to make room >for the guy to cook on the grille, so he took it into the bedroom and >cooked the food in there. >Do you know what charcoal soot can do to white walls and beige >carpeting?
When I was in school, we probably would have tried to hose down the walls and carpeting to remove the soot. Ed in Chicago
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> >Turns out, the kids on the balcony didn’t want to go inside to make room >for the guy to cook on the grille, so he took it into the bedroom and >cooked the food in there. >Do you know what charcoal soot can do to white walls and beige >carpeting? > When I was in school, we probably would have tried to hose down the walls and > carpeting to remove the soot. > Ed in Chicago
If I hadn’t started doing the crazy person dance in the parking lot, with the yelling and screaming to go with it, they probably would have tried it.
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>Kathy, have yours ever punctured the liner? With two German >Shorthairs falling in regularly (and Dewy also likes to show how >she can jump the narrowest part), I’m afraid it’s only a matter >of time.
Derek, Last year my ACD thought the pond was her private swimming hole. (we trained her out of that!) She jumped in and clawed herself out several times. Only damage I had was to the lilies. She weighs about 55 lbs and has big feet. I was amazed that the liner wasn’t damaged at all. Now she swims every Saturday at the river behind the house and asks us to retrieve her ball when it rolls into the pond. :-) …elizabeth http://hometown.aol.com/lotts2c/life1/index.htm
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>Washington State University, my old stomping grounds, ended up on the best >party school list, again. The students felt duty bound to live up to the annual >*award* and in two seperate incidents students got drunk and fell out of >buildings. One young man dropped a long way and may never be okay again. The >other incident involved a keg of beer and about 65 students on a balcony, down >went the balcony, the beer and the kids.
With a <wsu.edu> e-mail address I now also receive the latest on WSU news and "they" claim that drinking is way down with the college population, especially since they passed & enforced rules about on campus (dorms/frats/sororities) drinking. Unfortunately the drinking has been happening off campus with less supervision (or caution not to get caught) therefore a minority are making the college look bad, by stupid and highly publicized stunts. Another "don’t believe all you read in the newspaper" and/or e-mail on TV or internet. ;o) ~ jan
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>>Turns out, the kids on the balcony didn’t want to go inside to make room >for the guy to cook on the grille, so he took it into the bedroom and >cooked the food in there. >Do you know what charcoal soot can do to white walls and beige >carpeting? >When I was in school, we probably would have tried to hose down the walls and >carpeting to remove the soot. >Ed in Chicago
Yes and mint green crest works well to hide nail holes in green painted walls. Always got our deposit back. ~ jan
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> I’ve yet to see any decent koi at an aquarium or zoo. I’ve high hopes > for a zoo in North Dakota, though. Sent them some very nice young koi > this spring.
Hey, Brett, Good to see yer post. I’ve been away fer a while and when I came back, the DW wanted me ta get crackin’ on a web-site fer her restaurant and a home page fer us. Go ta http://home.pacbell.net/n_cramer.html then feel free ta gimme whafo! You’ll see why my Latino buds call me sin verguenza. — Nick, Retired in the San Fernando Valley (*&^)/ Usenet for the Web
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Hi Jan, I’ve been away for a while, & when I came back, the DW wanted me to make a web-site for her restaurant and a home-page for us. Hope you don’t mind that I put a link to your page. If you do, let me know and I’ll snuff it. Check it out at http://home.pacbell.net/n_cramer/koi_pond.html I’m glad to be back, but, boy, do I have a lot of reading to catch up on! — Nick, Retired in the San Fernando Valley (*&^)/ Usenet for the Web
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->Kathy, have yours ever punctured the liner? With two German >Shorthairs falling in regularly (and Dewy also likes to show how >she can jump the narrowest part), I’m afraid it’s only a matter >of time. > Last year my ACD thought the pond was her private swimming hole. (we trained > her out of that!) She jumped in and clawed herself out several times. Only > damage I had was to the lilies. She weighs about 55 lbs and has big feet. I > was amazed that the liner wasn’t damaged at all. Now she swims every Saturday > at the river behind the house and asks us to retrieve her ball when it rolls > into the pond. :-)
Good. That’s about what I thought. They don’t look like they’re damaging the liner. Frankly, dogs come before ponds here. If they want to fall in, they’re welcome… I do try to keep them from actually wading through plants, and I try to keep them out of the bog, but otherwise it’s their plaything too. — Derek (www.netcom.ca/~dbrought/pond) rec.ponds FAQ http://w3.one.net/~rzutt/faq.html Lord, what fools these mortals be ! - Shakespeare
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Derek wrote ~~Two more finals done yesterday. Only 16 more to go…~~ And you’ll ace them all! Washington State University, my old stomping grounds, ended up on the best party school list, again. The students felt duty bound to live up to the annual *award* and in two seperate incidents students got drunk and fell out of buildings. One young man dropped a long way and may never be okay again. The other incident involved a keg of beer and about 65 students on a balcony, down went the balcony, the beer and the kids. k30 and the water gardening labradors REC.PONDS INFORMAL FAQ PAGE http://hometown.aol.com/k30a/myhomepage/writing.html
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->How familiar are you with others? I understand that the Shedd in >Chicago is supposed to be pretty good, and pictures from one of >the California aquariums left me wanting to visit (Santa Monica?? >Monterey?? can’t remember – it had a "Mon" in it I think 
). >Monterey Bay Aquarium is very good, and specializes in Monterey >Bay and the California coast (my wife-to-be and I had our first date >there, and have gone back twice since). >If you’re touring the west coast, two others worth visiting are the >Oregon Coast Aquarium in Newport and the Seattle Aquarium, >which specializes in Puget Sound. >(I can’t comment on Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium, as I saw it before >its extensive renovation and growth of the last 10 years, and more >is underway. It may be or become #1?) But Baltimore and >Boston are certainly excellent, each worthy of a full day. >- Rod
Been awhile, but I saw the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago a few years back while waiting for a train (took Amtrak from Houston to Syracuse, a blast for me, the wife and kids). That place is more than an Aquarium, it is an edifice. I really like the Aquarium of the Americas in New Orleans. There are a few nice aquariums here in Texas. The Texas State Aquarium in Corpus Christi, all salwater, but nice. I’ve not been to "Sea Center Texas" in Lake Jackson, one hour from home, but I hear it is nice. Same is true for the freshwater aquarium in Athens, a good bit further away. Maybe soon. At the Ft. Worth Zoo, they have the biggest fish I ever saw in captivity. I’ve seen some sharks, tarpons, big red drums, even warsaw groupers, but that one took the cake. An Arapaima (Arapaima gigas), must be 12′ or so long, maybe weigh over half a ton. One big fish. I asked the docent what they fed it. Well…it eats anything else in the tank it wants, plus a lot of turtles. I’ve yet to see any decent koi at an aquarium or zoo. I’ve high hopes for a zoo in North Dakota, though. Sent them some very nice young koi this spring. Its been many years, but I’ve been to a lot of aquariums around the world. I can smell ‘em. Got a nice one in Venice, Italy, another in Paris, right under the Eiffel Tower. Brett
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Derek wrote ~~Kathy, have yours ever punctured the liner?~~ I can hardly believe it, but the labs have never gone in the pond! They have eaten the plants, dug up the turf that is over the liner in spots, dug under the pond, arrested the fish on morals charges, stalked frogs, walked over the waterfall, chewed liner that was on the side of the waterfall, peed in the water, skated on the frozen pond, ripped out watercress and popped water hyacinth……. but they have never fallen in or taken up skinny dipping in the pond. k30 and the water gardening labradors REC.PONDS INFORMAL FAQ PAGE http://hometown.aol.com/k30a/myhomepage/writing.html
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Derek wrote ~~Not the rest of this year I guess, since I’m now an unemployed student with no disposable income (it’s been a long time since _that_ happened!).~~ Okay, I’m going to be nosey. What are you a student of? k30 and the water gardening labradors REC.PONDS INFORMAL FAQ PAGE http://hometown.aol.com/k30a/myhomepage/writing.html
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(K30a) writes: >k30 and the water gardening labradors
More on the Labs, please, from this dog-loving pond-keeper. Rod
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Rod asked for more information on the watergardening labradors. The labradors keep several webpages here http://www.daydreamergardens.com/ Click on articles and you’ll see a listing. You _can_ keep labradors and a pond. It takes planning, endless patience and iron in your soul. k30 and the water gardening labradors REC.PONDS INFORMAL FAQ PAGE http://hometown.aol.com/k30a/myhomepage/writing.html
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>our National Zoo and our National Aquarium are a national disgrace.
Your sentiments are shared. On a more positive note, next time, visit THE National Aquarium… in Baltimore, on the inner harbor. http://www.aqua.org/ The only thing even close to it in the US is Boston’s New England Aquarium. You’ll not be disappointed with either of these, although I don’t recall seeing Koi at either of them. – Rod
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Hi Rod I agree, the Interharbor National Aquarium is great. A great place to spend time and if you’re so inclined shopping is bad either 
That is also where I saw an IMax theater for the first time. — Bonnie NJ http://www.users.fast.net/~maebe/index.htm – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->our National Zoo and our National Aquarium are a national disgrace. > Your sentiments are shared. > On a more positive note, next time, visit THE National Aquarium… > in Baltimore, on the inner harbor. > http://www.aqua.org/ > The only thing even close to it in the US is Boston’s New England > Aquarium. You’ll not be disappointed with either of these, although > I don’t recall seeing Koi at either of them. > – Rod
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> >our National Zoo and our National Aquarium are a national disgrace. > The only thing even close to it in the US is Boston’s New England > Aquarium. You’ll not be disappointed with either of these,
although How familiar are you with others? I understand that the Shedd in Chicago is supposed to be pretty good, and pictures from one of the California aquariums left me wanting to visit (Santa Monica?? Monterey?? can’t remember – it had a "Mon" in it I think ). — Derek (www.netcom.ca/~dbrought/pond) rec.ponds FAQ http://w3.one.net/~rzutt/faq.html I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. – Shakespeare
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> You _can_ keep labradors and a pond. It takes planning, endless patience and > iron in your soul.
Kathy, have yours ever punctured the liner? With two German Shorthairs falling in regularly (and Dewy also likes to show how she can jump the narrowest part), I’m afraid it’s only a matter of time. — Derek (www.netcom.ca/~dbrought/pond) rec.ponds FAQ http://w3.one.net/~rzutt/faq.html I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. – Shakespeare
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> Derek wrote ~~Not the rest of this year I guess, since I’m now > an unemployed student with no disposable income (it’s been a long > time since _that_ happened!).~~ > Okay, I’m going to be nosey. > What are you a student of?
Computer Science. I started university 23 years ago, and got kicked out for excessive partying. I started taking a few courses last year, and when my last contract ended in July decided not to look for a new position until I finished the degree. Two more finals done yesterday. Only 16 more to go…
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> Monterey Bay Aquarium is very good, and specializes in Monterey > Bay and the California coast (my wife-to-be and I had our first date > there, and have gone back twice since). > If you’re touring the west coast, two others worth visiting are the > Oregon Coast Aquarium in Newport and the Seattle Aquarium, > which specializes in Puget Sound. > (I can’t comment on Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium, as I saw it before > its extensive renovation and growth of the last 10 years, and more > is underway. It may be or become #1?) But Baltimore and > Boston are certainly excellent, each worthy of a full day.
Great. Now I just have to find a good reason to visit one of those cities. Not the rest of this year I guess, since I’m now an unemployed student with no disposable income (it’s been a long time since _that_ happened!). — Derek (www.netcom.ca/~dbrought/pond) rec.ponds FAQ http://w3.one.net/~rzutt/faq.html I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. – Shakespeare
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> >our National Zoo and our National Aquarium are a national >disgrace. > The only thing even close to it in the US is Boston’s New >England > Aquarium. You’ll not be disappointed with either of these, >although >How familiar are you with others? I understand that the Shedd in >Chicago is supposed to be pretty good, and pictures from one of >the California aquariums left me wanting to visit (Santa Monica?? >Monterey?? can’t remember – it had a "Mon" in it I think ). >– >Derek (www.netcom.ca/~dbrought/pond) >rec.ponds FAQ http://w3.one.net/~rzutt/faq.html >I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. – Shakespeare
The Shed is still great but showing some age. These are HUGE revenue sources and have gentrified areas that had been given up on. Aquarium of the Americas is nice as well. The main tank at the Seaquarium in Monterey is AWESOME and the new Aquarium of the Pacific is nice and doing an incredible volume of people. no koi though. . . . jay Tue, Aug 31, 1999
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Have any of you visited the National Aquarium in Washington, DC recently? Does anyone know if those koi in that itty bitty shallow pool are just there for a few hours a day or if that’s their permanent home? I came away from there with the same feeling I left the National Zoo with last year – our National Zoo and our National Aquarium are a national disgrace. Any comments?
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> Washington State University, my old stomping grounds, ended up on the best > party school list, again. The students felt duty bound to live up to the annual > *award* and in two seperate incidents students got drunk and fell out of > buildings. One young man dropped a long way and may never be okay again. The > other incident involved a keg of beer and about 65 students on a balcony, down > went the balcony, the beer and the kids.
I always knew better than to risk a keg on a crowded balcony…
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The thing I wonder in retrospect is why we would drink when it made us so sick. Took me two years to be able to hold more than a couple of drinks down. My first drunk involved a balcony and some walking on the hands type of thing. Congrats on making your knowledge official Derek. vern
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Washington State University, my old stomping grounds, ended up > on the best > party school list, again. The students felt duty bound to live > up to the annual > *award* and in two seperate incidents students got drunk and > fell out of > buildings. One young man dropped a long way and may never be > okay again. The > other incident involved a keg of beer and about 65 students on > a balcony, down > went the balcony, the beer and the kids. > I always knew better than to risk a keg on a crowded balcony…
I managed apartments in Huntsville, Texas (home of Sam Houston State University), and one night about 2:00 a.m., was awakened by a lot of laughing, loud music, you know..the staples of college life. When I looked out the bedroom window across the parking lot, I could see flames in the apartment window and a bunch of kids out on the balcony. I thought there was a fire and was getting ready to dial 911 when one of the guys came out and yelled to friends downstairs that the hot dogs were ready. Turns out, the kids on the balcony didn’t want to go inside to make room for the guy to cook on the grille, so he took it into the bedroom and cooked the food in there. Do you know what charcoal soot can do to white walls and beige carpeting? His mom and dad didn’t get their deposit back, and he didn’t get re-leased. I think all universities/colleges are party towns…it’s just a matter of national ranking.
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>Turns out, the kids on the balcony didn’t want to go inside to make room >for the guy to cook on the grille, so he took it into the bedroom and >cooked the food in there. >Do you know what charcoal soot can do to white walls and beige >carpeting?
When I was in school, we probably would have tried to hose down the walls and carpeting to remove the soot. Ed in Chicago
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> >Turns out, the kids on the balcony didn’t want to go inside to make room >for the guy to cook on the grille, so he took it into the bedroom and >cooked the food in there. >Do you know what charcoal soot can do to white walls and beige >carpeting? > When I was in school, we probably would have tried to hose down the walls and > carpeting to remove the soot. > Ed in Chicago
If I hadn’t started doing the crazy person dance in the parking lot, with the yelling and screaming to go with it, they probably would have tried it.
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>Kathy, have yours ever punctured the liner? With two German >Shorthairs falling in regularly (and Dewy also likes to show how >she can jump the narrowest part), I’m afraid it’s only a matter >of time.
Derek, Last year my ACD thought the pond was her private swimming hole. (we trained her out of that!) She jumped in and clawed herself out several times. Only damage I had was to the lilies. She weighs about 55 lbs and has big feet. I was amazed that the liner wasn’t damaged at all. Now she swims every Saturday at the river behind the house and asks us to retrieve her ball when it rolls into the pond. :-) …elizabeth http://hometown.aol.com/lotts2c/life1/index.htm
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>Washington State University, my old stomping grounds, ended up on the best >party school list, again. The students felt duty bound to live up to the annual >*award* and in two seperate incidents students got drunk and fell out of >buildings. One young man dropped a long way and may never be okay again. The >other incident involved a keg of beer and about 65 students on a balcony, down >went the balcony, the beer and the kids.
With a <wsu.edu> e-mail address I now also receive the latest on WSU news and "they" claim that drinking is way down with the college population, especially since they passed & enforced rules about on campus (dorms/frats/sororities) drinking. Unfortunately the drinking has been happening off campus with less supervision (or caution not to get caught) therefore a minority are making the college look bad, by stupid and highly publicized stunts. Another "don’t believe all you read in the newspaper" and/or e-mail on TV or internet. ;o) ~ jan
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>>Turns out, the kids on the balcony didn’t want to go inside to make room >for the guy to cook on the grille, so he took it into the bedroom and >cooked the food in there. >Do you know what charcoal soot can do to white walls and beige >carpeting? >When I was in school, we probably would have tried to hose down the walls and >carpeting to remove the soot. >Ed in Chicago
Yes and mint green crest works well to hide nail holes in green painted walls. Always got our deposit back. ~ jan
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> I’ve yet to see any decent koi at an aquarium or zoo. I’ve high hopes > for a zoo in North Dakota, though. Sent them some very nice young koi > this spring.
Hey, Brett, Good to see yer post. I’ve been away fer a while and when I came back, the DW wanted me ta get crackin’ on a web-site fer her restaurant and a home page fer us. Go ta http://home.pacbell.net/n_cramer.html then feel free ta gimme whafo! You’ll see why my Latino buds call me sin verguenza. — Nick, Retired in the San Fernando Valley (*&^)/ Usenet for the Web
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Hi Jan, I’ve been away for a while, & when I came back, the DW wanted me to make a web-site for her restaurant and a home-page for us. Hope you don’t mind that I put a link to your page. If you do, let me know and I’ll snuff it. Check it out at http://home.pacbell.net/n_cramer/koi_pond.html I’m glad to be back, but, boy, do I have a lot of reading to catch up on! — Nick, Retired in the San Fernando Valley (*&^)/ Usenet for the Web
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->Kathy, have yours ever punctured the liner? With two German >Shorthairs falling in regularly (and Dewy also likes to show how >she can jump the narrowest part), I’m afraid it’s only a matter >of time. > Last year my ACD thought the pond was her private swimming hole. (we trained > her out of that!) She jumped in and clawed herself out several times. Only > damage I had was to the lilies. She weighs about 55 lbs and has big feet. I > was amazed that the liner wasn’t damaged at all. Now she swims every Saturday > at the river behind the house and asks us to retrieve her ball when it rolls > into the pond. :-)
Good. That’s about what I thought. They don’t look like they’re damaging the liner. Frankly, dogs come before ponds here. If they want to fall in, they’re welcome… I do try to keep them from actually wading through plants, and I try to keep them out of the bog, but otherwise it’s their plaything too. — Derek (www.netcom.ca/~dbrought/pond) rec.ponds FAQ http://w3.one.net/~rzutt/faq.html Lord, what fools these mortals be ! - Shakespeare
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Derek wrote ~~Two more finals done yesterday. Only 16 more to go…~~ And you’ll ace them all! Washington State University, my old stomping grounds, ended up on the best party school list, again. The students felt duty bound to live up to the annual *award* and in two seperate incidents students got drunk and fell out of buildings. One young man dropped a long way and may never be okay again. The other incident involved a keg of beer and about 65 students on a balcony, down went the balcony, the beer and the kids. k30 and the water gardening labradors REC.PONDS INFORMAL FAQ PAGE http://hometown.aol.com/k30a/myhomepage/writing.html
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->How familiar are you with others? I understand that the Shedd in >Chicago is supposed to be pretty good, and pictures from one of >the California aquariums left me wanting to visit (Santa Monica?? >Monterey?? can’t remember – it had a "Mon" in it I think ). >Monterey Bay Aquarium is very good, and specializes in Monterey >Bay and the California coast (my wife-to-be and I had our first date >there, and have gone back twice since). >If you’re touring the west coast, two others worth visiting are the >Oregon Coast Aquarium in Newport and the Seattle Aquarium, >which specializes in Puget Sound. >(I can’t comment on Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium, as I saw it before >its extensive renovation and growth of the last 10 years, and more >is underway. It may be or become #1?) But Baltimore and >Boston are certainly excellent, each worthy of a full day. >- Rod
Been awhile, but I saw the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago a few years back while waiting for a train (took Amtrak from Houston to Syracuse, a blast for me, the wife and kids). That place is more than an Aquarium, it is an edifice. I really like the Aquarium of the Americas in New Orleans. There are a few nice aquariums here in Texas. The Texas State Aquarium in Corpus Christi, all salwater, but nice. I’ve not been to "Sea Center Texas" in Lake Jackson, one hour from home, but I hear it is nice. Same is true for the freshwater aquarium in Athens, a good bit further away. Maybe soon. At the Ft. Worth Zoo, they have the biggest fish I ever saw in captivity. I’ve seen some sharks, tarpons, big red drums, even warsaw groupers, but that one took the cake. An Arapaima (Arapaima gigas), must be 12′ or so long, maybe weigh over half a ton. One big fish. I asked the docent what they fed it. Well…it eats anything else in the tank it wants, plus a lot of turtles. I’ve yet to see any decent koi at an aquarium or zoo. I’ve high hopes for a zoo in North Dakota, though. Sent them some very nice young koi this spring. Its been many years, but I’ve been to a lot of aquariums around the world. I can smell ‘em. Got a nice one in Venice, Italy, another in Paris, right under the Eiffel Tower. Brett
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Derek wrote ~~Kathy, have yours ever punctured the liner?~~ I can hardly believe it, but the labs have never gone in the pond! They have eaten the plants, dug up the turf that is over the liner in spots, dug under the pond, arrested the fish on morals charges, stalked frogs, walked over the waterfall, chewed liner that was on the side of the waterfall, peed in the water, skated on the frozen pond, ripped out watercress and popped water hyacinth……. but they have never fallen in or taken up skinny dipping in the pond. k30 and the water gardening labradors REC.PONDS INFORMAL FAQ PAGE http://hometown.aol.com/k30a/myhomepage/writing.html
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Derek wrote ~~Not the rest of this year I guess, since I’m now an unemployed student with no disposable income (it’s been a long time since _that_ happened!).~~ Okay, I’m going to be nosey. What are you a student of? k30 and the water gardening labradors REC.PONDS INFORMAL FAQ PAGE http://hometown.aol.com/k30a/myhomepage/writing.html
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(K30a) writes: >k30 and the water gardening labradors
More on the Labs, please, from this dog-loving pond-keeper. Rod
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Rod asked for more information on the watergardening labradors. The labradors keep several webpages here http://www.daydreamergardens.com/ Click on articles and you’ll see a listing. You _can_ keep labradors and a pond. It takes planning, endless patience and iron in your soul. k30 and the water gardening labradors REC.PONDS INFORMAL FAQ PAGE http://hometown.aol.com/k30a/myhomepage/writing.html
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>our National Zoo and our National Aquarium are a national disgrace.
Your sentiments are shared. On a more positive note, next time, visit THE National Aquarium… in Baltimore, on the inner harbor. http://www.aqua.org/ The only thing even close to it in the US is Boston’s New England Aquarium. You’ll not be disappointed with either of these, although I don’t recall seeing Koi at either of them. – Rod
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Hi Rod I agree, the Interharbor National Aquarium is great. A great place to spend time and if you’re so inclined shopping is bad either That is also where I saw an IMax theater for the first time. — Bonnie NJ http://www.users.fast.net/~maebe/index.htm – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->our National Zoo and our National Aquarium are a national disgrace. > Your sentiments are shared. > On a more positive note, next time, visit THE National Aquarium… > in Baltimore, on the inner harbor. > http://www.aqua.org/ > The only thing even close to it in the US is Boston’s New England > Aquarium. You’ll not be disappointed with either of these, although > I don’t recall seeing Koi at either of them. > – Rod
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> >our National Zoo and our National Aquarium are a national disgrace. > The only thing even close to it in the US is Boston’s New England > Aquarium. You’ll not be disappointed with either of these,
although How familiar are you with others? I understand that the Shedd in Chicago is supposed to be pretty good, and pictures from one of the California aquariums left me wanting to visit (Santa Monica?? Monterey?? can’t remember – it had a "Mon" in it I think ). — Derek (www.netcom.ca/~dbrought/pond) rec.ponds FAQ http://w3.one.net/~rzutt/faq.html I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. – Shakespeare
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> You _can_ keep labradors and a pond. It takes planning, endless patience and > iron in your soul.
Kathy, have yours ever punctured the liner? With two German Shorthairs falling in regularly (and Dewy also likes to show how she can jump the narrowest part), I’m afraid it’s only a matter of time. — Derek (www.netcom.ca/~dbrought/pond) rec.ponds FAQ http://w3.one.net/~rzutt/faq.html I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. – Shakespeare
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> Derek wrote ~~Not the rest of this year I guess, since I’m now > an unemployed student with no disposable income (it’s been a long > time since _that_ happened!).~~ > Okay, I’m going to be nosey. > What are you a student of?
Computer Science. I started university 23 years ago, and got kicked out for excessive partying. I started taking a few courses last year, and when my last contract ended in July decided not to look for a new position until I finished the degree. Two more finals done yesterday. Only 16 more to go…
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> Monterey Bay Aquarium is very good, and specializes in Monterey > Bay and the California coast (my wife-to-be and I had our first date > there, and have gone back twice since). > If you’re touring the west coast, two others worth visiting are the > Oregon Coast Aquarium in Newport and the Seattle Aquarium, > which specializes in Puget Sound. > (I can’t comment on Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium, as I saw it before > its extensive renovation and growth of the last 10 years, and more > is underway. It may be or become #1?) But Baltimore and > Boston are certainly excellent, each worthy of a full day.
Great. Now I just have to find a good reason to visit one of those cities. Not the rest of this year I guess, since I’m now an unemployed student with no disposable income (it’s been a long time since _that_ happened!). — Derek (www.netcom.ca/~dbrought/pond) rec.ponds FAQ http://w3.one.net/~rzutt/faq.html I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. – Shakespeare
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> >our National Zoo and our National Aquarium are a national >disgrace. > The only thing even close to it in the US is Boston’s New >England > Aquarium. You’ll not be disappointed with either of these, >although >How familiar are you with others? I understand that the Shedd in >Chicago is supposed to be pretty good, and pictures from one of >the California aquariums left me wanting to visit (Santa Monica?? >Monterey?? can’t remember – it had a "Mon" in it I think ). >– >Derek (www.netcom.ca/~dbrought/pond) >rec.ponds FAQ http://w3.one.net/~rzutt/faq.html >I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. – Shakespeare
The Shed is still great but showing some age. These are HUGE revenue sources and have gentrified areas that had been given up on. Aquarium of the Americas is nice as well. The main tank at the Seaquarium in Monterey is AWESOME and the new Aquarium of the Pacific is nice and doing an incredible volume of people. no koi though. . . . jay Tue, Aug 31, 1999
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Have any of you visited the National Aquarium in Washington, DC recently? Does anyone know if those koi in that itty bitty shallow pool are just there for a few hours a day or if that’s their permanent home? I came away from there with the same feeling I left the National Zoo with last year – our National Zoo and our National Aquarium are a national disgrace. Any comments?
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