Is this justice or what?

> You start by making a lot of money so you can afford a large enough
> aquarium and space and equipment to set it up and keep it running right
> and then commit yourself to the aquarium instead of to having a life.

I take it my little goldfish bowl doesn't count :o\

:O)

David

"David Walker" wrote

>> You start by making a lot of money so you can afford a large enough
>> aquarium and space and equipment to set it up and keep it running right
>> and then commit yourself to the aquarium instead of to having a life.
>
> I take it my little goldfish bowl doesn't count :o\

Depends on which part of this thread you're referring to. If you're
referring to Bullshark's comments about how inhumane aquariums are (which I
don't entirely agree with), then yes, your goldfish bowl counts.

If you're talking about any of the rest of this, I don't think it counts.
On the other hand, I've got a pretty good amount sunk into the goldfish pond
in my front yard. The pond, filtration, maintenance and goldfish food
weren't cheap. The goldfish, however, were. I purchased 10 for $1.00
feeder goldfish and grow them to quite beautiful adult goldfish . . . if the
local fishing birds don't get to them first.

Lee

"BoyntonDiver" <BoyntonDiver@reef-rescue.org> wrote in message
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> I'm in favor of shipping it to California, they'll drink anything.
> Pumping it further out would be better, possibly even harmless. But my
> preferred solution is to put it on golf courses, and public rights of
> way, like divided highways and roads that currently use potable water
> to water their ornamentals. There are millions of acres of orange
> groves and sugar cane too.

We have enough of our own sewage problems out here. I was raised playing in
the warm water creeks in the beach caused by storm drain flows. Nowadays
they close the beaches to swimmers when it gets too unhealthy, but in the
good old days I would spend hours at a time playing in the waves. I feel
that it toughened me up - I very rarely get turista in Mexico as a result -
but today's parents are overly cautious and if you sent us all your
effluent, our seashores would be abandoned.

But you do have my vote for dumping it on the golf courses and you're
welcome to send some out to Palm Springs where the courses have become so
numerous they've altered the climate.

> But it sounds like S. Florida needs an alternative to dumping all the
> treated sewage on the reefs. Would you prefer it be dumped further out?
> Trucked to the Gulf? Maybe y'all need to wear Depends and then burn the
> remains.

Us natives would prefer that all the people that moved here from someplace
else, went back to where they came from. Then, even I could afford a house
on the water.

Since that's not likely, we'd like whatever we can get that is better than
what we have. If the outfall were where Delray says it is, Gulfstream Reef
would not be in such immediate danger. The actual location is more than a
mile west of where it's supposed to be and is in water at least 300 feet
shallower. They only missed by a little bit.

Lee

Greg Mossman wrote:

> But you do have my vote for dumping it on the golf courses and you're
> welcome to send some out to Palm Springs where the courses have become so
> numerous they've altered the climate.


How that?
Matthias

>> I take it my little goldfish bowl doesn't count :o\
>
> Depends on which part of this thread you're referring to.

Hehe, yeah, was only joking. I do have a goldfish actually, but its in a
2ft tank on its own (might be lonely, ahhh). Seems happy enough swimming up
and down, can never quite tell with a fish really, I mean what does a fish
do for entertainment? It can probably see the kitchen TV from its tank if
it wants to watch! :o)

The last goldfish we had lasted probably 5-7 years, despite my mam's various
attempts to kill the poor thing (like "forgetting" to rinse the domestos out
of its tank before refilling it). All very cruel I thought, but maybe thats
why it lasted so long? We've discovered the key to long life - domestos!

Poor fishies.

David

"Matthias Voss" <spammat.voss@gmx.de> wrote in message
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> I'd like to invite you to the mediterranean, especially Malta/Gozo, some
> parts of Capri.
>
> You might turn taxiphobic.

Huh. Try Washington, D.C. That will sure make you taxiphobic in a hurry.

Greg Mossman wrote:

> "Matthias Voss" <spammat.voss@gmx.de> wrote in message
> news:d60oau$1jn$05$1@news.t-online.com...
>
>
>>I'd like to invite you to the mediterranean, especially Malta/Gozo, some
>>parts of Capri.
>>
>>You might turn taxiphobic.
>
>
> Huh. Try Washington, D.C. That will sure make you taxiphobic in a hurry.

As long as they don't grow that devastating leaves...
Bodysnatchers in Washington D.C., for sure?
I knew that before.

Matthias

"David Walker" <stuff@scuby.co.uk> wrote in message
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> The last goldfish we had lasted probably 5-7 years, despite my mam's
> various attempts to kill the poor thing (like "forgetting" to rinse the
> domestos out of its tank before refilling it). All very cruel I thought,
> but maybe thats why it lasted so long? We've discovered the key to long
> life - domestos!

Mam? Domestos? This is an English newsgroup.

"Rick Simms" <simms01.nospam@iglou.com> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 12 May 2005 20:07:38 GMT, "Lee Bell"
> <leebell@ix.remove.netcom.com> wrote:
>
>>Us natives would prefer that all the people that moved here from someplace
>>else, went back to where they came from. Then, even I could afford a
>>house
>>on the water.

> Ow, ouch! That hurts.

Actually, we'd all probably be living on the water. It would be an extended
series of boats off the shores of Europe, Africa, and Asia. The American
Indians would be living in Florida and we'd all be wondering what our
ancestors were thinking setting sail for the edge of the world and only
managing to procreate a few feet from the shore line.