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Greetings!
I used to be very active on the old rec.ponds news group before it was taken over by trolls. I'm still a ponder and after many years of doing nothing on my website I've updated a couple of my pages. http://Ky-Dan.com While cleaning out the cobwebs on Ky-Dan.com I was checking links on my pond winterization page here-- http://Ky-Dan.com/winterization.html I had about 5 or 6 links to folks who used to chat on rec.ponds. Most of those links are not working. I'm hoping to get in touch with some of the "old" ponders from back in the late 90s?? Just curious if any of you have continued with your personal pond web pages? If you have any info or links to the old crowd web pages can you send them to me or post here? I'l love to place updated -working- links to some of the old bunch. Hey, I'll take links to new pond pages too! FYI, it seems the page on my site that gets the most hits is my winterization page. I just stuck that one online years ago on a whim. If you google for goldfish pond winter I am the top hit. Cool but this was not my plan!! Heck, there was no google when I built that page. Our main interest switched to flower gardens but we still have the original pond in place for 12 years. Still using the original hard shell liner! Drop by my website and take a look at the new stuff and I'd love to hear from you! And don't forget to post links to your pond pages! Peace!! Dan D. Louisville, Kentucky home of the Louisville Slugger bat and some pretty fast horses. |
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On Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:07:50 EST, Ky-Dan wrote:
Greetings! I used to be very active on the old rec.ponds news group before it was taken over by trolls. Peace!! Dan D. Louisville, Kentucky Hi Dan! You made it. Hope you get some response, rec.ponders need to shake off either snow or cobwebs and write in. Here in SEastern Washington State we seem to be having an early spring. Down by the koi ponds it hit a grand high of 64F on this sunny day after a quarter inch of rain yesterday and last night. Totally beautiful! Wish I wasn't suffering from bronchitis + head cold or I would have set up the frog ponds... perhaps tomorrow? Suppose to be another nice one. ~ jan ------------ Zone 7a, SE Washington State Ponds: www.jjspond.us |
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Hi dan,
Welcome back (well, sort of) to the new rec.ponds.moderated. Phyllis and i have our pond as well. It is really nice to have a group where folks are basically friends. Thanks for the update on your ponds, etc. Jim |
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No webpages anymore or pond blog at this time.
Pond is still going fine, some sprogs of iris showing today and noticed the goldfish up at the surface looking for bugs (noticed buggy hatchings). SE WA (by jan) for reference. Nice to *see* you! kathy :-) |
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On Mar 1, 8:57 am, kathy wrote:
No webpages anymore or pond blog at this time. kathy :-) Hi Kathy! Remember when I called you Kathy Thirtysomething by mistake! Oh, well. I remember when posting pond pictures online was new and exciting and there were bunches of us doing it. Not lately. I made some web site revisions this winter but I've been trying to get myself to do that for 2 years. No idea when/if I'll do another update. Once in a great while someone will write me and say thanks for the flower or pond pictures. Just the other day an advertiser from the UK offered to pay my website bill for a year if I'd place a little "paragraph" on one of my oldest outdated pages. I took 'em up on it and so Ky-Dan.com is paid up for another year. I never had any aspirations for profit, just looking for fishy folks to chat with. Anyway-- if anyone out there has a personal pond or garden page, drop me a line or post here and I'll gladly give you a link on my page. Ky-Dan.com |
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"~ jan" wrote in message ... Hi Dan! You made it. Hope you get some response, rec.ponders need to sh ake off either snow or cobwebs and write in. Here in SEastern Washington State we seem to be having an early spring. Down by the koi ponds it hit a grand high of 64F on this sunny day afte r a quarter inch of rain yesterday and last night. ........... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The weather here has been awful. It's been a cold snowy drizzly dark winter. I checked the ponds the other day and didn't even see a bullfrog pollywog at the bottom. Even in the miserable cold the daffodils are up about 5". Everything else is drab brown and gray. -- RM.... Frugal ponding since 1995. rec.ponder since late 1996. Zone 6. Middle TN USA ~~~~ }((((* ~~~ }{{{{(ö |
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The weather here has been awful. It's been a
cold snowy drizzly dark winter. I checked the ponds the other day and didn't even see a bullfrog pollywog at the bottom. Even in the miserable cold the daffodils are up about 5". Everything else is drab brown and gray. You've mentioned hanging it up, when and where are you planning to move? I assume after this winter somewhere warmer? ~ jan ------------ Zone 7a, SE Washington State Ponds: www.jjspond.us |
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http://weloveteaching.com/mypond/mypond.htm
Ingrid On Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:07:50 EST, Ky-Dan wrote: Just curious if any of you have continued with your personal pond web pages? If you google for goldfish pond winter I am the top hit. Somewhere between zone 5 and 6 tucked along the shore of Lake Michigan on the council grounds of the Fox, Mascouten, Potawatomi, and Winnebago |
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"Chumley" wrote in message ... In article , "ReelMcKoi" wrote: We have three choices of places we're tossing around. One is colder and two arewarmer. So where are you moving to? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We haven't decided for sure just yet. We're going to check out several areas this spring again before making the final decision. We want to be sure because it will most likely be the last move for us. Most of my family are still in NY. I also have family in GA. RM.... Frugal ponding since 1995. rec.ponder since late 1996. Zone 6. Middle TN USA ~~~~ }((((* ~~~ }{{{{(ö |
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In article ,
"ReelMcKoi" wrote: "Chumley" wrote in message ... In article , "ReelMcKoi" wrote: We have three choices of places we're tossing around. One is colder and two arewarmer. So where are you moving to? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We haven't decided for sure just yet. We're going to check out several areas this spring again before making the final decision. We want to be sure because it will most likely be the last move for us. Most of my family are still in NY. I also have family in GA. RM.... Frugal ponding since 1995. rec.ponder since late 1996. Zone 6. Middle TN USA ~~~~ }((((* ~~~ }{{{{(ö Warmer is always better. Given that getting anywhere is just a planetrip, have you considered the Southwest (suggested because of comparable cost of living)? Hot in the Summer in some areas, but not that terrible humidity you probably know and love ;-) -- To reply by email, remove the word "space" |
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Chumley wrote:
Warmer is always better. Given that getting anywhere is just a planetrip, have you considered the Southwest (suggested because of comparable cost of living)? Hot in the Summer in some areas, but not that terrible humidity you probably know and love ;-) Cost of living is not all that different here in the SW. You, of course, can buy show shovels, windshield ice scrapers, and heavy overcoats very cheaply at any thrift store. Things that are radically different are humidity and flying bugs- almost a total lack there of. The summers- May to Oct- can be beastly hot, depends a lot on elevation. Even Tucson has snow skiing about an hour away up Mt. Lemmon. The rest of the year varies between wonderful and beautiful. An ideal situation is to snow-bird. Here for the winter, back home for the summer. If family wasn't all here in Phoenix-Las Vegas, I would move to San Diego as near to the beach as $$$$$$ allow. The weather is near ideal year round and has enough of a culture base to make it interesting. Chip |
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"Chip" wrote in message ... An ideal situation is to snow-bird. Here for the winter, back home for the summ er. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I would love to be a snowbird. South in the winter and NY in the summer. We've discussed that also and the RV would make is possible. My family has land upstate NY where I can "camp" for the cost of the electricity I use. They don't want the money but I wouldn't mooch from them. The possibilities are endless. Right now we're still sorting through a lifetime collection of possessions. We're selling, throwing away and giving away loads of things. We're drastically downsizing. As seniors, we don't need a place this big anymore. Even the grandkids are working and in college and HS now so no more overnight guests. -- RM.... Frugal ponding since 1995. rec.ponder since late 1996. Zone 6. Middle TN USA ~~~~ }((((* ~~~ }{{{{(ö |
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In article ,
Chip wrote: Chumley wrote: Warmer is always better. Given that getting anywhere is just a planetrip, have you considered the Southwest (suggested because of comparable cost of living)? Hot in the Summer in some areas, but not that terrible humidity you probably know and love ;-) Cost of living is not all that different here in the SW. You, of course, can buy show shovels, windshield ice scrapers, and heavy overcoats very cheaply at any thrift store. Things that are radically different are humidity and flying bugs- almost a total lack there of. The summers- May to Oct- can be beastly hot, depends a lot on elevation. Even Tucson has snow skiing about an hour away up Mt. Lemmon. The rest of the year varies between wonderful and beautiful. An ideal situation is to snow-bird. Here for the winter, back home for the summer. If family wasn't all here in Phoenix-Las Vegas, I would move to San Diego as near to the beach as $$$$$$ allow. The weather is near ideal year round and has enough of a culture base to make it interesting. Chip With you on the heat. I was thinking of a place like Sedona or (better) Flagstaff. Santa Fee is one of my favorite all-time places. Tucson & Phoenix are Satan's Inferno in the Summer. San Diego is nice, but pricey. Way out of the range for people used to Midwest and South home prices. Reel: Atlanta's a pretty town. Lot going on there, too, though I think we probably have different ideas of what "mild" is compared to where I live in Ventura, CA. LOL. A web hosting company I work with is based there, so chat often about local weather, etc. with the staff. Family for you is a major consideration. -- To reply by email, remove the word "space" |
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On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:03:17 EDT, Chip wrote:
If family wasn't all here in Phoenix-Las Vegas, I would move to San Diego as near to the beach as $$$$$$ allow. The weather is near ideal year round and has enough of a culture base to make it interesting. Chip Geeze Chip, as $$$$$$$$ allows, sure you not already as close to a San Diego beach as most in Vegas can get? LOL!!!! What is it? A 5-7 hour commute from there? ;-) I'm similar, a 5-6 hour commute to the beach... but our beaches aren't year round swim suit weather (if ever). ;-) But we do live close enough to visit Forks & Spoons. ~ jan ------------ Zone 7a, SE Washington State Ponds: www.jjspond.us |
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"Chumley" wrote in message ... Reel: Atlanta's a pretty town. Lot going on there, too, though I think we probably have different ideas of what "mild" is compared to where I liv e in Ventura, CA. LOL. Atlanta has a winter, that's for sure. :-) We have all the time in the world to decide. We may even do some traveling first. Family for you is a major consideration. Indeed it is. :-) -- RM.... Frugal ponding since 1995. rec.ponder since late 1996. Zone 6. Middle TN USA ~~~~ }((((* ~~~ }{{{{(ö |
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