"Lee Brouillet" wrote in message
...
So, there I was, standing by the pond, surveying my domain:
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Eventually, I was able to crawl out of the pond . . . Please tell me
there's
an easier way to do this????

Gosh I hope not...how else would we get to read such entertaining posts?

BV.

On Wed, 5 Mar 2003 14:14:55 -0500, "BenignVanilla"
wrote:

"Lee Brouillet" wrote in message
...
So, there I was, standing by the pond, surveying my domain:
snip
Eventually, I was able to crawl out of the pond . . . Please tell me
there's
an easier way to do this????

Gosh I hope not...how else would we get to read such entertaining posts?

BV.

I'm telling ya!!
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jammer
((¸¸.·´ ..·´
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"Lee Brouillet" wrote:

Eventually, I was able to crawl out of the pond . . . Please tell me there's
an easier way to do this????

First thought:

MPEG!!

Second:

If the lily containers have a rim or better yet, a handle (often available
cheap or free at your local donut shoppe), you can use my patented
"LilyLiftR"

Ten-foot pole; the leftover hunk of closet hanger rod stock that every
homeowner has stashed somewhere will do nicely.
Biggish screw hook, from the local hardware shop.
Screw type hose clamp, size to go around item #1.
Screw the hook into the end, tighten the clamp around that end to prevent
splitting, grapple with impunity, even in the much colder waters of upstate
New York.

Rights released into the public domain. It hangs horizontally in the shed
on a couple of those vinyl clad bike storage hook things, right alongside
the strimmer.

Mine is not useful at the moment because:
There's three feet of snow in front of the shed.
There's three feet of snow on the pond.
There's at least a foot of ice under the three feet of snow on the pond
{:-(


Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at www.albany.net/~gwoods
Zone 5/6 in upstate New York, 1200' elevation. NY WO G

awww gee and no pictures ??????
John R

Lee Brouillet wrote:
So, there I was, standing by the pond, surveying my domain:

The lilies look a little shabby from the last frost, and they're putting out
new shoots, and they have to be repotted and fertilized, so - I should pull
them out of the pond, yes? Checked the water temp: 70*, not good - but not
too bad. Gotta find my swim suit so I don't scare the neighbors . . . ahh,
here it is. Step in, start to pull it up: tug, tug, YANK, pull some more -
damn! how do these things shrink so much over the winter??? Stuff, stuff,
stuff some more . . . well, at least everything's covered. Back out to the
pond; call hubby to "spot" me while I'm in the pond (you're gonna do
WHAT???), check the temp again (yep, still 70* - it didn't get any warmer!).
Start to ease into the water . . . up to my knees (not too bad!), up to my
thighs (ooo! this is a bit colder than I thought it would be); fish curious
and checkin' me out . . . one more step down (careful, the bottom is
slipperier than goose stuff!); water above my waist (Damn! this stuff is
COLD!), one more step over to the lilies and . . . ker-splash! under I go!
Back up to the surface, arms flailing, hair plastered over my eyes,
expletives exploding from me and blistering the air in the most imaginative
and impossible arrangements - hubby rolling around on the porch *howling* at
me, fish spooked and stacked on top of each other at the far end of the
pond, and I STILL had to get the bloody lilies off the bottom!!! Gathered
what was left of my composure (not much!), reached down . . . a little
farther down, ahhh, there's the rim - hook my fingers on the rim, drag it
over a bit, there it is - got it now! pick it up . . . and it slid outta my
hands right onto my foot! (repeat expletives!) Hubby now wiping tears from
his eyes, he's laughing so hard (hmph, I'll take care of him LATER!). Got
the pot back up to the surface and reached for the edge (peooey! what
happened to the "sweet" smell???), hubby grabs the pot and takes it from me,
promptly dragging all the long, cold, wet, algae-encrusted leaves and stems
all over me! ACCCK! And there's still one pot to go!

Eventually, I was able to crawl out of the pond . . . Please tell me there's
an easier way to do this????

Lee




--
John Rutz

I'm not Porg am not am not am so
see my pond at:
http://www.fuerjefe.com

Been there, done that, although not in March, my pond is only 42 degrees
today.
Paul

"Lee Brouillet" wrote in message
...
So, there I was, standing by the pond, surveying my domain:

The lilies look a little shabby from the last frost, and they're putting
out
new shoots, and they have to be repotted and fertilized, so - I should
pull
them out of the pond, yes? Checked the water temp: 70*, not good - but not
too bad. Gotta find my swim suit so I don't scare the neighbors . . . ahh,
here it is. Step in, start to pull it up: tug, tug, YANK, pull some more -
damn! how do these things shrink so much over the winter??? Stuff, stuff,
stuff some more . . . well, at least everything's covered. Back out to the
pond; call hubby to "spot" me while I'm in the pond (you're gonna do
WHAT???), check the temp again (yep, still 70* - it didn't get any
warmer!).
Start to ease into the water . . . up to my knees (not too bad!), up to my
thighs (ooo! this is a bit colder than I thought it would be); fish
curious
and checkin' me out . . . one more step down (careful, the bottom is
slipperier than goose stuff!); water above my waist (Damn! this stuff is
COLD!), one more step over to the lilies and . . . ker-splash! under I go!
Back up to the surface, arms flailing, hair plastered over my eyes,
expletives exploding from me and blistering the air in the most
imaginative
and impossible arrangements - hubby rolling around on the porch *howling*
at
me, fish spooked and stacked on top of each other at the far end of the
pond, and I STILL had to get the bloody lilies off the bottom!!! Gathered
what was left of my composure (not much!), reached down . . . a little
farther down, ahhh, there's the rim - hook my fingers on the rim, drag it
over a bit, there it is - got it now! pick it up . . . and it slid outta
my
hands right onto my foot! (repeat expletives!) Hubby now wiping tears from
his eyes, he's laughing so hard (hmph, I'll take care of him LATER!). Got
the pot back up to the surface and reached for the edge (peooey! what
happened to the "sweet" smell???), hubby grabs the pot and takes it from
me,
promptly dragging all the long, cold, wet, algae-encrusted leaves and
stems
all over me! ACCCK! And there's still one pot to go!

Eventually, I was able to crawl out of the pond . . . Please tell me
there's
an easier way to do this????

Lee

Eventually, I was able to crawl out of the pond . . . Please tell me
there's
an easier way to do this????

Probably
But it wouldn't be nearly as funny
TerryinTexas
http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4292208749

OMG! Lee!

Beach shoes (swim shoes, socks, whatever they call them), but you know, if
you had to get up to your waist, when you bent over you were gonna get all
wet anyway.... right?

So as mentioned, the hook method. In my case I purchased two long handled 3
pronged rakes, that look just like the short handled types for hand digging
in the garden. Then I use baskets with rims, or for tropicals in round pots
I put those round pots inside baskets with rims. ~ jan Brrrr

Lee Brouillet wrote:
So, there I was, standing by the pond, surveying my domain:

The lilies look a little shabby from the last frost, and they're putting out
new shoots, and they have to be repotted and fertilized, so - I should pull
them out of the pond, yes? Checked the water temp: 70*, not good - but not
too bad. Gotta find my swim suit so I don't scare the neighbors . . . ahh,
here it is. Step in, start to pull it up: tug, tug, YANK, pull some more -
damn! how do these things shrink so much over the winter??? Stuff, stuff,
stuff some more . . . well, at least everything's covered. Back out to the
pond; call hubby to "spot" me while I'm in the pond (you're gonna do
WHAT???), check the temp again (yep, still 70* - it didn't get any warmer!).
Start to ease into the water . . . up to my knees (not too bad!), up to my
thighs (ooo! this is a bit colder than I thought it would be); fish curious
and checkin' me out . . . one more step down (careful, the bottom is
slipperier than goose stuff!); water above my waist (Damn! this stuff is
COLD!), one more step over to the lilies and . . . ker-splash! under I go!
Back up to the surface, arms flailing, hair plastered over my eyes,
expletives exploding from me and blistering the air in the most imaginative
and impossible arrangements - hubby rolling around on the porch *howling* at
me, fish spooked and stacked on top of each other at the far end of the
pond, and I STILL had to get the bloody lilies off the bottom!!! Gathered
what was left of my composure (not much!), reached down . . . a little
farther down, ahhh, there's the rim - hook my fingers on the rim, drag it
over a bit, there it is - got it now! pick it up . . . and it slid outta my
hands right onto my foot! (repeat expletives!) Hubby now wiping tears from
his eyes, he's laughing so hard (hmph, I'll take care of him LATER!). Got
the pot back up to the surface and reached for the edge (peooey! what
happened to the "sweet" smell???), hubby grabs the pot and takes it from me,
promptly dragging all the long, cold, wet, algae-encrusted leaves and stems
all over me! ACCCK! And there's still one pot to go!

Eventually, I was able to crawl out of the pond . . . Please tell me there's
an easier way to do this????

Lee




See my ponds and filter design:
http://users.owt.com/jjspond/

~Keep 'em Wet!~
Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a
To e-mail see website

The sad thing is, I *have* the beach shoes: I just couldn't find them (had a
hard enough time finding my swimsuit!) Before I go in again, I'll either
find them, or replace them. I'm really glad the pond is as clean as it is,
or I *really* coulda stirred up a bunch of, ahem, "stuff". As far as
getting all wet anyway, if I get into some really weird contortions, I can
usually hook the pot with my fingertips and not get my hair wet (if I tie it
up).

All I know is that something's gonna change before I get back in to replace
the lilies (they're in buckets in the back yard until the weekend: I'm mad
at them right now!) and pull out my airstone for cleaning. Maybe I should
wait until the temp goes up another 5* or so???

Lee

"~ jan" wrote in message
s.com...
OMG! Lee!

Beach shoes (swim shoes, socks, whatever they call them), but you know, if
you had to get up to your waist, when you bent over you were gonna get all
wet anyway.... right?

So as mentioned, the hook method. In my case I purchased two long handled
3
pronged rakes, that look just like the short handled types for hand
digging
in the garden. Then I use baskets with rims, or for tropicals in round
pots
I put those round pots inside baskets with rims. ~ jan Brrrr

For the folks that don't like cold water,

One of people in our pond club has a big pond and had about the same
problem, but he solved it by putting black nylon rope handle on the
baskets and then placing a bobber on the handle to mark where the
handle is, so he can use his long pole with a hook on it to hook the
handle. He then lifts gingerly and keeps the basket below the water
level to let the water support the basket as he moves it toward the
side. He gets it close enough to the side and then reaches down and
pulls it out by the handle. This is when it gets heavy. This works
with the 14 inch square baskets, but if you are moving containers
larger than the 14 square baskets you need a lot of forearm, bicep,
and shoulder strength.

Tom L.L.
-----------------------
"Paul in Redland" wrote in message ...
Been there, done that, although not in March, my pond is only 42 degrees
today.
Paul

"Lee Brouillet" wrote in message
...
So, there I was, standing by the pond, surveying my domain:

The lilies look a little shabby from the last frost, and they're putting
out
new shoots, and they have to be repotted and fertilized, so - I should
pull
them out of the pond, yes? Checked the water temp: 70*, not good - but not
too bad. Gotta find my swim suit so I don't scare the neighbors . . . ahh,
here it is. Step in, start to pull it up: tug, tug, YANK, pull some more -
damn! how do these things shrink so much over the winter??? Stuff, stuff,
stuff some more . . . well, at least everything's covered. Back out to the
pond; call hubby to "spot" me while I'm in the pond (you're gonna do
WHAT???), check the temp again (yep, still 70* - it didn't get any
warmer!).
Start to ease into the water . . . up to my knees (not too bad!), up to my
thighs (ooo! this is a bit colder than I thought it would be); fish
curious
and checkin' me out . . . one more step down (careful, the bottom is
slipperier than goose stuff!); water above my waist (Damn! this stuff is
COLD!), one more step over to the lilies and . . . ker-splash! under I go!
Back up to the surface, arms flailing, hair plastered over my eyes,
expletives exploding from me and blistering the air in the most
imaginative
and impossible arrangements - hubby rolling around on the porch *howling*
at
me, fish spooked and stacked on top of each other at the far end of the
pond, and I STILL had to get the bloody lilies off the bottom!!! Gathered
what was left of my composure (not much!), reached down . . . a little
farther down, ahhh, there's the rim - hook my fingers on the rim, drag it
over a bit, there it is - got it now! pick it up . . . and it slid outta
my
hands right onto my foot! (repeat expletives!) Hubby now wiping tears from
his eyes, he's laughing so hard (hmph, I'll take care of him LATER!). Got
the pot back up to the surface and reached for the edge (peooey! what
happened to the "sweet" smell???), hubby grabs the pot and takes it from
me,
promptly dragging all the long, cold, wet, algae-encrusted leaves and
stems
all over me! ACCCK! And there's still one pot to go!

Eventually, I was able to crawl out of the pond . . . Please tell me
there's
an easier way to do this????

Lee

Tom wrote but if you are moving containers
larger than the 14 square baskets you need a lot of forearm, bicep,
and shoulder strength.

hmmmm.
Lee has already invented pond water aerobics.
I can see hefting lily baskets as a great upper body work out. Spotting herons
and kingfishers from the kitchen window and racing out in the back yard to
scare them off, good for sprints.
I think we're onto something here!
(Right now I'm moving rocks from one end of the yard to another, ought to do me
some good!)


k30a

Geeze, just cleaning the dead stuff out of the gardens and cleaning the
newly running filter in the pond (still in the greenhouse) is killing my
lower back. I gotta get out of this chair in the winter - lol.

Mac Knight


"K30a" wrote in message
...

hmmmm.
Lee has already invented pond water aerobics.
I can see hefting lily baskets as a great upper body work out. Spotting
herons
and kingfishers from the kitchen window and racing out in the back yard to
scare them off, good for sprints.
I think we're onto something here!
(Right now I'm moving rocks from one end of the yard to another, ought to
do me
some good!)


k30a

K30a wrote:
Tom wrote but if you are moving containers
larger than the 14 square baskets you need a lot of forearm, bicep,
and shoulder strength.

hmmmm.
Lee has already invented pond water aerobics.
I can see hefting lily baskets as a great upper body work out. Spotting herons
and kingfishers from the kitchen window and racing out in the back yard to
scare them off, good for sprints.
I think we're onto something here!
(Right now I'm moving rocks from one end of the yard to another, ought to do me
some good!)


k30a

Are you going to build a labyrinth? I haven't seen mine
in a few months. More snow today, now it's a mixture of
rain and sleet. When does Spring arrive?

--
Bonnie
NJ

Hey Bonnie! the weather man keeps threatening to snow on us. Right now the
little snow cloud appears on Saturday and if doesn't snow it is going to rain.
Saturday is the regional competition for DI, the team I coach Nov. thru April.
My team must make their props from newspaper just before they go on (an
improvisational problem) but other teams have huge cardboard, plywood, paper,
cloth props. ak! Could be a mess!

The rock moving - I am taking rocks from a pond I had under an arbor full of
honeysuckle. The original idea looked really nice! Then the arbor (cheap
craftstore mistake) collapsed under the honeysuckle from heck. We pulled the
container out and now I'm moving the rocks that went around the edge. I plan on
planting the lilies that got pulled up during the great fish adoption and
replanting them in two large lily baskets with pea gravel and BIG rocks on top.
(Another exercise for the back and arms!)


k30a

Hey Bonnie! the weather man keeps threatening to snow on us. Right now the
little snow cloud appears on Saturday and if doesn't snow it is going to rain.
Saturday is the regional competition for DI, the team I coach Nov. thru April.
My team must make their props from newspaper just before they go on (an
improvisational problem) but other teams have huge cardboard, plywood, paper,
cloth props. ak! Could be a mess!

The rock moving - I am taking rocks from a pond I had under an arbor full of
honeysuckle. The original idea looked really nice! Then the arbor (cheap
craftstore mistake) collapsed under the honeysuckle from heck. We pulled the
container out and now I'm moving the rocks that went around the edge. I plan on
planting the lilies that got pulled up during the great fish adoption and
replanting them in two large lily baskets with pea gravel and BIG rocks on top.
(Another exercise for the back and arms!)


k30a

Hey Bonnie! the weather man keeps threatening to snow on us. Right now the
little snow cloud appears on Saturday and if doesn't snow it is going to rain.
Saturday is the regional competition for DI, the team I coach Nov. thru April.
My team must make their props from newspaper just before they go on (an
improvisational problem) but other teams have huge cardboard, plywood, paper,
cloth props. ak! Could be a mess!

The rock moving - I am taking rocks from a pond I had under an arbor full of
honeysuckle. The original idea looked really nice! Then the arbor (cheap
craftstore mistake) collapsed under the honeysuckle from heck. We pulled the
container out and now I'm moving the rocks that went around the edge. I plan on
planting the lilies that got pulled up during the great fish adoption and
replanting them in two large lily baskets with pea gravel and BIG rocks on top.
(Another exercise for the back and arms!)


k30a