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can't live with 'em, can't....
So this week we apparently had a big ooops at my house. I don't know how my
parents manage to do this. I spent all summer building a two stage bio and veg filter and a trickle tower, so that the pond would run on autopilot while I am away school. All my parents had to do was give the fish a quarter cup of food every other day, seems like a simple task right? The first week I was away, they said the pond lost 2" of water, they were unable to explain where the water went, so I guided them over the phone, on how to add more water and dechlor it. The second weekend I came home, cleaned up the filters and did some minor maint, but otherwise everything was in good condition. The 3rd week they claimed the pond had automatically overfilled itself overnight. Right! Which is brings us to this week, somehow overnight a 7ft hose that was anchored to the bottom of a 55 gal drum, managed to slink out of the drum and into the storm drain. So when my parents woke up, the pond had been drained overnight. Course all the fish were dead. Arrrrgh! Guess I don't have to come home in 2 weeks to do the final clean up for winter, only for mom's cooking and laundry :) Sameer -- Sameer change the two in my email address to a 2, when replying |
can't live with 'em, can't....
Aw, I know this is disappointing. You put a lot of work into this project,
get to know the wetones and wham. Well you can replace the fish but not the parents or can you? LOL. I'm sure they tried to do all they knew to do. Even though I trust my husband with my life I don't know if I would trust with the upkeep of my fish. Joann "Snooze" wrote in message ink.net... So this week we apparently had a big ooops at my house. I don't know how my parents manage to do this. I spent all summer building a two stage bio and veg filter and a trickle tower, so that the pond would run on autopilot while I am away school. All my parents had to do was give the fish a quarter cup of food every other day, seems like a simple task right? The first week I was away, they said the pond lost 2" of water, they were unable to explain where the water went, so I guided them over the phone, on how to add more water and dechlor it. The second weekend I came home, cleaned up the filters and did some minor maint, but otherwise everything was in good condition. The 3rd week they claimed the pond had automatically overfilled itself overnight. Right! Which is brings us to this week, somehow overnight a 7ft hose that was anchored to the bottom of a 55 gal drum, managed to slink out of the drum and into the storm drain. So when my parents woke up, the pond had been drained overnight. Course all the fish were dead. Arrrrgh! Guess I don't have to come home in 2 weeks to do the final clean up for winter, only for mom's cooking and laundry :) Sameer -- Sameer change the two in my email address to a 2, when replying |
can't live with 'em, can't....
Sorry, Sameer . . . you worked hard to fool proof the pond, but Murphy's Law
*will* prevail: things will go wrong when you least expect it or are prepared to handle it. Oh well - you didn't need an excuse for home cooking now, did you? G Lee "FBCS" wrote in message ... Aw, I know this is disappointing. You put a lot of work into this project, get to know the wetones and wham. Well you can replace the fish but not the parents or can you? LOL. I'm sure they tried to do all they knew to do. Even though I trust my husband with my life I don't know if I would trust with the upkeep of my fish. Joann "Snooze" wrote in message ink.net... So this week we apparently had a big ooops at my house. I don't know how my parents manage to do this. I spent all summer building a two stage bio and veg filter and a trickle tower, so that the pond would run on autopilot while I am away school. All my parents had to do was give the fish a quarter cup of food every other day, seems like a simple task right? The first week I was away, they said the pond lost 2" of water, they were unable to explain where the water went, so I guided them over the phone, on how to add more water and dechlor it. The second weekend I came home, cleaned up the filters and did some minor maint, but otherwise everything was in good condition. The 3rd week they claimed the pond had automatically overfilled itself overnight. Right! Which is brings us to this week, somehow overnight a 7ft hose that was anchored to the bottom of a 55 gal drum, managed to slink out of the drum and into the storm drain. So when my parents woke up, the pond had been drained overnight. Course all the fish were dead. Arrrrgh! Guess I don't have to come home in 2 weeks to do the final clean up for winter, only for mom's cooking and laundry :) Sameer -- Sameer change the two in my email address to a 2, when replying |
can't live with 'em, can't....
,can't live without them! I just had to finish that this way cause I are one
a parent. Think of all the dumb things you did as a kid, then it's not so hard to forgive. Kc from Arizona "Snooze" wrote in message ink.net... So this week we apparently had a big ooops at my house. I don't know how my parents manage to do this. I spent all summer building a two stage bio and veg filter and a trickle tower, so that the pond would run on autopilot while I am away school. All my parents had to do was give the fish a quarter cup of food every other day, seems like a simple task right? The first week I was away, they said the pond lost 2" of water, they were unable to explain where the water went, so I guided them over the phone, on how to add more water and dechlor it. The second weekend I came home, cleaned up the filters and did some minor maint, but otherwise everything was in good condition. The 3rd week they claimed the pond had automatically overfilled itself overnight. Right! Which is brings us to this week, somehow overnight a 7ft hose that was anchored to the bottom of a 55 gal drum, managed to slink out of the drum and into the storm drain. So when my parents woke up, the pond had been drained overnight. Course all the fish were dead. Arrrrgh! Guess I don't have to come home in 2 weeks to do the final clean up for winter, only for mom's cooking and laundry :) Sameer -- Sameer change the two in my email address to a 2, when replying |
can't live with 'em, can't....
,can't live without them! I just had to finish that this way cause I are one
a parent. Think of all the dumb things you did as a kid, then it's not so hard to forgive. Kc from Arizona "Snooze" wrote in message ink.net... So this week we apparently had a big ooops at my house. I don't know how my parents manage to do this. I spent all summer building a two stage bio and veg filter and a trickle tower, so that the pond would run on autopilot while I am away school. All my parents had to do was give the fish a quarter cup of food every other day, seems like a simple task right? The first week I was away, they said the pond lost 2" of water, they were unable to explain where the water went, so I guided them over the phone, on how to add more water and dechlor it. The second weekend I came home, cleaned up the filters and did some minor maint, but otherwise everything was in good condition. The 3rd week they claimed the pond had automatically overfilled itself overnight. Right! Which is brings us to this week, somehow overnight a 7ft hose that was anchored to the bottom of a 55 gal drum, managed to slink out of the drum and into the storm drain. So when my parents woke up, the pond had been drained overnight. Course all the fish were dead. Arrrrgh! Guess I don't have to come home in 2 weeks to do the final clean up for winter, only for mom's cooking and laundry :) Sameer -- Sameer change the two in my email address to a 2, when replying |
can't live with 'em, can't....
,can't live without them! I just had to finish that this way cause I are one
a parent. Think of all the dumb things you did as a kid, then it's not so hard to forgive. Kc from Arizona "Snooze" wrote in message ink.net... So this week we apparently had a big ooops at my house. I don't know how my parents manage to do this. I spent all summer building a two stage bio and veg filter and a trickle tower, so that the pond would run on autopilot while I am away school. All my parents had to do was give the fish a quarter cup of food every other day, seems like a simple task right? The first week I was away, they said the pond lost 2" of water, they were unable to explain where the water went, so I guided them over the phone, on how to add more water and dechlor it. The second weekend I came home, cleaned up the filters and did some minor maint, but otherwise everything was in good condition. The 3rd week they claimed the pond had automatically overfilled itself overnight. Right! Which is brings us to this week, somehow overnight a 7ft hose that was anchored to the bottom of a 55 gal drum, managed to slink out of the drum and into the storm drain. So when my parents woke up, the pond had been drained overnight. Course all the fish were dead. Arrrrgh! Guess I don't have to come home in 2 weeks to do the final clean up for winter, only for mom's cooking and laundry :) Sameer -- Sameer change the two in my email address to a 2, when replying |
can't live with 'em, can't....
"tdreeves" wrote in message news:Scsab.6445$v%5.5737@fed1read02... ,can't live without them! I just had to finish that this way cause I are one a parent. Think of all the dumb things you did as a kid, then it's not so hard to forgive. Kc from Arizona How's the view from the glass house? |
can't live with 'em, can't....
"tdreeves" wrote in message news:Scsab.6445$v%5.5737@fed1read02... ,can't live without them! I just had to finish that this way cause I are one a parent. Think of all the dumb things you did as a kid, then it's not so hard to forgive. Kc from Arizona How's the view from the glass house? |
can't live with 'em, can't....
"tdreeves" wrote in message news:Scsab.6445$v%5.5737@fed1read02... ,can't live without them! I just had to finish that this way cause I are one a parent. Think of all the dumb things you did as a kid, then it's not so hard to forgive. Kc from Arizona How's the view from the glass house? |
can't live with 'em, can't....
No glass house here, made lotts of dumb mistakes in my life. That's how I
know how awful your parents must feel. Sorry for your loss of the koi we all get so attached to them. Again sorry. Kc "Snooze" wrote in message link.net... "tdreeves" wrote in message news:Scsab.6445$v%5.5737@fed1read02... ,can't live without them! I just had to finish that this way cause I are one a parent. Think of all the dumb things you did as a kid, then it's not so hard to forgive. Kc from Arizona How's the view from the glass house? |
can't live with 'em, can't....
Hmmmm, keep this story in mind if you ever feel uncomfortable leaving the
grandkid with them. ;o) My folks got left with 4 horses and never screwed up, my dad learn to ride and give shots. So a pond would have been nothing for them. ;o) ~ jan On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 16:11:02 GMT, "Snooze" wrote: So this week we apparently had a big ooops at my house. I don't know how my parents manage to do this. I spent all summer building a two stage bio and veg filter and a trickle tower, so that the pond would run on autopilot while I am away school. All my parents had to do was give the fish a quarter cup of food every other day, seems like a simple task right? The first week I was away, they said the pond lost 2" of water, they were unable to explain where the water went, so I guided them over the phone, on how to add more water and dechlor it. The second weekend I came home, cleaned up the filters and did some minor maint, but otherwise everything was in good condition. The 3rd week they claimed the pond had automatically overfilled itself overnight. Right! Which is brings us to this week, somehow overnight a 7ft hose that was anchored to the bottom of a 55 gal drum, managed to slink out of the drum and into the storm drain. So when my parents woke up, the pond had been drained overnight. Course all the fish were dead. Arrrrgh! Guess I don't have to come home in 2 weeks to do the final clean up for winter, only for mom's cooking and laundry :) Sameer See my ponds and filter design: http://users.owt.com/jjspond/ ~Keep 'em Wet!~ Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website |
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"~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message ... Hmmmm, keep this story in mind if you ever feel uncomfortable leaving the grandkid with them. ;o) My folks got left with 4 horses and never screwed up, my dad learn to ride and give shots. So a pond would have been nothing for them. ;o) ~ jan Sometimes i wonder what my parents would do without me. Not to long ago I was out at a party with some friends, when I get a call from home. I'm thinking it must be something urgent, so I go outside and take the call. Nope, it's just dad wanting to know how to turn on the stereo system, so that only the speakers in the living room are turned on, not the speakers in the family room. Today was just as bad, I was in the library studying for the 3 midterms I have this week. When my cell phone rings (actually vibrates, on silent alert) and I see it's my parents, so I pack up my bags, and go outside to take the call. Important phone call? They're having guests over and wanted to know how to turn on the garden lights. Sameer |
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Technology - no matter how simple - just seems to be beyond some folks ;-) !
My hubby has the entertainment system so complicated with different components plugged into this and that, that I can only do things with it by "routine": have no idea why it has to be done in that order, it just DOES. My mother can't program her phone. I don't even OWN a VHS anymore - gave it up for a DVD (which I *can* figure out!). If your folks are "old world", they're probably just overwhelmed by it all. Lee "Snooze" wrote in message .net... "~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message ... Hmmmm, keep this story in mind if you ever feel uncomfortable leaving the grandkid with them. ;o) My folks got left with 4 horses and never screwed up, my dad learn to ride and give shots. So a pond would have been nothing for them. ;o) ~ jan Sometimes i wonder what my parents would do without me. Not to long ago I was out at a party with some friends, when I get a call from home. I'm thinking it must be something urgent, so I go outside and take the call. Nope, it's just dad wanting to know how to turn on the stereo system, so that only the speakers in the living room are turned on, not the speakers in the family room. Today was just as bad, I was in the library studying for the 3 midterms I have this week. When my cell phone rings (actually vibrates, on silent alert) and I see it's my parents, so I pack up my bags, and go outside to take the call. Important phone call? They're having guests over and wanted to know how to turn on the garden lights. Sameer |
can't live with 'em, can't....
A lot of people though, are overwhelmed before they even try. They dont take the
time to just read through the instructions. and sometimes, google can be a wonderful thing. People ask me what I think of a computer part..and I say I dont know..they ask if I can find out pop it into google : reviews tyan monitor. real easy. My dad is real good like this, but sometimes I have to help my mom and sister. RIch Lee Brouillet wrote: Technology - no matter how simple - just seems to be beyond some folks ;-) ! My hubby has the entertainment system so complicated with different components plugged into this and that, that I can only do things with it by "routine": have no idea why it has to be done in that order, it just DOES. My mother can't program her phone. I don't even OWN a VHS anymore - gave it up for a DVD (which I *can* figure out!). If your folks are "old world", they're probably just overwhelmed by it all. Lee "Snooze" wrote in message .net... "~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message ... Hmmmm, keep this story in mind if you ever feel uncomfortable leaving the grandkid with them. ;o) My folks got left with 4 horses and never screwed up, my dad learn to ride and give shots. So a pond would have been nothing for them. ;o) ~ jan Sometimes i wonder what my parents would do without me. Not to long ago I was out at a party with some friends, when I get a call from home. I'm thinking it must be something urgent, so I go outside and take the call. Nope, it's just dad wanting to know how to turn on the stereo system, so that only the speakers in the living room are turned on, not the speakers in the family room. Today was just as bad, I was in the library studying for the 3 midterms I have this week. When my cell phone rings (actually vibrates, on silent alert) and I see it's my parents, so I pack up my bags, and go outside to take the call. Important phone call? They're having guests over and wanted to know how to turn on the garden lights. Sameer |
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