Spring is coming...And of course not in a good way...
 

Went back to Shareholders Pond today. Two dead frogs, but fish are happy.
The minnow parade came up for food. One or more frogs scurried down into the
much. The water is already greening up a bit. I can't believe the algae are
already ready. As soon as the VF melts, I may get ready to fire up the old
pump.

BV.
www.iheartmypond.com

Spring is coming...And of course not in a good way...
 

"BenignVanilla" wrote in message
...
Went back to Shareholders Pond today. Two dead frogs, but fish are happy.
The minnow parade came up for food. One or more frogs scurried down into
the
much. The water is already greening up a bit. I can't believe the algae
are
already ready. As soon as the VF melts, I may get ready to fire up the old
pump.

BV.
www.iheartmypond.com


Did I mention that part about the bad way? It appears my only out door
outlet is dead. *sigh* The pump keeping a hole in the ice is now not
running. Thank god for the warm weather. Looks like I will be trenching
sooner then I thought.


BV.

Spring is coming...And of course not in a good way...
 

I welcome the algae 'cause it feeds tads:)






On Thu, 26 Feb 2004 23:08:11 -0500, "BenignVanilla"
wrote:

Went back to Shareholders Pond today. Two dead frogs, but fish are
happy.
The minnow parade came up for food. One or more frogs scurried down
into the
much. The water is already greening up a bit. I can't believe the
algae are
already ready. As soon as the VF melts, I may get ready to fire up
the old
pump.

BV.
www.iheartmypond.com

Spring is coming...And of course not in a good way...
 

"jammer" wrote in message
...
I welcome the algae 'cause it feeds tads:)
snip

I'm there withca...I am not 100% against algae. To me, algae in the pond
means life. We need to embrace our algae.

BV.

Spring is coming...And of course not in a good way...
 

"BenignVanilla" wrote in message
...

"jammer" wrote in message
...
I welcome the algae 'cause it feeds tads:)
snip

I'm there withca...I am not 100% against algae. To me, algae in the pond
means life. We need to embrace our algae.

BV.


It is pretty amazing stuff. There's a building near me that has a leaky
drain pipe. The water running out of the drain has frozen to the side of
the building, but there's algae growing under the ice up against the bricks.
I guess what heat escapes the building is enough to keep it going right
under the ice.

Jacqui

Spring is coming...And of course not in a good way...
 

BV, if your outdoor outlet has -- or is connected to -- a GFI, have you
tested it? We nearly drove ourselves crazy trying to figure out which
circuit breaker had flipped, only to discover that one of the kitchen GFI
outlets hadn't been reset correctly.

Anne Lurie
Raleigh, NC


"BenignVanilla" wrote

It appears my only out door
outlet is dead. *sigh* The pump keeping a hole in the ice is now not
running. Thank god for the warm weather. Looks like I will be trenching
sooner then I thought.

Spring is coming...And of course not in a good way...
 

BV, if your outdoor outlet has -- or is connected to -- a GFI, have you
tested it? We nearly drove ourselves crazy trying to figure out which
circuit breaker had flipped, only to discover that one of the kitchen GFI
outlets hadn't been reset correctly.

Anne Lurie
Raleigh, NC


"BenignVanilla" wrote

It appears my only out door
outlet is dead. *sigh* The pump keeping a hole in the ice is now not
running. Thank god for the warm weather. Looks like I will be trenching
sooner then I thought.

Spring is coming...And of course not in a good way...
 

BV, if your outdoor outlet has -- or is connected to -- a GFI, have you
tested it? We nearly drove ourselves crazy trying to figure out which
circuit breaker had flipped, only to discover that one of the kitchen GFI
outlets hadn't been reset correctly.

Anne Lurie
Raleigh, NC


"BenignVanilla" wrote

It appears my only out door
outlet is dead. *sigh* The pump keeping a hole in the ice is now not
running. Thank god for the warm weather. Looks like I will be trenching
sooner then I thought.

Spring is coming...And of course not in a good way...
 

BV, if your outdoor outlet has -- or is connected to -- a GFI, have you
tested it? We nearly drove ourselves crazy trying to figure out which
circuit breaker had flipped, only to discover that one of the kitchen GFI
outlets hadn't been reset correctly.

Anne Lurie
Raleigh, NC


"BenignVanilla" wrote

It appears my only out door
outlet is dead. *sigh* The pump keeping a hole in the ice is now not
running. Thank god for the warm weather. Looks like I will be trenching
sooner then I thought.

Spring is coming...And of course not in a good way...
 

"Anne Lurie" wrote in message
. com...
BV, if your outdoor outlet has -- or is connected to -- a GFI, have
you
tested it? We nearly drove ourselves crazy trying to figure out which
circuit breaker had flipped, only to discover that one of the kitchen GFI
outlets hadn't been reset correctly.
snip

Well you know me I always preach safety and awareness. With that in mind, my
pond is currently fueled by a day glow extension cord that is 100' long. It
runs on the ground past my sliding glass door (danger one), across the deck
stairs (danger two), across the main walk way (danger three) and along the
neighbors fence behind the landscaping (not so dangerous). And there is no
GFI on this circuit.

OK, flame away...I deserve it.

BV.
www.iheartmypond.com

Spring is coming...And of course not in a good way...
 

BenignVanilla wrote:

We need to embrace our algae.

Not a pretty image. (bleh)

Spring is coming...And of course not in a good way...
 

"Anne Lurie" wrote in message
. com...
BV, if your outdoor outlet has -- or is connected to -- a GFI, have
you
tested it? We nearly drove ourselves crazy trying to figure out which
circuit breaker had flipped, only to discover that one of the kitchen GFI
outlets hadn't been reset correctly.
snip

Well you know me I always preach safety and awareness. With that in mind, my
pond is currently fueled by a day glow extension cord that is 100' long. It
runs on the ground past my sliding glass door (danger one), across the deck
stairs (danger two), across the main walk way (danger three) and along the
neighbors fence behind the landscaping (not so dangerous). And there is no
GFI on this circuit.

OK, flame away...I deserve it.

BV.
www.iheartmypond.com

Spring is coming...And of course not in a good way...
 

"Anne Lurie" wrote in message
. com...
BV, if your outdoor outlet has -- or is connected to -- a GFI, have
you
tested it? We nearly drove ourselves crazy trying to figure out which
circuit breaker had flipped, only to discover that one of the kitchen GFI
outlets hadn't been reset correctly.
snip

Well you know me I always preach safety and awareness. With that in mind, my
pond is currently fueled by a day glow extension cord that is 100' long. It
runs on the ground past my sliding glass door (danger one), across the deck
stairs (danger two), across the main walk way (danger three) and along the
neighbors fence behind the landscaping (not so dangerous). And there is no
GFI on this circuit.

OK, flame away...I deserve it.

BV.
www.iheartmypond.com

Spring is coming...And of course not in a good way...
 

"Anne Lurie" wrote in message
. com...
BV, if your outdoor outlet has -- or is connected to -- a GFI, have
you
tested it? We nearly drove ourselves crazy trying to figure out which
circuit breaker had flipped, only to discover that one of the kitchen GFI
outlets hadn't been reset correctly.
snip

Well you know me I always preach safety and awareness. With that in mind, my
pond is currently fueled by a day glow extension cord that is 100' long. It
runs on the ground past my sliding glass door (danger one), across the deck
stairs (danger two), across the main walk way (danger three) and along the
neighbors fence behind the landscaping (not so dangerous). And there is no
GFI on this circuit.

OK, flame away...I deserve it.

BV.
www.iheartmypond.com

Spring is coming...And of course not in a good way...
 

BenignVanilla wrote:

We need to embrace our algae.

Not a pretty image. (bleh)

Spring is coming...And of course not in a good way...
 

BenignVanilla wrote:

We need to embrace our algae.

Not a pretty image. (bleh)

Spring is coming...And of course not in a good way...
 

or find out that the GFI for our indoor spa is underneath the spa and accessed by a
rug covered panel. the electrician found it for us. Ingrid

"Anne Lurie" wrote:

BV, if your outdoor outlet has -- or is connected to -- a GFI, have you
tested it? We nearly drove ourselves crazy trying to figure out which
circuit breaker had flipped, only to discover that one of the kitchen GFI
outlets hadn't been reset correctly.

Anne Lurie
Raleigh, NC


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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http://puregold.aquaria.net/
www.drsolo.com
Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
endorsements or recommendations I make.

Spring is coming...And of course not in a good way...
 

BenignVanilla wrote:

We need to embrace our algae.

Not a pretty image. (bleh)

Spring is coming...And of course not in a good way...
 

BenignVanilla wrote:

We need to embrace our algae.

Not a pretty image. (bleh)

Spring is coming...And of course not in a good way...
 

you can buy a single plug GFI at the hardware store. as long as your plugs are
grounded. Ingrid

"BenignVanilla" wrote:
Well you know me I always preach safety and awareness. With that in mind, my
pond is currently fueled by a day glow extension cord that is 100' long. It
runs on the ground past my sliding glass door (danger one), across the deck
stairs (danger two), across the main walk way (danger three) and along the
neighbors fence behind the landscaping (not so dangerous). And there is no
GFI on this circuit.

OK, flame away...I deserve it.

BV.
www.iheartmypond.com




~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List
http://puregold.aquaria.net/
www.drsolo.com
Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
endorsements or recommendations I make.

Spring is coming...And of course not in a good way...
 

you can buy a single plug GFI at the hardware store. as long as your plugs are
grounded. Ingrid

"BenignVanilla" wrote:
Well you know me I always preach safety and awareness. With that in mind, my
pond is currently fueled by a day glow extension cord that is 100' long. It
runs on the ground past my sliding glass door (danger one), across the deck
stairs (danger two), across the main walk way (danger three) and along the
neighbors fence behind the landscaping (not so dangerous). And there is no
GFI on this circuit.

OK, flame away...I deserve it.

BV.
www.iheartmypond.com




~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List
http://puregold.aquaria.net/
www.drsolo.com
Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
endorsements or recommendations I make.

Spring is coming...And of course not in a good way...
 

or find out that the GFI for our indoor spa is underneath the spa and accessed by a
rug covered panel. the electrician found it for us. Ingrid

"Anne Lurie" wrote:

BV, if your outdoor outlet has -- or is connected to -- a GFI, have you
tested it? We nearly drove ourselves crazy trying to figure out which
circuit breaker had flipped, only to discover that one of the kitchen GFI
outlets hadn't been reset correctly.

Anne Lurie
Raleigh, NC


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List
http://puregold.aquaria.net/
www.drsolo.com
Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
endorsements or recommendations I make.

Spring is coming...And of course not in a good way...
 

or find out that the GFI for our indoor spa is underneath the spa and accessed by a
rug covered panel. the electrician found it for us. Ingrid

"Anne Lurie" wrote:

BV, if your outdoor outlet has -- or is connected to -- a GFI, have you
tested it? We nearly drove ourselves crazy trying to figure out which
circuit breaker had flipped, only to discover that one of the kitchen GFI
outlets hadn't been reset correctly.

Anne Lurie
Raleigh, NC


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List
http://puregold.aquaria.net/
www.drsolo.com
Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
endorsements or recommendations I make.

Spring is coming...And of course not in a good way...
 

you can buy a single plug GFI at the hardware store. as long as your plugs are
grounded. Ingrid

"BenignVanilla" wrote:
Well you know me I always preach safety and awareness. With that in mind, my
pond is currently fueled by a day glow extension cord that is 100' long. It
runs on the ground past my sliding glass door (danger one), across the deck
stairs (danger two), across the main walk way (danger three) and along the
neighbors fence behind the landscaping (not so dangerous). And there is no
GFI on this circuit.

OK, flame away...I deserve it.

BV.
www.iheartmypond.com




~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List
http://puregold.aquaria.net/
www.drsolo.com
Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
endorsements or recommendations I make.

Spring is coming...And of course not in a good way...
 

you can buy a single plug GFI at the hardware store. as long as your plugs are
grounded. Ingrid

"BenignVanilla" wrote:
Well you know me I always preach safety and awareness. With that in mind, my
pond is currently fueled by a day glow extension cord that is 100' long. It
runs on the ground past my sliding glass door (danger one), across the deck
stairs (danger two), across the main walk way (danger three) and along the
neighbors fence behind the landscaping (not so dangerous). And there is no
GFI on this circuit.

OK, flame away...I deserve it.

BV.
www.iheartmypond.com




~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List
http://puregold.aquaria.net/
www.drsolo.com
Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
endorsements or recommendations I make.

Spring is coming...And of course not in a good way...
 

On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 13:37:53 -0500, "BenignVanilla"
wrote:

Well you know me I always preach safety and awareness. With that in mind, my
pond is currently fueled by a day glow extension cord that is 100' long. It
runs on the ground past my sliding glass door (danger one), across the deck
stairs (danger two), across the main walk way (danger three) and along the
neighbors fence behind the landscaping (not so dangerous). And there is no
GFI on this circuit.

OK, flame away...I deserve it.

So long as it remains intact and undamaged it is safe.

Regards,

Hal

Spring is coming...And of course not in a good way...
 

On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 13:37:53 -0500, "BenignVanilla"
wrote:

Well you know me I always preach safety and awareness. With that in mind, my
pond is currently fueled by a day glow extension cord that is 100' long. It
runs on the ground past my sliding glass door (danger one), across the deck
stairs (danger two), across the main walk way (danger three) and along the
neighbors fence behind the landscaping (not so dangerous). And there is no
GFI on this circuit.

OK, flame away...I deserve it.

So long as it remains intact and undamaged it is safe.

Regards,

Hal

Spring is coming...And of course not in a good way...
 

"Offbreed" wrote in message
...
BenignVanilla wrote:

We need to embrace our algae.

Not a pretty image. (bleh)

It's not like I said french kiss your algae. Sheesh. :)

BV

Spring is coming...And of course not in a good way...
 

wrote in message
...
you can buy a single plug GFI at the hardware store. as long as your
plugs are
grounded. Ingrid

"BenignVanilla" wrote:
Well you know me I always preach safety and awareness. With that in mind,
my
pond is currently fueled by a day glow extension cord that is 100' long.
It
runs on the ground past my sliding glass door (danger one), across the
deck
stairs (danger two), across the main walk way (danger three) and along
the
neighbors fence behind the landscaping (not so dangerous). And there is
no
GFI on this circuit.

The reason for my lack of protection is careful balance of budget and
laziness. I intend to trench out to the pond this year and lay some conduit
to carry two circuits, some video cable, not sure what else, maybe a water
line.

BV.

Spring is coming...And of course not in a good way...
 

"Ka30P" wrote in message
...
BV wrote And there is no
GFI on this circuit.
OK, flame away...I deserve it.

BV, get thee to a Lowes or whatever
you have back there in the heathen east and
buy a gfi this weekend!!!

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I know. I'll do it soon. But my goal for this year is to
get the pond run by a trenched power line. I have a 'lectrical friend, that
will juice it up for me.

BV.

Spring is coming...And of course not in a good way...
 

"Hal" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 13:37:53 -0500, "BenignVanilla"
wrote:

Well you know me I always preach safety and awareness. With that in mind,
my
pond is currently fueled by a day glow extension cord that is 100' long.
It
runs on the ground past my sliding glass door (danger one), across the
deck
stairs (danger two), across the main walk way (danger three) and along
the
neighbors fence behind the landscaping (not so dangerous). And there is
no
GFI on this circuit.

OK, flame away...I deserve it.

So long as it remains intact and undamaged it is safe.

I have a 6 year old and a 3 year old. There is no such thing as safe in my
yard. :)

BV.

Spring is coming...And of course not in a good way...
 

"Offbreed" wrote in message
...
BenignVanilla wrote:

We need to embrace our algae.

Not a pretty image. (bleh)

It's not like I said french kiss your algae. Sheesh. :)

BV

Spring is coming...And of course not in a good way...
 

wrote in message
...
you can buy a single plug GFI at the hardware store. as long as your
plugs are
grounded. Ingrid

"BenignVanilla" wrote:
Well you know me I always preach safety and awareness. With that in mind,
my
pond is currently fueled by a day glow extension cord that is 100' long.
It
runs on the ground past my sliding glass door (danger one), across the
deck
stairs (danger two), across the main walk way (danger three) and along
the
neighbors fence behind the landscaping (not so dangerous). And there is
no
GFI on this circuit.

The reason for my lack of protection is careful balance of budget and
laziness. I intend to trench out to the pond this year and lay some conduit
to carry two circuits, some video cable, not sure what else, maybe a water
line.

BV.

Spring is coming...And of course not in a good way...
 

"Ka30P" wrote in message
...
BV wrote And there is no
GFI on this circuit.
OK, flame away...I deserve it.

BV, get thee to a Lowes or whatever
you have back there in the heathen east and
buy a gfi this weekend!!!

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I know. I'll do it soon. But my goal for this year is to
get the pond run by a trenched power line. I have a 'lectrical friend, that
will juice it up for me.

BV.

Spring is coming...And of course not in a good way...
 

"Hal" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 13:37:53 -0500, "BenignVanilla"
wrote:

Well you know me I always preach safety and awareness. With that in mind,
my
pond is currently fueled by a day glow extension cord that is 100' long.
It
runs on the ground past my sliding glass door (danger one), across the
deck
stairs (danger two), across the main walk way (danger three) and along
the
neighbors fence behind the landscaping (not so dangerous). And there is
no
GFI on this circuit.

OK, flame away...I deserve it.

So long as it remains intact and undamaged it is safe.

I have a 6 year old and a 3 year old. There is no such thing as safe in my
yard. :)

BV.

Spring is coming...And of course not in a good way...
 

wrote in message
...
you can buy a single plug GFI at the hardware store. as long as your
plugs are
grounded. Ingrid

"BenignVanilla" wrote:
Well you know me I always preach safety and awareness. With that in mind,
my
pond is currently fueled by a day glow extension cord that is 100' long.
It
runs on the ground past my sliding glass door (danger one), across the
deck
stairs (danger two), across the main walk way (danger three) and along
the
neighbors fence behind the landscaping (not so dangerous). And there is
no
GFI on this circuit.

The reason for my lack of protection is careful balance of budget and
laziness. I intend to trench out to the pond this year and lay some conduit
to carry two circuits, some video cable, not sure what else, maybe a water
line.

BV.

Spring is coming...And of course not in a good way...
 

"Ka30P" wrote in message
...
BV wrote And there is no
GFI on this circuit.
OK, flame away...I deserve it.

BV, get thee to a Lowes or whatever
you have back there in the heathen east and
buy a gfi this weekend!!!

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I know. I'll do it soon. But my goal for this year is to
get the pond run by a trenched power line. I have a 'lectrical friend, that
will juice it up for me.

BV.

Spring is coming...And of course not in a good way...
 

"Hal" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 13:37:53 -0500, "BenignVanilla"
wrote:

Well you know me I always preach safety and awareness. With that in mind,
my
pond is currently fueled by a day glow extension cord that is 100' long.
It
runs on the ground past my sliding glass door (danger one), across the
deck
stairs (danger two), across the main walk way (danger three) and along
the
neighbors fence behind the landscaping (not so dangerous). And there is
no
GFI on this circuit.

OK, flame away...I deserve it.

So long as it remains intact and undamaged it is safe.

I have a 6 year old and a 3 year old. There is no such thing as safe in my
yard. :)

BV.

Spring is coming...And of course not in a good way...
 

BV, Ohhh - I've laughed myself silly over the way you express things!

Actually my place is a twin to yours. Only my extension cords
are forest green... so they are harder to see :O)

Nedra
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836
http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118

"BenignVanilla" wrote in message
...

"Anne Lurie" wrote in message
. com...
BV, if your outdoor outlet has -- or is connected to -- a GFI, have
you
tested it? We nearly drove ourselves crazy trying to figure out which
circuit breaker had flipped, only to discover that one of the kitchen
GFI
outlets hadn't been reset correctly.
snip

Well you know me I always preach safety and awareness. With that in mind,
my
pond is currently fueled by a day glow extension cord that is 100' long.
It
runs on the ground past my sliding glass door (danger one), across the
deck
stairs (danger two), across the main walk way (danger three) and along the
neighbors fence behind the landscaping (not so dangerous). And there is no
GFI on this circuit.

OK, flame away...I deserve it.

BV.
www.iheartmypond.com

Spring is coming...And of course not in a good way...
 

"Nedra" wrote:

BV, Ohhh - I've laughed myself silly over the way you express things!

Actually my place is a twin to yours. Only my extension cords
are forest green... so they are harder to see :O)

Change "harder to see" to "even more dangerous", and your on your way to
BV speak.