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Thanks to all you newbies who came around Pond Boss and then decided to stay. You all have really infused a lot of good questions, information and participation to the site. Otherwise us old guys would just keep rehashing the same stuff.
Thanks to Ryan Freeze, NewWaterWays, Asleep at the wheel, Joey, Portable ladder, Brettski, DIED, heybud, wickedinhere, FatMcB, JeffHasAPond, bicmac, Family Tradition, Tim Stuart, Shorty, trialsguy, bz, Debra King and bunches of others that I obviously forgot. Shame on me for forgetting, but I thank you, too.
Holding a redear sunfish is like running with scissors.
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Hey what about me!! I know, it's probably the small detail that more threads have ended after one of my posts than anyone alive. I'm the "Steel Curtain" to 125# running backs, the 1# bass to the 3" BG.
rm "thread-killer" edgar
"Have you missed me Al? With every bullet so far Peg"
Just do it...
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What amazes me is how they show up asking questions and before you know it they are answering even more questions for the next spawn of Newbies. This site has truly been blessed with interested newcomers quickly assimilating into the ranks of journeymen who know a thing or two (a group I hopefully qualify as a member of) and love to share and expand that knowledge.
"Live like you'll die tomorrow, but manage your grass like you'll live forever." -S. M. Stirling
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The greatest thrill thus far for me on here is being able to actually help someone with a question. I usually stay in the background but its nice to have a few I can field. I still have more questions to ask than I do to answer, but I think in life that is usually the case.
I also would like to thank all the oldies and newbies because I have learned from each and every one of them!!!
--------------------------------- 1/10 - 1/4 acre pond plus 16 ft deep/ Plus 40 ft by 20 ft by 6 ft deep koi and fathead minnow pond next to it. Upstate NY
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I was gonna write something funny like if were the crazy ones all you pond mentors must be totally crazy for answering us!! hehehe
You dont need to thank the newbies.. We need to thank you, THANK YOU. I am sure when you all started ponding there was no one to really ask dumb questions. You guys were like pioneers. The new guys thanks to the net and all of you can learn so much in very little time and hopefully do things right. Sometimes a dumb question isnt so dumb to one of us, but then after its lerned and added into memory sometimes it was kinda dumb.
I am member #3030 and there are already like 35 members newer then me... sometime I see a question and I know the answer only because one of you pond mentors told us. I answered one so far and it felt funny. I think I will stick to asking and maybe bragging for a while.
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Is is a great site...but one thing still bothers me. Does anyone but Bruce, Cecil, ML and Catmando actually fish? Where are all the pics for Cecil's contest site? Ewest, Bill Cody, Deb, Norm. et al...show us some fish!
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BM I have posted quite a few fish pics. Some of BG ( .45 to 9 inches )some LMB ( 10-12 in. on Lady G's $Gills) some minnows all from the ponds. I have simply not caught a fish worthy of entering CB1's contest. I may have to go to Mule Jail with a chunk of shad and catch a gar or bowfin. Shock survey next week so I will have some pics - they will be caught fish just not by hook and line . If a big one comes up I may claim I caught it and turn it in - then I would be the first one to be rejected for cheating - not . :p rmedgar you are not a newbie -- your # is lower than most of us other thread killers. But we are glad you are still hear with the rest of the gray beards. Thanks to ALL OF YOU for taking part. Lets encourage others to join in the fun. Remember there are no dumb questions , just people who want to learn , including me. It is very often the simple straight forward question that helps me learn just how much I don't know or have forgotten.
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Whats funny to me is that when I joined the family I had all these questions and all were answered, and now when I see a new member ask the very same question I smile and think, Ah I know what your going through. I also noticed the same questions are asked and cycled through the threads kinda like a date line. I must be getting old because once my outside chores are done I truly enjoy setting down with my favorite beverage and going through the archives, problem is I only retain just a smigion of the info then I have to search again, or is that a problem? I think not. For you Burgermeister, this is a picture of my catch and release program. The fish guy caught it and I released it in my pond.
A little snow, Please!
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is it just me or is anybody else wondering why bruce got sentimental under the "fertilization" forum?
GSF are people too!
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Good observation. I'll bet if you think about it you'll figure it out for yourself.
Holding a redear sunfish is like running with scissors.
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i guess my feeble attempt at humor didnt quite work......but i done figured it already.....thankful for young fresh fertile minds infusing pondboss with new genetics or something to that effect and i couldnt of said it better than Eric...
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I took it as I think you originally intended, D.I.E.D. All the ferilizer in my fertile imagination is natural.
"Live like you'll die tomorrow, but manage your grass like you'll live forever." -S. M. Stirling
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Old ground (dirt/ponds) gets worn out with use unless new nutrients are added along with ray and wettie . Either new folks join in or old folks learn more and share it with each other (or hopefully some of both )in order to keep things dynamic. Both processes are simple yet elegant and consist of Energy in motion (creativity) .
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They came seeking pond knowledge. They were seduced by the dream of the ideal pond. They have tapped into a never-ending resource of help and comraderie. They stayed for enjoyment and satisfaction of membership in a community. It is a rare community of experienced veterans that welcomes new comers with so little experience - encourages their growth and celebrates everyone's varied experiences. Aw shucks. Some see "pond crazy" as an illness. They just don't get it.
2/3 acre pond 12 miles from that big pond we call Lake Erie.
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thanks for the tip bruce......theo is so full of them.......i think enough to write a book.......i keep watching for the right one.........maybe i'll try this for a few days........
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Welcoming new comers hit it right on the head. This place and pretty much everyone seems to welcome the pond newbie.
If you ever want to feel like your the lowest peice of dirt alive and not welcome one bit, just buy a Toy poodle and show it in conformation in the AKC.
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I came here totally ignorant. After a long time, I learned a bunch. As a matter of fact, I have learned so much that it has exposed my ignorance. I guess there comes a time when you learn enough to realize that you have barely scratched the surface.
As James Caan (Sonny) said in the Godfather, " Shtoopid, just shtoopid".
I realize that I'm not posting as much now that I have become aware of the limits of my knowledge.
It's not about the fish. It's about the pond. Take care of the pond and the fish will be fine. PB subscriber since before it was in color.
Without a sense of urgency, Nothing ever gets done.
Boy, if I say "sic em", you'd better look for something to bite. Sam Shelley Rancher and Farmer Muleshoe Texas 1892-1985 RIP
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DD1, dont sell yerself short....i've found you to have more common sense than i'll ever have and that counts for a lot. One of the things i love about this forum is the huge range in folks attracted by it and who contribute here....from Phd's to heavy equip. operators, all you guys and gals bring passion and yer own brand of smarts that benefit all of us.........and DD1, as my dad always said "you never know anything until you know what you dont know"
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Dave D :
I figure we both know a little and have learned from a few mistakes. We have a lot left to learn. It does not make a difference if we know 1 % or .98% each , that is still a little. But collectively we know 1.5 % (some overlap) but if one of us does not join in and share his part we both know half as much. If we let what we don't know stop us from joining in we all lose.
Its not about what you know , its about what you don't know but are willing to learn. No one here knows even 25 % of what there is to know about ponds so don't let what you don't know stop you. If knowing the answers was necessary to post then none of us would ever start posting. Carpe diem.
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Very nice post Bruce. We do owe gratitude to the fresh faces for keeping the site interesting & us grounded! Hurrahs for the regulars & the persistent "long time" members also for they are the senate! DD1, I do empathize with you. Seems the older I get the more I realize how ignorant I really am.
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If you can read this ... thank a teacher. Since it's in english ... thank our military! Ric
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Dave queries: is it just me or is anybody else wondering why bruce got sentimental under the "fertilization" forum?
Thread author, Bruce responds: Good observation. I'll bet if you think about it you'll figure it out for yourself. - - ...Brettski will never find us down here. Heck, he barely got past the Creating the food chain thread and pulled up stakes until next spring. - - Seriously, you guys cost me a bank-load of money this past year. Strangely, I'm still smilin'. When I got here a little over a year ago, I had my budget totally under control with plans for a nice little puddle in the woods. Then I peered into the PB crystal ball as the "soon to be Moderators" and their well organized pond-shills hawked me in for a seance to reveal my future. I was hypnotized by the bright glinting laser beams of hope. (these turned out later to be Bruce's perfect white teeth) The Great Magical Mystico Theo slowly and methodically ran his all-knowing hands about the beautiful glowing orb, never touching it, as if warming his hands by it's commanding light. He told me of great masses of large Perch and abundant Blue Gill. I stared into the crystal ball, a glazed blank stare, as I I could see them slowly moving about like fish within a bright round aquarium. (this turned out later to be callouses and cow dung smears on Theo's palms). The awe-inspired, mind-bending power of Bob Lusk and DD1 set me back in my chair, trembling, as they appeared from nowhere, adorned in Merlin's flowing robe and pointy hats. They drew me deeper into a trance, deeper into total mind-consumption, beckoning me to focus on all the beautiful dirt work promised by the future within the crystal ball. They moaned a low, gutteral chant of "otto, otto, otto". It was bright...so bright. Bruce was asked to leave the room. Then it got warm...so warm. "I can smell it...I can smell the dirt!" I cried. Theo was asked to wash his hands. Burgermeister burst into the room and snatched Bob's hat, startling me only momentarily. Then HE walked in. A forbidding image of a man, surrounded by a chilly mist, emerging from a wall of hundreds of perfect, red and black bound legal books. (you know the kind...they look like they haven't even been opened, probably fake and concealing a revolving wall that opens to a speak easy). His pin stripe suit was immaculate; the pressed seams could cut cheese. This could only be Ewest. He thrust his hand toward the pulsating glass orb of fortune, reciting URL links like John Moschitta, and pointed to a barren landscape within. I leaned so close that the tip of my nose was hot from the radiating heat. My eyes widened with awe as I saw it. A new land, a place so barren yet so wonderous. I felt a wave of calm come over me as I yearned to go there. It was the nirvana that a man's soul sees only in dreams. Smooth and flat, yet curving and inviting. This will certainly be my lifelong goal and final resting place. This will be my heaven on earth. - - - - - -
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"Join us, Brettski! It's so beautiful!"
"Live like you'll die tomorrow, but manage your grass like you'll live forever." -S. M. Stirling
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Bravo, bravo!! It is apparent that 'cabin fever' is in full swing north of the M-D line.
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JRR Tolkien......step aside......a new trilogy-ski has begun
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Drink the Kool-Aid, Brettski. The satellite's getting closer....and closer............and closer............................
Now close your eyes.
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