[Boatanchors] A Night at the Ham Club -Koi fish

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WONDERFUL===========
J

On Thu, 07 Apr 2005 23:01:19 -0400 "William L Howard"
<wlhoward at verizon.net> writes:
> > You guys need to lighten up! I use a HV transformer and a handful 
> of
> ceramic
> > and stainless steel mesh to generate Ozone to purify water in my 
> Koi
> pond,
> > the old timer had perfectly planned out his project and he just 
> needed
> some
> > parts. Give him a break.> Larry in Seattle
> >
> The mention of Koi fish reminded me of a story, totally unrelated 
> to
> radios but it seems topical er ah tropical? If not interested, use 
> the
> delete key now.
> 
> What's in a name?
> "Our Nigger"
> 
> I live in Harbor Bluffs, Florida about 5 miles from where Terri 
> Schiavo
> made the world stage. This is unincorporated Pinellas County. Most 
> homes
> were built in the early 1960's and most occupants were retired 
> upper
> middle class white people. We do have one black man living here, 
> Jeff J.
> who is the nicest person you could want to meet.
> 
> Any way we have a person down the road from me who had a fish pond 
> which
> he stocked with Koi. The neighbor put up some sort of a hanging 
> plant
> arbor and the fish owner got mad that it blocked the sunlight from 
> his
> Koi pond. All sorts of law suits evolved to include suing the 
> Owners
> Association officers. It got very nasty.
> 
> I was at our annual association meeting and while standing outside,
> waiting for it to start, several guys were talking about "Our nigger 
> did
> this and Our nigger did that. Finally I spoke up and said I did not
> think we should be referring to Jeff J as "our nigger!"  They looked 
> at
> me in amazement and asked who is Jeff J?
> 
> It turns  out they were talking about the owner of the Koi fish 
> whose
> name was Randy Arnegar, from New Jersey. Arnegar was the instigator 
> of
> all the law suits.  Now try saying "Arnegar" with a southern 
> accent.
> 
> Bill Howard
> 
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