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

[George KB2Z]

Now that's funny, and very light.

At 11:01 PM 4/7/05 -0400, you wrote:

> > 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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