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Chit Chat / Re: Happy Birtthday Karen J.

« on: April 10, 2007, 03:37:15 PM »

Happy Birthday!
Tammie

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Chit Chat / Re: I really didn't want this to go public

« on: April 09, 2007, 09:54:30 AM »

Don't you dare leave!  Yours are some of the posts I look forward to reading in the morning!  Like Mary said "Sit... STAY"! 
Do I understand correctly that you got nasty emails from people who thought your posts were offensive?  Gotta tell you, that old saying - consider the source!  I can't imagine having the time to write nasty emails to people... I have to much I have to do during the day, and not enough time to do the things I want to do.  Feel sorry for those people who have nothing better to do then send nasty critical emails to people!
Please Gen, reconsider!
Tammie

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Pond Chat / Re: Giving up - filling in pond

« on: April 08, 2007, 10:40:44 PM »

I did get that box!  The Easter bunny brought it!  Cuz nobody told me it was sitting in their car till today    It's a miracle everything wasn't melted!  I was going to email you, but my email is being screwy... acually my whole computer is being wacky.  I can't use any icons on my desktop...  I have not idea what is going on. 
Anyways, I should be about 20 lbs heavier in about 2 weeks!   
Seems to me there were more in there then there was suppose to be! 
Tammie

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Pond Chat / Re: Giving up - filling in pond

« on: April 03, 2007, 02:55:44 PM »

Oh! Oh! Oh!  What are you going to do it those rocks!?  Can I have one?
Tammie

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Chit Chat / Re: Annual Darwin Award winners.

« on: April 03, 2007, 02:53:33 PM »

       
Thank you Esther!
Tammie

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Pond Chat / Re: I let a pro vacuum my pond, and he said....

« on: April 02, 2007, 05:17:53 PM »

Bonnie kind of hard for me to explain, but here's a picture (hopefully!)  the red dots are the o rings I've replaced, except for the on one the lid of the canister.  But I bet I'll have to replace that one soon too.
Both o rings on the internal chambers, one at the end of the hose, where it goes into the canister and the big canister one. And one of my chambers broke too. 
Tammie

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Chit Chat / Re: Someone cleaned me out over the weekend...

« on: April 02, 2007, 04:54:30 PM »

Happened to me a couple of years ago.  Not fun!
Tammie

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Chit Chat / Re: Pet Food Recall, Important!

« on: April 02, 2007, 12:08:09 PM »

I only use the Pedigree for the wet food.  My dry is Nutro Max mini chunks.  The Pedigree wet does have wheat gluten in it...
Tammie

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Chit Chat / Re: Pet Food Recall, Important!

« on: April 02, 2007, 09:46:52 AM »

Lee I had the same thing happen as you did.  I would use a can of Alpo to make gravy for the dogs dry food.  I have 9 dogs, everybody would get a little "gravy".  I have 6 Chihuahuas, 1 Rotten-weiler, 1 Ucky dog, and then there's Bruno.  All of them quit eating, except for their dinner, and not eating that well - none of them were interested in breakfast.  So I switched food, started using Pedigree, with a can of Alpo in there when the feed store was out of Pedigree.  Funny that I've had a very sick Rotten-weiler for about a month now... You'd think tho if it was the food the little dogs would be sick first...  We've wormed the Rottie twice, thinking she got hooks from the feral cats, nope.  Had fecal tests done, no worms.  Vet thought maybe Giardia, even tho stool sample didn't show anything.  Five days of medication, 2 days later she is feeling better, but still very watery stools.  Think it's time for some blood work.  Rottie is getting up there in age, she's 8-1/2 now.  I've checked the websites and Pedigree hasn't been recalled - yet.  I went to the feed store the other day to get more wet food, and ALL of the cans have been taken off of the shelves!  Not a single can left.  Think I'm going to go back to making my own chicken "gruel" for the dogs.
Tammie

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Pond Chat / Re: I let a pro vacuum my pond, and he said....

« on: April 02, 2007, 09:26:34 AM »

That guy is full of beans!  I have 9 ponds that are lined, either with 45m or 60m EDMP (one that is lined with 6m).  I have 8 vinyl swimming pools that I use for ponds.  ALL have been cleaned with the pondvac 3!  Yes, it will "suck" the liner when you get to the last little icky stuff on the bottom - when all the water is gone.  It does not "suck" the liner when there is still water in the pond!  Even when it "sucks" the 6m liner it hasn't yet put a hole in it. 
That guy just doesn't want you to buy one, then he'll be out of a job!
Tip when buying a pondvac 3 - go buy extra o rings!  Nothing worse then being all most done with a job and having to stop because your equiptment broke!  Plus you get funny looks when you're at the store and smell like the creature from the black lagoon!   
Tammie

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Pond Chat / Re: My ponding days are coming to an end

« on: March 30, 2007, 03:53:49 PM »

Debbie, you need to come live here!  No snakes in Hawaii!  We do have 12" centipedes tho... don't see them very often.  I was in Texas one time when a snake chased me and a freind.  Yes it did chase me!  I was not ammused. Nope, don't do snakes!  I'm proud of you for not passing out when you killed the Rattlesnake... I'm sure I would have been able to fly!
Tammie
P.S. - worms freak me out... don't have a problem with spiders tho.

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Terrestrial Gardening / Re: Name That Plant, Fruit or Flower.......

« on: March 25, 2007, 02:29:26 PM »

I don't know!  But I do know that I want #8!
Tammie

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Pond Chat / Re: Shipping directions

« on: March 21, 2007, 03:58:19 PM »

I have to disagree...  I think the extra water in the ziploc makes the pads rot.  Here's how I ship:
Bareroot the plant, wash off all soil.  Trim off all but about 5 pads.  Dampen a couple of sheets of newspaper, wrap around the roots of the plant.  Squeese out the newspaper.  Put all in a ziploc bag.  Put some kind of cushioning - newspaper, peanuts, etc in the bottom of the box, put in the lily, fill the box with cushioning.  Ship Priority mail, not parcel post.  Off it goes!
Tammie

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Photo Album / Re: Oddballs

« on: March 19, 2007, 12:31:31 PM »

Neat night bloomer.  Did you know that I'm going to be the first person to create a blue nightbloomer?     Not sure how I'm going to do it tho...
Wow on the second one!  Guess that means Teresa will have a blue lily and a pink one?  Yeah for Teresa!
Tammie

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Pond Chat / Re: Pond site address

« on: March 16, 2007, 03:14:52 PM »

I think it's www.azponds.com
Tammie

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Pond Chat / Re: Not the way to clean your swing... or oops!

« on: March 15, 2007, 01:13:02 PM »

I have one Rotten-weiler named Kaiwi, one "ucky" dog named Ucky and there are 6 Chihuahuas that live in the house.  Don't have any pictures on this computer, I'll have to dig some up!
Tammie

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Chit Chat / Re: Jonna's Tropical Ruin

« on: March 15, 2007, 10:04:59 AM »

Sounds like the temps are about the same as here?  We don't often get below 68*, very rare in the high 50*s.  And then it's only in the wee hours of the morning.  I'd bet the electricity and food prices are about the same as it is here.  We pay .18 per kilowatt for electricity. A gallon of milk is over $4.50.  But the house prices are unreal there!  The "average" home here is $650k. 
Please keep posting! 
Tammie

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Pond Chat / Re: Not the way to clean your swing... or oops!

« on: March 15, 2007, 09:53:47 AM »

We had it tied down at one time.  Don't remember why we untied it.  When I get it out this time it's going somewhere else! 
Mike - thanks for the laugh!  I needed it this morning!  I'll let Joe know what you said. 
Tim I'm here several times a day, just hate to type.  Usually I just keep my "mouth" shut. 
Yes to dogs overturning furniture... the only deck furniture on the deck is a picnic table that take 4 men to move - the big dogs sleep on top of it... Our furniture in the house is "dog proof" too.  Stone and iron dining set and our living room stuff is resin wicker and sunbrella fabric.  Stone floors too.  As doggie freindly as I can make it.  8 dogs in the house...
Tammie

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Chit Chat / Re: Jonna's Tropical Ruin

« on: March 14, 2007, 10:01:26 PM »

I so want that tile floor!  I was looking at the prices of real estate in the area you're in - prices there sure are better then they are here!  Please keep updating I really want to follow your progress! 
Tammie

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Pond Chat / Not the way to clean your swing... or oops!

« on: March 14, 2007, 09:57:21 PM »

We had a bit of wind the other night... this has happened one other time.  I'm still trying to figure out how to get it out without damaging the liner.  The last time this happened we used 4 guys and a rope, but we had more room to work in.  Since I put a filter pond next to this pond there isn't any room to work... Hubby said I could borrow his wrench and take it apart in the pond and then he'd have somebody help me lift the pieces out... Gee thanks, honey.

Tammie

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Pond Chat / Re: Azolla Fern....How do I

« on: March 05, 2007, 09:12:00 PM »

Let me know too!  I was told horticultural oil would kill it... the azolla laughed at me!
Tammie

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Chit Chat / Re: I was amazed when

« on: March 05, 2007, 09:10:16 PM »

Doesn't surprise me... Nevada and Washington states regularly try to recruit our officers here.  After my husband retired (from Honolulu Police Dept) recruiters from Washington were calling, asking him to sign on with them.  Seems they didn't have enough "senior" officers. 
If I remember correctly academy training is 13 months here.  And that comes after all the physicals, intell, and pyscoligical (spelling there?) testing. 
Tammie

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Chit Chat / Re: Say Hi to Gibson

« on: March 03, 2007, 08:22:53 AM »

Ah-h-h-h so adorable!  Glad Mom and baby are fine!  And congratulations Grandpa!
Tammie

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Chit Chat / Re: Snowy Feb.

« on: February 26, 2007, 01:58:11 PM »

I'm stunned, I don't know what to say... Except to say there is no way I could deal with that!  I'm cold if the temp drops below 73*! 
How come your swings and wooden stuff don't rot?  Here a wood swing wouldn't last...  And your poor doggies! 
Tammie

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Pond Chat / Re: Changed my web site, comments needed :)

« on: February 25, 2007, 09:05:50 AM »

Louis - while looking at your photos of your waterlilies I swear I could smell them!  Love your site!
Tammie

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Chit Chat / Re: Our bathroom remodel is almost done.

« on: February 22, 2007, 09:28:53 AM »

It came out wonderful!!!  Is the floor ceramic tile, or is it vinyl? 
Tammie

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Chit Chat / Re: Spell Check added to the Post Form.

« on: February 20, 2007, 01:46:15 PM »

Yeah!
Tammie

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Pond Chat / Re: Sweet Flag Infested with Scale

« on: February 18, 2007, 02:13:37 PM »

You can use neem oil.  Here's a link to the toxicity for fish
http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/pp/resourceguide/mfs/08neem.php
Tammie

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Terrestrial Gardening / Re: Starting seeds today...

« on: February 15, 2007, 02:02:30 PM »

Are you talking about red sealing wax palms?  I've been told dividing them will kill them... I can confirm that.  I think I've killed 3 or 4 of them...  to much water, not enough water... bah!
Tammie

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Chit Chat / Re: Happy Birthday Teresa!

« on: February 10, 2007, 08:40:45 AM »

Happy Birthday to you!  Happy Birthday to you!
Tammie