Fish: Re: [tropical fish club] Grow a Fish kits

Oh Dawn!

"What is our world coming to"? I wish all of our questions
on group were so easy to answer!

A lot of self-centered, extremely narrrow minded people without
care of regard for anything or anyone but themselves!

Sad but true and getting worse on a daily bases.

Bil

--- On Tue, 9/14/10, Dawn Moneyhan <dawnshungryeyes4u2c@yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Dawn Moneyhan <dawnshungryeyes4u2c@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [tropical fish club] Grow a Fish kits
> To: tropicalfishclub@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Tuesday, September 14, 2010, 7:52 PM
> Oh Bill, that "bottom line" is
> today's all important goal, isn't it? Unfortunately these
> kinds of people don't see the "other bottom line" when our
> environment will no longer sustain us, the animals are
> extinct, and money eventually means nothing because it can't
> cure what ails this world... Just so so sad! I hope I
> don't live long enough to see the day that all happens, but
> it sure does make me fearful for my children, grandchildren,
> and their children.
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> This discussion brings back a memory of a customer I tried
> to help at the store one day a number of yrs ago. She came
> in with her 4 kids in tow, looked at everything for at least
> a 1/2 hr and then came to me asking for help. When I asked
> her "what can I do to help you?" her response was, "I want a
> no maintenance fish tank with no maintenance fish." I did
> my best to try to explain to her that when you are dealing
> with a live animal there is no such thing as "no
> maintenance" but she was persistent, kept insisting there
> had to be something. With that I led her over to my boss
> and put the question to him, asked if he could suggest
> something... to which he shook his head and tried again to
> explain to her that there is no such thing. One of my
> coworkers walked past and made mention of the toy store with
> the long tube shaped "tanks" that have the light in the
> bottom and plastic fish that float around in them... and
> said that was as close to no
> maintenance she was going to find. I couldn't help
> myself, I had to point out that even with the plastic fish,
> if she wanted to have good viewing, at very least it would
> require dusting... which was maintenance. As this woman
> gathered her kids and headed for the door she was ranting
> loudly about us being sarcastic... which, I guess in some
> ways, we were... but what did she expect?
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> I am always amazed at how many people purchase the kits
> such as the sea monkeys and the frogs and now these
> killiefish kits, thinking they will take it home and have no
> work involved in caring for live animals/creatures. What
> is our world coming to?
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> Dawn
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> Dawn Moneyhan
> Aquatics Specialist/Nutritionist
> To learn more about me go to
> http://www.helium.com/users/449334
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> --- On Tue, 9/14/10, bill 1433 <warrenprint@yahoo.com>
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> From: bill 1433 <warrenprint@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [tropical fish club] Grow a Fish kits
> To: tropicalfishclub@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Tuesday, September 14, 2010, 5:17 PM
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> --- On Tue, 9/14/10, Dawn Moneyhan <dawnshungryeyes4u2c@yahoo.com>
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> > From: Dawn Moneyhan <dawnshungryeyes4u2c@yahoo.com>
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> > Subject: Re: [tropical fish club] Grow a Fish kits
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> > To: tropicalfishclub@yahoogroups.com
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> > Date: Tuesday, September 14, 2010, 6:04 PM
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> > I find this very sad. People
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> > What a shame that this COULD be a good thing, a
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> > --- On Mon, 9/13/10, Donna King <donnalynneking@yahoo.com>
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> > From: Donna King <donnalynneking@yahoo.com>
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> > Subject: [tropical fish club] Grow a Fish kits
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> > To: tropicalaquariumsandfish@yahoogroups.com,
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