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BW

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Since: Oct 09, 2003
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2003 8:13 am
Post subject: is there a THRILL in keeping goldfish?
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If you search for thrill in rec.aquaria you get some interesting
results. The thrill of owning rare breeds, the thrill of keeping
difficult varieties, the thrill of feeding live bait to carnivorous
fish, the thrill of your first cichlid breeding... I'd really like to
know more about people's most thrilling goldfish related experiences.

You could say that I'm a thrill researcher. I've been conducting
interviews with people about their thrill experiences at the website
www.chromo11.com.

Feel free to discuss my question here [though I may not be around much
as I'm on about 100 groups at once], but if anyone feels they've
something to say outside your group, then please visit the site and
answer a series of thoughtful questions. I'll meet you there!

Thanks

Brendan
email: thrill@chromo11[dot]com
web: www.chromo11.com

THRILL NOTES:
1. thrill can come under many other guises - maybe you've met with
pleasure or delight?
2. sometimes the tame can be wild and vice versa; don't judge yourself
unfairly.

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2003 2:57 pm
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Big scare at the moment in the UK, people flushing goldfish down the
toilet. The things are breeding in the wild and they aren't indiginous
- threatening the other wildlife. Who'd have thought it of goldfish
that seem so fragile at home!

Any more comments from anyone on the thrill of goldfish

Geezer From The Freezer <Geezer.RemoveThis@Freezer.com> wrote in message news:<3F857BCF.63C5E8D1.RemoveThis@Freezer.com>...
> I don't get a "thrill" as such, but it's like keeping a dog
> they're cute and rely upon you - and when you do a good job
> of it, your pleased with yourself.

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2003 10:06 am
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Yorkshire Pudding wrote:

>>Big scare at the moment in the UK, people flushing goldfish down the
>>toilet. The things are breeding in the wild and they aren't indiginous
>>- threatening the other wildlife.
>
> <Snipped>
>
> Are these the same goldfish that grow to enormous size and devour
> alligators and innocent anglers?
>

Honest officer, it was a huge goldfish and he said...

"Hey buddy, hand over the wallet and the bloodworms and nobody gets
hurt."

-D
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"Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving
that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the
proof." -Galbraith's Law
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2003 5:12 pm
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I usually associate "thrill" with some kind of adrenaline rush or at least a
surge of some kind of emotion. Observing my fish is soothing, relaxing,
maybe even a little bit intellectually interesting, like watching a
documentatary on TV. I also get a sense of "quiet satisfaction for a job
well done" when I think of all the little frustrations that I have overcome
and all the work that I've put into giving the fish a nice home. I am
mildly excited about some changes I would like to do, but can't yet (like
adding live plants and maybe more fish).

I am never "thrilled" about my fish.

E.Otter
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2003 6:31 pm
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Mostly it's relaxing, but there is somewhat of a thrill when Cher nuzzles my
hands when I stick them into the tank to do something. The others never do
that.


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Laurie, Dark Phoenix
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You know when people see a cat's litter box, they always say,
"Oh, have you got a cat?" Just once I wanted to say, "No, it's
for
company!"
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(Msg. 6) Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2003 9:38 am
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Dark Phoenix wrote:
>
> Mostly it's relaxing, but there is somewhat of a thrill when Cher nuzzles my
> hands when I stick them into the tank to do something. The others never do
> that.

hahaha a fish called Cher!! Thats crazier than my fish's name...Ozzy
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