The Good Banter Thread

[callingcolleen1]

Well I enjoy this forum much more anyway Mitch. I Will gladly accept your little pond breather 4 the hassle I got there anyway. Besides I learned my lesson and I would miss you and your struggle up at the north pole with your little breather!

 

[MitchM]

 

[callingcolleen1]

Mitch what the heck are you doing up so late? I am up cause I am still seething mad that some had the nerve to say such rude things to me! One told me that "if I cannot afford Koi food that I should not have Koi! I am calling on all my very old and dear Facebook Friends to speak up cause they sent me a text saying they would look into me like I could not possibly have wintered my koi in shallow ponds with big koi for more than the last two decades (since 1991) successfully! The Nerve!! https://www.facebook.com/callcollee...86&offset=0&total_comments=1&notif_t=feed_com
(you can follow this thread and read the comments when good people that I know wake up and defend me!)

I feel like I have to justify myself cause they do not believe me!! They call themselves Koi Keepers of America..... where freedom of speech is allowed... and told me not to post or talk about how I feed my koi dog food and they scoffed at me cause I do not have fancy high priced koi and said my koi lacked color!! They threatened to kick me off and then they did cause apparently I could not possibly be telling the truth!! Yes, I am still mad and hell! Can;t sleep cause it bugs me so much, I just wanted to help people winter their ponds successfully like I have and not loose koi! Is that so bad? I am selling nothing and have nothing to gain, so why do they criticize me so much?
Nobody ever apologized to me either!

 

[koiguy1969]

I wouldn't worry about it. I had 3 people saying I was a "always has to be right" person. because I corrected 2 people who said U.Vs are for string algea. and that was on WORLD OF PONDS, my own page.

 

[MitchM]

I had to get up to put more wood on the fire.

..oh, and tell me more about "having an open mind"...? ...pond breather...open mind...

 

[callingcolleen1]

Ha ha ha you are funny Mitch!

 

[TAHOE]

That stuff goes on with a lot of forums no matter what the subject. I collect/work on old garden tractors, seem the "boys" with the John Deeres think their poop don't stink and green and yellow is the only brand out there. I make fun of them any time I can

 

[callingcolleen1]

It is funny you should mention tractors. My hubby drove this off his Grampa's farm back in the 70's. Here it still sits. It is his old tractor and he likes to look at it.

 

[callingcolleen1]

He still liked to start it up every once in a while. It still has the original tires too!

 

[tbendl]

This just made me giggle

 

[callingcolleen1]

I need to get down there aND sample some home made cookies!

 

[TAHOE]

It is funny you should mention tractors. My hubby drove this off his Grampa's farm back in the 70's. Here it still sits. It is his old tractor and he likes to look at it. View attachment 76920

Looks like an old Massey. I am into mostly smaller garden size, but would like to have tht one. Would be a nice one to restore.

 

[callingcolleen1]

yes, I think it is a old Massey too, but the letters are falling off. People always try to buy it but hubby won't sell it cause it has lots of old memories. If he did not have to work so hard I think he would like to have it restored.

 

[TAHOE]

yes, I think it is a old Massey too, but the letters are falling off. People always try to buy it but hubby won't sell it cause it has lots of old memories. If he did not have to work so hard I think he would like to have it restored.

I have the garden tractor I grew up on in the barn still. The engine broke internally so dad pushed in the barn in 1990 where it still sits. I just got a hold of a new motor so maybe this coming summer I can try to get it running again, I understand your husband's thinking.
I'm doing a major home renovation and moving into it in a few weeks along with then fixing up my home and selling it in the spring so my tractor hobby is kind of on hold for a bit until next year.

 

[koiguy1969]