Hey Everyone. Thought I would hijack the thread and add some business.
I didn't do a head count while there (nice house BTW) but I believe we had 23+ members there. A nice turn out at any matter. For those that didn't come Richard demo'd making your own fish food from commercially bought seafood, along with some of the "proper" store brand fish foods. It was proposed that the group consider a possible "food pool" where everyone would contribute to the fresh food preparation, that would then be divided up amongst the contributing members. After giving my little buddies a taste of the fresh stuff I'm all for this. I don't know about anyone elses experience but my fish loved it. I managed to sell some of Gilpin's stuff and wil have to eBay the rest since no interest has been generated on RC even with price drops. The Flame and yelly tang are healthy and ready for adoption, but Tim and I would like to see them go together since they are buddies. You might call them "fishin' " buddies ala Brokeback. I know TBWE has put the kabash on the Brokeback jokes but I had to make that my last one.
Gilpin's estate has generated a little North of $1,000 for Shannon, Dave's widow. I'll be cutting her a check as soon as the rest of his estate is gone, or whenever she wants it. I would like to personally thank everyone for their sympathies and help in this matter. A special thanks to Steve and Lauren for their selfless donations. That is truly going above and beyond.
Mostly whats left are the PH's and the Eclipse. I'm going to take some of the smaller items myself, but the others will be eBay'd later this week.
Some expressed interest in the custom sump I brought Nick. I'm more that happy to customize a sump for anyone. You'll have to give me some forward notice and be prepared to wait 3-4 weeks since I do this in my spare time. Remember, Kermits has sumps available for immediate purchase and members do get their 15% on dry goods, so if you need one soon do not wait on me, go see Dave.
For our next meeting i'd like to toss my hat in as the next host. Weather permitting, we might could discuss working with acrylic and do some hands-on demos.
Thanks everyone and I now return you to your regularly scheduled programing.
Barrett "I got my voice back!" Shumaker
