Re: (duh)

["Karen Randall" <krandall@rdrcpa.biz>]

Oh!  Now I'm making the connection... This is the guy that won the contest?
(that shows how impartial I try to be... I don't even pay attention to the
names of the winners.<g>

Karen

(who is very proud of herself for doing a water change and trimming the
plants in one tank without getting her cast wet!  Now on to the others!)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cheryl Rogers" <cheryl@wilstream.com>
To: <aga-sc@thekrib.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2003 11:05 AM
Subject: Re: (duh)


> I sat next to him at the banquet. Didn't form any negative impression,
> but we didn't talk *that* much.
>
> His hands were shaking at the auction and I asked him if he was
> alright. He said he has naturally high blood pressure. That made more
> of an impression on me than anything he said at the banquet.
>
> Cheryl
>
> Erik Olson wrote:
>
> > I did.  He talked my ear off.  He's very proud of himself, even before
the
> > awards announcement.  I think he'd be competent, but he really
> > overcompensates for being a relative newbie.  Keep in mind also that he
> > joined the AGA in August.
> >
> > I will forward his responses now.  Brace for impact.
> >
> >   - Erik
> >
> > PS: Good responses to the Vicki decision on the AB forum so far.  It's
> > going to be fine.
> >
> > On Sun, 7 Dec 2003, S. Hieber wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Did anyone get a chance to talk with him at the convention?
> >>
> >>sh
> >>--- Karen Randall <krandall@rdrcpa.biz> wrote:
> >>
> >>>I'd love to hear what James wrote to you when you get a
> >>>chance.  We
> >>>definitely don't want to get in bed with another loose
> >>>cannon. (not that I'm
> >>>mixing metaphors or anything!<g>)
> >>>
> >>>Karen
> >>>
> >>>----- Original Message ----- 
> >>>From: "Erik Olson" <erik@thekrib.com>
> >>>To: <aga-sc@thekrib.com>
> >>>Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2003 12:07 AM
> >>>Subject: (duh)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>I have to "duh" myself here.  I should have done this
> >>>
> >>>from the start... I
> >>>
> >>>>got a reply from James H regarding the forum issue, and
> >>>
> >>>was a little taken
> >>>
> >>>>aback by some "brazen" statements (which I'll share
> >>>
> >>>with you guys later),
> >>>
> >>>>and wanted to do a little character background
> >>>
> >>>checking.  Was thinking I'd
> >>>
> >>>>e-mail Roger or Ghazanfar or Phil Edwards to get an
> >>>
> >>>idea, but decided to
> >>>
> >>>>check myself first.  So I popped over to the
> >>>
> >>>Aquabotanic forums see what's
> >>>
> >>>>up.  But while there, I found the thread about Vicki
> >>>
> >>>Costley's car wreck.
> >>>
> >>>>Karen, you were dead on in your hunch.  During an
> >>>
> >>>incredible outpouring of
> >>>
> >>>>grief in late October, they collected several hundred
> >>>
> >>>dollars, from around
> >>>
> >>>>a dozen people, in about a week.  This was spent on a
> >>>
> >>>wreath at the
> >>>
> >>>>funeral, but there was quite a bit left over and it
> >>>
> >>>appears that they
> >>>
> >>>>didn't know what to do with it.  Someone suggested
> >>>
> >>>donating to a
> >>>
> >>>>conservation fund. Then someone said "I know!  Let's
> >>>
> >>>ask the AGA to
> >>>
> >>>>administer an award in her name!"  And about 2 people
> >>>
> >>>said "yeah, great
> >>>
> >>>>idea!"  So I think our reply was dead-on for this.
> >>>>
> >>>>The good and bad news is, of course, that our reply was
> >>>
> >>>forwarded and
> >>>
> >>>>posted there.  Bad in that people may be pissed off.
> >>>
> >>>But good in that at
> >>>
> >>>>least they'll be pissed off by our actual words rather
> >>>
> >>>than someone's
> >>>
> >>>>retelling.
> >>>>
> >>>>I'm going to take a break and hear David's input from
> >>>
> >>>the legal chat
> >>>
> >>>>before I get back to the "forums" discussion.  Too many
> >>>
> >>>issues packed in
> >>>
> >>>>too tightly this week.
> >>>>
> >>>>  - Erik
> >>>>
> >>>>PS: Third prize winner requested "Aquarium Plants
> >>>
> >>>Handbook". Yay!
> >>>
> >>>>-- 
> >>>>Erik Olson
> >>>>erik at thekrib dot com
> >>>>
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