Yeah, I did med school in Houston, essential to live there!!! Couldn't believe they didn't have it in Seattle, of course my first year here I wore a sweatshirt the ENTIRE TIME, except for one week in August. Kathy On Wed, 12 Jun 2002, Charter wrote: > I do NOT know how I lived all those years in Seattle without central air > conditioning! It's the BEST! All those summer nights spent lying prostrate > in bed with a box fan in my face... all that misery could have been avoided > for only pennies a day! (Okay, a LOT of pennies a day... but still!) > > > Sam B writes: > > > So-- you are sitting in the shower?? Actually it is over 80 today. Back to > > lurking > > > > Sam > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-gsas-board@thekrib.com > > [mailto:owner-gsas-board@thekrib.com]On Behalf Of Charter > > Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 12:04 PM > > To: gsas-board@thekrib.com > > Subject: Re: question: > > > > > > Aw, man, you GOTTA have the coffee! It's one of the few untrammeled joys in > > my life. I'm SO glad they have Starbuckses out here, so I can buy the GOOD > > STUFF. I sit in my apartment, which is nicely climate-controlled to a > > pleasant 72 degrees, sip my coffee, and it's like I never left Seattle! > > > > Until I go outside and am forcibly reminded.... > > > > > > Kathy Olson writes: > > > >> oops, this was a reply to Erika's reply about Dave, not the OTHER message > >> about the fish diseases. > >> > >> Oh well, stayed up until 2 am with the Portland gang last night, still a > >> little tired. Need caffeine, perhaps I should start drinking that again. > >> :) > >> > >> Kathy > >> > >> > >> > >> On Wed, 12 Jun 2002, Kathy Olson wrote: > >> > >>> Yes, Dave sounded really good when I talked with him. > >>> > >>> Like I said, I wasn't saying anything, but when it gets posted to a group > >>> and I have outside people asking, I thought I should let the board know > >>> before someone else told them. > >>> > >>> Kathy > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On Wed, 12 Jun 2002, Charter wrote: > >>> > >>> > It's a little frustrating that if there ARE any ornamental fish > >>> > epidemiologists out there, they don't seem to be sharing the > > information > >>> > with the rest of us. At the time of The Plague I did some research and > >>> > found a lot of sources that basically said "We know that fish viruses > > exist, > >>> > but we don't really know anything about them." > >>> > > >>> > I guess the good news is that, from an evolutionary perspective, with a > >>> > mortality rate of 70-80%, we can expect that The Plague will burn > > itself out > >>> > pretty quickly. Usually, the higher the mortality rate, the more > > isolated > >>> > the incidence - like the way an epidemic of hemhorragic fever will wipe > > out > >>> > an entire village, then collapse without spreading very far. (I read > > "The > >>> > Hot Zone"! I know these things! :) > >>> > > >>> > Hopefully Fish Plague 2001 won't return for a very long time... > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > Kathy Olson writes: > >>> > > >>> > > Interesting huh? Sounds like it wasn't isolated to just the portland > >>> > > fish, people that had no fish from Portland got it too. Erika then > > sent > >>> > > me this post. Sounds like it came through multiple places. > >>> > > > >>> > > Kathy > >>> > > > >>> > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > >>> > > Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 00:17:43 -0400 > >>> > > From: Charter <charter@charter-terminal.com> > >>> > > To: erik@thekrib.com > >>> > > Cc: kathy@thekrib.com > >>> > > Subject: question: (fwd) > >>> > > > >>> > > Forwarded text from an Atlanta fishkeeper. Sound familiar!? Freaky, > > huh? > >>> > > > >>> > >> I had several [M. praecox] many months ago in the 125, but had some > > kind > >>> > >> of sickness that wiped out 75% of my fish. He was the sole survivor > > of > >>> > >> several of them. 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