Re: A newbie question

[AuntieFran@comcast.net]

Thanks for the prompt response, Erik.  I'm going to try really hard to get 
there tomorrow.

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Growing old is inevitable; 
growing up is optional.


> There sometimes are little auctions at the end of general meetings.  It 
> varies quite a lot depending on whether someone is, say, selling all their 
> aquariums so they can become crazy nomads and live all over the country, 
> or if someone just grabs some fry that are getting a bit big .  Actually, 
> back in the  late 90's, we didn't really even do them as auctions, it was 
> more like "so-and-so has fish if you want to trade or buy".
> 
> Now if you go to Portland, you'll see a hardcore club in this respect --
> their BAP requires the members to bring in the fry for auction in order to
> receive credit.  These auctions take up a major part of the meeting (can
> be up to an hour).  One can take this both as good and bad: Their meetings
> (at least the ones I've been to) don't get out until 11.
> 
>   - Erik
> 
> On Mon, 7 Jun 2004 AuntieFran@comcast.net wrote:
> 
> > I'm getting the impression that monthly meetings can be something like 
> "mini-auctions".  Is that correct?
> > 
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