Aw go cry us a river Gary, Derek is just diung what ****ing Derek does
best, give ordrs and take credit and pretend to b e smart. He is in
all reality a dumbass like the rest of them in that grup.What do yu
expect for a bunch of assholes that do not play well with others., You
had the right "process" one time, but did nt take it quite far enough
and its easy to do but then you asked in a moderated gorup. Maybe yu
need to try your hand at askng yuor questions where knowledgeable not
wanna be's hang out. Then again yur a freaking canuck so who really
****ng cares. Dumabs***** one and all in the rpm group........you
poor poor pityful asshole..so blind to she your not relavant to that
groups existentence..but they are more than willing to let you suck
them off!
On Sun, 3 Jun 2007 10:50:40 CST, "Gareee©"
<gareee-nospammy@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
<<>>"Derek Broughton" <news@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
<<>>news:c3vaj4-geq.ln1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> San Diego Joe wrote:
<<>>>
<<>>>> "Derek Broughton" wrote:
<<>>>>
<<>>>>> Gareee© wrote:
<<>>>>>
<<>>>>>>> Doug Brown" <doug.brown@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
<<>>>>>>> news:135sn1fj2fr0a7@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>>>> This really isn't that tough, and google should be your friend.
<<>>>>>>
<<>>>>>> True, but as you just said, you got TONS of hits.. and after
trying
<<>>>>>> about 8 different ways to attach fitting to the rubbermaid, I
don;t
<<>>>>>> want
<<>>>>>> to screw it up, and I don't want to deal with leaks and tearing
the
<<>>>>>> whole thing apart a week from now.
<<>>>>>>
<<>>>>>> It's not like there's a "build your own pond filter" website,
with
<<>>>>>> specs, part numbers and order info.
<<>>>>>
<<>>>>> There isn't? Too bad, I know there used to be some (OK, perhaps
not so
<<>>>>> far as "order info" but with specific part availability).
<<>>>>
<<>>>> Funny. Try googling "build your own pond filter"
<<>>>
<<>>> I'm not sure what your point is. I don't see anything there that
actually
<<>>> gives the sort of detail Gareee wants. I really do recall having
seen
<<>>> some
<<>>> that did.
<<>>
<<>>It's funny you mention that,. Derek.. the whole point of getting the
group
<<>>back was to have a resource for us to share information, but when
someone
<<>>has an honest problem, and asks for issues, were were a number of
"google it
<<>>yourself" replies.
<<>>
<<>>When I build my smaller filter last year, not once was a bulkhead
mentioned
<<>>in any reply, and I think I made 15 trips to either a lowe's walmart
or home
<<>>depot getting parts to assemble. I've already spent probably 4 hours
in
<<>>store this year on the new one, and a full day on assembly, trying to
get it
<<>>right with a larger filter this go around.
<<>>
<<>>I'm still not 100% sure the toilet flages using the wax gaskets will
work
<<>>over time, but no one offered a solution to adding them to a
rubbermaid at
<<>>all, so I just kind of made it up as I went along. I stil might have
to
<<>>actually make gaskets of some kind, and add a home made rigid gasket
for the
<<>>inner connectors on the rubbermaid.
<<>>
<<>>And while many people live "in the big city" where a lot of options
for
<<>>parts are available, many of us do NOT, and have few shopping options.
I
<<>>personally have a Lowe's and walmart nearby, a Home Depot 30 minutes
highway
<<>>away, and a few scattered farm supply stores, that look like they are
still
<<>>mired in the 70's. My only other resource is shopping on the web, but
if you
<<>>get the wrong parts, it's weeks before that can be turned around and
<<>>rectified, plus then you have to add ****pping costs.
<<>>
<<>>I was a bit dismayed by the negative replies to me assembly issues,
but held
<<>>my tounge.
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I forgot more about ponds and koi than I'll ever know!
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