Howdy!!

[kluyu]

Well, I seldom actually say "howdy" but I am Texan, and I do say y'all a lot... when I remember that I'm supposed to. I'm afraid I've moved around so much in the US & some in Mexico, that all my typical area sayings have gotten all mixed up.

But not me... I'm not mixed up & to prove it to any doubters out there, I have personally come to this board and registered. All on my own (sort of) with only the tinest bit of help.

I had followed threads with Pegasus in them (Tom's Place) and run onto a lot of NZ people at the various fishforums I frequent. Then, I ran onto Carylnz & simply became eaten up with curiosity about all things New Zealand. I can see, by my sampling of threads here and there, that you guys really know your fish. That's really great, because I love to bend collective ears whenever I have a problem come up.

At the moment, I am pretty trouble free on the home front. I keep mainly angelfish, gouramis and barbs, but I also have clown loaches, bettas, the odd fancy goldfish, your basic selection of platies, a few herds of corys and several that I know I haven't mentioned yet.

Right now I am sort of focused on aquatic plants, which, in it's own way is every bit as interesting as keeping fish. And considerably more difficult in many cases.

So... here I am, and once again I say "Howdy, y'all... Y'all come back now y'here!" Even if it is me that is coming back here. But you too should come back there too, so that you can also return from whence you came.

(just doing my little bit to help international confusion here )

[Caryl]

Hi Kluyu! Glad you came to visit.

You should all check out the site where I met Kluyu..

http://communitytank.aaquaria.com/boards/index.php

They are a nice friendly lot and I was made welcome there. There are some interesting topics too. Their board works the same as ours so I found it easy to navigate.

Again, welcome Kluyu and I hope we are able to help you if you have a problem.

[kluyu]

Thanks right back at you Caryl... do you know that I only just now figured out that the nz part of your name had to do with New Zealand? I thought that it was just a different way of spelling Carolyn. Now I see the light though, it is in reality a distinctive recognition symbol to all other New Zealanders that see it.

That is a pretty good idea... I don't guess it would work for me though,

My name would come out kluyutxus... which is bound to give anyone pause for thought before opening any kind of conversations.

As it is, I see you will have to reassure your members that you have not fallen in with a bunch of crazy people, and that most of the members at the Community Tank are quite nice really, and all very sane. Well, mostly anyway, and they have to be very nice to put up with me.

What I think is really amazing is the international makeup of so many bulletin boards all over. Here I am, chatting away to you (via my pc) and it's 5:46 pm here in Texas, on Aug. 28th, and I suppose you people are already in tomorrow morning. Pretty amazing...

No matter what kind of an insomniac you may be, you can always find someone else in the world wide net awake and ready to talk.

[Pegasus]

Hey there Kluyu, great to see a familiar face and welcome to the bottom of the world.

True what you say, there's no boundaries now and we can send you a post the day before you recieve it being a day in front.

Problem with all these great forums sprouting up is you get a bit confused at times as to where you posted what, but as you are new here you can dig out all those posts you made thoughout the world and stick them right here on the NZFR cos we would all love to read them he he.

Suppose you could go for the KluyuTX when you visit overseas. I just use the NZ behind my name just like Caryl, and of course advertise our great little forum

Hope you find time to visit us often, and look forward to reading your posts.

Best Regards,

Bill (Pegasus)...... aka (Pegasus NZ)

[Caryl]

Everyone here knows my first name is Caryl but when I went to register on an eziboard site, it said Caryl was already being used (and here I thought I was unique!) so I just added the NZ for New Zealand on the end. I figured that not only would everyone then know my name, but they would also know where I came from.

[Pegasus]

Geez... That's a great idea Caryl, wonder why I never thought of that

Just kidding

Often you see people using differnt names for different sites, but I like the name I chose, and you get a little bit of recognition, and often get a few members from other sites following you home (Thanks Kluyu and others)

If you visit other sites, tell them who you are and where you are from. I do and always have, and this forum link is on all my overseas posts, plus on my home website. Gives you a nice feeling seeing the New Zealand Fishroom link in among all those international posts.

Spread the word people, that's what the forums are all about.

Errmm... Should I be charging for advertising...

Happy Days,

Bill (Pegasus)

[kluyu]

It is, of course, good advice. As you can now see, I put my "home" BBS in my sig link. Hah! didn't miss me did you? I just had to flash across to see bowhunter's post and make sure I didn't say all the same things he did.

So, since I now know what he said, I can spread myself a bit. We at the Community Tank are very much like a friendly family. It is still a small board, and since it is a smallish one, eveyone is much more connected than you would see on a big BBS. That's good, because a better bunch of people you would have to travel far to find (like maybe NZ?).

We like new people, whether you just come by to chat as a guest or post on a topic or ask a question. While the majority of us are scattered across the US, we have Canadians and UK people too. We are lucky to have some very knowledgable members fish-wise as well as some just getting started.

I had the pleasure of looking at a lot of Caryl's pics about your fnzas meetings and the beautiful fish you have. You are really lucky that so many of your members are within driving distance to each other.

We have been trying to find a place that would be more or less central for most of our members, so that we could finally get together and actually meet each other. As it is, I think that many of us will only ever know each other through posts at the BBS.

You people are really lucky to live in such a beautiful country (breath taking scenery) (recently seen in Lord of the Rings) that is also small enough to let a lot of your members actually meet.

It is also great that although we are in your yesterday, at least it is still day for both of us for a goodly spot of time. Some of our members in the UK are up and about during the middle of the night for most of the rest of us US folk, and we can only post back and forth while one or the other of us is fast asleep. Either that or awake way, way too far into the night.

So... come on by and set a spell, even if we are in yesterday for you. Oh yes... if the world should come to an end in your time (tommorrow for us) please leave a post in this regard... I would like to have time for a bit of going-out-of-buisness shopping. Bye!

[Goldie]

Welcome and ty kindly for your kind remarks re our beautiful land. My Texan friend has just set up a 100gal tank in which she has discus. She surely does not do things by halves LOL. Like you she is forever saying ya'all and I love hearing it. She denies having an accent, however when here she is outnumbered on that one. Welcome again.