1st Annual FF BBQ !!!!!

**SueM** · 04-10-2006, 11:52 AM

Announcing the first annual Fish Forums Fish swap, collecting trip & BBQ.!!!

We would absolutely be thrilled if you and your family could join us

This year it is going to be in Richmond IN.
On April 28th, 29th & 30th. The BBQ will be on Saturday afternoon.

More details are coming, but feel free to email me for Q's

Take a Train, bus, plane, or the family station wagon just come have fun!!!

Scuba Kid · 04-10-2006, 12:09 PM

That would be awesome if it wasnt so far away....

next year, it should be in new england! lol

wildtiger · 04-10-2006, 12:34 PM

That's a long way from New Mexico, but I'll ask and see if it might be possible although I'm kinda doubting it.

**Osiris** · 04-10-2006, 12:37 PM

O come on quit making excuses! hehe.

I will/plan to attend the BBQ!

Damon · 04-10-2006, 01:02 PM

I may be able to make that!!. Only 90 min away

ALFA WOLF · 04-10-2006, 05:41 PM

i live in south texas got a concert and ternnis tourny those days so maybe next year

craftyflalady · 04-10-2006, 06:38 PM

I will be there!! I can't wait!!

**lohachata** · 04-10-2006, 08:55 PM

i think i will just stay home and visit some chatroom..

fishfreaks · 04-10-2006, 08:56 PM

Unfortunatly, we wont be able to make it either. But we do want pics!!

FortWayneFish · 04-10-2006, 10:02 PM

I don't know If I'll be able to stay away

Tim · 04-11-2006, 05:43 AM

I WILL BE THERE!!!! only if you guys pay my airfare from sydney australia and i can stay with one of you.......so i just want to see pics
LOL

Ramis · 04-11-2006, 07:01 PM

Too far for me

, any idea on where it will be next year, possibley Long Island

**SueM** · 04-12-2006, 10:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SueM

Announcing the first annual Fish Forums Fish swap, collecting trip & BBQ.!!!

We would absolutely be thrilled if you and your family could join us

This year it is going to be in Richmond IN.
On April 28th, 29th & 30th. The BBQ will be on Saturday afternoon.

More details are coming, but feel free to email me for Q's

Take a Train, bus, plane, or the family station wagon just come have fun!!!

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Here yah go.....
more details as promised.

http://www.fishforums.com/forum/show...7643#post87643

Please RSVP to Cory, him & Mark need to know just how many people will be camping on the lawn.

See you there!

**lohachata** · 05-01-2006, 06:02 PM

hello fellow FF people...well;this past weekend was the forst annual FF BBQ...
this was my first real vacation of any kind in over 25 years..it was a truely wonderful event.i was able to reunite with old friends and to meet new ones.looked at very cool fish.bought and swapped some too.therte were long talk and much laughter.sue mang and i stayed an extra day with our wonderful hosts;Cory and Missy Fry.Crafty and her terrific husband Todd left yesterday.it was so very hard to say goodbye...
all the way home today i was thinking of these people and the friendships that have developed;and i was reminded of this passage from my favorite author...

"your friend is your needs answered.
he is your field which you sow with love and reap with thanksgiving.
and he is your board and your fireside.
for you come to him with your hunger,and you seek him for peace.

when your friend speaks his mind you fear not the "nay" in your own mind,nor do you withhold the "ay".

and when he is silent your heart ceases not to listen to his heart;

for without words,in friendship,all thoughts,all desires,all expectations are born and shared,with joy that is unacclaimed.

when you part from your friend you greive not;

for that which you love most in him may be clearer in his absence,as the mountain to the climber is clearer from the plain.

and let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.

for love that seeks aught but the disclosure of it's own mystery is not love but a net cast forth:and only the unprofitable is caught.

and let your best be for your friend.
if he must know the ebb of your tide,let him know it's flood also.
for what is your friend if you seek that you should seek him with hours to kill?
seek him always with hours to live.
for it is his to fill your need,not your emptyness.

and in the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures.
for in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed."

Georgia Peach · 05-01-2006, 06:05 PM

wow, sounds like I missed a great event!

**fish_doc** · 05-01-2006, 08:20 PM

anyone get a few photos to show the rest of us?

**SueM** · 05-01-2006, 10:33 PM

You guys missed a most incredible weekend!!!!
Finally getting to say things you can't say in chat or the forums, putting faces to the
names that you talk to everyday. And the food!!! There was some very incredible tastes!!!
I think I gained 20 pounds

Campfires, poker parties, late night/all night rib splitting laughs.
Talking, swapping, and comparing our fish was just a bonus

We even got a private tour of the most indredable Angel breeders private facility, what a treat.
There will be many more pics & videos (some incriminating

) coming up, but heres a taste
of just a couple.........

**fish_doc** · 05-02-2006, 08:11 AM

Looks like it got a bit cold in the evenings. But campfires always seem to be relaxing.

Worldwide73 · 05-03-2006, 08:23 PM

Had a good time, the time I was there. Hope to make a better appearance at the next one!!

Cichlid_Mania · 05-03-2006, 09:21 PM

I was glad you and your wife were able to make it WW! Hopefully next time you can hangout a bit longer. That Geophagus species is still holding a mouthfull.. Think I should strip her?

04-10-2006, 11:52 AM	#1
SueM Administrator Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Kennewick, WA. Age: 50 Posts: 1,183	1st Annual FF BBQ !!!!! Announcing the first annual Fish Forums Fish swap, collecting trip & BBQ.!!! We would absolutely be thrilled if you and your family could join us This year it is going to be in Richmond IN. On April 28th, 29th & 30th. The BBQ will be on Saturday afternoon. More details are coming, but feel free to email me for Q's Take a Train, bus, plane, or the family station wagon just come have fun!!! __________________ Words that soak into your ears are whispered...not yelled

04-10-2006, 12:09 PM	#2
Scuba Kid Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: RI Age: 18 Posts: 4,225	That would be awesome if it wasnt so far away.... next year, it should be in new england! lol __________________ Current setups: 1800 gallon koi pond, 10 gallon planted, 150 gallon reef, other FOWLR tanks

04-10-2006, 12:34 PM	#3
wildtiger "Salmon Free!" Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: New Mexico Posts: 362	That's a long way from New Mexico, but I'll ask and see if it might be possible although I'm kinda doubting it. __________________

04-10-2006, 12:37 PM	#4
Osiris Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wisconsin Age: 25 Posts: 3,814	O come on quit making excuses! hehe. I will/plan to attend the BBQ! __________________ Reality is for people who can't handle Science-Fiction

04-10-2006, 01:02 PM	#5
Damon Aquatic Naturalist Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Dayton, Ohio Age: 32 Posts: 14,976	I may be able to make that!!. Only 90 min away __________________ For in much wisdom [is] much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. Member of the AGA (Aquatic Gardner's Association) Member of the IBC (International Betta Congress)

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04-10-2006, 05:41 PM	#6
ALFA WOLF Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 414	i live in south texas got a concert and ternnis tourny those days so maybe next year __________________ empty 10 gal.. any ideas lmao?

04-10-2006, 06:38 PM	#7
craftyflalady Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Age: 50 Posts: 397	I will be there!! I can't wait!!

04-10-2006, 08:55 PM	#8
lohachata Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Cleveland,Ohio Age: 63 Posts: 652	i think i will just stay home and visit some chatroom.. __________________ if we ignore nature;maybe it will go away 10 gallon..nothing but air 10 gallon...just more air 10 gallon...stale air just don't ask about the rest

04-10-2006, 08:56 PM	#9
fishfreaks M&F Couple Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: PA Age: 21 Posts: 4,281	Unfortunatly, we wont be able to make it either. But we do want pics!! __________________ VOTE FOR FISH FORUMS

04-10-2006, 10:02 PM	#10
FortWayneFish Little Fish Big Tanks Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: North East Indiana USA Age: 36 Posts: 92	I don't know If I'll be able to stay away __________________ Rob Renfro NE Indiana USA Hobbyist Helping Hobbyist is what its all about

04-11-2006, 05:43 AM	#11
Tim Banned Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Dee Why, Sydney, Australia Posts: 50	I WILL BE THERE!!!! only if you guys pay my airfare from sydney australia and i can stay with one of you.......so i just want to see pics LOL

04-11-2006, 07:01 PM	#12
Ramis Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 51	Too far for me , any idea on where it will be next year, possibley Long Island

05-01-2006, 06:02 PM	#14
lohachata Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Cleveland,Ohio Age: 63 Posts: 652	hello fellow FF people...well;this past weekend was the forst annual FF BBQ... this was my first real vacation of any kind in over 25 years..it was a truely wonderful event.i was able to reunite with old friends and to meet new ones.looked at very cool fish.bought and swapped some too.therte were long talk and much laughter.sue mang and i stayed an extra day with our wonderful hosts;Cory and Missy Fry.Crafty and her terrific husband Todd left yesterday.it was so very hard to say goodbye... all the way home today i was thinking of these people and the friendships that have developed;and i was reminded of this passage from my favorite author... "your friend is your needs answered. he is your field which you sow with love and reap with thanksgiving. and he is your board and your fireside. for you come to him with your hunger,and you seek him for peace. when your friend speaks his mind you fear not the "nay" in your own mind,nor do you withhold the "ay". and when he is silent your heart ceases not to listen to his heart; for without words,in friendship,all thoughts,all desires,all expectations are born and shared,with joy that is unacclaimed. when you part from your friend you greive not; for that which you love most in him may be clearer in his absence,as the mountain to the climber is clearer from the plain. and let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit. for love that seeks aught but the disclosure of it's own mystery is not love but a net cast forth:and only the unprofitable is caught. and let your best be for your friend. if he must know the ebb of your tide,let him know it's flood also. for what is your friend if you seek that you should seek him with hours to kill? seek him always with hours to live. for it is his to fill your need,not your emptyness. and in the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. for in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed." __________________ if we ignore nature;maybe it will go away 10 gallon..nothing but air 10 gallon...just more air 10 gallon...stale air just don't ask about the rest

05-01-2006, 06:05 PM	#15
Georgia Peach Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Gray, Georgia Age: 42 Posts: 1,706	wow, sounds like I missed a great event! __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Cichlids have more personality than most people I know !*

05-01-2006, 08:20 PM	#16
fish_doc Advisor to Neptune (Mod) Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Northern Illinois Age: 40 Posts: 3,878 Blog Entries: 13	anyone get a few photos to show the rest of us? __________________ Dave (fish_doc) A World of fish

05-01-2006, 10:33 PM	#17
SueM Administrator Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Kennewick, WA. Age: 50 Posts: 1,183	You guys missed a most incredible weekend!!!! Finally getting to say things you can't say in chat or the forums, putting faces to the names that you talk to everyday. And the food!!! There was some very incredible tastes!!! I think I gained 20 pounds Campfires, poker parties, late night/all night rib splitting laughs. Talking, swapping, and comparing our fish was just a bonus We even got a private tour of the most indredable Angel breeders private facility, what a treat. There will be many more pics & videos (some incriminating ) coming up, but heres a taste of just a couple......... __________________ Words that soak into your ears are whispered...not yelled

05-02-2006, 08:11 AM	#18
fish_doc Advisor to Neptune (Mod) Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Northern Illinois Age: 40 Posts: 3,878 Blog Entries: 13	Looks like it got a bit cold in the evenings. But campfires always seem to be relaxing. __________________ Dave (fish_doc) A World of fish

05-03-2006, 08:23 PM	#19
Worldwide73 Worldwide73!!! Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Richmond, IN Posts: 22	Had a good time, the time I was there. Hope to make a better appearance at the next one!! __________________ Uaru's Rule Lots of Uaru lots of tanks! Http://www.worldwide73.com

05-03-2006, 09:21 PM	#20
Cichlid_Mania Banned Join Date: Jan 2006 Age: 38 Posts: 59	I was glad you and your wife were able to make it WW! Hopefully next time you can hangout a bit longer. That Geophagus species is still holding a mouthfull.. Think I should strip her?

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