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Wave Without A Shore

...and I declared I wanted a storebought filter for my b'day, please. I've ordered a Matala mechanical filter. It's got a uv filter I don't want to use, because having had 3 of them catch fire and damage expensive equipment, I'm not real keen on the use of same. But...

...and I declared I wanted a storebought filter for my b'day, please. I've ordered a Matala mechanical filter. It's got a uv filter I don't want to use, because having had 3 of them catch fire and damage expensive equipment, I'm not real keen on the use of same. But...

THank you all so much. You're such good folk. We have the best readers in the world.

Get them while they're hot!    Yeah...it's me. Carolyn's wisely gone to bed, but I really wanted to get these up for you all before the end of the sale. I'm really proud of these books. I get asked if they're worth it, are they really that different. Duh...would I...

Jane's Wildcards, which is the ultimate edition of Groundties, completely rewritten, is up. So is Invitations, which is a Bren story. There is a 10% discount on both and all our stock until next Friday, the 16th, if you use the code SPOCON10.

I tell you, it's not so bad when I have labels and boxes that hold together for another mailing...but it's still hard, and gets postponed and postponed because the post office is a real chore, the lines go on forever, and when I've got a stack of boxes over waist high...

The algae battle this year, of all the others, is a pain, and a never-ending cycle. I could get a pre-done sand filter that would serve, maybe, but I've worked sand filters before, and they're cranky: they use a levered valve for operate and backflush, and I recall...

The algae battle this year, of all the others, is a pain, and a never-ending cycle. I could get a pre-done sand filter that would serve, maybe, but I've worked sand filters before, and they're cranky: they use a levered valve for operate and backflush, and I recall...

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A dose of rainwater can really screw the chemical balance. So...we drain down the pond. I thought the pump might have clogged, but it's just the crappy hose----I had great hopes for one of those superlight hoses, but the friction inside and the small diameter is such...

A dose of rainwater can really screw the chemical balance. So...we drain down the pond. I thought the pump might have clogged, but it's just the crappy hose----I had great hopes for one of those superlight hoses, but the friction inside and the small diameter is such...