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> From: George R. Trumbull IV <GeorgeT at Princeton.EDU>
> To: rainbowfish at pcug.org.au
> Subject: Re: [RML]Pedigree papers for FISH
> Date: Saturday, February 22, 1997 8:58 AM
>
> >Hi
> > Pedigree slip hummm,now that I think about it it might be a good
idea.
> In theory this is a good idea, but it seems to me like a logistical
> nightmare. Fish breed rapidly- how can we insure that the fish we
> "pedigree" are the ones sold at that pedigree? If they were all sold
within
> ANGFA / IRG / RSG, then I guess an honor system would work.
Nevertheless,
> the general trend of recent posts has been that the real problem with
> "non-pedigree" fish is not within the specialty groups, but rather with
> unscrupulous dealers. Since most new members, I would hazard a guess,
get
> their fish from pet stores, would ANGFA / IRG / RSG inspect the tanks of
> every new member?
> In spite of my negativity, I _DO_ think this is a good idea and I
> wish someone out there would respond to this and prove me wrong :).
> -George
>
>
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> George R. Trumbull IV
> Princeton University
> "But explanations do not interest me. I am beyond the why and
wheretofore
> of myself. Fate is what I am interested in; or, failing fate, whatever
it
> is that is going to happen to me...I am not interested in becoming one of
> those people who look into mirrors and see nothing, or walk in the sun
and
> cast no shadow. It is up to me."
> --J.M. Coetzee, _In the Heart of the Country_