Post #355122 by JanetMermaid on Tue, Jan 15, 2008 3:18 PM

Boy, this ain't a bad track record -- this was only my SECOND thread on this forum.

In any case, I appreciate purists. I really do. I'm active on a Japanese koi forum and there are those who truly recognize, promote, and appreciate grand-champion quality koi. Most also respect and accept those who want to "play" in the game of koi but will never have the money it takes to buy the best. The difference is that the purists refer to those "lesser" koi as "pond quality" and the snobs refer to them as "pond mutts" (or worse).

The difference really is in semantics and attitude. Word choice is everything.

So for those who consider themselves tiki "purists" at least be courteous with your clarifications and responses.

Thanks to hemorrhaging money due to buying the ranch, I'll be firmly in the buying of "tiki mutts" category for a while. :roll:

Edited to clarify for mymotiki that I'm in the "buying of tiki mutts" camp and not that I consider myself to be a tiki mutt.... :D

[ Edited by: JanetMermaid 2008-01-15 16:13 ]