QUOTE(goldrush @ Wed, 22 Feb 2006 9:17 pm)
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Your goldfish hobby (to convince your wife)is an outlet for you not to stray from unnecessary attention given to the opposite sex represented by an inlet of pleasure...........
now I understand.
To add on to the discussion, goldfish is an investment or hobby with no returns (that's why you call hobby). Maybe you got intangible returns like self satisfaction and stress relieve, but end of a day is still money down the drain.
Did anybody actually calculate the cost of goldfish keeping, e.g. maintenance like water/electri bill, food and supplments, chemical, tank necessities upkeep, fish replacement....
There is very thin line drawn between pleasure and pressure... my take is make it simple with least tedious/efforts, else the passion may not last for most of the people.