Cary Strong to Speak in Kalamazoo, MI

[RAWesolowski]

Cary Strong will be speaking to the Southwestern Michigan Aquarium Society (SWMAS) on Friday, March 7, 2003. The meeting will be held at Kalamazoo Valley Community College (KVCC) at 8:00 PM.

KVCC is located at 6767 "O' Street in Kalamazoo. Take the 9th Street/Oshtemo exit (Exit 72) from I-94. Head south, the street will turn west and become "O' street within two blocks. KVCC is on the south side of the road.

Vistors are welcome at any time. Please contact the writer if you plan to attend.

Really,

Well am going then to see that guy hee.hee.hee ;)

[RichieE]

Will it be on Pay per view?

[Goldfish_in_a_bowl]

Okay....... I wanna go.....I wanna go....... :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:
but WHO the....is this Cary Stong Person?? ;) ;) ;) ;D
I can just see this now... Cary standing in front of all of these people Talking......... :furious: :furious: :furious: :scared: :o :o :o :o :o ROTLMAO
Ya know I adore ya Cary..... :-*

K :gorgeous:

[paulmat]

Wish I could be there :waaa:

Paul :guitarist:

[fcdiscus]

Gary Who????????????? ??? ;D

Michigan in the wintertime :scared: :sick:
No thanks...I will just wait for the book ;)


Randy

Well, I for one will not inflate the boys' ego---Yep that's right :

Small b, deflated o and inverted y--spells boy! I didn't say Elroy, Leroy or superboy! He shouldn't be speaking at Kalamazoo--He belongs in a Zoo--preferably the San Diego Zoo 8) Joe ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::)

[harryJ]

Good luck Cary, just don,t choke up ;) ;) ;) I know you will do well. ;D ;D ;D Harry

[DISCUSDADDYSLC]

My old stomping grounds wish I could tell you somewhere nice to go, but there ain't . Get in and get out . Left long ago and don't want to ever go back. But the wife may drag me to see her outlaws who live there. I've heard it has really been booming there.Stay away from the northside if it is anything like the old days. Goodluck,DDSLC ;)

[Steve_Warner]

Hi all,
Hey Cary, I knew some hot chicks who lived in Kalamazoo(for real)........ tell 'em I said "Hi" ;D Wish I could be there to listen to ya speak. Public speaking, huh? "Yikes" :o


Steve

LMOA! ;D ;D ;D ;D

[Ardan]

Wish I could be there! 8)

Hey, can you post a transcript of your speech here???


When is the book coming out??? :o Is it about discus?? :o

Good luck and have fun!

[DISCUSDADDYSLC]

Used to have a shirt that summed it up. on the front it said where the hell is Kalamazoo and on the back it said who the hell cares. ::)Tape it for me. :) DDSLC

[Goldfish_in_a_bowl]

I have a shirt that says "SOMETHING" like that... except mine says "UTAH" HAAAAaaaaa ha haaaaaa ;) ;) ;)

Yah Cary Have Sue tape it for us...
are you going to wear that one Baby blue polyester suit AGAIN!? ::) ::) ::) ::) ::)

K :gorgeous:

[Wahter]

DDSLC - I think you're getting "Hell", Michigan mixed up with Kalamazoo! And don't forget "Climax" and I-69! ;D

Yup, I spent a few years attending WMU (Western Michigan University or better known as "WhatsaMatterU") in Kalamazoo. ;D

Randy, the lower penninsula isn't too bad (the west coast line - Muskegeon/ Grand Rapids does get some 'lake effect' snow though), it's the upper pennisula that gets the REAL snow storms! I've only been to "Da UP" once in January (back in 1995) for a couple of weeks and was lucky; after we drove back down, I heard they got 30" of snow!!!!

Cary, don't wear anything 'maize' and 'blue' - it's brown and gold Bronco country in Kalamazoo.

Walter

Cary, Tracey and I were going to fly up to the meeting just to give you a hard time but I have to work that Satuday :( :(

Oh well I guess you are getting off easy this time



Randy

It will not be to long til he starts charging for public apperances.


Good Luck.

Miles :thumbsup:

Randy, I'm going to drive up with my basket of rotten fruit.

:funny: :funny: :funny:

Mike

Great Mike, hit him once or twice for me ;D ;D ;D



Randy

[Pick]

Cary is expecting Hecklers. But he thinks that is a term for breeders of Heckels. LOL!

:o ::)

TC

Yeah Terry, he also misinterpretted Peter Pan. Joe ;D

[Pick]

ROFLMAO!!!

[RAWesolowski]

After readijng through the posts, I sat back and wondered how Cary would react to Mike, Randy, Steve and Walter "heckeling" him.

Hidey Hi ol' friends and neighbors--Cmon down to wide track town. We gotcha GTO's and Chevelle SS 396! Motown West--at Kalamazoo---Kellogs is nearby! :P

The guest from Hell ::)( I ) will be driving up from Maryland to support my friend, Cary. :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*Between us, we will be donating twenty discus to the club for auction. Anyone bidding, should bid high to help out the club ( the backbone of this insane hobby ) I am leaving on February 28 th so I can spend some "Quality Time" with my twin brother from a different mother. I was the still-born one! :o ::) It's gonna be a blast!!! Free lollypops for you suckers! Joe ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[RAWesolowski]

Joe,

That's very generous of you to offer 20 of Cary's fish! I'm sure more than a few people will be excited to hear about the auction!

[RAWesolowski]

Just 3 more days...

Did anyone make it to Kalamazoo?

I understand Cary mentioned that SimplyDiscus.com is the best internet site for all the Discus people :thumbsup:

If you're reading this Thanks Cary :-*

You Da Man :thumbsup:

Beth

[April]

I hear the talk went well...and about 80 people showed up and yes.they all wrote down the website addy for simply.
so if any of you people from the Kalamazoo show came to meet us...welcome.

[RAWesolowski]

I wanted to post a little sooner but the job jar was full over the weekend and my bride insisted that I empty it.

Cary did a great job at the meeting despite a couple of minor set backs like a mix up at the hotel and a malfunction of the audio visual equipment. The mix up was straightened out and the malfunction forced Cary to do what the group wanted him to do - answer questions about fish!

Key points he made were:

Discus are not synonomous with difficult and do your research...

Yes, Beth and April, Cary did mention Simply but I don't remember if it came before or after he spoke about DAAH and AquaForums. One concern about boards, that members brought up, was the past proclivity of the boards to degenerate into "flame" sessions that destroyed any value of the posts.

Imagine Cary nodding in agreement at the question, then agreeing that the past practices were detrimental and holding DAAH, Aqua and Simply as examples of the way the boards should work!

Cary did a great job not only promoting the fish but the internet community. A very nice job from a guy who said that he wasn't a speaker.