[schildkoi]

Dick is a good friend of mine too. But, in this specific case, I think efforts are better served teaching others how to select Koi...all the same attributes but also the "warning" of sorts concerning Tosai and the extreme unlikeliness that they will turn out as expected or have a long "shelf life" and thus the poor economics of buying such.

Dan, you got "lucky" that the kohaku you bought turned out to be a goromo and not a shiro muji like the other....my point was simply to show that it didn't turn out even close to the actual buying time perceptions......a point all too often which occurs in buying Tosai and a point that should be told to those wishing to buy Tosai.

Oh, and the comparisons to rock bottom ponding is really all that much of a "stretch" when you actually evaluate all of the motives on both sides of the equation. Now "denial" on the other hand seems prevelant in both cases as well?

Steve