Congrats to Dinh on the judging contest WIN..!!!

[markgardner]

Quote: Originally Posted by nguyen4 Hi Mike, you say Sanke and Showa not from Ito Farm? I bought ones of his Showa last week and try make one contest myself with ones from Tsekoi, one from Ogata farm and will have ones from PSkoi. After a year we will have result. Do you know anything about Showa breeder( Isa Hajime)?

Hajime Isa is the owner of Isa Koi Farm in Ojiya, just a few minutes from Ojiya Station and one of my guarators in Japan. He's also breeder of some of the best Showa in Japan and took a Kokugyo at the recent Wakagoi Show.

You can read more about him here International Nishikigoi Promotion Center/Isa Koi Farm

This is when he popped into my place for coffee...

[woodyaht]

Quote: Originally Posted by mstrseed I just found out over at theShack "Chris" told the whole story........................ had help from his daughrer Ann...............

Be careful, that moron doesn't know left from right

[kntry]

Congrats, Dinh! It sounds like everyone had a great time.

Pics would be nice.

[koiczar]

Quote: Originally Posted by woodyaht Be careful, that moron doesn't know left from right

Yeah but it was that shot "straight up the middle and into center field" that earned you that new tategoi, right!?!?!?!?

[woodyaht]

Quote: Originally Posted by koiczar Yeah but it was that shot "straight up the middle and into center field" that earned you that new tategoi, right!?!?!?!?

Yeah, but that doesn't mean that guy is right

We got very lucky with our tategoi, very blessed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He brings a new aspect to our lives which has beomce very enjoyable.......................

[koiczar]

Quote: Originally Posted by woodyaht Yeah, but that doesn't mean that guy is right We got very lucky with our tategoi, very blessed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He brings a new aspect to our lives which has beomce very enjoyable.......................

That's because it's the FIRST thing you two made together! Enjoy the journey, if you think koi are fun, he's gonna teach you a few things you had forgotten - just you wait, Henry Higgins!!

[woodyaht]

Quote: Originally Posted by koiczar That's because it's the FIRST thing you two made together! Enjoy the journey, if you think koi are fun, he's gonna teach you a few things you had forgotten - just you wait, Henry Higgins!!

Ol' Henry was a good ol' guy wasn't he? One of my favorites!!!!!!!!!!!

You can't imagine how anxious I am to see this guy out in the shop making things with me. I love to teach, and it's going to be fun if he wants to learn dad's trades. He's already very curious of anything in the shop that spins, his eyes get as big as him, well.... maybe

[koiczar]

That's great Chris! There's nothing more fun than a father teaching his son, especially when he's passionate about it. Hope that all works out that way for you. I got my son into computers when he was very young. Past me up in no time. Course, I don't know squat about computers compared to him. Now he does web design, graphics and manages the web and web catalog for a local company. He's also done video conferencing design and broadcasting in his last job. So, a well rounded background.

Mike

[dick benbow]

Sorry Mike, kinda hard to beat a daughter-dad combo, especially with those two...

Dinh Maybe you can allow Mike to have a free consultation during the next competition
from Anne.....kinda even out the playing ground.....

[Lam Nguyen]

Congrats Anh Dinh, or should I say, congrats Ann!!!! Hmmmm, I don't know if Dinh really deserves the award.