I’m interested in why the animal “couldn't be passed up”. Was it price? The question, could an adult male with a clearer pedigree not be found for a reasonably price, begs to be asked here.

I’m certainly not one to say don’t ever buy from a pet shop since I do so myself, but I find it interesting that given the lack of a presented history on this animal some of you staunch purists are still calling this a nice score. I can say nice score (and it is) because my well publicized standard is if it looks like a knob and acts like a knob it probably is a knob but then I get stoned for that view quite frequently.

In the spectrum of attitudes between the hybridizers and the purists I fall somewhere right of center. I can hardly fault anyone who wants to have high standards and seeks to preserve genotypes more purely but I equally can not fault the Thomas’ of the world who cry foul when it is evidenced that the purists are more willing to trash what they do than to practice due diligence in maintaining there own lineages.

I probably shouldn’t post this because the conversation is going to spin out of control but it seemed a good place to make a point that is generally lost down thread in a string of insults.

In any case let the mud slinging begin.
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• Nice Knob - viborero, Tue Dec 29 10:56:18 2009
• RE: Nice Knob - DMong, Tue Dec 29 11:50:59 2009
• RE: Nice Knob - viborero, Tue Dec 29 13:59:35 2009
• RE: Nice Knob - DMong, Tue Dec 29 16:29:17 2009
• RE: Nice Knob - Tony D, Tue Dec 29 14:09:46 2009
• Here we go... - viborero, Tue Dec 29 14:40:13 2009
• RE: Here we go... - Tony D, Tue Dec 29 15:14:53 2009
• I would say that one is good....... - Rich G.cascabel, Wed Dec 30 09:18:18 2009
• Thanks Rich! - viborero, Wed Dec 30 12:35:28 2009
• RE: Nice Knob - DMong, Tue Dec 29 16:43:37 2009
• ...here we go 'round the mulberry bush.. - JKruse, Tue Dec 29 21:38:30 2009
• RE: ...here we go 'round the mulberry bush.. - Tony D, Tue Dec 29 22:05:49 2009
• moot point............. - JKruse, Tue Dec 29 22:51:01 2009
• RE: moot point............. - viborero, Wed Dec 30 07:21:29 2009
• RE: moot point............. - Tony D, Wed Dec 30 09:27:00 2009
• RE: moot point............. - thomas davis, Wed Dec 30 11:35:17 2009
• RE: Nice Knob - Aaron, Wed Dec 30 22:32:47 2009
• RE: Nice Knob - Tony D, Thu Dec 31 16:47:58 2009
• RE: Nice Knob - antelope, Thu Dec 31 20:15:08 2009
• RE: Nice Knob - jonellopez, Tue Dec 29 12:04:16 2009
• RE: Nice Knob - viborero, Tue Dec 29 14:00:49 2009
• RE: Nice Knob - antelope, Tue Dec 29 12:41:22 2009
• RE: Nice Knob - viborero, Tue Dec 29 14:03:04 2009
• RE: Nice Knob - snake_bit, Tue Dec 29 22:39:25 2009
• RE: Nice Knob - viborero, Wed Dec 30 07:09:43 2009