Free Mantis Shrimp

[Isis]

But darn it.... what is a GAD?????? LOL!
Thanks for the welcome ISFRAEL! I want to learn everythingI can about this little guy!
BTW: how often do they molt? He has closed up some holes in his rock for a couple of days and then pushed then opened again so I figured that he was molting ten, but he has done that about two or three times and I didn't know if he was molting everytime or just what he was doing.
Today he gave me a cool show of him breaking a snail off of the rock and pulling it down into his cave and letting me watch as he smashed it opened. It was sort of funny cause as he finally got the snail loose he started to fall, fell onto a Damsel, scared himself and smacked the fish. No harm was done to either fish or shrimp. It was just sort of comical! :eek2: :eek1:

 

[judo1]

Isis,

That's great! I hope I get to see some similar shows... I've got some blue leg hermits coming in tomorrow, to go in the mantis tank for extra snacks/ exercise/ comic relief... well, I figure blh's have to be good for SOMEthing!
Some will also go in with my 14" Green Brittle Star, but I doubt that will be as interesting.
BTW, the word gad, which originally came about as a shortened version of goobleygobs is Aramaic for the modern term "ahelluvalot".


-JoN

 

[Isis]

OOOO! Ok I see. I gad is a "ahelluvalot". Now I am on the same page.
I have little crabs in my tank and my mantis does't seem to interested in them. I think they are just food for when he doesnt have any snails to chew on. I don't know. I haven't seen him yet today I wonder what he is up to. No cracking noises either.
OOPS! nevermind. He is sitting out by his hole trying to hit the damsels that are swimming around him. Brave little brat! Usually he hides when they come around him but I guess he has had enough of the taunting and is fighting back.

 

[cat23]

Judo1,

It was hard to send that mantis because after seeing him in the tank himself, and reading up alot on them,I found him to be quite interesting...The fact that I promised him to someone who wanted one so bad made me go through with my promise.

Strange...never received either check! What do you think about that?

 

[judo1]

Strange...

I have sent TWO checks already -- which can be gladly verified by my wife -- AND offered to send Paypal payment if cat23 agreed not to cash either check. I have written her several times, with no response, though she has read every message.

If she is going to write flaming bs about me, and not even respond to messages, I guess she doesn't want the money too bad. Or maybe she's lying, and has one check, and is waiting on the other so she can get $60 for her mantis shrimp that she was "so upset" about giving away. I guess will just go cancel BOTH checks, so when she gets them (if she hasn't already) she will see that I indeed held up my end of the bargain (heck, I even offered PayPal), but chose to cancel the checks... both for my safety (can't have lost checks out there, after all) and to show her that you can't just be a b*tch just b/c you didn't want to uphold your end of the deal. I have notified her of this intent repeatedly, if she chose not to respond. She has been reading the messages, but chose not to respond. I tried being nice, but should have cancelled them yesterday or day before, when I told her I would if I received no response.

I just hope she hasn't cashed them both yet, before I have a chance to cancel them. Geez, some people can seem nice up front, and then turn into a real ***. Even from the day she sent the shrimp, even though she was mostly nice on RC her emails were not quite as nice.

Sorry, cat... I tried being nice, even chose not to respond publicly to this bullsh*t until now... sent another check after the first one "never made it," and even offered you Paypal AFTER I had sent TWO checks, just so you would not have to rely on the USPS... told you I hoped this could be resolved and we could somehow be friends... no response? You spit in the hand that offered easy resolution... above and beyond what should be expected of me (two checks AND offering Paypal). Some people...

 

[judo1]

And to the members of this board, I apologize that you have this pile of sh*t to deal with in your own backyard.
I never got a "did you send the money?" or "what's going on?" email, just came back to the board and found this bs. I would've rather dealt with it privately, and have been trying very hard to do so ("you have become fixated... what do you care what she says? You know the truth, and so does she" my wife has said).

Think rationally, as I have implored her to do, why would I try to screw someone out of $30 in a several-thousand dollar hobby? I have bought things from other members of the board (lime from reefdream, critters from ghiller), and even added a couple of extra bucks for the trouble. If I were the type to try to screw her over, I could just login under another name and forget about it. Once again, I tried SEVERAL times to resolve this nicely, and she has basically told me to ***** off by refusing to answer me. I am sorry everyone else has to deal with it, also/

 

[cat23]

I have sent this and all private messages to the moderators!

By the way, I still have not received a check. Just private messages in the past 3-4 days to send them then lengthy disortations on how you are going to stop payment on them.

Lets see some proof on your end of all these checks you send and stop payment on.

I have the ups tracking papers from October 1.

Will be glad to scan it and post it here tonight.

Yes, you're right, they all know the truth Judo1, you did NOT keep up your end of the bargain. It's simple!

Sorry my deed turned so sour.

How is the little fella anyhow Judo1?

 

[JohnL]

OK, let's all relax and see if the check arrives in the next day or two.

 

[judo1]

the checks will be cancelled tomorrow... then you can flame me all you want about sending you a canceled check.
I tried to be civil... what a !!!!!

 

[Death Shrimp99]

Judo has tried to be nice to you about it. He could have sent the checks and something went wrong, who knows woth everything going on now in the world. I would feel pretty mad if i was judo and sent the checks and everybody is still mad at him. i dont think judo is lying because $60 isint really alot and isint even worth argueing over.

 

[judo1]

Thanks Death Shrimp, my best support of this sentiment follows with the unanswered resolution...

"And the reason you ignored my offers to pay with paypal, in ADDITION to the two checks???
No attempt to facilitate a happy ending, you would rather whine and moan to moderators than reply with a simple "yes, paypal me... and I agree to tear up any checks I receive"

Just felt like being a b*tch?"

BTW your right, $60 is even worth arguing over, but this is only about $30!!! ridiculous!

 

[judo1]

To all the members of this great forum, I once again apologize. I do not get to spend as much time here as I would like, but I think this forum, like the creature at its core, is great!
If my reactions and/or language are inappropriate I apologize, but having my honor questioned publicly when I have tried hard to resolve things privately, both w/ email and pm'ing, and on the one board I ALWAYS come to every time I'm on line angered me, as did the thought that those I was becoming friends with would have been given a negative lie about me while I was away. If I were the kind of guy to screw someone over, I guess I wouldn't care, but I do.
Once again, I apologize all, and may take a short leave of absence to cool down.

 

[judo1]

cat23, go ahead and cash the second check (or whichever arrives first... though I bet you already received one yesterday, and are too low to admit publicly you were wrong, or if you do I'm sure it will be in the middle of some snide remark to justify your attitude), but if you try and cash them both...

After sleeping on it I realized that no matter how much I dislike you and your attitude, I will pay for the mantis, as I have tried repeatedly to do (but you never responded to my paypal offer).

I will not feel unwelcome here... after all, I am a happy owner of a mantis shrimp, and I joined this forum because I wanted one, not to get rid of one.

 

[cat23]

I have never received anything from you at all!

You're a smart shopper!

 

[cat23]

Check received Saturday Nov 17, post dated Wed Nov. 14.

We'll see if it clears.

 

[JohnL]

Nice to see that it worked out in the end