Hello, Geezer coming back to this forum. Paul B

[Paul B]

Good Morning.
This beautiful morning I came across this dead shark on the beach. It looks like something much bigger bit the thing in half and only left some guts.

 

[SantaMonica]

Those algae covered rocks look like a poster for an algae scrubber biology class.

 

[Paul B]

For people who fret over a little algae in their tank. See above picture.

 

[Timfish]

yeah, aquarists definitely shouldn't be afraid of algae.

 

[Paul B]

Good Morning. My Caterpillars are hatching. I have 8 "Painted lady Butterflies.

Of course I let them go as they emerge.

 

[Paul B]

The sea was mad this morning during my walk.

 

[Paul B]

My mercury switches. It looks like a Christmas card.

 

[SantaMonica]

How far do you walk?

 

[Paul B]

I just walk normally 2 miles. Nothing great. But it is 176 steps down to the beach and I walk there and then come up those steps so it is a workout.

And I'm old.

 

[Paul B]

The lady who I was on TV with about that Viet Nam letter thing a few months ago called me yesterday to invite me to speak the week of Veterans Day about Viet Nam. It's on the Jersey Shore but I think I can do it on a Zoom call because it's about a 3 hour drive from here and I don't want to take a train.

 

[Paul B]

I was in my workshop just now and I hear this noise. It was coming from the garbage can which just has papers, wood and workshop stuff, no feeds.

There was a painted lady butterfly in there trying to get out.

I thought they all hatched and turned into butterflies so I threw out the old paper with the cocoons on it. Apparently one didn't emerge into a butterfly until after I threw it away.

I carried her outside and let her go. I can tell she was smiling.

 

[BeanAnimal]

My mercury switches. It looks like a Christmas card.

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I too have an assorted collection. But even more fun, had two large jugs and several small jugs of mercury. I would guess maybe 150 pounds or more worth. My grandfather was a dentist and that is what he used to make fillings put of. I can't imagine disposing of that now. I think we gave it to another family friend who used to have his own dental lab. It is a shame because it is a few hundred dollars per pound now I guess.

 

[Paul B]

Mercury is fantastic stuff,,,,as long as you don't use it for nasal spray....

 

[BeanAnimal]

We used to pour it on the garage floor and chase it around.... now days that would require a hazmat quarantine of the neighborhood.

 

[Paul B]

I found this gorgeous tree stump root on the beach of the Hudson River at my daughters house. It was in the water so long it had barnacles and mussels growing on it. Now it is sterilized and power washed so no more bark or barnacles. It will become a beautiful table base.

 

[BeanAnimal]

Or a small hunk of it as a copper fish mount… ahem.

 

[Paul B]

No it won't.

 

[Paul B]

I just came back from my favorite LFS across the street from my wife's doctor. He was almost sold out of livestock but not to waste the trip I got 3 small fish just for kicks even though I have way to many fish.

The woman who wrote me the letter in Nam who I was on TV with called me and her Veteran group are going to interview me soon. I also have two fish interviews. My main issue is that I take my wife to doctors a few times a week and it will never end as MS doesn't get better so we try all these treatments none of which do anything but I am sure someone is making a lot of money on them.

My wife wants me to write another book. Not about fish but memoirs of Viet Nam. I was thinking, of making a novel "based" on real events but sort of like in my fish book if that is even possible. I would stretch the truth a lot to make it more interesting although the truth may be interesting enough. I will see if I want to do it.

My Grand Daughter acting cool.

 

[Paul B]

Power washing my tree stump table base.

 

[griss]

My wife wants me to write another book. Not about fish but memoirs of Viet Nam. I was thinking, of making a novel "based" on real events but sort of like in my fish book if that is even possible. I would stretch the truth a lot to make it more interesting although the truth may be interesting enough. I will see if I want to do it.

I would definitely read a memoir Paul. I (personally) would prefer one with just the truth but, that's just the history buff part of me.