Paul B
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Yeah, Like I would ever do that.
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You probably can't see the pictures on this site but if you click on the "X" maybe you will, I don't know. This is the only site they don't work on.
I haven't posted anything about my tank in a while, with my wife's illness, all the doctor's appointments, and all the snow we had. I also haven't done much maintenance on the tank, but I do feed them almost every day. When I don't have the time to properly feed the tank, I at least throw in a few live whiteworms just for my long-nose butterfly.
Those things have such tiny mouths that I want to make sure she eats at least a little every day and she sucks down the worms even before they hit the water, so the rest of the fish don't get much of a chance.
These guys are very tough to feed, but I only have to feed them once a week or so. When they don't feel like eating, they hang around in the back somewhere under a rock, like a few people I know.
It's very hard to feed them because this filefish is on their food before they even know the food is there. They are very slow and need to look at the food for a few minutes to see if they want it or not, so I have to keep feeding the fish on the other end of the tank to make sure these guys eat.
These guys are no trouble at all and will probably eat a piece of paper if it has a picture of a clam or worm on it.
None of my fish ever saw nori.
Mandarins are the easiest fish and require no care or feeding from me as they take care of themselves and I never bought a pod in my life. I think that's ridiculous.
I love all these little fish and I have them in all different colors. They eat anything tiny and are like eight or ten bucks. I don't know how many I have but many of them spawn.
These guys cost a little more. Maybe $25.00, I don't remember as they are old.
I haven't posted anything about my tank in a while, with my wife's illness, all the doctor's appointments, and all the snow we had. I also haven't done much maintenance on the tank, but I do feed them almost every day. When I don't have the time to properly feed the tank, I at least throw in a few live whiteworms just for my long-nose butterfly.
Those things have such tiny mouths that I want to make sure she eats at least a little every day and she sucks down the worms even before they hit the water, so the rest of the fish don't get much of a chance.
These guys are very tough to feed, but I only have to feed them once a week or so. When they don't feel like eating, they hang around in the back somewhere under a rock, like a few people I know.
It's very hard to feed them because this filefish is on their food before they even know the food is there. They are very slow and need to look at the food for a few minutes to see if they want it or not, so I have to keep feeding the fish on the other end of the tank to make sure these guys eat.
These guys are no trouble at all and will probably eat a piece of paper if it has a picture of a clam or worm on it.
None of my fish ever saw nori.
Mandarins are the easiest fish and require no care or feeding from me as they take care of themselves and I never bought a pod in my life. I think that's ridiculous.
I love all these little fish and I have them in all different colors. They eat anything tiny and are like eight or ten bucks. I don't know how many I have but many of them spawn.
These guys cost a little more. Maybe $25.00, I don't remember as they are old.
Paul B
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I haven't built a Steampunk piece in quite a while, and with so much stuff lying around, I built one in the last few days. It isn't 100% finished but it has a glass dome over the top and I need to install a switch and maybe a few more LEDS. I also want to put more "tinsel" on the small fan so you can see it running better.
I will take a video when it is ready. I'm not sure if I will sell it or keep it. I don't really have any really nice pieces because they all sold. I only have a futuristic blimp and a fish.
I will take a video when it is ready. I'm not sure if I will sell it or keep it. I don't really have any really nice pieces because they all sold. I only have a futuristic blimp and a fish.
Paul B
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They just changed the forecast. They predicted it to be 4 degrees tomorrow morning. But now they are predicting 1 degree with 50 mph winds and wind chill at 25 below zero.
MAN WEATHER. No Sissies out tomorrow.
I can't wait to go on my beach walk in the morning. I hope I can get my phone out to take a picture but I need to take off my down mitten to hold the phone and with the temperature and wind, I'm not sure I can do it. Maybe I can get a penguin to help me.
MAN WEATHER. No Sissies out tomorrow.
I can't wait to go on my beach walk in the morning. I hope I can get my phone out to take a picture but I need to take off my down mitten to hold the phone and with the temperature and wind, I'm not sure I can do it. Maybe I can get a penguin to help me.
Paul B
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It's about 5 degrees out now and snowed again so it looks like Antarctica outside.
Also very windy. I can't wait to get out there in a few minutes.
REAL MAN WEATHER. 
Maybe I will bring something to chop trough the ice on the Sound to see If I could collect some Copperbands.
Also very windy. I can't wait to get out there in a few minutes.
REAL MAN WEATHER. Maybe I will bring something to chop trough the ice on the Sound to see If I could collect some Copperbands.
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Paul B
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Unfortunately, I won't be walking this icy morning as I have a Sissy, Girly affliction.
Since the cold and snow started, I have been walking in snow Sorel boots.
They are great for the cold and snow, but they are not exactly hiking boots and my legs, especially my shins are worn out or inflamed from overuse, so I want to give them a day or two of rest. I'm not as young as I was 60 years ago.
I have been walking up and down hundreds of steep steps as we live on top of a 170' dune on the sea.
Here are the lower half of the stairs in the summer. Now they are covered in 10" of snow and ice. You can't see the top half here.
I think I may also have a stress fracture in my ankle. I hope I don't have to turn in my man card because Real Men don't get these girly things.
I have been walking through the pain but I have to keep myself in excellent condition so I can care for my wife who is practically pain free and has been in a great mood. It is really great to see her laughing again and we do a lot of laughing.
(this was Florida last year, They don't have Man weather there)
After over 50 years of marriage Dale and I are still best friends and have a lot of fun together and do a lot of laughing, especially when I were my Speedo.
Since the cold and snow started, I have been walking in snow Sorel boots.
They are great for the cold and snow, but they are not exactly hiking boots and my legs, especially my shins are worn out or inflamed from overuse, so I want to give them a day or two of rest. I'm not as young as I was 60 years ago.
I have been walking up and down hundreds of steep steps as we live on top of a 170' dune on the sea.
Here are the lower half of the stairs in the summer. Now they are covered in 10" of snow and ice. You can't see the top half here.
I think I may also have a stress fracture in my ankle. I hope I don't have to turn in my man card because Real Men don't get these girly things.
I have been walking through the pain but I have to keep myself in excellent condition so I can care for my wife who is practically pain free and has been in a great mood. It is really great to see her laughing again and we do a lot of laughing.
(this was Florida last year, They don't have Man weather there)
After over 50 years of marriage Dale and I are still best friends and have a lot of fun together and do a lot of laughing, especially when I were my Speedo.
Paul B
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This week I received my tax forms from Amazon that tells me how much my two books earned. Not much because they have a limited audience and I wrote my fish book about 15 years ago and my Vietnam experience book a year ago.
Also, when a book sells as a Kindle book, I only get pennies for every page read, and they don't even make pennies anymore.
I can't figure out their website, so I don't know how much each book made and I am in a dilemma because I want to donate all the profits t what I feel is a good cause.
(OK, now don't tell me to donate it to you so you can buy a brand-new quarantine tank with a plethora of useless medications)
There are three places I donate to. MS Research, Wounded Warriors and Tunnels to Towers. I think I will just split it up 3 ways which won't give any of those organizations much but it is what it is. I will post the receipts when I get them, probably in a couple of months. I post the receipts, so people don't think I use it for Prizapro or Rogaine hair growing elixir.
Also, when a book sells as a Kindle book, I only get pennies for every page read, and they don't even make pennies anymore.
I can't figure out their website, so I don't know how much each book made and I am in a dilemma because I want to donate all the profits t what I feel is a good cause.
(OK, now don't tell me to donate it to you so you can buy a brand-new quarantine tank with a plethora of useless medications)
There are three places I donate to. MS Research, Wounded Warriors and Tunnels to Towers. I think I will just split it up 3 ways which won't give any of those organizations much but it is what it is. I will post the receipts when I get them, probably in a couple of months. I post the receipts, so people don't think I use it for Prizapro or Rogaine hair growing elixir.
SantaMonica
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The steampunk thing... If you made an aqua version of it, fish would love itand the fish owners would have a decoration they've never seen before.
Paul B
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Bad day two days ago. I almost had a fist fight with the building Manager here. It's a long story but he is about 8" taller than me and has about 150 pounds on me and is about 20 years younger.
I rarely lose my temper and this has only happened twice since I got home from Vietnam. The last time, about 25 or 30 years ago, I was working for a foreman on a big construction job in the city. I am also a general foreman, but sometimes we have to work on another guy's job.
We were building a 50-story building, and he called me on the radio to tell me to send down the red dolly with Bob and Frank.
Well, the red dolly was being used as was Bob and Frank, so I sent down the yellow dolly with John and Tom.
He started screaming at me over the radio so loud that I couldn't even understand him.
A little while later I called him on the radio because I didn't know where he was. He said "WHAT DO YOU WANT?"
I said, "I WANT YOU". He said "What For?" I said I will tell you when I get there.
WE were on a higher floor, and I got him against the outside railings of the construction deck, and I gave it to him.
I said " WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOUR TALKING TO? Im not your Son, I am also a foreman and if you yell at me like that again, I will throw you off the building.
Not in such nice words or so few. He was just looking at me and looking down the 30 or 40 floors below and didn't say a word.
Anyway, This time was just as bad and I came within an inch of throwing his 350 pounds off the 3rd floor railing. But he just called and apologized.
This happened to me in Vietnam in a particularly deadly firefight where we lost about 50 of our guys out of about 175. That day is when I got PTSD and it rarely comes out unless something like this happens like every 30 years or so when someone gets in my face to yell at me for a stupid reason. I am normally a very quiet, reserved guy, unless I am talking about ich or quarantine.
Now, he apologized and everything is good.
I rarely lose my temper and this has only happened twice since I got home from Vietnam. The last time, about 25 or 30 years ago, I was working for a foreman on a big construction job in the city. I am also a general foreman, but sometimes we have to work on another guy's job.
We were building a 50-story building, and he called me on the radio to tell me to send down the red dolly with Bob and Frank.
Well, the red dolly was being used as was Bob and Frank, so I sent down the yellow dolly with John and Tom.
He started screaming at me over the radio so loud that I couldn't even understand him.
A little while later I called him on the radio because I didn't know where he was. He said "WHAT DO YOU WANT?"
I said, "I WANT YOU". He said "What For?" I said I will tell you when I get there.
WE were on a higher floor, and I got him against the outside railings of the construction deck, and I gave it to him.
I said " WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOUR TALKING TO? Im not your Son, I am also a foreman and if you yell at me like that again, I will throw you off the building.
Not in such nice words or so few. He was just looking at me and looking down the 30 or 40 floors below and didn't say a word.
Anyway, This time was just as bad and I came within an inch of throwing his 350 pounds off the 3rd floor railing. But he just called and apologized.
This happened to me in Vietnam in a particularly deadly firefight where we lost about 50 of our guys out of about 175. That day is when I got PTSD and it rarely comes out unless something like this happens like every 30 years or so when someone gets in my face to yell at me for a stupid reason. I am normally a very quiet, reserved guy, unless I am talking about ich or quarantine.
Now, he apologized and everything is good.
Paul B
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I'm looking at my tank and feeling good. Everything looks extremely healthy and is doing what they are supposed to do.
I don't know how many fish I have, but it's too many. Even though I want more, it's hard to find smallish, interesting fish anymore.
All you see is stupid tangs, clownfish, and God Forbid, "Designer Clownfish," which I feel is a ridiculous invention.
I don't know how many fish I have, but it's too many. Even though I want more, it's hard to find smallish, interesting fish anymore.
All you see is stupid tangs, clownfish, and God Forbid, "Designer Clownfish," which I feel is a ridiculous invention.
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