My 300 gallon acrylic tank

[steve the plumb]

made arrangements with the wife we will go to NY next weekend so if the skimmer pump and cup are there I will leave Friday to pick them up.

 

[jnarowe]

Wives suck. I would have left a day before it arrived!

 

[michika]

Isn't that is what the Man-Cave is for, to escape?

 

[jnarowe]

Well, I have to qualify that. My wife doesn't suck. She would encourage me to drive across the country to get a skimmer. Or even an oreo cookie.

 

[steve the plumb]

The man cave is to escape the wife but I thought going out with the boys to be a better escape.Well by the time the skimmer cup and pump get picked up and sent to my cousin's house it will be midweek(I think) so the stuff better be there by Friday.I am wondering just how big these boxes are.I would like to order other goodies but my bank account is in the negative and since I have no income and the wife is complaining I have to hold back.Mr credit card is like heroin when I go to a fish store.I need a fix.I guess in a positive note the Canadian dollar is stronger than the American so I should take advantage of it.

 

[michika]

Yeah the strong Canadian dollar does have some pull now! I want to shop across the boarder now!

 

[jnarowe]

You guys are just rubbing it in aren't you? Probably bad for the Canadian economy though, since businesses like mine get no advantage by importing from Canada.

 

[steve the plumb]

oh well what can we do your dollar was strong for the longest time and even then stuff was still cheaper in the States VS here.Maybe we should lower the prices here so I won't have to buy everything from the States.

 

[jnarowe]

no, you guys need to lower your friggin taxes! I used to buy from companies in Canada all the time but there's not point to it now.

 

[steve the plumb]

I thought you don't work anymore?or do you?I need a job can you give me one.Thanks in advance!We pay lots of taxes so when we go to the hospital or the doctor we don't get screwed,or at least we get it at the end when everything costs so much.Canada the home of good welfare checks,the land of you can come from somewhere else get money get health care not work and I have to pay for it.My dad used to say "Canada good country" I wonder for who! cause its not so good for me.

 

[steve the plumb]

P.S. we have better beer than you come join me for one when you have the time.

 

[jnarowe]

Aw, come on, you have one decent brewery and it's going to your head? I guess I shouldn't mouth off since one of my best friends is a Bronfman.

And I don't get a paycheck so I guess that means I don't work. But it is hard work!

 

[steve the plumb]

By the way molson products suck.Thats the Frenchman's cheap beer.I never drink that stuff.There are many good beers in Canada molson products isn't one of them.

 

[jnarowe]

I wouldn't even mention Molson's in the same sentence with beer. I was referring to Unibroue. They make some of the best beer in the Americas.

I felt like an idiot a couple of months ago when I had some Canadian guests and all I had was Unibroue beers in my tank room fridge. I should have had some of our great beers so they could try something different.

 

[michika]

Taxes - depends where you buy right, some provinces pay GST & PST. Yay for alberta's 6%!

Healthcare - its starting to become a joke. The current system isn't a sustainable as we hoped, and some of the potential changes we have proposed may, and probably are not the appropriate system if we wish to keep Medicaid working for the people.

Beer - I just like our higher alcohol content. As for Molson's...there is no comment, but the tour in their facility here, is amusing, even if the beer isn't that good. Lots of nice microbrewry product coming out and highly available lately!

 

[steve the plumb]

A woman who likes to drink beer and loves reef tanks, a very hard thing to find maybe you can have a chat with my wife.:rollface:

 

[steve the plumb]

on another note my water level in my overflow moved down and those stockman pipes were making me crazy.The water level moved from 1" from the teeth to 3" and it was making noise.After playing around with the height and not getting what I wanted I figured I would use my very small brain to fix it.Because the pipe fits one into another there is a small gap and water slides down that gap and makes it harder to adjust the level.I put Teflon tape around the gap were the two pipes meet.This allows the water to rise inside the pipes where those slots are and raise the level to where you want when lifting the pipe.I left it 1/2" lower than your overflow teeth and the problem is fixed.They should have supplied a rubber band or something to prevent water from going in between the pipes or used an o ring.Maybe I should have just made it myself its not like I don't have the skills or the tools.It works great again and its silent.:thumbsup:

 

[jnarowe]

never let wives or women in general talk to each other. that cannot end well.

 

[steve the plumb]

yes but if you lock them up and throw away the key then they can't go to work and bring home the bacon.

 

[steve the plumb]

Well I caught both trigger fish.The blue throat was ok but the Niger killed 2 of my small fish.I have decided to trade them both.I would rather have more docile fish.The blue throat is calm but when he gets bigger the way he eats I am a bit nervous he might harm another fish.I will trade them for something else.I would like to keep the bluethroat but better safe than sorry.