OK! Enough chat...Starting a 1000g+ Reef
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richfavinger
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Hop, that our 450?
Looks small LOL, I liked your other photo better
Still shows nice scale tho'.
Rich
Looks small LOL, I liked your other photo better
Still shows nice scale tho'.Rich
jnarowe
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Pick my son up from the over-night, take him to the Dojo, run into town to make a deposit for the store, put 2 coats of paint on the trim in a bedroom I am remodeling, tear out the upper pony wall and re-do (it is not exactly even), run telephone wire through the walls, drill holes for the RG11 cable...
The project is on hold until the RG11 comes in. I can't button up the walls until that is installed, and it can't be purchased locally. I installed RG6 coax for our LCD HDTV, and it is barely enough capacity to run the HDTV even with a booster. I hate (HATE ) running wire after the walls are in, and I really hate running wire that will not handle the signal. Even with a straight run of RG6, our HDTV will pixelate out when a lot of data is being transmitted. Part of that is the run length, part is the wire capacity, and part is the signal being received. But we are getting a huge drop from the input to the TV so I want to insure as best I can that at least what I am installing is top-notch.
Oh well, I need a little break anyway. Oh, and I can finish rebuilding the Sequence return pump.
The project is on hold until the RG11 comes in. I can't button up the walls until that is installed, and it can't be purchased locally. I installed RG6 coax for our LCD HDTV, and it is barely enough capacity to run the HDTV even with a booster. I hate (HATE ) running wire after the walls are in, and I really hate running wire that will not handle the signal. Even with a straight run of RG6, our HDTV will pixelate out when a lot of data is being transmitted. Part of that is the run length, part is the wire capacity, and part is the signal being received. But we are getting a huge drop from the input to the TV so I want to insure as best I can that at least what I am installing is top-notch.
Oh well, I need a little break anyway. Oh, and I can finish rebuilding the Sequence return pump.
richfavinger
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While the son is away, mom n' dad will play!
Hmm, lets see now from the last few comments, son away, tank empty, hot woman + tank = ??? Just don't crack the tank ya'll!
BTW, what's your son study in the dojo?
I teach judo myself, and am a 1st Degree Brown Belt (Black's next!). Been in it for 11 years now.
Rich
Hmm, lets see now from the last few comments, son away, tank empty, hot woman + tank = ??? Just don't crack the tank ya'll!
BTW, what's your son study in the dojo?
I teach judo myself, and am a 1st Degree Brown Belt (Black's next!). Been in it for 11 years now.
Rich
jnarowe
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He is studyinig Aikido. I don't personally think that young kids should be involved with attack arts until they have some mastery over their mind. He is an Orange belt. Our Dojo is non-profit and adults do not wear colored belts until they are in a hakima. It's a bit unusual but I like the way they treat "status" within the Dojo.
The kids get colored belts as more of a means to keep them interested and because the other arts do as well. The story is that you get a black belt when your white belt has turned black from years of use.
I was on the mat with him until I had my stroke. I want to get back into it, but rolling is a major part of Aikido, and that is still a no-no for me. BTW, Our fish viewing room has 15' x 15' of grapple mat.
It would be difficult to crack this tank, but I have blown the foot board out of a waterbed in the past.
The kids get colored belts as more of a means to keep them interested and because the other arts do as well. The story is that you get a black belt when your white belt has turned black from years of use.
I was on the mat with him until I had my stroke. I want to get back into it, but rolling is a major part of Aikido, and that is still a no-no for me. BTW, Our fish viewing room has 15' x 15' of grapple mat.
It would be difficult to crack this tank, but I have blown the foot board out of a waterbed in the past.
Jonathan - that's the true Japanese way - cool. The philosophy is that you're only a beginner until you get your hakama (black belt) and even then you're at the lowest level. Something quite humbling about having to stay in a white belt for years and years. And true about the white belt turning black story. I heard that from one of my teachers too. Funny thing is that after you get the back belt the next step is going white again. A well-worn black belt goes light grey after many years of use so it's like a full circle.
Hope you can get back into it soon!
The philosophy is that you're only a beginner until you get your hakama (black belt) and even then you're at the lowest level. Something quite humbling about having to stay in a white belt for years and years. And true about the white belt turning black story. I heard that from one of my teachers too. Funny thing is that after you get the back belt the next step is going white again. A well-worn black belt goes light grey after many years of use so it's like a full circle. Hope you can get back into it soon!
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