00W's AIO Smorgasbord

[smitten with ocean life]

i can totally understand that amanda!

 

[Rocks reef]

Yep that's her (Amy). She spelled it like that for her screen name. Considering she never posts, you have an excellent memory sir lol. You're exactly right. He knew better than we did

Like a steel trap my friend... the hinges are probably getting rusty, but yes, I do remember things pretty easily.

 

[Rocks reef]

I can't find one single word here that I don't 100% agree with. Right there with you brother. We're trying to raise some up that'll help the situation

I know you will John. Mike will raise his right as well. Wes will have a handle on his. Luis, you know he will bring his up right.
I just look at our society and sometimes just shake my head...

 

[kingranch2003]

I'm trying brother

Your coral collection looks fantastic brother, wow!

 

[tbrown]

Add these to that list
Game of Thrones
Blacklist
For me, 2 of the best series in history with terrible endings

Blacklist was good. Never saw Game of Thrones.

We just finished Monk and are on the third season of White Collar now.

 

[Nor'easter Reefer]

I think most men do. We are taught and/or raised to always be strong and not show emotion except possibly anger. Now, I can't say that about the "younger" generation of "men"...I use that term lightly. I'm not talking about anyone on here, so far I've noticed we (the guys) all work, have families and provide. Its the 25ish and younger I see it who are confused about...you can fill that part in...and expect a handout rather than busting their hump and earning it. I apologize and will step off my soap box. If I offended anyone on here, it wasn't meant that way. Just my .02 cents. With inflation like it is, it's not worth that anyway! Lol!

Being an electrician, 100% would rather have a 30 year old absolutely green new hire, over a 20 year old with a year or 2 experience. I've gone through so many.. have them a few months, next thing you know i hurt there feelings because it shouldn't take 30mins to wire up each receptacle. Or they think that after a year in the trade they have enough experience to disregard what I say if I tell them I want it done a certain way. Then it's not their fault when we turn the circuit on and all there stuff trips and mine doesn't. My boys going to start working with me young. I have a wood stove, mostly because I like sitting by the fire drinking a cup of coffee in the morning, or the flicker of the flames at night. Not my primary heat source, but he'll be out there helping me process trees when he's older. He doesn't need to kill himself, it's not slave labor, but he's going to have the same mentality that I do. Your worth more than the sum what you get done yes, but what you do, and how you act, plays a huge part in who you are.

 

[tbrown]

Morning everyone.
Nem isn't growing, Still getting used to everything? Toadstool still weird. I haven't seen my starry eat, bad sign?

Is he skinny? My Starry is a big old fatty McPatty. I rarely see him eat but he's always pecking at the rocks and he scrapes the algae growth from inside the feeding tube regularly (I hear him over there).

 

[Üter]

@Rocks reef @BubblesandSqueak

I had Ride the Lightning album when no one even heard of them. I think it was about a year later or so they they started popping up. No one in CT ever heard of Kill em All back then either. I actually bought the Ride the Lighting by mistake when it was released. I think 85 was when they started getting popular.

 

[tbrown]

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/mar-2025-potm-voting-thread.1104918/

 

[Üter]

Being an electrician, 100% would rather have a 30 year old absolutely green new hire, over a 20 year old with a year or 2 experience. I've gone through so many.. have them a few months, next thing you know i hurt there feelings because it shouldn't take 30mins to wire up each receptacle. Or they think that after a year in the trade they have enough experience to disregard what I say if I tell them I want it done a certain way. Then it's not their fault when we turn the circuit on and all there stuff trips and mine doesn't. My boys going to start working with me young. I have a wood stove, mostly because I like sitting by the fire drinking a cup of coffee in the morning, or the flicker of the flames at night. Not my primary heat source, but he'll be out there helping me process trees when he's older. He doesn't need to kill himself, it's not slave labor, but he's going to have the same mentality that I do. Your worth more than the sum what you get done yes, but what you do, and how you act, plays a huge part in who you are.

I had seasoned professionals do the electric when I built my house. they actually did all the houses in a block. I've had so many issues. about once a month my garage breaker trips. I think there may be wires arcing? but a couple neighbors have said the same thing. I found (after replacing) all the exterior lights that failed, they never put the weather strip seals on. upon moc=ving in, I found 3 outlets that didn't work at all. apparently they forgot to connect the bathroom outlet and a bedroom still had the open sockets behind the sheet rock. the AC unit exterior switch I heard the metal box clank one day and walked outside and the guy that was hooking up the neighbors one said he forgot what he did and was just checking it. Had to go back and request the outlets that I put on the original list to be installed. When he was hooking the wires up to the ones they forgot behind the wall I asked if he wanted me to flip the breaker for him and he said no, he's been doing this for a long time. but meanwhile he got zapped 3 times trying to hook it up while live. I don't remember the company or their names but the head guy looked just like Mark Whalberg. Spent a lot of time later talking to HD and Lowes peeps bout how to wire something and lengths etc...But I did my own few hookups and have yet to have an issue. I just don't like working with electrical.

 

[kingranch2003]

I had Ride the Lightning album when no one even heard of them. I think it was about a year later or so they they started popping up. No one in CT ever heard of Kill em All back then either. I actually bought the Ride the Lighting by mistake when it was released. I think 85 was when they started getting popular.

Killer mistake!!

 

[kevgib67]

 

[Nor'easter Reefer]

I had seasoned professionals do the electric when I built my house. they actually did all the houses in a block. I've had so many issues. about once a month my garage breaker trips. I think there may be wires arcing? but a couple neighbors have said the same thing. I found (after replacing) all the exterior lights that failed, they never put the weather strip seals on. upon moc=ving in, I found 3 outlets that didn't work at all. apparently they forgot to connect the bathroom outlet and a bedroom still had the open sockets behind the sheet rock. the AC unit exterior switch I heard the metal box clank one day and walked outside and the guy that was hooking up the neighbors one said he forgot what he did and was just checking it. Had to go back and request the outlets that I put on the original list to be installed. When he was hooking the wires up to the ones they forgot behind the wall I asked if he wanted me to flip the breaker for him and he said no, he's been doing this for a long time. but meanwhile he got zapped 3 times trying to hook it up while live. I don't remember the company or their names but the head guy looked just like Mark Whalberg. Spent a lot of time later talking to HD and Lowes peeps bout how to wire something and lengths etc...But I did my own few hookups and have yet to have an issue. I just don't like working with electrical.

My biggest issue, is being humble. I have no problem teaching people. These young kids think they already know all there is to know. The current helper i have now has had 3 shorts in 3 weeks. Meanwhile idk if I've had that many in the 8 years I've been with this company. I know i haven't had any as basic and due to carelessness. When I ask what happened it's like "eh s*** happens, not my fault, you get that on these big jobs" rhetoric. And it's like, half the problem is no one taught him how to properly strip a cable or that you don't need to torque down a connector to the point it shorts out the wiring. Simple little things. When I first started I'd ask all kinds of questions, simple and complex, why do you do it this way? Or is there a easier way to do this than what I'm doing? These young kids... lol I can't believe I'm the old guy complaining about young kids now hahaha

 

[kingranch2003]

I know you will John. Mike will raise his right as well. Wes will have a handle on his. Luis, you know he will bring his up right.
I just look at our society and sometimes just shake my head...

That's about all you can do sometimes my friend. You're exactly right! All of those kiddos are coming up right. What I love are the moms and dad's in our smorgasbord family with older kids like Tim, Kevin, Amanda, Joel (I know I forgot someone) that still post pics and stories of them together and still learning from each other.

 

[kingranch2003]

My biggest issue, is being humble. I have no problem teaching people. These young kids think they already know all there is to know. The current helper i have now has had 3 shorts in 3 weeks. Meanwhile idk if I've had that many in the 8 years I've been with this company. I know i haven't had any as basic and due to carelessness. When I ask what happened it's like "eh s*** happens, not my fault, you get that on these big jobs" rhetoric. And it's like, half the problem is no one taught him how to properly strip a cable or that you don't need to torque down a connector to the point it shorts out the wiring. Simple little things. When I first started I'd ask all kinds of questions, simple and complex, why do you do it this way? Or is there a easier way to do this than what I'm doing? These young kids... lol I can't believe I'm the old guy complaining about young kids now hahaha

Well look at the times. When you and I had to do a report, we had to spend the week in the library. You had to really know something before you could write about it or take a test on it. Now you can have the theory of relativity explained to you on your cellphone within 30 seconds. A lot of things do come easier to this generation. I'm fine with technology and progress, but when things get tough and there is no easy answer, man you just have too get it done!

 

[kingranch2003]

Obviously my hours are way off of everyone else's these days, that's why you all wake up to 100 messages about Metallica and the Sopranos every morning. I'll stay as current as possible throughout the day. And my heart is with you Amanda and Jill. Hang in there ladies. You're both tougher than the situations you're both in right now.

 

[JoJosReef]

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/mar-2025-potm-voting-thread.1104918/

Anyone from Team Smorg in this one?

 

[Rocks reef]

Your coral collection looks fantastic brother, wow!

I appreciate that! Yours as well sir

 

[Rocks reef]

Blacklist was good. Never saw Game of Thrones.

We just finished Monk and are on the third season of White Collar now.

The only one of those I've heard of is Game of Thrones. I'll have to look some of these up, even though I don't watch much TV.

 

[Nor'easter Reefer]

Anyone from Team Smorg in this one?

I am not, but if I have something to photograph for the next one, I will give it a go!