Tank birthday, 47+ years

[Paul B]

How are you treated at your age when you ask to lease . Do they have any concerns ? I like planning for the future, not being nosy so you obviously don't have to answer

They treat me like any other customer who wants a car. I am in much better shape than just about everyone who works there. Even the sales Manager said He wished he could walk up 176 stairs then walk two miles every morning on the beach in any kind of weather.



But as we age, we do get some issues, especially like I said, if you have a real job where you get dirty and break and tear things that are not supposed to get broken or torn.

Last week I went for an MRI of my foot because I broke that leg 50 years ago and it filled up with arthritis. It's an old person and if your lucky enough to get old, you will meet it.

Anyway, the MRI showed what I knew, the leg, foot and ankle is loaded with arthritis and the Dr, was surprised that I could walk every day.

Well, I can, but lately I have been limping more every day because my goal in life was to play in a movie about uncle Festus from the Adams Family or Frankenstein.

I spend much of my day helping Dale and I really need both feet working at least 75%.

I have to help her get out of a chair, get her to her walker, cook, clean and help her get dressed.

At my Doctors she has a computer that allows her to see inside my body which is scary and she can see the inflammation everywhere so she fills her calking gun with cortisone and informs me that this is going to hurt.

I kind of knew that but she didn't have any Scotch for me to drink or bullets for me to bite. She stuck the needle in between the bones in my ankle and that wasn't what I would call "pleasant". But real men don't scream in the presence of girls, we wait until we get in the car for that.

It's cool and you can see the stuff going into the ankle in between the bones.

Then she did the side of my foot which got a little swollen because she said I have been walking crooked because my ankle is screwed up. That needle in the side of my foot was surprisingly not that painful and I may get it done again just for fun.

She told me not to take my walks for a few days and when I do, no beach walking for a while. I need to stay on a flat surface for a few weeks.

It's just an old thing and in the scheme of things, not very bad compared to what many people have and most people at my age.

I try to keep myself in excellent shape and I am exactly the same weight as when I got married 53 years ago. I think most of that weight loss was from my hair falling out.

 

[Paul B]

Here is an interesting comparism of the 80+ year old Willys military Jeep and a new Jeep Renegade. It is probably 25 minutes long.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/per...S&cvid=6ad34e6a57684956a98196e4936c2f24&ei=73

I had both vehicles. There is almost a $60,000.00 difference in the cost also
But remember, the Willys was strictly a military vehicle.

 

[Paul B]

Getting back to fish, I designed this surface skimmer for my tank because I don't have a sump so no surface skimmer and I get a lot of floating junk and I think it's adding significantly to all the macro algae I have growing as the stuff is not eliminated




The thing needs a lot of tweeking but it does work very well, when it works.

The thing on the right is a float that keeps the "swinging "hopper" door at the proper level.

It skims the very thin top of the surface and sends it to the skimmer where it is removed. The problem is that it is totally controlled by the suction ability of the skimmer to remove water from the tank through a powerhead and as the strainer clogs or the water level slightly changes, it stops working.

But all good inventions need a lot of tweeking. I have built probably 5 of these over the years and every one is slightly better.

 

[Freenow54]

Here is an interesting comparism of the 80+ year old Willys military Jeep and a new Jeep Renegade. It is probably 25 minutes long.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/per...S&cvid=6ad34e6a57684956a98196e4936c2f24&ei=73

I had both vehicles. There is almost a $60,000.00 difference in the cost also
But remember, the Willys was strictly a military vehicle.

I remember reading that the army was selling some off. This was before computers. I sent a letter stating I was interested . I got a letter back to cease , and desist or they would take legal action . I thought that was quite funny . i looked at some of the video maybe whole thing when I have time. I forgot to say that my father who was in mobile artillery in WW2 halftrack/ howitzer at one time drove one carting his superior officer around. On of the very few things he would talk about

 

[Paul B]

Mine was not from the 1940. My Willys was built in 1960 for the military. I plowed snow with it and it helped me buy my first house because in 1974 when I got it, there were really no 4 wheel drive vehicles except International truck so I made a fortune with it.

I made $1,800.00 this day and that was in the early 70s. That was probably a months salary then.

 

[tripdad]

Paul, look for an old "Skilter". I had one years ago. I think it would work for you.

 

[Paul B]

I don't think it would skim just the top of the water and send it to the skimmer but into floss if I remember.