Tank birthday, 47+ years

[Paul B]

This is like a roller coaster. I never know how she is going to wake up. Some days she is almost fine, except for the MS that paralyzes much of her.

 

[atoll]

This is like a roller coaster. I never know how she is going to wake up. Some days she is almost fine, except for the MS that paralyzes much of her.

 

[Freenow54]

Hold on @atoll.....We Americans, or for some Murica ....received or stole our language from the British and made the necessary corrections of spelling, such as colour, and pronunciation, such as aluminum, and definition, such as boot...we wear those on our feet, not the trunk of our car. Luckily we did not steal the Welsh language, where vowels come at a premium, and that's realizing that the Welsh language actually has 2 more vowels than English....yes, the "w" and the "y" are vowels in Welsh. Os byddwch chi yn yr ardal rywbryd, galwch heibio a gawn ni gwrw.

And @Paul B , great story....thanks for sharing. I've passed it onto my daughter who has chronic lower back pain.

If you pronounce and spell aluminium like the brits you will never spell it wrong

 

[Freenow54]

a little Crabby . Got up on the wrong side of the bed Henry

I wanted to ask you how many plates you used for your gravel filter . I can only find multiple packages with one or maybe two inlets. so enough plates for a 75 with inlets at either end. Will that work ? Do I have to cover the entire bottom of the tank with them ?

 

[Imrahilwjz]

Gabapentin is used off label for nerve pain. Have her doctors considered trying that?

 

[atoll]

If you pronounce and spell aluminium like the brits you will never spell it wrong

You pronounce aluminium Al lum ion
Look us Brits invented just about anything worth investing. No Mc Donald's fortunately nor colonial Saunders.You can have them both

 

[tbrown]

If you pronounce and spell aluminium like the brits you will never spell it wrong

Aluminum?

 

[Freenow54]

Aluminum?

No Aluminium in England not here

 

[tbrown]

No Aluminium in England not here

Yeah, they changed it from the real (ok, second) spelling.

 

[smitten with ocean life]

not sure how i got kicked off this thread again!

 

[Paul B]

If you pronounce and spell aluminium like the brits you will never spell it wrong

We probably invented the stuff here.

 

[Paul B]

Today started off great. Then Dale called me and I found her on the floor. 15 minutes later, I got her on the bed and then to her walker.

It's very hard to get up from the floor if one leg doesn't move and gets stiff like a board. Not easy at all.

I thought it was going to be a good day.

 

[atoll]

We probably invented the stuff here.

Sir Humphry Davy (1808): The British chemist identified the existence of the metal in alum and named it aluminum, though he only produced an iron-aluminum alloy.

Hans Christian Ørsted (1825): The Danish physicist successfully isolated a crude form of aluminum by reducing aluminum chloride with potassium amalgam.

 

[atoll]

Today started off great. Then Dale called me and I found her on the floor. 15 minutes later, I got her on the bed and then to her walker.

It's very hard to get up from the floor if one leg doesn't move and gets stiff like a board. Not easy at all.

I thought it was going to be a good day.

Such a shame Paul. Isn't there some sort of lifting device availble if not invent one

 

[Paul B]

Sir Humphry Davy (1808): The British chemist identified the existence of the metal in alum and named it aluminum, though he only produced an iron-aluminum alloy.

I think he just thought of the word aluminum, but we actually found the stuff and used it for coffee machines and 8 track tape recorders.

It seems the stuff has been around since the 5th century and it cost more than gold or Prizapro.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_aluminium

Aluminium became much more available to the public with the Hall–Héroult process developed independently by French engineer Paul Héroult and American engineer Charles Martin Hall in 1886, and the Bayer process developed by Austrian chemist Carl Josef Bayer in 1889. These processes have been used for aluminium production up to the present.

 

[atoll]

I think he just thought of the word aluminum, but we actually found the stuff and used it for coffee machines and 8 track tape recorders.

It seems the stuff has been around since the 5th century and it cost more than gold or Prizapro.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_aluminium

Aluminium became much more available to the public with the Hall–Héroult process developed independently by French engineer Paul Héroult and American engineer Charles Martin Hall in 1886, and the Bayer process developed by Austrian chemist Carl Josef Bayer in 1889. These processes have been used for aluminium production up to the present.

America didnt exist in the 5th century. It only arrived with the cavalry after you bumped off most of the Indians and gave whats left of them fire water to keep them out ot it. Then they imported lots of Italians to cook real food instead of just beans and cherry pie. Steak hadn't been invented as the Indians had killed all the buffalos

 

[Paul B]

It existed, you just didn't know about it as you were too concerned about Royal things like torture chambers, carriages, big clocks and things like that.

There is actually a buffalo ranch about 4 miles from my house here. There is also a restaurant that serves buffalo burgers. I am not a fan.

Because of lack of free time, I just tested my salinity. It's 0.019. So I can start keeping bullfrogs.

Everything looks fine, better than fine, although I know many people would go crazy. I don't go crazy over fish stuff.
I have to keep adding salt today until it comes close to 0.025. This may take a few hours.

 

[ScottJ]

I think he just thought of the word aluminum, but we actually found the stuff and used it for coffee machines and 8 track tape recorders.

It seems the stuff has been around since the 5th century and it cost more than gold or Prizapro.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_aluminium

Aluminium became much more available to the public with the Hall–Héroult process developed independently by French engineer Paul Héroult and American engineer Charles Martin Hall in 1886, and the Bayer process developed by Austrian chemist Carl Josef Bayer in 1889. These processes have been used for aluminium production up to the present.

America didnt exist in the 5th century. It only arrived with the cavalry after you bumped off most of the Indians and gave whats left of them fire water to keep them out ot it. Then they imported lots of Italians to cook real food instead of just beans and cherry pie. Steak hadn't been invented as the Indians had killed all the buffalos

It existed, you just didn't know about it as you were too concerned about Royal things like torture chambers, carriages, big clocks and things like that.

There is actually a buffalo ranch about 4 miles from my house here. There is also a restaurant that serves buffalo burgers. I am not a fan.

Because of lack of free time, I just tested my salinity. It's 0.019. So I can start keeping bullfrogs.

Everything looks fine, better than fine, although I know many people would go crazy. I don't go crazy over fish stuff.
I have to keep adding salt today until it comes close to 0.025. This may take a few hours.

You two should teach high school (or secondary school) history to the young'uns. They would be better off with you guys than with what they have now

 

[atoll]

It existed, you just didn't know about it as you were too concerned about Royal things like torture chambers, carriages, big clocks and things like that.

There is actually a buffalo ranch about 4 miles from my house here. There is also a restaurant that serves buffalo burgers. I am not a fan.

Because of lack of free time, I just tested my salinity. It's 0.019. So I can start keeping bullfrogs.

Everything looks fine, better than fine, although I know many people would go crazy. I don't go crazy over fish stuff.
I have to keep adding salt today until it comes close to 0.025. This may take a few hours.

You two should teach high school (or secondary school) history to the young'uns. They would be better off with you guys than with what they have now

We would make sure the important parts that get ignored. Such as it was Britain and it's Navy that abolished the slave trade. Am sure Paul would add to the often ignore history of America.

 

[Freenow54]

We would make sure the important parts that get ignored. Such as it was Britain and it's Navy that abolished the slave trade. Am sure Paul would add to the often ignore history of America.

All I know for sure . An American General in Washington got rather Upset when the American Militia refused to cross into Canada , a short time after the 5th Century because They said that Their Roll was to Defend Their Country , Not Invade One. We are friends still . Truth be known there are still British Loyalists in the Eastern States. We all get together for Lobster , and Crab Once a Year