Tank birthday, 47+ years

Paul B · Nov 15, 2017

I think those things taste like snot. I used to SCUBA for about 20 years here in NY and I had a lobster license so we used to dive for lobsters. You are allowed 6 lobsters a day which is 6 too many for me but my wife was in heaven. You ever get bitten by one of those? They can take your hand off and not even smile as they are doing it.

But like I said they should have Men stores. I know I mentioned it a few times in this thread but every time I go to a store I think about it.
Women stores need a lot of aisles with shelves going up to the ceiling stocked with all sorts of things of different colors most of which no one needs. Like those silly little "cozy"s" that they sell to put lemons in so when you squeeze them, the pits stay in it. I mean, really! does anyone need that. But people buy it so I guess it has a purpose. I also think my wife, and I assume all Ladies like to look through the aisles, especially if it's a clothes store.
I may buy clothes every 7 or 8 years and I still have some bell bottoms from the 70s. But they don't fit, I keep them for nostalgia.

A Mans store would have one aisle. The Man goes in (and shows his Man card at the door) then asks the person at the door where the chain saws, drills, plungers or demolition hammers are and the person at the door says something like, go down here to where the floor turns blue and they are right there. The man goes there and the price is written on the thing clearly with magic marker including the tax and anything else they want to charge you for rounded off to the nearest dollar.

The Man then grabs the thing and walks to the door where there is a bucket for you to throw in the money. The Man rounds it off to the nearest ten and walks out. Sometimes he puts in a little more and sometimes a little less as it will work out at the end of the year.
The Mans store needs very few employees except once or twice a year someone needs to walk through and sweep the floor.
No lines, no returns, no receipts and no change. If I buy something and it doesn't work, I throw it away because I know if I bring it back, I will have to wait in line and I don't do that well.

BigRedSpecial · Nov 16, 2017

All I will say about lobsters is lobster poutine.

Chasmodes · Nov 16, 2017

Lobstah is expensive down my way, so I rarely eat it. I find it quite tasty though. The last time I ate lobster was on a trip to New England years ago. I had it for dinner one nite and couldn't believe how much cheaper it was than back home. I also had a lobster sandwich at the McDonalds up there and it was delicious, for about $5 at the time... It was an entire lobster tail. I couldn't believe it. Do they still sell those sandwiches up there? Down here, they offer us fake rib sandwiches.

Paul B · Nov 16, 2017

I think this guy was about eight bucks.

Chasmodes · Nov 16, 2017

Down here, 2 fresh lobsters go for $60!!!

tcarter1936 · Nov 16, 2017

That's weird here in Florida Maine Lobsters go for 7.99 a pound. You're a lot closer to Maine than I am lol

Chasmodes · Nov 16, 2017

The price that I quoted was for 2 live lobsters from a local seafood store. It may be a little cheaper at a grocery store, but maybe $10 less. I should have said "live". Maybe that makes a difference. A bag of two frozen lobster tails is $22 in the grocery store.

Paul B · Nov 16, 2017

I buy lobsters live but sometimes they are six bucks a pound. It depends on how many they catch. I don't like them no matter how many they catch so I don't case if they are one hundred bucks a pound. :p

Just the tails alone cost more because most of the rest of the lobster is waste.

Brew12 · Nov 16, 2017

I don't know why anyone would pay to eat a lobster when there are crabs on the menu. So much better!

Paul B · Nov 16, 2017

I don't know why anyone would eat lobster and crabs when there are clams and oysters on the menu. :D And you don't even have to cook them. I eat them right out of the sea like M&Ms :p

But I can also eat crabs. :rolleyes:

Rybren · Nov 16, 2017

I'm not crazy about any of those things, but my Suzie was. We were down in Florida 25 or 30 years ago and a bar had a special on - $1.99 for a half dozen oysters and a beer. Suzie enjoyed a couple of dozen oysters and I enjoyed the beers to the point that she had to drive us back to the hotel :eek:

Paul B · Nov 17, 2017

I would have been all over that place. :D

tcarter1936 · Nov 17, 2017

Chasmodes said:
The price that I quoted was for 2 live lobsters from a local seafood store. It may be a little cheaper at a grocery store, but maybe $10 less. I should have said "live". Maybe that makes a difference. A bag of two frozen lobster tails is $22 in the grocery store.

We get live Lobsters here,
1 to 1-1/4 lbs 7.99 lb
1-1/4 to 2 lbs 8.99 lb
2 to 4 lbs. 10.99 lb
Maine Lobsters from maine

tcarter1936 · Nov 17, 2017

Paul B said:
I would have been all over that place. :D

Me too clams and scallops are the best.
Oysters too but in Florida you don't eat clams or oysters until the weather cools down for a bit.

Paul B · Nov 17, 2017

I think it's going to be hard to move all the sponges I have growing in my tank as there are more sponges than anything else. The blue one is about 18" across even though I keep trimming it and there are white sponges 8 or 9" long in the caves. I think the sponges are the best filters and I am sure all my water goes through a sponge a few times a day. My water stays crystal clear even though I add clams which are loaded with juice almost every day which is probably why the sponges grow so well.
My 4 pipefish are doing very well and the bluestripes are still spawning even though they are well past their supposed age which is only a few years old. I don't remember how old they are. My Janss and dragon face are also real good and after I move I would like to get mates for them, if they don't croak in transit that is.