Tank birthday, 47+ years

[Paul B]

Since we are all Italians and I am Sicilian, (born in Brooklyn) we have to make a big deal of eating sea food on Christmas Eve. Every year we go to my Wife's cousins house where us and about 30 other family go for the sea food feast. I don't know how he does it for so many people but it must cost him upwards to $2,000.00 just for the ingredients. He had maybe 15 lobsters, shrimp, clams, calamari, mussels, smelts, scallops, red snapper, flounder, king crab legs along with linguini with all that seafood. But all of those seafoods he has prepared a few different ways. Baked clams, fried clams, clams on the half shell etc.
It is by far my favorite dinner of the year. Then with dessert we had my birthday cake. :cool:
On Christmas Day we go to Manhattan to my Daughter's house (not really a house) He likes meat so he makes this crown roast (which I am not that crazy about) then of course we have another birthday cake. :D

Me with a crab leg.

 

[Paul B]

My Grand Kids, Greta and Teddy wanted to buy me something for my Birthday so our Daughter took them to a LFS where they got me this little sunken ship that bubbles come out of. They were all excited to give it to me and to them this was the most important thing I could have. So now, every time they come over, I have to put this in my tank and have bubbles come out of it. I will take a picture of it the first time I put it in.

 

[Chasmodes]

Happy Belated Birthday and Merry Christmas to you and your family Paul. Hope you have a Happy New Year. Thanks for posting!!!

 

[Paul B]

You too Kevin. I am rumaging through the Steam Punk stuff you gave me for my next project. :D

 

[locito277]

Happy belated Bday and Merry Christmas Paul!

 

[Paul B]

Thanks, Same to you and your family Locito. :D But Happy New Year

 

[Paul B]

My Grand kids were all excited to give me this plastic sunken ship that they got for me. And they were totally agog to tell me that bubbles come out of it.
Now don't go making fun of my grand kids Christmas present. :rolleyes:

 

[locito277]

My Grand kids were all excited to give me this plastic sunken ship that they got for me. And they were totally agog to tell me that bubbles come out of it.
Now don't go making fun of my grand kids Christmas present. :rolleyes:

Your crafty lol you’ll figure out a way for it to feed baby brine in no time lol

 

[NS Mike D]

happy belated birthday Paul. I was with my dad on Monday who celebrated his 89th!

 

[Paul B]

That is extremely cool. Keep spending time with your Dad as long as you can. I can barely remember mine because he died suddenly when I was 10.
Tell your Dad I said have a very happy birthday and many,many more.

 

[Chasmodes]

You too Kevin. I am rumaging through the Steam Punk stuff you gave me for my next project. :D

Kewl! I hope you can use that stuff and have fun with it. As always, I'll look forward to see the pics of your creations!

 

[Paul B]

Thanks Kevin. This was the last one I built. They all sold to an art gallery in Manhattan so they are on display in 3 galleries there. Some of them are in the window, if I get there I will take a picture.
I have a lot more material and got some new tools for Christmas and I will have a workshop 3 times bigger in my new house to build stuff. But I figure it will take me about a year to build my shop the way I want it.

 

[Chasmodes]

You are very talented Paul! Awesome work!

 

[fishybizzness]

Amazing Paul! Do you sell your pieces?

 

[Sea MunnKey]

Hey Paul ... a little late but here’s wishing you a belated Happy 63rd Birthday, Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year!!

 

[Reef Able]

It was great this morning. We went out to breakfast like we do on Sundays, then to the Italian store to get some last minute stuff like shrimp cocktail to feed 40 people.
It is so nice to see so many people out shopping and making preparations for my birthday tomorrow. It makes me all tingly. :rolleyes:

My male pipefish didn't show up for roll call this morning so i am sure the Janss pipefish made toast out of him. He was near the end of his lifespan anyway so I hope he will rest in peace, or wherever pipefish rest. It's a shame he couldn't enjoy Christmas. :cool:

I tested my nitrates and I am happy to say they are down to about 100. Not to bad :eek:

Merry Christmas anyone who still reads this thread. :)

Hi Paul
Happy Belated birthday and Merry Christmas. Thanks for sharing the article on the Vietnam war. Also Greta is very cute I am sure grandpa got her a nice [emoji320] . Never stop writing we are reading your posts for sure and will continue god willing as far as you keep writing...Enjoy your holiday season.

 

[Paul B]

SeaMunnKey, I can't seem to remember ever being 63 :p

Reef Abe,. That is very nice, Thank you I appreciate it as I feel like only 4 or 5 people read this nonsense and I am 2 of them. :eek:

Happy New Year to you guys, and girls, aliens, frogs, mummys, etc. I want to be politically correct so I don't want to leave anyone out. :)

Fishy, all the pieces sold to a gallery in Manhattan except for 2 of the fish I wanted to keep. I tried to sell them on Etsy but had no luck. :rolleyes:
I will keep making them but not right now.

Here is my wife (and spokesmodel) at the gallery with one of my pieces on the counter. Some of them are in the window.
Most of my pieces are on here, https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/steampunk-lamp.277500/

 

[Paul B]

Yesterday we went to the east end of Long Island to the wineries, vodka distillery and my new home to see how it is coming along. I wanted to take more pictures of the beams and rafters for when I move in and change everything around. I brought my containers to collect 20 gallons of water. But when I got to my collection spot, I changed my mind. I walked out on the boat ramp which was covered in ice and the waves were crashing all over me before I even got to where I could collect. Here is the beach.

 

[Chasmodes]

Yeah, I think I'd turn around too. Beautiful though!

 

[Brew12]

Yesterday we went to the east end of Long Island to the wineries, vodka distillery and my new home to see how it is coming along. I wanted to take more pictures of the beams and rafters for when I move in and change everything around. I brought my containers to collect 20 gallons of water. But when I got to my collection spot, I changed my mind. I walked out on the boat ramp which was covered in ice and the waves were crashing all over me before I even got to where I could collect. Here is the beach.

I've seen enough Corona commercials to know what a beach looks like. That is NOT a beach! :p