Tank birthday, 55+ years

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Hurts my neck just looking up.

How are you doing after back surgery?

I just completed 3 months of cervical traction therapy with the VA. When I graduated, they gave me a device that stretches my neck. I just pump it up and lay still for 20 minutes.
 
I published another book not about fish or anything to do with this hobby. It's about my time in Vietnam. I didn't decide yet if I will donate the proceeds to the Wounded Warrior project or Tunnels to Towers.

Maybe I will split it, not that it will make much but whatever it does. I don't think it will replace bibles in hotels or anything like that. I just felt like writing and I don't think they teach about the conditions for us soldiers in Vietnam. :)
I went to school in the late 70's-80's and they hardly mentioned anything about Vietnam. Most of what I heard was from my dad. He never talked about it much but when he did it wasn't pretty. I will definitely be watching for your book. And thank you for your service.
 
I just completed 3 months of cervical traction therapy with the VA.
Hey Sub, it isn't better yet but it may take 2 months. If it doesn't get better I need another minor surgery because the spinal cord is pinched pretty severly in 3 places. Maybe thats why I can't sing. :beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes:

I went to school in the late 70's-80's and they hardly mentioned anything about Vietnam
Thats one reason I wrote the book. The other reason is that I want to be famous and get a Pulitzer and have my own show on TV called "Dancing With the Veterans". :cool:
 
I went back to my Supermodel pain Mgt doctor yesterday and it seems there are 3 places on my spinal cord that looks like someone tie wrapped it together so she may have to go in there with some wire cutters and fix it. But if she does, that won't happen until after the Holidays.

I love surgeries, it makes you tingle when you get up from the anesthesia and the cookies and ginger ale they give you is the best. :beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes:
 
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I went back to my Supermodel pain Mgt doctor yesterday and it seems there are 3 places on my spinal cord that looks like someone tie wrapped it together so she may have to go in there with some wire cutters and fix it. But if she does, that won't happen until after the Holidays.

I love surgeries, it makes you tingle when you get up from the anesthesia and the cookies and ginger ale they give you is the best. :beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes:
I'm going to the wrong Dr. I am lucky to get a cup of coffee after surgery.
 
I got my wife a new computer for Christmas. Her old one may have caught urenema from my old Chrome book although it never went on these disease sites so I'm not sure how it got infected. :beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes:

It was about $600.00 but being it is almost Black Friday it was $220.00 off. You can see how much they make on these things if they can give you that much off and still make a profit.

They probably knock them out in China for $1.75. :anguished-face:

I am typing on my new computer now. Can you notice how crisp the letters are? :beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes:

My tank is going better than my wildest dreams. Well almost as my wildest dreams consist of "other" things but it couldn't be better.
Some of my fish are older than some members on these forums.

I would like to add more clown gobies of different colors and maybe some more neon gobies. Those tiny fish get lost in the corals and are hard to see. I don't know how many I have but I would guess about a dozen. Very cool fish.

I haven't seen my Harlequin shrimp in a week or two but I am sure he is in there someplace munching on one of my hundreds of asternia stars.

One of these days I also may change some water but I have been having back issues with a surgery and I need another back procedure so unless the crabs want to change it themselves, it may go a few more months. This next change I may drive 25 miles east to the end of Long Island because the water here is full of fertilizer and insecticide from all the farms and golf courses.

I have been "lucky" that none of those flying parasites got into my tank even though the sea is 90 yards behind my tank, I keep the door closed tightly to prevent that and don't open any sick fish sites near my computer.

I found almost no amphipods this summer and they may be becoming extinct. I am not sure why. But I did take some mud for the bacteria and diversity. Yesterday I also picked up more muddy earthworms from Walmart. I need a few of those along with my whiteworms and frozen food to keep my fish immune.

I "fixed" my new book even though about 2 dozen already sold. I found out that 4 pictures were missing and some of the text was screwed up. I am not sure how that happened but I may have to fire my editor. I had to re submit an entirely new manuscript.

Tomorrow I will start Christmas decorations. We are having a big Christmas party at my house and I need to put away summer deck furniture, remove Halloween and Thanksgiving decorations and start Christmas.

So, in short, this post is about nothing as I am waiting for my wife to get up so we can go to Manhattan to my kids and Grand Kids.

 
I got my wife a new computer for Christmas. Her old one may have caught urenema from my old Chrome book although it never went on these disease sites so I'm not sure how it got infected. :beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes:

It was about $600.00 but being it is almost Black Friday it was $220.00 off. You can see how much they make on these things if they can give you that much off and still make a profit.

They probably knock them out in China for $1.75. :anguished-face:

I am typing on my new computer now. Can you notice how crisp the letters are? :beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes:

My tank is going better than my wildest dreams. Well almost as my wildest dreams consist of "other" things but it couldn't be better.
Some of my fish are older than some members on these forums.

I would like to add more clown gobies of different colors and maybe some more neon gobies. Those tiny fish get lost in the corals and are hard to see. I don't know how many I have but I would guess about a dozen. Very cool fish.

I haven't seen my Harlequin shrimp in a week or two but I am sure he is in there someplace munching on one of my hundreds of asternia stars.

One of these days I also may change some water but I have been having back issues with a surgery and I need another back procedure so unless the crabs want to change it themselves, it may go a few more months. This next change I may drive 25 miles east to the end of Long Island because the water here is full of fertilizer and insecticide from all the farms and golf courses.

I have been "lucky" that none of those flying parasites got into my tank even though the sea is 90 yards behind my tank, I keep the door closed tightly to prevent that and don't open any sick fish sites near my computer.

I found almost no amphipods this summer and they may be becoming extinct. I am not sure why. But I did take some mud for the bacteria and diversity. Yesterday I also picked up more muddy earthworms from Walmart. I need a few of those along with my whiteworms and frozen food to keep my fish immune.

I "fixed" my new book even though about 2 dozen already sold. I found out that 4 pictures were missing and some of the text was screwed up. I am not sure how that happened but I may have to fire my editor. I had to re submit an entirely new manuscript.

Tomorrow I will start Christmas decorations. We are having a big Christmas party at my house and I need to put away summer deck furniture, remove Halloween and Thanksgiving decorations and start Christmas.

So, in short, this post is about nothing as I am waiting for my wife to get up so we can go to Manhattan to my kids and Grand Kids.

I was looking last night. Saw what I thought was a Sharknose or Yellow Goby in one tank but the worker was chasing a Clownfish for another customer in the tank. Once everything settled, all I could see were a couple of Blues.
 
I went to school in the late 70's-80's and they hardly mentioned anything about Vietnam.
Thats because it was a very unpopular war and most people wanted to forget about it. Unfortunately, over 58,000 men, mostly in their 20s died there so I feel it should be taught in schools.
 
Thats because it was a very unpopular war and most people wanted to forget about it. Unfortunately, over 58,000 men, mostly in their 20s died there so I feel it should be taught in schools.
As a Veteran I feel like all the wars should be taught in school. If the new generations don't know what happened it's more likely to repeat it's self. I went to school in the 80s and 90s. And we didn't learn anything about any of them except the 2 world wars. And then they didnt even teach much about them. It's very sad what the government chooses for our schools to teach and our children learn.
 
I don't particularly like anemones and never put them in my tank. But I have about 25 of them. I try very hard not to feed them or they get huge. I would be thrilled if they all jumped out but they generally don't jump to good.


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There certainly are. This morning before the hectic day starts I am looking forward to just relaxing in front of our (almost real ) fireplace with my beautiful main squeeze of 51 years. :beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes:

 
Rybren, I didn't even know you guys had Thanksgiving. I guess you don't get the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. :p
 
I was looking last night. Saw what I thought was a Sharknose or Yellow Goby i
It could have been worse. You could have found a goby faced shark!

Those things are scary and are hard to feed because they only eat accountants and surfboards. :anguished-face:
 
Remember, today is Pearl Harbor remembrance day, The day the US was attacked by Japan killing over 2,000 Americans and getting us into WW2
 

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