Tank birthday, 55+ years

[Paul B]

I worked in Manhattan for almost 50 years and seen some pretty weird stuff. I did a lot of work on the Plaza Hotel and out front there is a large fountain probably 75 feet across with a statue in the center.

I started work early so I got there about 6:45 am and noticed an elephant in the fountain. Thats something we don't normally see so I went over to it to see if it maybe needed directions or a colonoscopy.

It was having a great time drinking and giving itself a bath. Then I noticed the owner/trainer. The thing was there to film an add for Elefant liquer.

Another time I was walking to one of my jobs and one of those open top tourists stopped in front of me.
The most beautiful girl I ever saw stood up on top and waved at me. I knew I shaved that morning but that didn't make me any better looking. Then another gorgeous woman stood up, then another. Soon there was about 50 drop dead gorgeous girls standing on the top of the bus.

They all started to get out and line up.

Then I realizesd it was a Miss America foto shoot. So I stood there for a few hours. My boss called me to see what happened to me so I told him. He came to join me and we watched until the end. :beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes:

I rebuilt the New York Playboy Club and worked there as the foreman for 2 years. One year while the place was open.

I also rebuilt Penthouse Magazine office and studio. I would have worked those places for free but they kept throwing money at me.

In those days they didn't have digital cameras so all the pictures in those magazines were with real film. Film is like Scotch tape but pictures stick to it.

After they took hundreds of pictures they would lay them all out on a table and I would "help" pick out the ones that were to be used for the cover and center.

I became friends with the photographer and he showed me some techniques and gave me some filters and lenses for my Nikon camera.

 

[Patx]

Just passing by to say ...

Canada here medic for fish hard to find, i don't treat or QT.
just want to say thk for "inspired" me.

New diamond was skinny and losing weights...
I give him scallop/shrimp/selcon/vitachem mix each day for 2 months.
Still skinny (close to death).

Then inspired by you (i don't know where, podcast or forum)
Live food whit some in it...

I buy fresh oyster, chop them and feed the tank...
After 3 days diamond goby gain weights... not just barely!
I mean, 1 week later he was almost fat

I can't tell if it's the oyster nutriments or the glute bacteria in them...
But, the fish did a immediate and total U-turn.

 

[Paul B]

My Bangai Cardinal released her babies last night. I don't see any of them so I'm sure my fish enjoyed the lunch.

 

[BeanAnimal]

Maybe a few survived and will grow into copper....

nevermind.

 

[Paul B]

I will look closer Bean. Maybe I can find one and use it for a model for a copper......Never mind.

 

[Paul B]

I went to my shoulder surgeon today. I have a guest pass and my own seat there being I was there so many times. They stamp my hand when I go.

He took an X Ray and all the nonsense so they can bill my insurance company. I didn't have a cookie because that would bring up the price.

The X Ray looks like a good hardware store because I already had 4 surgeries on that shoulder. The toggle bolts are not even rusty yet.
He said my shoulder kind of looks like craters on the moon but the rotator cuff looks worse and can't be fixed without a miracle or maybe coral glue.
It was just repaired too many times which is what happens to Real Men who had a Real job and actually worked really hard and didn't spend years in front of a fish tank painting white ich parasites black on a black molly so you can't see them.

He filled me with cortisone and Lanicaine so I should be good until maybe this Tuesday. If my arm falls off he will order an MRI and replace the shoulder with an aluminum one. My other shoulder got jealous.

He said, the worst thing I could do was to make copper angler fish. :anguished-face:

 

[Paul B]

Yesterday I ordered my wife an electric mobility chair. Hopefully it will be easier for her when we visit our Grand Kids in Manhattan or take a trip somewhere.

 

[BeanAnimal]

I have a guest pass and my own seat there being I was there so many times.

He said, the worst thing I could do was to make copper angler fish. :anguished-face:

I would seek a second opinion.

I can offer one if you'd like.

 

[twentyleagues]

We just need to graft some monti cap in there. Maybe a leather or two.

 

[Paul B]

I ordered this for my wife, but she is not happy. :confused:

 

[BeanAnimal]

She may not be now, but once she realizes it gives her the freedom and comfort to still go out, she will. I am sure I don't need to explain to you how hard it is to come to certain realizations sometimes... I have a feeling that you have a bit more experience in that department than I do. You also purchased a reasonable model...

I would have undoubtedly got sidetracked looking at something like this

 

[Paul B]

She already has a 4 wheel electric scooter with a basket on the back and front but it is hard to travel with it because it is heavy and needs to come apart to put it in a car.

This thing just folds up in one second and is 27lbs so she can probably put it in the car herself. But I am not sure because she can't stand up without holding on so it would be difficult.

And if we fly somewhere which we do less and less now, it will be much easier.. Of course she sees it as a wheelchair and she knows it is one step closer to needing one 100% of the time.

We rented one in Florida this summer which is exactly the same as the one she has.



This one I bought will get here today. It is for "off road" kind of. The back wheels are 10" so it can go on grass. Her scooter gets stuck because it only has I think 6" wheels and has maybe 3" of ground clearance.

It's the best one I could find and it is all carbon fiber. You can get an aluminum one for a quarter of the price but they are heavier. This one also goes (supposedly) 10 miles, but I doubt that.

 

[smitten with ocean life]

sounds like you picked a good one paul! i hope she can come to see it as a friend instead of a foe

 

[Paul B]

We went to the city again yesterday and the day before because my Grand Daughter was in a Tap Dance Recital.

I went for bagels in the morning and I passed this store with this sign in the window.

 

[Ramon84]

That’s Great !!!! Happy Birthday and more years to come!

 

[Paul B]

I found this fish on the beach this morning. From the way he is laying on the stones, I think it is a stonefish. :D

Maybe he died from Urenema or velvet. :flushed-face:

 

[Paul B]

My friends wife is in a club and they collect rocks on the beach and paint them. I made this for her.

 

[BeanAnimal]

A man can’t get a copper fish… and here we have copper stones with skirts. I would put my name on the wait list for a copper stone Roman armored hula frog thing but….

 

[Paul B]

WE went into Manhattan for my Grand Daughters Tap Dance recital. Shes on the right.

And Center

 

[Paul B]

This morning about 6:00 I went for my walk. It was pouring rain which I kind of like and find interesting. Of course I didn't see anyone because most people are afraid of the rain for some reason. But it is no problem for Real Men. :beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes:

This is not today because it was raining too hard to take a picture so just make believe this is today but also make believe it is raining much harder than this. I also collected some earthworms so my fish don't get mad at me.