Tank birthday, 55+ years

[jsmkmavity]

Sorry i wasnt able to post this morning Paul.
Thank you for your service! Thank you for continuing to serve our fallen heroes every veterans day and memorial day too. Hope you and Dale had a good day today. Your waspfish are amazing, and i hope they did spawn.

 

[Imrahilwjz]

Thank you for your service and I hope your Veterans Day went well.

 

[Paul B]

Veterans Day went well with one caveat. At breakfast in I Hop (or Friendly's, I forget) we just got our food and heard loud screaming from a few tables away and we saw a kid about 8 running away. All of a sudden we saw a large plate of food go flying completely across the restaurant and crash on the floor followed by the silverware followed by loud screaming. I think my PTSD kicked in and I started running over there as I thought it was some kind of terrorist or gunman incident.

It wasn't. A little boy there was mentally handicapped and had some sort of attack or issue. I don't know what it was, but the Mother tried, unsuccessfully, to calm him down.

Eventually, they managed to carry the boy outside, where he kept it up. Someone in the restaurant must have said something, and the Mother came running back in and tried to attack that person. They were in each other's face, screaming at each other. I ran over there because I knew any moment they would be rolling on the floor, and I would then intervene. There was only old Veterans and young waitresses there. I didn't have to because the police came.

I don't know what happened after that because the police were speaking to them in the car. I feel so bad for that Mom.

 

[Boo Baker]

Whats with What?

Happy Veterans Day. I am going out now to get my free Veterans Breakfast.

 

[Boo Baker]

He could be your twin .........70 years ago

 

[Paul B]

I just got back from my dark, rainy, cold morning walk and I didn't see anyone. Not a dog, deer, tick, alien, nothing.

I don't know why so many people are afraid of the rain and yet they keep fish tanks.

 

[Freenow54]

Veterans Day went well with one caveat. At breakfast in I Hop (or Friendly's, I forget) we just got our food and heard loud screaming from a few tables away and we saw a kid about 8 running away. All of a sudden we saw a large plate of food go flying completely across the restaurant and crash on the floor followed by the silverware followed by loud screaming. I think my PTSD kicked in and I started running over there as I thought it was some kind of terrorist or gunman incident.

It wasn't. A little boy there was mentally handicapped and had some sort of attack or issue. I don't know what it was, but the Mother tried, unsuccessfully, to calm him down.

Eventually, they managed to carry the boy outside, where he kept it up. Someone in the restaurant must have said something, and the Mother came running back in and tried to attack that person. They were in each other's face, screaming at each other. I ran over there because I knew any moment they would be rolling on the floor, and I would then intervene. There was only old Veterans and young waitresses there. I didn't have to because the police came.

I don't know what happened after that because the police were speaking to them in the car. I feel so bad for that Mom.

Not trying to be cruel, but if that were me I would not take a child like that anywhere Loud or disruptive . I know it sucks . When I was in HVAC customer service , I went to a few homes that had Children who needed constant supervision . The Parents were totally broken, and looked like they welcomed death.

 

[atoll]

a song for all the nam vets.
Just seen/heard this on YouTube

 

[Paul B]

Atoll, it is ironic that Bob Dylan wrote a song like that. Many Vietnam vets aren't big fans of his because he went to college specifically to avoid the draft. Then after college, at the height of the war, he was again classified as 1A, ready for the draft. Then he got himself a medical deferment (4F) but never said what the deferment was.

Of course, in the 60s many people were totally against the war and showed it to many Veterans as they came home by spitting on them. It wasn't a good time in American history.

It's a good song though

 

[atoll]

Many singers/ groups of the time were against the Vietnam war. I always thought people were against the war not so.much those who fought. Well known groups like Crosby Stills Nash and Young, the Doors and many many more sanf against the Nam war. People all over the world protested against it along with ban the bomb.

I don't know, like many, if it was a just war just like just like the Iraq, Afghanistan or Lybian wars. The only thing I know is most of those places are worse now for the populations of those countries than before.

 

[bryster]

In a couple of weeks my reef will will have reached 40 years old.
Unfortunately I don't remember when I was 40 but I remember when I set it up. I was a skinny 22 year old just back from Viet Nam.
It is still running very well, still using the same reverse UG filter, same dolomite substrait but none of the fish are original. The oldest one, a fireclown is just over 16, all of the older fish died in an accident that was due to my carelessness.
The tank is mostly LPS, gorgonians, giant mushrooms and a few leathers.
There are only three SPS corals, two of which have been with me for a few years and are growing nicely.
I am not sure is any of the original NSW from the Long Island Sound is still in there or any of the original amphipods but maybe much later generations.
I still can't take a decent picture and the tank is not as blue as these pictures but it is what it is.

Good information thanks