Recent content by Paul B

Reefsandrotts, she is as fine as she can be right now. Still has quite a bit of pain, but with MS, that is unfortunately expected. My Mother was also a 5' 11" (I think she shrunk to 4' 8 before she died at 99) Very tough Sicilian. No one messed with her. Once I was taking the bus with her...

Last night we went out to a seafood restaurant with 3 other couples. I ordered Flounder oraganata. It was lousy. I love that dish, but I think the chef was a Jiboni or didn't know what or didn't have any spices. It came with a side of pasta, also very bland. I did have some escargot. Not...

This morning walk was uneventful. I think this is the first time since last year that I didn't go on the beach, stair walk and just went for 2 miles down the road. This is the fuel tank for a water pump from an old, defunct farm. It has been out of business long before I moved here and now is...

My Daughter bought me this ring for Christmas, and it measures your heart rate, blood oxygen, and stress levels. I don't know how they fit all those electronics and a battery in a small metal band, but they do. So I have been using it after climbing stairs on my morning walk. After walking up...

I was just looking at my tank when I noticed my skimmer was empty. But my reverse undergravel filter and algae scrubber were working fine. The odd part is that they all run off the same pump. This never happened. The pump was fine as was the strainer on the pump because everything else was...

This is another useless old post that has nothing to do with fish. We are waiting for some people, and I am at a slow point in a "thing" I am building, so I will add this for you youngsters who didn't grow up in the 50s. So if you are looking for fishy stuff, go and look at your iPhone 16...

It seems I posted this in 2013. I have an appointment to go to and have nothing to do for an hour. Posted January 17, 2013 Some thoughts on fish health Keeping fish healthy is a very simple thing, fish want to get and stay healthy even though they are rarely in that condidion when you get...

Beautiful 60 degree beach walk this morning.

So this morning like every morning I walk down to the beach about a half mile away. I have to go down this big hill and at the bottom, just before the stairs there is this house and the guy has this big, vicious dog. He sometimes lets it run loose and poop all over the place including the...

Thank God, we rescued that second downed pilot in Iran. What a fantastic Easter present for him and his family. I am so happy. :biggrin:

My Lionel trains were all iron and weighed a ton. I still had the original book that showed all the trains and I also have some of the boxes they came in

I just sold my Lionel Trains. They were 77 years old. My parents got them for me when I was born. The entire set in 1948 sold for about $100.00, and I just got $100.00 for them. A great deal, if I must say so myself. :biggrin:

This urchin was as big as a ping Pong Ball when I got it a couple of years ago. My last one croaked after about 10 years. Now this one is almost 11" wide.....Or tall,,,,, depending on how you are looking at it.

In 2011 I see I posted this then: Now I think my tank is 55 years old. (it could be 54, I am not that good at math ) Now I will say that I will call it a big success if it lasts another 45 years when it will be 100 years old. :) Of course, many people will still say I am lucky because I...