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I just got off the phone with the hospital. I think they have me on speed dial, as this will be, I think, my 39th surgery. I have to go in next week for the "Pre Surgery" nonsense. I wrote down everything except the date, and of course, they don't answer the phone. After the pre-surgery...

It seems to be porgy season. As soon as you put a hook in the water, nothing but porgies. :p

So I finally found some people who like to eat Porgies and invited them over. I didn't think they would all agree to come so I have a lot of cooking to do. I have about 140 Porgies, (which means 280 fillets) so I won't run out of fish. I have 7 "guests" coming over so I made olive oil and...

I know this is supposed to be about fish, so I will write something about fish so I don't get banned. :eek2: My tank seems to be doing very well. All the fish are doing what they are supposed to do. I finally eliminated all the invasive sponge, diatoms, and algae. I don't have much time to...

On my raining early walk this morning I saw something in the grass in the distance. At first I thought it was a wounded baby deer, or a rabid racoon or maybe even an Alien from the Andromeda Galaxy. But No!. It was this snapping turtle about 25lbs and about 2 1/2' long head to tail. I tried to...

Yesterday I took my Grand Son Teddy fishing for Porgies. We tried to get on the boat we went on last time but they raised the boat owners docking fees by $5,000.00 so he sold the boat. We found another fishing boat in another place and got on that. This boat goes to deeper water, over 100' so...

About 100 miles past that bridge in the background is God's country, where I live on eastern Long Island. The place is very crowded, but the good part was that they put out a huge oyster bar. My favorite food, so I stood there and slurped them up as soon as they hit the ice. As we waited, I...

So, about the wedding we went to this weekend. We took the Hampton Jitney from our house on Long Island for the 80 or 100-mile trip to Manhattan. The bus isn't far from us, maybe 15 minutes so I gave us half an hour. We were behind farm equipment which I couldn't pass so we just made it at 1:00...

I have to go to Manhattan today for a wedding. There is no place in the world I would rather "not" be, although I worked there all my life. I would much rather be up to my waist in the mud of a rice paddy in Vietnam, burning leeches off the skin under my arms with a cigarette while 7 Vietcong...

So, I got my MRI back, and the surgeon said, when do you want to do this?' I said yesterday. This is for my new right shoulder. It got jealous because I have a brand new left shoulder and left knee. I think this will be my 38th or 39th surgery. I'm not sure what the record is. If you get to my...

My first choice has a PhD as a Neuro Surgeon, Phlebotomist, agriculture, Entomology, sheetrock, Canadianologist, archeologist. volcanologist, ichthyologist, Beyonce ology, Captain Kangaroo, gemologist, horticulture, ESP, and pole dancing. While the other one went up to 5th grade but she got an...

I wanted to hire this nurse to help me out for 6 or 7 months while I recuperate. But my wife wants to hire this one.

I removed the old duct. It was getting rusty because it is behind my reef tank. I had a new duct made (Quack Quack) and installed it yesterday. I first coated it with a very expensive rust preventing paint.

This morning on my beach walk I came across this poor creature. He didn't have any bites and looked in perfect shape. Except of course for that dead thing.

On another note. We eat all of our meals on our outside deck in the summer and this time of the year we get a lot of wasps. I have this Zapper thing that looks like a tennis racket and it made me think of this wasp story that I posted a few years ago but it is a true story. Ok usually bees...

Everyone in New York knows at least one person who died that day. My friends Daughter was working there but she got out just before they fell. As she was running away someone who either fell or jumped out of the window fell on the sidewalk right in front of her. That will stay with her for life.

Lets remember that today is the anniversary of the attack on the WorldTrade Center. All Americans should Honor this day and especially New Yorkers who saw the towers fall. I actually worked on the construction of those iconic buildings. It was a horrible sight and the City was dark and full of...

It seems that I need a new right shoulder. I think it got jealous because I have a new left shoulder and left knee. The pain level now is getting bad especially when I am not moving it, trying to catch a fish with a net or waving at a pretty girl (who then basically spit at me) This will be my...

Because of this illustrious hobby I have to replace a HVAC duct that is up against my tank and got rusty. I just ordered the duct and will have to squeeze myself under and behind my tank to cut out the old, rusty duct and install a new one. It doesn't look too rusty but the bottom is very rusty...

This one is about an inch long so really small. He is not stuck to any powerheads but I can't find him today. That is not unusual in my tank so hopefully I will see him soon :biggrin: