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I went to my favorite LFS today and picked up a couple of tiny neon gobies. Those fish used to be very common in the hobby but I rarely see them any more. $25.00 for both of them. :) I am trying to put up a picture but I am having trouble doing this on my new computer and I normally just E...

I almost never bring anything back for anything and no one has ever worked on my house car or boat unless it was under warranty or like now, I am older and can't do some things myself just because I can't pick the thing up. :( I will fix this myself but it is a pain because although I have...

This was the sunset last night. On my morning walk it was foggy but I was able to check out this tidepool. Nothing exciting in it. I was able to rescue this small conch or as us Italians call them Scungeel. I got there before the sea gulls had him for lunch.

I found the rattle in my Jeep. A few months ago it was recalled for the catalytic converter. To remove that they had to do it from underneath and Jeeps have a rock guard that protects the oil pan. It has about 7 bolts holding it on and is a heavy piece of steel about 2' wide. The Jiboni's in...

This morning, I went to Calverton National Cemetery to place American Flags on the graves of Veterans who have passed away. This is the largest Military Cemetery in the US and every grave will have a flag on it. (I think) This was last year but I was with the same people so I didn't take a...

I just went and collected water from a beach. I got a little stuck on the beach in the soft sand but I got out. I don't have to do anything to this water as it is crystal clear. Normally I have to filter it as it is green with all sorts of floating garbage in it but this time I am not doing...

Memorial Day is for all the soldiers who gave their life for this country from the Civil War up to today. It is a sad holiday and not just a day off. Myself and many other volunteers will be placing flags on thousands of graves in Calverton National Cemetary as I do every year. It is the...

I had to bring in my Jeep for a recall to change the Catalytic converter. Ever since then I have a rattle that drives me crazy. I don't want to bring it back because I would have to leave the car for a couple of days and the same Jibini will probably work on it. So I had to drag out my ramps...

My Grand Son was annoying me a little

I walked on the beach this morning and finally the sun came out as it has been raining and foggy every morning. Like this yesterday. Today looked like this I tried to save this horseshoe crab but he found out he can't live on dry sand for very long and all the CPR I did didn't help...

Having an old tank has unique problems. Not healthwise but things grow in tanks and keep growing. Things like bristleworms. They are great scavengers and kind of benign when small. But they keep growing and can probably get a foot long., That is the reason I can't keep clams or most crabs any...

So I walk every morning and I am in farm and golf course country here and being it rains in New York more then London I needed new hiking boots because my sneakers get all wet walking on the grass which I have to jump up on every time a car or school bus comes by. All my life I lived either in...

This morning I took my first walk on the beach for the season. I can't go in the winter because they remove the bottom 10' of stairs and being I am not Spiderman, I don't want to jump that distance. But today I rescued my first horseshoe crab of the Spring. For an animal that has been here...

Happy Mothers Day everyone. Well, you Mothers anyway. :D

So I got this new computer a few weeks ago and I love the thing. It looks and runs exactly like my 18 year old Windows 7 which was my criteria. Of course this new one has 6 times more computing power which is why I bought the thing. I may get my wife the same one today. She has a newish one...

I am lucky and know how to fix most things unless on a newer car where everything is computer controlled. But everything else on a car I can fix. I have re-built quite a few engines and transmissions and that leaves you with a practically new engine for a tenth of the price of a new one. I...

There are many parts that are simple to repair, but no one wants to do the work or save the money. How much could a repair shop charge you to change a 10 cent part? The mirror is much more difficult to replace and they could charge you $500.00. The mirror is a little difficult to take apart...

Here in New York we have to get our cars inspected every year. Of course as I was going to have it done, my "Check Engine" light came on and it won't pass inspection like that. I have the Code Reader that you plug into the computer port in the car and it tells you whats wrong and what turned...

Thank you Diana. I appreciate it but I have not protected the country in quite a while. I would do it again today if needed but if our Army needs me..........Run. :confused2:

This homecoming was a very high point in my life. When people come home from the service or war now they are greeted with respect and maybe a party, parade or at least an ice cream cone and are rightly so treated as Hero's. It was much different when we came home from Vietnam. I ETSed (Got out...