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Tank birthday and I'm a Geezer

Paul B

Paul B

NJRC Member
I have been out of commission for a couple of days due to a Sissy Stomach Virus. They are a lot of fun. I woke up 2 days ago and puked my brains out and I am not a puker. I think the last time I puked was in the 80s. :)

Of course stomach Viruses causes "stuff" to come out of all your orifices. :sick:

I haven't eaten anything in 4 days and lost 8 pounds. I already lost almost 30 lbs so I don't want to lose any more.

I went to a "Doc In The Box" today and he gave me a few pills that of course won't work but it makes you feel like you are doing something positive. :rolleyes:

I haven't fed my fish in 2 days so they must be mad at me. I just can't get down to them right now.

I would eat some worms for gut bacteria but it is Lent so I can't eat meat. :unsure:

I also ran out of fish food.

To update this. I feel much better today and will eat solid food for the first time since I got this. I want to gain back those 8 lbs so I see Ice Cream for dinner. :p
 
Paul B

Paul B

NJRC Member
I just found this from 2014. I am waiting to go out on my morning walk but it is still very dark and I am worried about werewolves.

Last night I was watching TV (no Sissy reality shows or anything like that) and my reef is next to my couch. I looked over at the tank and got the horrors.

The water had the same visibility as the East River that passes Manhattan. It was white with detritus. Then I noticed the problem. The copperband was having a rumble with the fireclown. Those two never got along and both grew up in the tank, but the fireclown is over 20 years old and the copperband is only a couple of years old so he is in better shape, but the clown is more experienced, has more friends and is meaner. The copperband grew a little large for the 6' tank and he likes to take long swims completely around the tank while the fireclown is a home body and just wants to lay in his Grand Marnier bottle and entice the female who is a real Babe, but she is a tease.

This time, the copperband took a short cut which took him practically into the Grand Marnier bottle and the clown went berserk. He was hissing and snarling while the copperband was pointing his dorsal spines at him, they spun around and dug a big hole out of the gravel, detritus was everywhere and it looked like the snow storm we had a few weeks ago.

The rest of the fish just sat and watched in awe, waiting for a nice amphipod to become dislodged from the ruckus. Both fish emerged unscathed but I could tell they were both out for blood. Everything is calmed down now and I think they are waiting for me to leave as I can see the copperband sneaking up in the dark behind the bottle. There are some dark places in my tank where there are no torch corals and the copperband knows these places.

The bluestriped pipefish are staying on the far side of the tank as they don't have much defense from these two, larger fish and most of the hermit crabs are staying inside their shells. No one seems to know when another rumble will begin or who will come out victorious.
 
Paul B

Paul B

NJRC Member
Many times people have (for some reason) asked me to write a book about my memoirs. I personally probably wouldn't read it and I rarely read anyone else's memoirs.

Also to do that I would have to remember a 75 year memory. I sometimes have a problem with a 75 second memory. :confused:

What was this about again? :thinking-face:

If I put my old mind to it, I could probably come up with 1,000 pages. I do remember some interesting events, many don't even have anything to do with a War or fish.

I just got a fleeting memory. In about December 1971 I went to Australia for R&R from Viet Nam.

This was the first time I left the jungle in 10 months.
I landed in Sydney and had a map of the city. A "map" is like GPS on your phone with a dead battery. In other words you actually had to read all these squiggly lines in different colors.

I had the name of my hotel, which I am sure was not a 5 star hotel. More like piece of a a brittle star hotel, but my room had a door, running water, and electricity, something I had not seen in almost a year.

Anyway, getting to the hotel was a problem and I was totally lost. (Remember, no cell phones or computers then) I was reading the map, probably up side down, and came up to a busy intersection. I tried to cross this busy corner but cars were coming from all directions, there was no traffic light or stop sign so I had no idea how to cross. I lived in NYC all my life so was used to crossing streets.

I stood there for a while trying to remedy the situation when 2 men came up to me. One had his arm around the other.

The one guy said something quick to me that sounded like:
Hey Bloke, Kin, hep the gent, cross, stt. Or something like that. I said WHAT? Australians speak English but very differently than I do. It almost sounds like a version of Japanese and the only work I know in Japanese is Godzilla.

Then after he said it 3 times one of the men left and the other guy took hold of my arm.
Then I realized he was blind and had a cane.

We are standing there a while and he says something like: Whats the matter Bloke? Lets go.

I said, I can't cross the street. He says, Oh, you are American, follow me.

He points the cane upward and steps in the busy street dragging me with my hand over my eyes.
The cars didn't stop, but they went behind us right on the sidewalk and all around us.

At this point, Viet Nam seemed safer.

We made it across the street and the guy thanked me and left.
I stood there studying my map and another older guy came up to me and grabbed my arm.

He was also blind and wanted me to "help him" back across the street.

Now I was where I started from and looked for another blind guy to get me across the street.

I looked up and there was a building in front of me. It was a "Lighthouse" organization for the blind.

You can't make this stuff up.
 
Paul B

Paul B

NJRC Member
Having a hard time here. Of course my wife caught the stomach Virus I had and isn't doing very well. We are hosting Easter with the Kids, Grand Kids in laws and all that but I am pretty sure we will have to cancel.

My wife, who is in bad enough shape with MS was puking (and other things) all night and I can't get her up. Shes awake but doesn't have the energy to get out of bed, even with her walker.

There was a time when I could throw her over my shoulder but those days are long gone. Not that she is heavy, she is not, but most of my muscles are no longer up to the task even though some of my parts are titanium.

I was going to try to go walking this morning because I haven't gone in about 5 days but she isn't well enough for me to leave even for a few minutes.
I have been cleaning up "fluids" all morning but this is what marriage is, especially if you married your soul mate. There isn't anything I wouldn't do for my wife of 50 years no matter how discuesting. I know she would and has done it all for me before.

When you are newlyweds, it's all easy and fun. But if you are lucky, you will get old and old age has it's "issues" and the weak of heart, stomach and spirit will have a hard time of it.
 
reefsandrotts

reefsandrotts

NJRC Member
Paul B said:
Having a hard time here. Of course my wife caught the stomach Virus I had and isn't doing very well. We are hosting Easter with the Kids, Grand Kids in laws and all that but I am pretty sure we will have to cancel.

My wife, who is in bad enough shape with MS was puking (and other things) all night and I can't get her up. Shes awake but doesn't have the energy to get out of bed, even with her walker.

There was a time when I could throw her over my shoulder but those days are long gone. Not that she is heavy, she is not, but most of my muscles are no longer up to the task even though some of my parts are titanium.

I was going to try to go walking this morning because I haven't gone in about 5 days but she isn't well enough for me to leave even for a few minutes.
I have been cleaning up "fluids" all morning but this is what marriage is, especially if you married your soul mate. There isn't anything I wouldn't do for my wife of 50 years no matter how discuesting. I know she would and has done it all for me before.

When you are newlyweds, it's all easy and fun. But if you are lucky, you will get old and old age has it's "issues" and the weak of heart, stomach and spirit will have a hard time of it.
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Does she take pro-biotics? I know they've helped us through some tough ones.
 
Paul B

Paul B

NJRC Member
Yes she does. She has MS so she takes many things. Stomach viruses just have to take their time going through you. I had it for a week, lost 7 lbs and still have it, but much better now. There isn't much I can do for her. I have been giving her Pedialyte as per her Doctors recommendations.

Thanks reefsandrotts
 
reefsandrotts

reefsandrotts

NJRC Member
Paul B said:
Yes she does. She has MS so she takes many things. Stomach viruses just have to take their time going through you. I had it for a week, lost 7 lbs and still have it, but much better now. There isn't much I can do for her. I have been giving her Pedialyte as per her Doctors recommendations.

Thanks reefsandrotts
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Hope she feels better soon...
 
Paul B

Paul B

NJRC Member
I am in sterilizing mode. I am washing all the sheets and other laundry. (No, I am not banging them on the rocks down by the river)
I am spraying Lysol on everything including door knobs, sink handles and fish food packages.

The Lysol can says it kills 99.99% of viruses but I am worried about that one tenth of a percent. What happens to that?

I was thinking of giving her a fresh water dip with a little hydrogen peroxide as I can't get her to eat worms to boost her immunity. :eek2:

I cancelled Easter at our house and was able to cancel all the food.
But I wish a great Easter to all of you who celebrate. :D
 
Paul B

Paul B

NJRC Member
Thanks, she still has it but much better today. It is quiet because we cancelled Easter but may do it in a week or two.
Now I will have to find those Easter Eggs myself. :eek2:
 
Paul B

Paul B

NJRC Member
I am going to 2 LFS today. My wife has a Doctor near both of them so I take this opportunity to get there.

One is very big and they sell dogs cats, lizards, tarantula's, snakes, frogs, birds and they have a Wallaby who walks around the store. I don't buy anything except food as my favorite guy doesn't sell the food I want.

But that store is very expensive so I don't buy livestock there.

My other guy the place is filthy but I don't have to live there. Nothing is quarantined or guaranteed but they are about a third of the price as the other guy.

I don't have to be careful of diseases and all that so it's a no brainer. Both stores have the same quality livestock as it all comes out of the same ocean but the cheaper guy gets the livestock right from the shipper so no wholesaler.

 
Paul B

Paul B

NJRC Member
I had a productive although wet walk this morning. I collected about 25 worms. I could have gotten a lot more but I didn't want to deplete the worm population of Long Island.

My fish are so happy, and immune
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