Trying hard to snap, Loose it right now... heh.

woke up from a brief nap to find the tank water cloudy, with signs of sump playing on the floor around the tank.

neitehr 2 year old or 5 year old can tell me what happened to the tank or admit that either one of them or the cat played in it.


I hope it was not something lethal..

Google Sketchup & my new laptop do not work well together. Thats it I am done with it and going back to the good old graph paper, pencil & a ruler :twised:

Hah I did snap loose it.. i just found out why the tank was cloudy.


someone took an empty 5 gallon tank. put it on their work bench<which is commonly called his fish tank where he takes anything i need from the tank and hides it> and took 5-10 pounds of live rubble out of the sump and let it sit there since yesterday. in his "sump", drying and dying.


do i dare put it back into my sump? there were some nice little pieces in there, probably have to cook it now?

Live rock is shipped out of water .. it's basically gone through a slightly longer "really low tide." There will be some die off for sure but if your tank is large enough with enough other rock then it should be able to absorb the spike..

I am more afraid of what might have been put in with it than the drying out. I just filled the tank they put it in with salt water to give it a few hours...chill out time. If only I could do the same to.the kids.

Looks like they want to be like daddy. You'll laugh at this one day!! :lol:

Though I'm on a posting hiatus, I felt this was worth sharing.

3:47am my phon rings as I'm leaving for work. But being half asleep atill I sent it to voicemail by accident. When I got to work I checked the message.

"hi I'm calling in regards to some frags you have for sale on canreef.. yadayada blah blah..."
Funny thing is I only posted one thread with my phone number in it and that was maybe 6 months ago. Other funny thing, its 3:47 in the frickin morning! Wth?! You couldnt pm me instead?

Who ever you are, I wont bw returning your call and if I do, your not going to like what i have to say.

That's ridiculous.


Posting hiatus resumed. Lol.

Why the hell is with people in the big cities!!! Yes there's a little snow on the ground and the street are not perfect but SERIOUSLY ......has everyone totally gone retarded. Driving 40 Km's lower then the posted speed limit is not as safe as you think when you **** off the bear bear behind you............GET THE HELL OUT OF MY WAY DAMN IT!!


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I'm sensing some road rage.....

I think there should be a rule that if you have less then 4 years of Canadian driving experience they shouldn't let you on the deerfoot.

They are most likely just slowing down because they are texting on their phone.

Why the hell is with people in the big cities!!! Yes there's a little snow on the ground and the street are not perfect so SERIOUSLY ......have you totally gone retarded. Someone just texted me a link to LOLcats and I'm trying to drive as slow as I possibly can! STOP HONKING AT ME DAMN It!!!!!

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Not road rage just STUPID PEOPLE RAGE!!


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Or Calgary Trail /Gateway Blvd in Edmonton.


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Them just get the HELL OUT OF MY WAY DAMN IT! Lol And your not in Edmonton so I know it's not you. I have air horns on my truck so I am sure I would be heard


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All the same. You just need to stay calm, enjoy the ride and accept that not everyone drives like you. I'd rather someone drives comfortably instead of trying to please others, that's how people get hurt. That, and the raging drivers behind them :)

I'd rather everyone get off the road when I'm around. I hate traffic :)

Me too. In fact, I hate people too, so if they got off the road, all the better! But, whether I get mad or just enjoy the tunes and move with the flow, I get to where I'm going at the same time. So just chill...

My pet peeve if you will are the winter cyclist that almost wipe out in front of you while riding the slush lane provided by the real traffic.

I need to learn that its winter driving conditions and just because I can go faster than everyone else, I really shouldn't, even when challenged....I just don't like being passed, unless I can use that person as a rabbit... :lol: oh, ya, snow and winter....slow down!!

Hmmm, still 15 and raining here in Port :D.... Man I don't miss the rockies

lol

Clown Fish everywhere!!

http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/d...4_bestshot.jpg

That's probably the cutest clownfish I've ever seen!!

Why do teenagers feel the need to be hooligans on Halloween? I mean I did stuff as a kid, I think the worst thing we did was egg our high school. Do they not realize there are consequences that can affect the rest if their lives?? Stupid!!:twised:

Someone smash your pumpkin?

I wish that's all it was, that is something I could appreciate, even laugh about.

sorry to hear. we had a quiet halloween this year, only 15 kids.

on another note... i picked a bad day to bring the 120gl i have for sale home from storage.. going to have to wait til saturday.......roads here suck, hwy won't be any better.. but at least once i get it home i'll be able to get some decent pics and finally sell the darn thing!!!

Whats the difference between a duck???

Like a very stern talking to? They are hooligans because there are no consequences anymore. If the cops brought me home when I was a kid I'd get a lick'en, now the parents would be in jail if they took the kids xbox away. The young offenders act gives them anonymity and sealed records. I know teens who were convicted of drug trafficing and robbery and got a few hours of community work and a curfew for a few months (unless they had to work to buy more games so they wouldn't get bored during curfew). They then turned 18 and and that was the end of it.

Some truth, but at the start of it all is the parents or more accurately lack of. I remember a time when my 14 year old (at the time) threatened to call child services, I can't remember the reason but I had probably cuffed him one up side the head. I turned to him and tossed him the phone and said ' enjoy your new the foster home' Needless to say no call was made.

The art of instilling the healthy fear of punishment and a high expectation of respect to parents has been lost in today's parenting and parents can only blame themselves. If started at a young age and CONTINUED' as kids grow older alot of today's issues of kids and a total lack of respect for anything other themselves could be avoided.

I hate time outs, a swift two smacks to a bare butt gets alot more results....Oh ya and bring back the strap to schools.

So anyone got some suggestions on how to deal with this hooligan? He's a good kid making bad decisions. He has been bullied for years, the schools and their anti bullying campaign is a joke. He's popular, smart (has improved his grades big time this year) but hes short. And has 3 good parents (I'm his step mom). He's respectful at home, does his chores, and participates in the family. I've never been the parent who's child does no wrong, or fought their battles. This is hard but his choices last night have landed him in big trouble and I hope the system is tough on him. He has consequences at home.

Couldn't agree more joref
A little strapping or back-handing goes a long way

And about calling Child Services ...
I remember Russell Peters' skit ...
Here's a piece of it

LANGUAGE WARNING - profanity and such

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzKHQX59Wso

My favorite part is when he talks about his Dad saying it will take Children's Aid 23 minutes to get there :twised:

Without details, it's kinda hard to give any input

I grew up with 4 parents, so I had lots of different input

Oh, and by the way ...
Although I come from a back-hand kind of upbringing, we don't have kids, so some may say I have no right to give input :smile:

I'm going to get slapped by the posting police for adding another one ......

I thought I would try to satisfy my sweet tooth today and buy up some leftover halloween stuff from the big box stores ....

Not much to buy as they have all switched over to X-mas stuff already :surprise:

Jeez, what is going on with our society ???
Nov 1st and the stores are covered in X-mas stuff !!!!
Every year it's the same ...

Halloween isn't even over yet and they're throwing the adds out there

Can't even get past the end of October and there are already X-mas adds on TV :twised:

I am so tired of consumerism

There has to be a new rule for retailers and media ....

No X-mas stuff until after Nov 15, or better yet, until Dec 1st :twised:

Shopper's Drug Mart at Willingdon & Kingsway - 100 pack of Twix, Snickers, M&Ms and Mars bars for just over $8. Worked out to about $10 including HST.

Dam you !!!!
I didn't want to buy any more chocolates :smile:
Now I'll have to go shopping :twised:

Sounds like one bad decision, and if that's all it is hopefully the discipline dished out will realign his thinking. If you and your other don't feel it's enough take away the most important thing he has, a car, video games, sports etc. It doesn't need to be forever but make it sting. I always drive home big time and I mean big time reversing the situation, put him in the victims shoes and talk about how this has effected the victim. Starting in a normal talking tone, escalating volume and intensity, if they are arguing back. You need to drive the point home and ultimately if he refuses to understand smash something of his right in front of him. He will soon understand as a final insult make him clean it up. This sounds like it may border on mental cruelty but if you guys are loving and supportive parents the other 99 percent of the time it will be a good reminder for him if he decides to make another bad decision anytime soon.

Now if there was any doubt in anyone's mind before this I'm sure it will confirm to them that yes I am a little nuts:biggrin:

We all will be sitting down this weekend to discuss with him this situation. Yesterday was not the time to do it as we basically pulled an all nighter, we're tired and grumpy. At this point he has lost his most important things and won't be getting them back anytime soon. I suggested an apology to the victim, which his dad agrees should be done, but he's been ordered to not have any contact until the court date in December.

He has already acknowledged being where he was and the others involved always leads to trouble and he's not going to hang out there anymore. His mom is looking into youth counseling programs to get him some help with his self esteem issues. Remarkably, he received a progress report from school yesterday and has pulled his marks from mid 70s to mid 80s in the last month.

Is this the first time he's gotten into trouble? No. He averages 3 suspensions a year from school for fighting. 2 years ago he got caught tagging a transformer, this was a bylaw offense so he was issued a fine and court date, community service was the punishment, plus we implemented punishment at home.

Believe me, I have had my say about what I think should be happening over the years. Hopefully there's some changes. If I didn't care and wasn't supportive, I wouldn't be asking for advice.

Go shopping!! Best day for leftover candy is the 31st, always half price to clear. I've seen christmasx stuff in stores since the end of September :twised: