Leave me out of it :) Heck, leave you out of it too. It's between 2 other people that can choose to ignore or not ignore the other. There are filters to add people to ignore lists. Carry on, nothing to see here :)

Back to random thoughts:

Why does it always have to rain north east of Edmonton when I have to work on a highline of a new plant for the next 11 days.


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Thanks Ryan ..... I have a temp job with Steve at RCE for up to a month so I can put the feelers out and find something..... I have one lead but I havnt had a chance to chat with him yet..... Why, you have a job to offer?:biggrin:

welcome to your new home doug!!!!

and greg.. the rain is karma forgetting thank free tank before I did! lmao! jk!

I heard from the wife that it is raining bucket loads at home to so I don't feel to bad about it.


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so many skimmers so many choices so little money... lets hope my little side venture will help fund some new toys....

Woohoo! I just put in my 2 week notice of resignation at work yesterday!

Can you believe that there is so much work around here that another company hired me, even despite the fact that I'm 5 months pregnant? Craziness, but I'm happy about it. I just wish I could have a martini to celebrate :biggrin:.

Also, I'm thinking the tank is old enough to add a clam now. I just don't know if it's too risky for the clam with the copperband butterfly being in there. Anyone keep these two species together successfully?

Can u still get mat leave that close?

Congrats on the new job!!!

I think you still get EI as its dependent on your hours worked during the period up to your leave regardless of where or how many jobs. Its up to the company whether they will hold your position for when you return. We hired a girl who hid she was pregnant when hired, after a month said she was 5 months and the company had to bring her back in the same capacity. Funny thing is she never contacted the company about returning and was eventually let go.

Reefgirl, if they hired you knowing you are preggers, I'm sure they will bring you back after if you plan on returning to work.

I'll have a drink to celebrate for you!!

Yes, absolutely. Maternity leave is payed out to you by the government. It works very similar to EI. You (general you) need roughly 630 hours accumulated within the year prior to your leave to qualify. Like EI, the government will pay out a certain percentage of the monthly wage you were taking home prior to your leave, with the maximum being around $1800.00 per month or so I think.

IMO that woman was very rude. I feel like if you are up front and honest with your employer from the start it will work out for you much more favourably.

When my new employer hired me on the spot during the interview I politely stopped him and let him know that before we get to that point I wanted to let him know I was expecting. Funny guy, he looked at me and said, "Expecting what? A baby?" The smart+++ in me wanted to say, "No, I'm expecting to make more than whatever they're paying you!". Luckily I managed to keep my mouth shut, lol. He then took a moment to think about it and said, "That's okay, we were going to hire you anyway". Cool, now I don't have to look like a douchebag when I tell you a week after I start that I'll be leaving in 4 months.

I wasn't even going to apply anywhere else as I like the work I'm doing now and I don't like bouncing around all over the place when it comes to employment. I prefer to get comfortable somewhere and stick around, especially while pregnant. Who wants to switch jobs for just a few months anyway? The problem is things have gotten very strange around here and there's a reason I built up the courage to apply elsewhere in my present condition. It was either quit or switch jobs, you know?

Anyway, enough about that... Have three drinks for me, girl! I'll just sit over here with my shirley temple :mrgreen:.

Well another grandson on the way & I am 6 hrs away working :sad:


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Hey, congrats Greg..... I just found out recently that I'm goona be a grandpa too...... Kinda freaks me out:surprise:

Congrats to you as well Dougster. This will make #5 for me. 3 grandsons & twin girls.


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Congrats to both of you
Nothin' like havin' your kids make you Grandparents when you're so young, right ? :rolleyes:
All the more time to play with 'em :smile:

Just did my first shift at RCE.... Man it's good to be back at a fish store:biggrin:

i see a cool nano in a store and i cannot find it online not even the stores website thats just wrong on so many levels

Awesome.. looking in the sump and my skimmer isn't running.. probably for a few days as there is no skimmate since I cleaned it on Friday. Ugh... Now I gotta pull this bugger apart tomorrow and see if its broken. In the mean time if it is in fact buggered, let me know if you have a tunze 9002 you would part with. :sad: not happy about this.

Did you plug it back in after the cleaning? :razz:

:lol: yup

just checkin'.. :mrgreen:

thank god I fixed it! there was an asternia star in the impeller housing wedged in just enough to stop the impeller! bugger.

I didn't win last night's lottery :evil:

How many corals / fish did you buy? :mrgreen:

Don't you mean...what managed to follow him home? :wink:

i want to set up my new cube...so to tear down the tanks today or not...that is the question:P


this hangover doesnt help:P

So glad I don't get those...do the tank, do the tank, do the tank it will make you feel better. :biggrin:

i use to not get them but since i only drink now once in a blue moon it hits me hard lol:P


funny ive had all the stuff to do my cube for a month now, heres the kicker...new tank needs to go where the frag tank currently is....fragtank and the 90g need to go in the spare bedroom and the new cube gets plumbed into both of them.....ughhh alot of tearing down and plumbing lol wouldnt be so bad but the fragtank has about 100frags and a lionfish and the 90 is a full reef with fish. that said i do have some progress being made.....im doing a bonzai tree so my rock sculpture is made with pvc its all one piece, "sandbed" is made and lights are bought,equipment half cleaned lol

its the actual plunge thats got me lol once i start i have to finish..:P



anyone want to do it for a dozen frags lol??????

I will.... but first I may need a lift out to Vegas.

The newest member of the family, my 3rd grandson Nixon Stephen.

http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/x...R/3049fa28.jpg


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He's looking darn good.

Yay! Congrats again Greg!

congrats on the little grizzly!!:P

Congrats Greg, gonna need a bigger den soon, for all those cubs

Awwwww congrats! He's so adorable.

Thanks guys. I can't wait to actually meet the new cub when I get home this Friday.


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Congrats! What a cutie-pie!

Cutie for sure. Congrats Gramps.

congrats Grizz!