Paul B's thread

[Paul B]

I just picked up this cool fan tail filefish. It is kind of rare and I think the guy made a big mistake on the price because it was fairly cheap. The owner gave me the price so i didn't say anything.

 

[Joe Rice]

Is that a juvenile? Or is it different than an Orange Fantail Filefish?

Either way, filefish are really cool inhabitants of a reef tank.

 

[Paul B]

It is different. This is a common red tail filefish in my tank. Totally different fish and shape.



I also have this guy.

 

[DylanCameron]

Looks to be Monacanthus chinensis, fan tail / fan belly filefish. Different than the orange fantail. Great find!

 

[Paul B]

Looks to be Monacanthus chinensis

I used to go out with a Greek girl with that name except she ended her name with two Ss.

 

[Paul B]

I am running out of room with my other hobbies so I will have to sell my steampunk stuff for about an eighth of what it sells for in an art gallery.
I have been making live edge tables and now I am making a waterfall table.

Very cool. I get so many compliments on my finished table I decided to make more so I bought 5 more pieces of live edge wood. I also have no room for these so I will probably give them away.

 

[FishieBusiness]

The table is EPIC! it is something that my wife would LOVE! Any pics of your steampunk? We are adding a master suite and need to decorate.

 

[Paul B]

Thank you. I love building them but even building the tables is a little costly. That one cost me $1,200.00 for the materials.

The next few will be much cheaper because I got the wood much cheaper as the guy selling them is moving in a few days and needs to move them. I am going back there today to get another one.

The steampunk is here.

Paul B's Steampunk Art – Functional and Beautiful

paulbsteampunk.com

 

[Paul B]

FishieBusiness. Yesterday someone on another fish forum bought three of the Steam Punk pieces. Two of which are my favorites. Now I have to figure out how to ship them as they are all heavy.

 

[Paul B]

I still have 5 or 6 Steampunk pieces that I would like to move. Most of them are still in the library on display but will come home in about 5 weeks. 2 or 3 are still in a gallery. I don't have room for them so I am selling them for about a third of the gallery price or a little less. In other words, almost for what they cost to build them.

So far since I have been building them I sold 20 or so of them. I just like building them but can't store them all. I keep a few of my favorites and gave some away.

 

[thrillreefer]

That angler fish lamp is the best! And the money meat grinder is hysterical

 

[Paul B]

I liked them to. They sold a while ago.

 

[Paul B]

Good Morning. Today is my wedding anniversary. 49 years married to my childhood sweetheart who I met when she was 12. No, I didn't date her then because I am not a Perv contrary to popular opinion. I was going out with her older cousin because I am 6 years older than my wife.

She wrote me all through my time in Nam and I married her when she was 18.

This is not our wedding picture.



Neither is this.



This is not her.




This is. I took this in a mirror when she was 18. How could I not marry this?


We will be going here tonight

Jedediah Hawkins Inn on the North Fork Jedediah Hawkins Inn on the North Fork

A luxurious boutique hotel featuring an acclaimed restaurant and speakeasy, located amidst the farms and vineyards of Long Island’s North Fork.

www.jedediahhawkinsinn.com

 

[Chlorinated]

Congrats on 49 years!

 

[FishieBusiness]

Happy 49th. We celebrated our 22nd this year

 

[Paul B]

Our 49th anniversary was great and we used the same glasses we drank out of at our wedding

 

[thrillreefer]

Congrats!! You guys seem cool as hell. Do you have any corals older than your marriage?

 

[Paul B]

No. I am not sure corals live longer than our marriage.

 

[BiGGiePauls33]

Our 49th anniversary was great and we used the same glasses we drank out of at our wedding

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Congrats to you and your wife @Paul B that's awesome.

 

[Paul B]

Last night I spoke at LIRA (Long Island Reefers Assn.) The treasurer asked me to meet him at the Applebees in Commack. I got there at 6:30 and waited for 40 minutes. It started to rain. I didn't have his phone number or know what he looked like.

Eventually he called me to ask where I was. I said Applebees in Commack..........He said I am at the wrong Commack, he is at the Applebees in Brentwood. OK, Like Duh. So it was only 9 minutes away and I went there just in time to eat and get to the place where I spoke for an hour or a little more. I had fun.

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