Caryl

Errr OK. Joe, don't do that again! :facepalm: aegis

I always look down from above. If the whole body has scales sticking out like a pine cone then it is dropsy. Looking from the side you can see the scales at the top are also raised (1st pic). If it is just the belly then it is constipation or something else. Here is a danio with dropsy...

You will need to re-link the moved pics

Did you move them in your album?

For those members who have gone back to school this year, how has it been so far?

I don't want to go that far!!! :tears:

I wish to apologise to Ira as I read more into his post than was there. This was due to what was still going around in my head after watching the programme. He is not a mind reader! I took a more negative meaning when none was intended.

I am not pissy at you! :roll:

It was the "Yeah, Ferry pilots" that made me feel that way but I am sure you did not mean anything by it. It was not just the job but what they had to go through to be allowed to do it. One of the women had over 2000 hours flying experience before joining up, as an acrobatic stunt flyer, and they still didn't think she could do it. They said the hardest part was not knowing what sort of aircraft you were going to be flying at any time. They could fly anything from spitfires to the big bombers and no experience may have been had in some of them before taking off in it. One woman told how she flew a bomber into an RAF base. She got out of the plane to be greeted by a group of men with a staff car. She asked if it was for her and they said "No, it is for the pilot". She replied "I AM the pilot!" and they did not believe her. They actually searched the plane before finally realising she was indeed the pilot. After the war none of them could continue flying, unless they were rich enough to buy their own plane, as the jobs were given to the men. That went for all those women who had trained as engineers and mechanics etc to keep things running. My friend's dad was an RAF pilot (he was Canadian but lied about his age and joined up in the UK) and was flying missions over enemy territory aged 16. Can you 16 yr olds in here imagine doing that? I think the average life expectancy for the front line pilots was only a few months

We often had difficulty finding internet access in the UK - or finding someone who knew where to go for it. It was also very expensive in the hotels.

Ira I feel you are trivialising the work they did, just because they did not fly in combat missions. It was not just the job they did but the war (within a war) they had to fight to be able to do it in the first place and the attitude of the males who claimed they could not do the job. They certainly had bigger balls than many men at the time!

Thanks for that Donna, I might go look for one for our pump inlet. It blocks very quickly!

They have the population to pay for it too! There are a lot of places in the USA who don't get the speeds we get.

Of course but it was still the most dangerous occupation for women. It was not their fault the men wouldn't let them do more. The dreadful things said and done to them by their own side were atrocious! This book might interest you... Spitfire Women of World War II by Giles Whittell I am in awe of these ladies

1 in 10 of them were killed

They were not allowed into combat but flew the fighters across country to where they were needed by the fellas. They are interviewing some of the survivors. What wonderful women they were! Real pioneers.

There is a fascinating programme on SBSOne at the moment about the women who flew fighter planes during the last world war. They had to fight hard against the males who claimed they were not capable of flying and should stay in the kitchen or do something "more befitting of their sex" :roll: Even in the years after, you never hear about these women and the odds they overcame.

Me too. I just got... irc.nzdance.net: Closing Link: Caryl[ircip2.mibbit.com] (User has been banned from NZDance.Net (Session limit exceeded)) Never had it do that before!

It is supposed to be good for clearing green water. You can buy it as an extract too.

Who is breeding strippers?

Very nice pics. Like the ferns. Is your brother the one in white or black? 8)

Personally I have found them all to be less than ideal and, as said, they do scratch the glass easily.

An article and pics for the AW would be appreciated (or I could use what is here but would prefer pics without your name through the middle. You would be fully credited in the magazine of course). I assume the "vac" is a small, bagless, vacuum cleaner? You would also need a good sized extension cord. Anyone know of any battery operated machines suitable to take "out in the field"?

What sort of inlet does the filter have? Is there some way to put a larger wire cage around it to catch the majority of the gunge before it blocks the filter?

Ah I thought you meant gunge on the bottom and the water was green. I have seen that type of algae floating in ponds but don't know what causes it :-? Does the pond actually have a filter or just a fountain? Some fountains have very small filters attached. I can see something poking up which I assume is a fountain you turned off to take the pic. I wonder if some water movement would help.