Caryl

and the fact it is for sale again shows it didn't sell for that much

We have about 22 signed up so far. The more the merrier. All welcome. If my daughter has her way there will also be a hard fought (if we don't laugh too hard) tournament on the 18 hole mini golf course next door after the tour

I have always liked the snakeskin variety. Beautiful patterns (of course I like snakes too so perhaps that has something to do with it :lol: )

I note the comments were all negative too and feeling sorry for the fish. Surely, if they owned the fish (which I assume jumped out of the tank) they would know it won't bite but they would have to beware of the spines as they can hurt! :roll: For the record, for those who do not know how to handle these fish, wet hands or a wet towel would have been the way to pick it up, supporting the whole body while you lifted it back into the tank.

So what colour guppies do you have sunrise001?

It is fridge benefits Nuts are good fat so OK and I am sure corn syrup and brown sugar are healthy sugars so OK too 8) I don't avoid sugar bdspider, I make sure I eat it all at once so it is not there to tempt me any more Most of the popcorn has gone. It was too sweet to eat all at once though I tried my best! :lol:

I couldn't help it - I looked AARRRRGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! :-?

Why do you think it is a FAIL? It might be a deliberate fashion statement!

Grant often comes home with homemade goodies, fruit and/or veg from grateful clients. His favourites are the "seasonal cake" he gets from a Jehovah's Witness client (who doesn't celebrate Christmas so she makes a seasonal cake instead :lol: ) and a genuine Dutch apple pie my friend makes when he fixes her laptop. Today I came home to find several bags of venison and mutton sausages on the doorstep (well, in the hot water cupboard beside the doorstep to be accurate. People leave stuff in there or pick stuff up. Couriers know to leave parcels there if we aren't home too). An ex neighbour I bumped into said he had shot 3 deer the other day so he would drop off some venison for us if Grant would have a look at his computer. Daughter's partner has been deer shooting too so has a roast for us. Then when Grant got home he showed me the goodies he was given after doing a job at Makana Chocolates - choc dipped macadamia shortbread and caramel popcorn. The popcorn is very more-ish so I looked at the ingredients list... Sugar, popcorn, corn syrup, butter, macadamia nuts, brown sugar, baking soda, lecithin, vanilla. Hmm, I wonder if it is healthy? I am sure it is fat free! :bounce: There is still an unopened box of truffles in the fridge from the last time he did a job there 8)

What about invisible ink?

Great! I have asked my son and his partner if they would like to join in at some point as we are missing both their birthdays (one is a week before and the other the week after :roll: ) because of conference so this would be a good chance for us to catch up with them. They have also met a number of the TT members :bounce:

When we were kids we put daffodils in coloured ink so they changed colour. Perhaps if you drank ink the hairgrass would change colour too?

Ours ate worms too but you had to wiggle them in front of the stupid animal's face or it didn't recognise it as food :roll:

Why do people these days think is acceptable to be mean or rude to someone, whether they may or may not be idiots? :evil:

Parsnips are another veg that tastes better after a frost

As Ira said. Some people get confused as I think you will find some fountains also have built-in filters but they appear to be very small and not much use.

I hope the minnows found it equally entertaining :roll:

You mention the tank was only set up a month ago but you already had 18 fish in it. You have tested the pH (and there is nothing wrong with 7.4) but more important are the ammonia, nitrite and nitrate. I suspect poor water quality is killing the fish. Most of those fish would handle 22C. Also, livebearers need to be in a ratio of 1 male to 3 or 4 females to spread the aggression.

Voting for it... Very similar to the song called "Frog Kissin'". I have a version by Ray Stevens and Chet Atkins

Although it is said that 1 human year is the equivalent of 7 'cat years', this isn't so. A 1 year-old cat is far more mature than a 7 year-old child. Experts generally agree that the first 2 years of a cat's life are roughly equal to the first 25 of a human. Thereafter, each additional year equals approximately 4 'cat years'. Cat Years - Human Years 1 - 15 2 - 24 3 - 28 4 -32 5 - 36 6 - 40 7 - 44 8 - 48 9 - 52 10 - 56 11 - 60 12 - 64 13 - 68 14 - 72 15 - 76 16 - 80 17 - 84 18 - 88 19 - 92 20 - 96

The rest of the club members can still have a road trip

Dragons? We are talking about leopardfish! Navarre got his and southern man's are ready to go to conference and meet their new owner Of course, said new owner HAS TO REGISTER YET!!!

If you ring either of those numbers in the first post either lady might be able to tell you whether a club is re-forming or not, even though the thread was started a year ago. At this point I would say they did not get enough interest back then but you never know, it might be different now.

You would be most welcome Jen. Can offer overnight accommodation if you are too tired to drive back

The Marlborough Aquarium Club is touring the Ecoworld Aquarium on the Picton foreshore, next Sunday (ANZAC Day). We will meet for a picnic lunch on the foreshore then start the tour at 1.30pm. We will also get to meet some little blue penguins :bounce: ALL WELCOME. We need to know numbers for the aquarium, who are offering this tour to us at half the usual adult price (so $10 per person, under 4's FREE). Visit their website to see what they have there www.ecoworldnz.co.nz Please let me know if you would like to come too :bounce: