brett2003 Posted September 20, 2012 Report Share Posted September 20, 2012 Hi there, I have to be honest, my initial motiviation for signing up was to pick the brains of some locals (I mean, honestly, the US forums are great and all, but I get so tired of a) converting everything to imperial, b) explaining that equipment and fish are often way more expensive here in NZ and c) that I am absolutely sure that my tapwater is NO3/PO4 free lol) Anyway, it seemed kind of overly forthright to just ask a question and not introduce myself! I'm an apartment dweller in Eden Terrace (in Auckland), along with my flatmate (who also owns fish) and my partner (who is very long suffering, prefers puppies and thinks we're both mad). We're all doing PhDs, so we have, perhaps unsurprisingly, been compared to the crew from the Big Bang Theory by a disturbing number of people - although there is some dispute as to whether my partner is Howard or Leonard, as well as which of my flatmate and I is opinionated and mouthy enough to be Sheldon At the moment, we have 116L and 152L freshwater community tanks, and I've recently converted an old AquaOne AR620T to saltwater (which isn't working out so well, so that's what the question I intend to post on the Saltwater forums is about). I kept fish as a teenager, and recently got back into it (around 18 months ago) - after some initial chemical problems (caused by Auckland's incredibly soft water) the freshwater aquariums, at least, are going great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted September 20, 2012 Report Share Posted September 20, 2012 gidday and welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#!CrunchBang Posted September 20, 2012 Report Share Posted September 20, 2012 Welcome, Where are you doing and what area is you phd? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brett2003 Posted September 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2012 Hi My PhD is in Sociolinguistics at the UoA (so nothing fish related at all! I did do a BSc in BioMed tho, in addition to my Linguistics undergrad, which has proven quite helpful in understanding some of the fish related stuff!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted September 20, 2012 Report Share Posted September 20, 2012 welcome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted September 20, 2012 Report Share Posted September 20, 2012 Welcome and enjoy your time here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godly3vil Posted September 20, 2012 Report Share Posted September 20, 2012 Howdy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted September 20, 2012 Report Share Posted September 20, 2012 welcome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smidey Posted September 20, 2012 Report Share Posted September 20, 2012 hi and welcome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camtang Posted September 20, 2012 Report Share Posted September 20, 2012 Hi My PhD is in Sociolinguistics at the UoA (so nothing fish related at all! I did do a BSc in BioMed tho, in addition to my Linguistics undergrad, which has proven quite helpful in understanding some of the fish related stuff!) Sociolinguistics is what exactly? :facepalm: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted September 20, 2012 Report Share Posted September 20, 2012 a class full of talkative sociopaths?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Li@m Posted September 20, 2012 Report Share Posted September 20, 2012 & Welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brett2003 Posted September 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2012 Lol, it does sound a bit like that doesn't it... The quickest way to sum it up would to say that it's about looking at differences in the way people speak (e.g., by age, gender, ethnicity etc etc) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted September 20, 2012 Report Share Posted September 20, 2012 you should study my missus, here way of speaking depends full on what time of day it is, in the morning "mrmrmmmummmrm" middle of the day "can I have your credit card", night time "have you cleaned the bathroom, stop playing with those fish, did you drink my vodka. seriously leave the fish alone, your tanks waste power"(that was one sentence last night....) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brett2003 Posted September 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2012 I think that's probably all spouses of all fishkeepers hehe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted September 20, 2012 Report Share Posted September 20, 2012 I would disagree with that strongly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted September 20, 2012 Report Share Posted September 20, 2012 hrmmm that sounds like something my missus would say Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godly3vil Posted September 20, 2012 Report Share Posted September 20, 2012 :sml1: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brett2003 Posted September 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2012 Sorry, let me rephrase that, "All spouses of all fishkeepers who are not themselves interested in fishkeeping" lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camtang Posted September 21, 2012 Report Share Posted September 21, 2012 Lol, it does sound a bit like that doesn't it... The quickest way to sum it up would to say that it's about looking at differences in the way people speak (e.g., by age, gender, ethnicity etc etc) Is that a spin off of sociology, in the sense of another branch of it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brett2003 Posted September 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2012 Is that a spin off of sociology, in the sense of another branch of it? It's more linguistics than it is sociology (and all of my undergrad was in linguistics) *but* it does include a certain amount of sociology and social psychology (particularly in terms of people's attitudes, beliefs, motivations re: language) Sorry, I hope that makes sense lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camtang Posted September 21, 2012 Report Share Posted September 21, 2012 sure does thanks. I am doing papers on both sociology and psychology at the moement. Intense stuff thats for sure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brett2003 Posted September 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2012 Ah, right! I did a single Psych paper, but in hindsight I regret not doing more (and some sociol, too, for that matter). My partner is doing his PhD in psych, though, so he's a useful resource Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camtang Posted September 21, 2012 Report Share Posted September 21, 2012 always helpful having a live in resources in the house :thup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brett2003 Posted September 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2012 Absolutely, especially when you can't be seen to ask too many questions at uni itself lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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