Retiring this Thursday

[FRY]

the Foreman put the lock and chain so that nobody steal it but you can just slide the bundle out ,its the stupidest thing that you do ,it shows the mentally of the foreman.
paul i allways say got to go to work to relax, do more at home

 

[Paul B]

We also chain up coils of BX like that with a chain through them. I should say I "used to" do that being retired now.
Well it's time to go out to a job. Take care.

 

[FRY]

hi Paul hows your retirement going

frank

 

[DonCisco]

congratulations Paul. What a feeling, paying off the mortgage and retiring in the same week. AMAZING
Good thing you have the reefs, otherwise you wouldn't have anything else to look forward to
Enjoy your well deserved retirement:sleeping:

 

[Paul B]

Fry, I really don't know yet, I worked everyday since I retired. Istarted a "side" business and am very happy. I can take off anytime I want, leave anytime, get there anytime and I don't have to go to that city. And I doubled my salery which is nice.
DonCisco, I did find some time to change the water and my tank is a little overcrowded with unusual fish. As a matter of fact I discovered a new fish in there last night and I don't know where it came from or what it is. It doesen't stay in the open long enough for me to get a good look at it. It is a small yellow fish with I think is a colored tail.
Have a great day.
Paul

 

[Awibrandy]

OMG, what is going on in your tank? Hope you can get a pic of it at some point, would love to see it!

 

[georgelc86]

Congrats Paul.

 

[Paul B]

Awibrandy, My tank is doing very well. I discovered a new fish and the Bangai Cardinals are still spawning although I may have to operate on the male, he has a fungus infection or something similar on his lip.
I have a bunch of different unusual gobies, bleenies and other smaller fish.
Of course I still have a hippo, fire clown and the usuals.
I sent that squeeze thing to you today, you should get it tomorrow.
Take care.
Paul

 

[FRY]

glad to hear that Paul

 

[h20 freak]

Congrats on everything Paul.:hb2::biggrinpa

 

[Paul B]

Thanks H2o

 

[Awibrandy]

Awibrandy, My tank is doing very well. I discovered a new fish and the Bangai Cardinals are still spawning although I may have to operate on the male, he has a fungus infection or something similar on his lip.
I have a bunch of different unusual gobies, bleenies and other smaller fish.
Of course I still have a hippo, fire clown and the usuals.
I sent that squeeze thing to you today, you should get it tomorrow.
Take care.
Paul

Paul, I received the squeeze thinggie yesterday. Thanks a mill!! I didn't get a chance to try it out because There are no corals in my tank.lol They are all sitting in a holding tank & bin. I took my tank apart yesterday morning to get the engineer gobie out. I'll be putting everything back in today, so I will usue it this evening.
It does look great, and I am absolutely sure it will work 1000 X better then the "Sea Squirt". I'll let you know ASAP.
By the way, the pic I was talking about is the new fish you found in your tank.:thrash: And while I'm at it, if you did not add this fish to your tank, and you don't have any like it I would love to know what your thoughts are as to where did it come from? Could it have come in during a NSW change?:scratchch

 

[Paul B]

Awibrandy, don't forget that thing I sent is a prototype. The new ones are hopefully stronger and bigger. I use it to feed my fish and have never fed them with out it. I target feed everything.
As for the new fish, It could not come in with NSW as I have not added any since the summer and it is not a local fish. It could be something I added months ago as a baby and thought died or jumped out. There is a slim possability I bought a fish and it was a baby which are usually clear and diden't notice but that is remote.
Maybe there is a tunnel from my tank to the sea :fishhit: :Lurking:
Have a great day.
Paul

 

[Awibrandy]

After all I've read following your great reads I vote for the "a tunnel from my tnak to the sea".:biglaugh:

 

[Paul B]

Yes, very old thread. I would like to update on my retirement as it has been 6 years now. All I can say is WOW I can't believe I wasted all those years working.
I had to get plastic surgery to make my face bigger to fit my smile.
I got a much bigger boat and a little Granddaughter along with a Son N Law.
My tank is full of SPS, LPS and everything else and is running perfectly and reached 42 years old.
I am a little older, a little balder, a little richer and a lot happier.
This year is our 40th anniversary and I want to take my wife back to Hawaii where we went for our honeymoon, but we won't go to all the Islands we went to then, there are two more Islands now that were not open to outsiders then, that's where we want to go.
Since I retired we went to Tahiti, Sicily and a riverboat cruise on the Danube in Germany. My wife has MS and we want to get as much in as we can, not that I plan to croak anytime soon. I would like to get the tank to fifty years old then I may take it down as we will be traveling more and spending more time on the boat. Life is good.:tongue1:

I got one of these.


I got one of these





And I still got my best friend

 

[SteveZ15]

I like the parker on the right

 

[Paul B]

The SeaRay on the left is much nicer.
But I like my closest friend's Cruiser better.

 

[SanmanReefer]

Congratulations, enjoy that well deserved retirement.

 

[SteveZ15]

Radio waves does he have a boat in geretesen beach brooklyn? Theres a fishing boat in the same channel with that name.Those are nice boats too nice to get blood and fishing crap all over.I hope one day to have a nice down east style boat so I dont have to be a boat whore when it comes tuna time lol.

 

[Paul B]

His boat is on City Island. He owns a radio business.
We have not fished in years, we used to fish every weekend until we got into SCUBA diving in the 70s. Then we dove every week, now we party, sometimes we have 14 boats rafted together for the wekend.