Not one of those groovy hippies, I’m more a wannabe hippy who tends to have an opinion on pretty much everything

Over the past few days I’ve had a few problems with my yellow tail damsels. I’ve got 3 of them and they’ve been fine for around 2 months, but over the past 2/3 days the biggest one has been chasing the little one, which to say the least is a little bit battered. He doesn’t come out often but he’s found a great hiding place and the other 2 can’t seem to find him.
Hopefully he’ll stay tucked in there and only come out to eat and hopefully he’ll get better quickly if not it’s going to be a nightmare to catch all 3 of them.

Only a short post today but I thought I best put something up.

I ended up going with VC for my free bet as they offer up to £100 in free bets. Fair enough you’d have to put £100 in to get it back but it was more than the others where offering.

Today I received a lovely iolite vaporizer , there is only a few niggles that i have with it which are the mouth piece can get quite warm after extended use and that it can be slightly noisy when you’re in a quite location. Apart from that I love it runs on lighter fuel and it fits comfortably in your hand.

If The Sender Doesn’t want the iolite vaporizer back then i think i’ll be sticking it up on eBay to make a few extra pounds

I’ve had 3 yellow tail damsels in the tank for a few months, but the biggest one seems to be picking on the smallest one which isn’t in the best of health and i have seen him chasing my lovely clown fish arghh. I’ve been to my local Fish Retailer today and they’ve said that they will take them off my hands. They are only cheapish fish at £3.99 each and the last thing i want killing is one of my paired clown fish.

When these three fish go from my aquarium I’ll only be left with three a Yellow Tang & a pair of Clown fish. Which is a bit strange when a few weeks ago I had, 3 yellow tail damsels, Bi Colour Blennie, 2 Clowns, Blue Cheek Gobi and a Bi Colour Angel, 3 of these have died.

I’m going to leave it a while before any restocking, and see how it goes with water quality and the lease of life.

This weekend has been a bit hectic. On Saturday morning I went to my local fish shop so that I could get some fresh saltwater for my aquarium, 25 litres for £5. I then left that throughout the day with a heater in so that it was the right temperature to go straight into the tank with minimal disturbance to the fish.

When I went into the fish shop they had some lovely regal tangs which would just grow too big for my 180 litre tank. The flame angels are lovely as well but after the death of my bi colour angel i doubt i’ll be spending £70 on one anytime soon.

Saturday daytime, I helped some family members move into their new house which surprisingly seemed to take all day although it passed really quickly and to be honest I quite enjoyed it.
When I got home there was loads of washing out drying, which in turn needed ironing. When I got this done I finally moved on to taking some water out of tank and down the loo, and then onto putting fresh saltwater back in to the tank. In honesty it looks really clear now but we’ll see how long it lasts.

I saw that William hill are offering a £30 free bet, which isn’t bad so I think I’ll be signing up with them so that I can get a bet in the Gold Cup. I might only spend £15 so that i can use the other £15 worth of free bets in the Grand National.

Tonight i have pool again. We are playing at the same pub we played at last Thursday and won, but we are playing the team from that pub not a knock out cup team, Tonight’s team I below us but we tend to lose to the teams under us, I think we are hoping that if we play well then we know it’s our table that’s causing up problems and not our playing.
Tonight’s pub is good for smoking as you can stand outside and smoke and still watch the game that’s been played. I’ll get some rollies made up before going out, I’m well into my 1st box of rolling papers so I I’ll have to calm down, otherwise I run out quicker than expected

I’ve bought a Fish R Fun Internal 9W UV Sterilizer from eBay, in the hope that it might help the mystery of dyeing fish in my aquarium. I know it’s not the best UV Sterilizer out on the market but I just want to keep everything in the tank as I’m not ready for a sump yet as space is tight.
I’m hoping it will turn up tomorrow, as I have a water change due at the weekend and ideally would like it in place for then.

I’m trying to arrange a day out at the Cheltenham festival which is a massive horse racing event in the UK. The Gold Cup is the big race and probably the most well known after the Grand National. It takes place on the 19th of March.
The last few races have been between a few famous horses Kauto Star and Denman.

If I don’t manage to go, I’ll b having a bet online, in which case I’ll be looking for a new sign up on a betting site that will offer a nice free bet. On certain betting sites they recognise you from your card number so if you sign up make sure you’re using a different card so that you get your free bets.
Free bets are usually around the value of £20 so when you sign up make sure to find a gambling site that offers a sign up bonus / free bet.

I managed to lose another fish at the weekend, which was the bi colour angel which I had only recently bought. Local shop says that I could have a pathogen in the water and has advised me to get a UV steriliser. This should kill all infections in the water and help to keep it clear.

These weeks been hectic, with playing 3 nights of Pool oppose to just 1. Tuesday was a re arranged league match against our A team, i lost both my singles and doubles game, i majorly helped the A team by potting the black for them in our doubles game.
Wednesday was our usual league game and it was against another B team like us, again i lost both singles and doubles and the game went 7-2 too them.
Last night was our re arranged cup semi final Knock out game, the good news was that we were playing on a decent table, probably the best one in the league. Knock out games are different as it’s the first team to 5 wins is the winner of the night, we got off to a good start by winning the first 2 games, we lost the third game by a few odd shots, I played forth and won my game, I played some great long shots and great covers.

Tonight we are going out for a meal since I’ve been out 3 nights this week, I thought it would only be fair to the other half.

The weekend was looking good but the weather is pretty bad at the moment, so I’m hoping that the weather will improve dramatically.
If it doesn’t I reckon I’ll be in front of the laptop playing online poker for the majority of the weekend , well until my funds run dry.

Pool Balls

Ocean Colour Scene where amazing last night, the new album track really lit the room up, but as soon as The Riverboat Song came on the roof came off those first few notes made the hairs stand up on the back of my neck. I’m glad I broke into my rolling papers to make a few rollies before hand, as I gave a few to the bloke next to me who was of similar age to me but he was from Bradford. There were a few young ones that where smoking pot with blunts, you could smell it everywhere lol. We both managed to not get caught though by the security blokes who were quite ruthless with spotting smokers.

I did a 20% water change at the weekend, and it’s really improved the clarity, but I have now another issue in that on Sunday evening my Bi Colour Blennie was dead on the sand bed. Having been out all day I can’t pin down when he died, but what does concern me is that 2 rock dwelling fish have both died in a very close space of time. I’m going to put a trap in tonight to see if i can catch a mantis shrimp or a vicious crab.

I had a good birthday, well apart from the dead fish. This week will be hectic with 3 nights of pool and then a meal out on Friday night.

OCS-The-Day-We-Caught-The-Train

Well it’s nearly upon us, my birthday that is and my trip to go and watch Ocean Colour Scene. I’ll have to open my box of rolling papers and make some rollies up for the gig, if your sly you can often get away with a fag, but you need to conceal the lit end with your hand otherwise it’s a dead giveaway.

I’ve got a problem with my marine tank, in that I’ve lost 1 fish a blue cheek Gobi. I last saw him around 3 days ago and I thought he was just under a rock. Anyway last night I was at my wits end and pulled all my rock out, surprise surprise he wasn’t there, I then proceeded to take the internal filter apart Still no sight so i can only think he’s either jumped out of the tank (even though I’ve checked behind it) or that he’s died under the internal Jewel Filter. I can’t see that he’s been eaten as he never got bullied and themes no remnants of him anywhere which I would expect to find.

Next week will be hectic as we have 3 pool games, Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday. Due to the snow over the festive period we missed playing the pub a team so we have that game on Tuesday, our usual game on Wednesday and a postponed semi final cup match on Thursday.

Rolling Papers

I was been thinking last night and I’m really hoping that there’ll be some tour t shirts at the gig on Sunday and I don’t want any cheap t shirts I want some high quality t shirt printing on fruit of the loom t shirts.

I’ve been watching most of the Mr Bean Episodes that ITV are re showing, they are timeless. They still make me laugh today even as an adult, I thought they where hilarious as a kid and always wanted to watch them when they were repeated over the Christmas period.

I saw a few clips of the 2010 Brit awards and be far the best was Liam Gallagher accepting the award for Best Album in 30 years. He threw the mic into the crowd and generally looked of his head, albeit i did find it hilarious.

T Shirt Printing

Where playing pool tonight at a town pub which is strange for us as we don’t normally allow town pubs in but this one is the exception. We usually stick to country pubs which suit us fine. The most distant pub for me is probably around 40 minutes away but I only have to go there once a season so it isn’t too bad. My form for the past 2 weeks has been a bit lack lustre to say the least, but in my defence the breaks have gone really well for the other person.

It appears Richard Ashcroft has a new Band called United Nations of Sound. Well hopefully he’ll be doing some gigs when the album gets released. I’ve seen him live twice before, once when he was doing the Solo scene and pushing his Keys to the world album, he also did some Verve Hits. Then I was lucky enough to see Verve again in Manchester Central. This was the site of the Old Manchester Railway Station and it’s an amazing place for gigs.

I’m really hyped up about the Ocean Colour scene gig the new album Magic carpet days, but it won’t beat the golden oldies. Hopefully the venue will be packed to the rafters.

This week’s already going quickly with me spending a few hours a night playing online poker with my friends.

The weekend will be hectic as it’s my birthday on Sunday and obviously the trip to Bradford in the afternoon.

Looking forward to tomorrow though since I have pool in the evening, I could really do with winning this week as i have lost my last two games.