SO MANY ASPHYXIATED REEFERS OUT THERE!!!!

A_Blind_Reefer · Aug 2, 2023

Gtinnel said:
It’s easy to spot a library, it’s the big building in the middle of your city that will look much older than all of the other building and you will never see anyone go in or out of it. If you come to the one in my city they won’t have books about saltwater fish because I checked the books out and then never returned them. I wonder what the late fee is on books that were checked out 25 years ago?

Ironically my city has been doing some huge project to upgrade the library building to make it modern…at the tax payers expense of course.

For me it wasn’t the library late fees…. man if blockbuster or Columbia house ever find me….I think those fees would be like the old National debt billboard ticker

Gtinnel · Aug 2, 2023

A_Blind_Reefer said:
For me it wasn’t the library late fees…. man if blockbuster or Columbia house ever find me….I think those fees would be like the old National debt billboard ticker

My hope is that sometime before I die I can return the books and them be late enough that it makes the news. Hopefully I’ll live another 25 years and I can return them then at only 50 years late. I still know where the books are, assuming they didn’t get destroyed in a tote in my attic.

Battlecorals · Aug 2, 2023

Gtinnel said:
It’s easy to spot a library, it’s the big building in the middle of your city that will look much older than all of the other building and you will never see anyone go in or out of it. If you come to the one in my city they won’t have books about saltwater fish because I checked the books out and then never returned them. I wonder what the late fee is on books that were checked out 25 years ago?

Ironically my city has been doing some huge project to upgrade the library building to make it modern…at the tax payers expense of course.

I’ve said it Before and I’ll say it again,

You are the best!

A_Blind_Reefer · Aug 2, 2023

Gtinnel said:
My hope is that sometime before I die I can return the books and them be late enough that it makes the news. Hopefully I’ll live another 25 years and I can return them them at only 50 years late. I still know where the books are, assuming they didn’t get destroyed in a tote in my attic.

There was a news story not that long ago. I don’t remember how late it was exactly, but it was many years. It was some obscure book that no one ever asked to check out so it went unnoticed. I just hope that when you do return it in 25 years that there is still a library and they still have books. Who knows what comes after digital and internet. Some day soon, someone will be telling the grandkids about getting info from forums on the internet…..eyes will glaze over and they’ll ask what’s an internet?

Gtinnel · Aug 2, 2023

A_Blind_Reefer said:
There was a news story but that long ago. I don’t remember how late it was exactly, but it was many years. It was some obscure book that no one ever asked to check out so it went unnoticed. I just hope that when you do return it in 25 years that there is still a library and they still have books. Who knows what comes after digital and internet. Some day soon, someone will be telling the grandkids about getting info from forums on the internet…..eyes will glaze over and they’ll ask what’s an internet?

I would argue that public libraries should already be gone, and there definitely shouldn’t still be a public library in 25 years but if I were betting I’d say there probably will be.

Also, I just looked it up and apparently our county removed fees on late books at the beginning of this year. Something about it put an unfair burden kids, teens, and low income families. I think it’s funny they think teenagers are checking out books from the library.

cpschult · Aug 2, 2023

Gtinnel said:
I would argue that public libraries should already be gone, and there definitely shouldn’t still be a public library in 25 years but if I were betting I’d say there probably will be.

Also, I just looked it up and apparently our county removed fees on late books at the beginning of this year. Something about it put an unfair burden kids, teens, and low income families. I think it’s funny they think teenagers are checking out books from the library.

Man this rubs me the wrong way. You joke about not paying late fees and not returning books but then dig at the public funding. Have you been to your library recently? I was just at ours and it was fairly busy. I can’t tell how much of this coming from you is tongue in cheek but maybe check it? Lots of people other than teenagers use the library (though I did see a few groups of them at the library studying today).

On the blue note, I only started in 2010 though a roomie in college had a small tank in early 2000s. All I know is blue!

Mschmidt · Aug 2, 2023

Gtinnel said:
It’s easy to spot a library, it’s the big building in the middle of your city that will look much older than all of the other building and you will never see anyone go in or out of it. If you come to the one in my city they won’t have books about saltwater fish because I checked the books out and then never returned them. I wonder what the late fee is on books that were checked out 25 years ago?

Ironically my city has been doing some huge project to upgrade the library building to make it modern…at the tax payers expense of course.

Ah. That place. The one with the internet for homeless people. Got it. Teb fishkeeping section in mine is weak sauce.

A_Blind_Reefer said:
For me it wasn’t the library late fees…. man if blockbuster or Columbia house ever find me….I think those fees would be like the old National debt billboard ticker

So you're the reason blockbuster shuttered.

Gtinnel · Aug 2, 2023

Mschmidt said:
Teb fishkeeping section in mine is weak sauce.

I think the entire fish keeping section from mine is in a tote in my attic.

100gallonreefer · Aug 3, 2023

Scotty to Capt Kirk,
I canna get any whiter than this Capt.

Battlecorals · Aug 3, 2023

100gallonreefer said:
Scotty to Capt Kirk,
I canna get any whiter than this Capt.

Dang that is white! It’s a Bygone look but I do still like it. Thanks for posting. And one thing is for sure, actual blue corals never look better than when under whites.

We are definitely seeing less and less decent looking blues, coming in.

Full circle here as far as the topic at hand. But it should be said, blue corals don’t look so great in blue lighting. In fact, they look kind of horrible. Reds can be really muted as well. So it’s not really much of a surprise that were not seeing as many, as say metallic orange/yellow. Again it’s just the direction the hobby is in.

100gallonreefer · Aug 3, 2023

100gallonreefer said:
Scotty to Capt Kirk,
I canna get any whiter than this Capt.

Or blue

Battlecorals said:
Dang that is white! It’s a Bygone look but I do still like it. Thanks for posting. And one thing is for sure, actual blue corals never look better than when under whites.

We are definitely seeing less and less decent looking blues, coming in.

Full circle here as far as the topic at hand. But it should be said, blue corals don’t look so great in blue lighting. In fact, they look kind of horrible. Reds can be really muted as well. So it’s not really much of a surprise that were not seeing as many, as say metallic orange/yellow. Again it’s just the direction the hobby is in.

i agree. The blue and red corals really shine under whites