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These are amazing!
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thanks i took so many and its so hard going through them on the phone. i need to transfer them to the laptop and go through them all then i can get some more posted.
 
Volunteering from 9-4 tomorrow at our swap. Should be one heck of a long day. The challenge is not to buy anything. Bets on if I can do it?
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Swap was a good experience. I tend to be a non people person and this really pushed me. Got there at 9 and left at 3:30. Worked on setting up the raffle tables pre show then worked the door the whole day. Had a great time chatting with @Aqua62 But missed @exnisstech? By the time I got a chance to look around nothing really caught my eye. I think I am becoming more picky with getting things now since space is limited. I did remove a rock from the 180 that was getting covered in cloves. I was able to save the zoas off the rock and but them back in.
Anyone want purple cloves?
 
@Stang67 sorry:pleading-face:
Just wasn't feeling up to it. Sometimes I get anxious around groups of people and yesterday felt like one of those days. Its hard to believe I used to go to concerts at the old stadium with over 80k people and had a great time and now some times I have to walk out of walmart. Must be an age thing :thinking-face: or maybe the altered state of mind I was usually in back then :face-with-hand-over-mouth:
I recently bought some frags from @therman and don't have them mounted yet so I really don't have room for anything at the moment anyway.
 
exnisstech said:
@Stang67 sorry:pleading-face:
Just wasn't feeling up to it. Sometimes I get anxious around groups of people and yesterday felt like one of those days. Its hard to believe I used to go to concerts at the old stadium with over 80k people and had a great time and now some times I have to walk out of walmart. Must be an age thing :thinking-face: or maybe the altered state of mind I was usually in back then :face-with-hand-over-mouth:
I recently bought some frags from @therman and don't have them mounted yet so I really don't have room for anything at the moment anyway.
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Trust me I get it. I am trying to make myself do things which I know will make me "deal with it". We went grocery shopping at 11 instead of 9 this morning and it was torture. The man is supportive but sometimes doesn't get it. I have found that my CBD supplement is very helpful with that flight reaction I get.
 
exnisstech said:
@Stang67 sorry:pleading-face:
Just wasn't feeling up to it. Sometimes I get anxious around groups of people and yesterday felt like one of those days. Its hard to believe I used to go to concerts at the old stadium with over 80k people and had a great time and now some times I have to walk out of walmart. Must be an age thing :thinking-face: or maybe the altered state of mind I was usually in back then :face-with-hand-over-mouth:
I recently bought some frags from @therman and don't have them mounted yet so I really don't have room for anything at the moment anyway.
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Let me know how you like the stuff you got from @therman i am always looking for a good local connection.
 
Stang67 said:
Let me know how you like the stuff you got from @therman i am always looking for a good local connection.
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I'm very happy with them. This was the day after they arrived. Haven't lost one yet knock on wood and all are starting to show a little growth and I've only had them since 9/21
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therman frags are awesome

Totally happy with the frags from @therman . Nice and chunky compared to many 1/2 nubs I've seen from vendors.
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Warning longish post not reef related.
I am getting to the age where I have determined I have already lived longer then the time I have left to live. Time to actually start living. That was part of what Fiji was about. Testing my limits seeing how far I could push myself and I really surprised myself tbh. 96 foot dive the deepest I have ever gone. That along with my 100th dive and getting Night/Limited viz certified were the highlights. Now it's time to live out a dream. When I graduated high school the goal was to never be stuck in a grey cube or behind a desk. Failed. I wanted to be the female version of Steve Irwin. Wolves were being re introduced into Yellowstone and that was what I wanted to do. As a job. For the rest of my life. I got the degree and then realized that I couldn't do it. It wasn't paying enough to pay the bills. I couldn't live on that and I didn't have any help. I couldn't go the next step in my education (masters) as there was no $ and I barely got the bachelor's as it was. So I gave up on the dream.
Tomorrow I am booking a trip for my 47th birthday to spend a week in Yellowstone tracking down wolves. I am finally going to catch that dream and I am so happy. It only took 23 years but I am going to make it happen.
Don't wait to live your life. You never know how long you have. It may be over sooner then you think. I am not going to regret a second of it.

Ps. It's in January so any recommendations on good cold weather clothing is welcome and appreciated.
 
Stang67 said:
Warning longish post not reef related.
I am getting to the age where I have determined I have already lived longer then the time I have left to live. Time to actually start living. That was part of what Fiji was about. Testing my limits seeing how far I could push myself and I really surprised myself tbh. 96 foot dive the deepest I have ever gone. That along with my 100th dive and getting Night/Limited viz certified were the highlights. Now it's time to live out a dream. When I graduated high school the goal was to never be stuck in a grey cube or behind a desk. Failed. I wanted to be the female version of Steve Irwin. Wolves were being re introduced into Yellowstone and that was what I wanted to do. As a job. For the rest of my life. I got the degree and then realized that I couldn't do it. It wasn't paying enough to pay the bills. I couldn't live on that and I didn't have any help. I couldn't go the next step in my education (masters) as there was no $ and I barely got the bachelor's as it was. So I gave up on the dream.
Tomorrow I am booking a trip for my 47th birthday to spend a week in Yellowstone tracking down wolves. I am finally going to catch that dream and I am so happy. It only took 23 years but I am going to make it happen.
Don't wait to live your life. You never know how long you have. It may be over sooner then you think. I am not going to regret a second of it.

Ps. It's in January so any recommendations on good cold weather clothing is welcome and appreciated.
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I lived off grid for a few years with 10' snow winters. Good muck boots are literally a lifesaver, totally waterproof, comfortable, keeps feet warm.
 
Stang67 said:
Warning longish post not reef related.
I am getting to the age where I have determined I have already lived longer then the time I have left to live. Time to actually start living. That was part of what Fiji was about. Testing my limits seeing how far I could push myself and I really surprised myself tbh. 96 foot dive the deepest I have ever gone. That along with my 100th dive and getting Night/Limited viz certified were the highlights. Now it's time to live out a dream. When I graduated high school the goal was to never be stuck in a grey cube or behind a desk. Failed. I wanted to be the female version of Steve Irwin. Wolves were being re introduced into Yellowstone and that was what I wanted to do. As a job. For the rest of my life. I got the degree and then realized that I couldn't do it. It wasn't paying enough to pay the bills. I couldn't live on that and I didn't have any help. I couldn't go the next step in my education (masters) as there was no $ and I barely got the bachelor's as it was. So I gave up on the dream.
Tomorrow I am booking a trip for my 47th birthday to spend a week in Yellowstone tracking down wolves. I am finally going to catch that dream and I am so happy. It only took 23 years but I am going to make it happen.
Don't wait to live your life. You never know how long you have. It may be over sooner then you think. I am not going to regret a second of it.

Ps. It's in January so any recommendations on good cold weather clothing is welcome and appreciated.
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Awesome! I can't give good cold weather clothing advice as out here it's flip flops, jeans, and a long sleeve t-shirt. Sometimes we throw on socks and a sweater so it feels like Christmas, but that's only with the A/C set to 52 and a fire in the fireplace.
 
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Mhamilton0911 said:
I lived off grid for a few years with 10' snow winters. Good muck boots are literally a lifesaver, totally waterproof, comfortable, keeps feet warm.
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Also, a tiny bit of Yellowstone is in Idaho, so you're kinda close to me, well, closer than you've ever been!
 

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