Hello There :)

I thought I best introduce myself, since Ive sat round this circle and chatted for a very long time now and havnt ever introduced myself :!: How Rude :!: :oops:

(im standing now)

Well....cough....my name is Scouse...cough

( :oops: god im perspiring and blushing slightly :oops: )

and im really really into cephs (que round of applause!!! YAYYY!!) (the 1st step!!!)

With a natural calmness when by the ocean or a lake or a river or a puddle or the kitchen sink (im sure many share).........

It started with a thought whilst under the afluense of inchahol about tanks with pirahnas and an octo either side of the chimney breast, pirahnas were dropped as an idea very shortly (borin) and the octo idea left to fester......

until i made a friend with a coral reef in his living room....it was a slippery slope from there :shock: i realised it was feasible to have one and started to learn about octo's and then i dicovered all the other cephs and i want to move the ocean into my living room now.

IM HOOKED :madsci: :madsci: :madsci:

Its a good job I found Tonmo :notworth:

Im sorry if your :sleeping: but thanks for listening I feel better now Ive got that off my chest :D :heee: :heee: :heee: :D

Howdo Scouse; happy to make acquaintance, and a much-belated :welcome: to the land of cephs

I feel like I already know you, since you've posted a lot over on Ceph Care. But welcome, officially!

It's interesting to hear how people got into octopuses - for me, it was a visit to a tassle store, where they also had some plushies including a little octopus. I took Octi home, began reading about octopuses and was hooked. That's when I discovered TONMO.com, too!

Nancy

:welcome: to TONMO.com Scouse!!

my first ceph husbandry rxperience was when i was working on the millenium dome in london and slept on the floor at a guys flat who had a pet cuttle....

Had to get me some after seeing that!

Belated..... :welcome:

Think I was born fascinated with octopuses!!! Actually, my first octo was in a 20 high with just an undergravel filter :shock: !!! We're talking 20 years ago!!

Carol

i've always been into marine life in general......the ceph addiction I put down to Dr George Jackson!! there I was happy as a clam (working on my masters on clams!!!) When he advertised in our department for a research assistant....I was broke and so i applied and got the job! My first task was orienting and gluing statoliths to slides, not all that enthralling!!! Then he got me to help dissect some Moroteuthis ingens neglecting to mention that they're a) very large and b) when spent, stinky, slimy and oozy! :yuck:

I went over to pick one out of the fish bin and it was a very large, VERY stinky spent female that oozed through my fingers..................I was HOOKED . The rest as they say is history!


J

Oooooooh Jean, you sure do paint a pretty picture 8)

hello Scouse from this new member. is your nic based on the foodstuff of sailors or Liverpool? i am a londoner. my interest in the stuff of this board began long before my first oceanography class at 14. i knew when i started school and saw that other kids had only 25% of the arms i've got.

a.f.

Whey Heey!!! I got me some Welcomes!!! :D :D :D Nice one!!!

(thought I'd already posted back on here to Steve, must of miss the button before loggin off!!! :bonk: :? )

Its well intrestin readin how people got into in the first place, it does take allsorts doesnt it!!!

Jean your mental mate!!!! :lol: :lol: Brilliant!!


atticus_finch Wrote:

hello Scouse from this new member. is your nic based on the foodstuff of sailors or Liverpool?

Neither mate just a concoction of nonsense and rubble, bit like the outside of an octo's den :lol: :lol: Thats a mit of a madden, why ja ask :?:

atticus_finch Wrote:

hello Scouse from this new member. is your nic based on the foodstuff of sailors or Liverpool?

Neither mate just a concoction of nonsense and rubble, bit like the outside of an octo's den :lol: :lol: Thats a mit of a madden, why ja ask :?:
a 'scouser' is one from Liverpool; 'scouse' an old word for sailor fare.

hth :) ~a.f.

atticus_finch Wrote;

a 'scouser' is one from Liverpool; 'scouse' an old word for sailor fare.

Im with you on that mate, you've surprised me :) anyway if anything Liverpool (home)

Howdy Scouse ! welcome aboard

I'm back !

Now then mate!!

At warp speed aswell I see!!!! :lol: :lol:

ARIBBBA AARRRRIIBBBBAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!

Aye, only 1.2Mb/s whooooooooooooooooooooooosh ! cheaper than dial-up believe it or not :shock: move to France & enjoy the same benefits 8)

plus nice food, fresh air, little corner shops pateserries, bakerys etc, an women with a sexy accent hhhhmmmm

sounds brilliant but there'd be nothin moan about then!!!!! :lol: :lol: :lol:

can moan about not enough storage for fossiliferous materials etc that's a real bummer

but, you get to drown those sorrows in really good wines and the above mentioned breads and pastries. sigh.

pass on wine :yuck: but the cider is gooooooooooooooood :bonk:
even had a McDonald's for lunch

thats criminal with the scoff you've got over there!!!! :lol:

even me new chums de france like junk food.

Je voudrais une Royale Deluxe avec fromage et triple sulko avec pike
sil vous plait ho hee hon

Je voudrais une Royale Deluxe avec fromage..sil vous plait..
voulez-vous des pommes frites avec cela? 8) a.f.

Je voudrais une Royale Deluxe avec fromage et triple sulko avec pike
sil vous plait ho hee hon


voulez-vous des pommes frites avec cela?

:lol: :lol:

or a big toe butty?? :)

whats a ho hee hon when its out an about?!?!?

ho hee hon ? c'mon you're kiddin' me :?:

:bonk: I'm confused... Anyhoo...:welcome: back Spartacus!

What is a ho hee hon :?:

What is a big toe butty :?:

:|

Spartacus,

Is a ho hee hon related to the Hokey Pokey?

If so, I'm out of here.

Clem

Ho hee hon. sounds like "oreo" from a speech impedimented throat.
I certainly hope no one on this thread is making fun of that. :x

c'mon peeps, ho hee hon is stereotypical noise identifying someone of Gallic origin. Say it with a French accent - ho hee hon, ho hee hon, ho hee hon !
ho as in honk not hoe
hon as in Hong Kong not honk or honey :roflmao:

Clem relax, you can stay ! Greg, I don't have a clue what you're on about :roflmao:

Joel_Ang, hi it's so good to be back or it was ! :bonk:

Kevin, you're right, what is a big toe butty ?
(keep your eyes peeled for some real science coming up soon in Phil's dept, you'll be amazed- maybe)

Keef

spartacus, if you've never had a butty, you've not yet lived. :wink:

That's OK, I rarely have a clue as to what I am on about either...just ramblings from a madhouse with oddly angled walls... :D
Are we talking nutty butty???

That's OK, I rarely have a clue as to what I am on about either...just ramblings from a madhouse with oddly angled walls... :D
Are we talking nutty butty???

Greg, please send me some :bonk: I know I'll enjoy it :D

A.f. I'm abroad minded adult of the most laidfback openminded type but now I'm :goofysca: :shock:

wot about mutt butty ? works for Koreans, heh it's just protein n'est pas ?

Keef

a butty is a sandwich (sarnie); bread n butter w fillers. for ex: a 'chip butty' is a sandwich w chips (french fries) as filler. the best imho is a bacon butty (sarnie). nothing better in winter. hth a.f. :)

Oh, I see, like Elvis's "Naner Butty" :elvis:

j'espère qu'il mange des grenouilles pour le déjeuner. :wink:

Not frogs, Bananas and peanut butter.

"Greg, please send me some I know I'll enjoy it "
Sure thing Spartacus! Hopefully it will clear customs though...
"these chemicals would drive a normal man insane, since I have already crossed that threshold, perhaps they shall drive me to normality..."
Herbert West

:roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao:

This is the funniest an most confusin post ever!!! ha haaa!!!!!

Spartacus I sussed out what a honhee hon was after I wrote the post but forgot to come back an say :lol:

an a big toe butty is what you would give them if they didnt give ya decent fast food fast, ha haa confusin, i cant beleive im sittin here explainin all this!!! :lol: :lol:

Greg whats a nutty butty..errr think i just sussed that, but thats a bit mingin, is that if your butty is crap :bonk: :lol: :lol: ?!?!?

an spartacus whats a mutt butty when its out an about?!?!?



:roflmao: :lol: :roflmao: :lol: :roflmao: :lol:

WHHHOOOO HHHHOOOOOOO!!!

IM AN ARCHI-WHATS-ITS-FELLA!!!!

"Greg whats a nutty butty.."

Well, we have a candy by that name here in the states, but it is also used to refer to a sandwich made from peanut butter (smooth, not chunky) and cashews...go figure.
greg

Happy promotion Scouse ! :D
mutt butty is Korean fast food

stick to the frog sarnie methinks BTW got edible frogs dans the pond & they're Norma's.
:snail: none of these though, mine all got out & legged it.
Got trouble with moles (taupe) now the grounds wet & wormy, caught one yesterday in my trap so I buried the little pest alive ! :twisted: teach it a lesson !

Isn't burying a mole alive kind of like getting revenge on a pike by throwing it into the trout lake?
Unless you stamped on the ground afterwards, in which case, you are guilty of animal cruelty... :x

err yes Greg, like holding a fish underwater :twisted:
animal cruelty, me ? though I did just eat some bits of a pig & chicken ova but they don't count, not forgetting the poor little squashed maggots in the apples that made my cidre doux :cry: sniff

moles are funny lookin. BTW, that mole's probably only going to come back...

Nah, I think he is off with Mr. Toad and Mr. Rat to see the badger about a tea pot...

the wind in the willows...
Mole: "Hang spring cleaning!"

One of my yearly reads...definitely an old favorite!!!
Have you read "watership down"?

Yep. BOTH. (Original and "Tales from Watership Down".)
Kehaar: "Meester Pigvig, you gotta get home plenn' damn quick!"
Bigwig: "Why Keehar?"
Keehar: "You stay here, you lose ev'ry damn rabbit you got!"
Later that chapter...(the one with my favorite line ever)
Campion: "It doesn't look like snow to me...
Kehaar: "Then you go out 'tere, you make damn fine ice rabbit!!!!"

One of my yearly reads...definitely an old favorite!!!
Have you read "watership down"?


Do you not mean 'cried to' watership down?

What? It's not that sad...

BTW, anybody ever read "Winterdance"?

..caught one yesterday in my trap so I buried the little pest alive ! :twisted: teach it a lesson !fs.. :( please say that you are only joking. :cry:

oh, I had a tear in my eye at the end, when Frith meets Hazel-Rah...

nah, that's El-ahrairah at the end. Frith isn't a rabbit. And El-ahrairah got those silver ears at the Black Rabbit of Inle's "warren".

I meant when el picks up Hazel to go meet the maker...but you are correct sir!!! ( I should know better than to paraphrase here !)
Yeah, that is a great story...he also wrote Shardik, which I didn't like quite as well, but it is still interesting...
Too bad Humbolts aren't written about in such a manner...or maybe loligos...
Author, author !!!!!!

..caught one yesterday in my trap so I buried the little pest alive ! :twisted: teach it a lesson !fs.. :( please say that you are only joking. :cry:

Jesus Christ on a bicycle, it's a joke ! again, like holding a fish underwater ! :roll: :chillpil:

oh, & what on earth are Greg & cephkid on about ?

Jesus Christ on a bicycleapart from me, i've heard only one other person use this expression. :wink: a.f.

Jesus Christ on a bicycleapart from me, i've heard only one other person use this expression. :wink: a.f.

the elite are few are we not A.F. ? :heee:

Must be a weird British thing. I use that expression all the time too.

Vulcan on a velocipede!

:welcome: sugar wrong one ! :roflmao: that's the fella :roflmao:

ha haa!!!

YEah reckon that Jesus Christ on a Bicycle is a Brit thing heard that many :lol:

An Ive gotta say your all way way way off the mark with ya watership down buisness, dont get me wrong I like it and th cartoon aint bad neither :wink: .....but......thowe cannot be compared to the great........

MRS FRISBY AND THE RATS OF NIMH!!!!!!!!!!

Now that was a bit of class

Nimh was good...

I prefer Wind in the Willows though.

ha haa!!!

YEah reckon that Jesus Christ on a Bicycle is a Brit thing heard that many :lol:

An Ive gotta say your all way way way off the mark with ya watership down buisness, dont get me wrong I like it and th cartoon aint bad neither :wink: .....but......thowe cannot be compared to the great........

MRS FRISBY AND THE RATS OF NIMH!!!!!!!!!!

Now that was a bit of class

I had a dog named Frisby interestingly enough, Hungarian Viszla no less, paprika flavour mixer was his fave, honest.

BTW, isn't it BRISBY?

Jesus Christ on a bicycleapart from me, i've heard only one other person use this expression. :wink: a.f.
the elite are few are we not A.F. ? :heee:
Jesus H. Monte Christo Sarnie on same bicycle, what you talkin' bout, m8? :heee: jk :)

An Ive gotta say your all way way way off the mark with ya watership down buisness, dont get me wrong I like it and th cartoon aint bad neither :wink: .....but......thowe cannot be compared to the great........
MRS FRISBY AND THE RATS OF NIMH!!!!!!!!!!
Now that was a bit of class

LOL. Had to read that a few years ago, couldn't stand it. Only other books I've read for a while ( non-school ones ) is Stephen King stuff.

I feel quite out of place! I haven't read watership down or wind in the willows for YEARS (and sorry Scouse have NEVER read the Nimh book.....I musta had a deprived childhood!)

At the moment I've just finished (for the umpteenth time!) David Eddings Belgariad/Malloreon Series and I think I may now read Anne McCaffreys Dragon series again.

Or maybe I'll REALLY splash out and read the Narnia books!

J

Ahhh...CS Lewis...what a genius!!!

Ahhh...CS Lewis...what a genius!!!
aye. I was nicknamed 'Alice in Wonderland' as a child cuz of me long fair hair.
I reckon now 'The Mad Hatter' makes more sense. :wink: a.f.

Yep, I can see the Lewis Carrol in you !!!

Anyone read The Jungle Book, Rikki Tikki Tavi, and/or Just So Stories?

" when the battle is done,
gone over the plains,
and the women come out
to chop up the remains,
then roll to your rifle,
and blow out your brains,
and go to your god like a soldier."
r. kipling

(perhaps some sic there...this is from memory, folks)

Perhaps, next to Jules Verne, Stephen King, Mark Twain...one of my most favourite authors!!!!

Anyone read The Jungle Book, Rikki Tikki Tavi, and/or Just So Stories?

Yup, Like the elephant child I have 'satiable curiousity!'

J

" when the battle is done,
gone over the plains,
and the women come out
to chop up the remains,
then roll to your rifle,
and blow out your brains,
and go to your god like a soldier."
r. kipling

(perhaps some sic there...this is from memory, folks)

Perhaps, next to Jules Verne, Stephen King, Mark Twain...one of my most favourite authors!!!!

I prefer his cakes :D

"Jungle Book"? baby, I'm the king of the swingers; the jungle V.I.P. :D

I'm the king of the swingers

in that case don't forget your car keys & Polos ! :heart:

When I was little, and I mean REALLY little, I was obsessed with the cobras in Rikki Tikki Tavi. I am obsessed with two things: giant squid and king cobras. Strangely enough, my interests in both of those animals began about eleven years ago, when I was three. Literature with animals as the main characters is almost always a joy to read.

Oh, and the sperpent in The Jungle Book is awesome, too.

When I was little, and I mean REALLY little, I was obsessed with the cobras in Rikki Tikki Tavi. I am obsessed with two things: giant squid and king cobras. Strangely enough, my interests in both of those animals began about eleven years ago, when I was three. Literature with animals as the main characters is almost always a joy to read.

hmm...... :| - me a little perplexed. Either there is/was a parallel universe or perhaps multiverses or I was you & you are me, what I was, have been & perhaps will be or maybe the cephfan gene carries cobra code too ! I dunno ! :bonk:
if only I'd kept my "giant squid eats diver" drawings & venomoussssss ssssssssssnake bookssssssssss to sssssssssee if you possesssssss the sssssssssame :roll:

Oh, what was Kaa's line???"trust in me, just in me"
not a bad adaptation to film, if you ask me...although I prefer the ancient white cobra...ah well.
strange angles knock at the door now...must go...meteors are eating at the mind gates...
g

Jean, David Eddings' Belgariad was nearly genious, but the Mallorian was a repeat of the Belgariad, and his third series about Sparrowhawk..... well, I couldn't even finish it. Mind, I loved the Belgariad and have at least 3 full series, and 2 of the Mallorian. Is there any reason I should have finished his 3rd series? Thanks.

David

"and they feasted on stoats, and fruit bats, and orangutans...and strange breakfast cereals...and there was much rejoicing..."
What a wonderful series of books that was...or has it been written yet?

Kaa, & Thuu, what HUGE snakes.

I just read The Willows in Winter! Hooray!

Jean, David Eddings' Belgariad was nearly genious, but the Mallorian was a repeat of the Belgariad, and his third series about Sparrowhawk..... well, I couldn't even finish it. Mind, I loved the Belgariad and have at least 3 full series, and 2 of the Mallorian. Is there any reason I should have finished his 3rd series? Thanks.

David

Probably not! Although the Sparhawk books become a little different in the Tamuli (the Shining Ones are great.....glow in the dark people, who make the bad guys melt!)

He's just started a new series called the Elder Gods. I've read book one, it's going in a slightly different direction as did "The Redemption of Althalus" .

Must stop now or the Boss will be giving us the :nofeet: sign! :lol:

J