Few nights ago, I was dreaming about something strange. There I was, in my house when I saw a evil :twisted: classmate down the load firing special anti-matter missile :confused: ( I don't know, but my dream told me). Then when I came out off the bathroom, I saw that the sea has risen 100m and I was looking through the binoculars and I can see some cephs ( possibly squid and ammonite on the surface of the sea fighting with some scaly fish that looks strangly prehistoric. Then I somehow saw Bush and Blair somehow appearing at my house, and telling me to climb to the 36th floor ( I live on the 28) Then I easily climbed out there to find me evil classmate, Sam :twisted: . He killed Bush and pushed Blair down the building, all what was left was a leather glove. Then I woke up. :roll:

Dude...

Watch less anime.

You can't really watch that much of the anime when your working as hard as Dr.SOS :razz: How hard does SOS work? No idea....
Well, teachers in my school are evil, they give you tons of homework, but I admit, I dreamnt that last night again (sigh), after watching the day after tmrw...there was snow in my dream, it all started after the ceph scene....( Anyone in HK are going to HK?) <----This is my main piont :shock:

Just pulling your chain, dude. But its not going to get any easier from here on. Chin up, you'll be okay.

I think I will be ok after I stop having werid dreams, wait no......Another dream is coming in! Prepare for Sleep mode.

I don't think I can sleep since it's 1:03 in the morning right now and I have school at 7;00. Do the next Steve O'Shea have regular sleeping patterns? Answer: NO. :neutral:

I have seen Steve O'SHea again...

( I don't know, but my dream told me).
Yeah me too...my dreams always tell me lots of things...
The voices! i meant the voices tell me things!!!
usually is rather cool.. like blowing stuff up :twisted:

Come along to NZ, you'll fit right in with Steve's crew of nutjobs...
I would know. :grin:

I'd love to come but I don't have the money to get air tickets since my mom is not willing to sponser me, skool takes most of my time and Dr. SOS doesn't like 14yr olds poking around his lab trying to find his "secret weapon'
Last, NZ is so far from HK its like going to Mars for me :cry:

:grin: I'd love to come but I don't have the money to get air tickets since my mom is not willing to sponser me, skool takes most of my time and Dr. SOS doesn't like 14yr olds poking around his lab trying to find his "secret weapon'
Awww, he's just saying that to test your resolve, you should ask him...again...and again...and again...and again...and again... and again...and again...and again...and again...and again...and again...and again...and again...and again...and again...and again...and again...and again...and again...and again...and again...and again...and again...and again...and again...and again...and again...and again...and again...and again...and again...and again...and again...and again...and again...and again...and again...and again...and again...and again...and again...and again...and again...and again...and again...and again...and again...and again...and again...and again...and again...and again...and again...and again...and again...and again...et caetera ad nauseum
it works in the Simpsons :lol:

Last, NZ is so far from HK its like going to Mars for me :cry:
made the trip all the way from Europe... to me HK is, like, next door to NZ :grin:

TPOTH

Sure even if my parents did give me money, I couldn't just ask Dr. SOS like 'Dear Dr.SOS,
My name is Eric and I am yr yr old. Can I come to NZ to see you
and annoy you?

Nope, can't do that, it's very unlikely my parents will give me money since they think that biologists earn very little and they want me to become a lawyer or docter..

Sure even if my parents did give me money, I couldn't just ask Dr. SOS like 'Dear Dr.SOS,
My name is Eric and I am yr yr old. Can I come to NZ to see you
and annoy you?

That's more or less what i did :wink:
But yeah, get your diplomas then come and pester :oshea:

Nope, can't do that, it's very unlikely my parents will give me money since they think that biologists earn very little and they want me to become a lawyer or docter..

Your parents are right....unfortunately :cry:

TPOTH

Sure even if my parents did give me money, I couldn't just ask Dr. SOS like 'Dear Dr.SOS,
My name is Eric and I am yr yr old. Can I come to NZ to see you
and annoy you?

:shock:

Ummmmm ........ Howdo Eric. Ja, you can come annoy me any old time, though TPOTH, Matt and Tintenfisch (Lady TTF - she'll be back online soon) will all tell you that it's not all roses all of the time over here ... in fact there haven't been too many roses of late - just a lot of work.

There are many cephalopod fanatics far closer to your home than way down here at the end of the Earth, in New Zealand, so perhaps you should broaden your horizons a little and start having a look around at what is on offer locally. Galveston is a great place to see live squid and meet squid guru people; are you far from there? Perhaps if you mention what city you live in you might well find another TONMO member living there that would like to meet or mentor you.

At the tender age of 14 I think that it's great that you're hooked on cephalopods. Don't ever give up! I started way late ... way, way late ....

And you SHOULD sleep more often, more regular hours. I'm an insomniac - don't worry about my hours.

Well, I don't know about mad; the cheese grater tells me that the hamster's wrong.

Sleep! sleep is for pu... well, cats!

Steve proffers good advice to you, the future generation. JMO :smile:
I used to live in Asia: Japan, Singapore & (wait for it) HK. ~a.f.

Ummmmm ........ Howdo Eric. Ja, you can come annoy me any old time, though TPOTH, Matt and Tintenfisch (Lady TTF - she'll be back online soon) will all tell you that it's not all roses all of the time over here ...
See? see? I told you so. Just have to ask. But online SOS is quite different from real-life SOS, the latter being very mean and rather akin to a cruel taskmaster... and rude... and mean... very mean...
Was that out loud? :goofysca:
in fact there haven't been too many roses of late - just a lot of work.
Nope. No roses. :sad: Not much of a summer either. It's hot only when you get to spend the day in the wetlab. Rotting fish and crushing heat.
At the tender age of 14 I think that it's great that you're hooked on cephalopods. Don't ever give up! I started way late ... way, way late ....
He won't give up. We'll see to it that he doesn't become a wellpaid doctor or lawyer, no sir! :lol: Underpaid ceph biologist is his destiny.
And you SHOULD sleep more often, more regular hours. I'm an insomniac - don't worry about my hours.
:roll: yeah, he's telling you this and then accuses us of wasting time sleeping. Want to go into science? better get used to surviving on coffee.

TPOTH

For the life of me I can't find my sharpening stone. Anyone seen it?

O...I according to um... spcecial sources, it's under your bed...I live in Hong Kong, I was looking around the web last night when I think that you've grown a mustache, Mom thinks you should shave it off :lol:
She thinks you look better without it, but I don't really care. Come on poeple, come to HK! Anyone going to HK after Disneyland is finished?
Poor Ocean Park ( HK's homegrown theme park), I hope they will still have some poeple going to their place....They house squids,cuttles,octos,small sting rays,a large atoll reff that looks more like a chunk of the Great barrier reef. There's also a whole aquarium deicated to sharks and sting rays. There's also a mock tidal pool where a you can see seastars,urchins,sea cucumbers,and the last time I've seen, a mini octo about the size of a $1 dollar coin. :mrgreen:
And all that amusment rides, marine mammals and stuff.

.... I was looking around the web last night when I think that you've grown a mustache, Mom thinks you should shave it off :lol: ...

Your Mom married :wink: Ooops, I am. Wifey will slap me for that.

It comes and goes; used to sport a heavy beard too - but only I have those pics (I don't think anyone online has seen me in Grizzly mode); lost that and sported sideburns down to the chin; lost those and was left with the mo; lost the hair and sported some major handlebars for a while ... though looked like a flat-headed thug ... so lost the lot; grew the mo back again, then lost it, then grew it ... and that's about the story of my life. The mo definitely makes it hard to eat jelly donuts with cream ....

Mum wants me to shave it too. What is it with Mum'z and facial hair? :confused:

For the life of me I can't find my sharpening stone. Anyone seen it?
yeah..Taco needed it for his next show..he said to tell you 'thx,m8'.

Oh, is the Doctor "puttin on the ritz"????

the last time I saw a sharpening stone, WK had it to carve up liberals...

Enough with the sharpening stone, for all I know, Mom has it. Anyway nice ending for the A Rambling Ceph story, ( But I would like it if it didn't end that way...) So, anyone planning to go to HK? Anyone? Please? Please?

About the facial hair, mom was wondering doesn't it get messy when squids go slapt and the um..squid juice goes flying around?

Certainly keeps your head warm at night, when at sea, or when going for a dive. I don't plan a beard or mo - one or other just happens because I forget to shave, or get so engrossed in my work that I don't pay any attention to my appearance. Wifey (Shoba) looks after me - I'm quite lost without her.

Speaking of wifey, she's been gone for a month (home visiting folks), but returns morrow morn. Have spent the entire day cleaning up pots, pans, dishes, washing and vacuuming. She'd have had kittens if she saw how I was camping. Funny thing is that I've piled on a little weight in her absence ... and I don't gain weight (haven't for years) .... Must be the camp-food beans and fries. Hmmmmm.

Could be (still debating) in China in a few months. That's near HK isn't it? I get confused.

Please go to HK! Well, Hk is part of China might my inner senses tell me that HK is better off without commuism but we would be way better with the silly Chinese tourists and their cheap but often rubbisb products. ( We're at the belly of the chicken if you know the Chinese map, it looks like a chicken when you think the chicken's face is facing the Pacific) :lol:

New Slogan: Long live the Democratic Birthday Part Of China!

Dr.SOS looks older with the mustache.

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:grin: I have no idea why I posted this but is anyone planning to HK in the near future ( Perhaps in the coming year?) :wink:

I passed through in July and would love to do so again. Lots of good food, including squid, in your town.

Melissa

oh ok? Anyone else? :wink: :mrgreen:

HK is great if you don't see the bad side.

Just shaved-off my Errol Flynn-moustache and Rockabilly sideburns. Wife wanted to know what my face actually looked-like. After more than a decade, so did I. Everybody thinks I look great, including Rebecca, but after three days, I'm growing that sucker back. Starting to look like my old self already. Not counting the sideburns. And yes, Rebecca missed the villlain-moustache. I'm her own personal Vincent Price, complete with pompadour and slouching bad-posture.

:cthulhu:

What this really has to do with the thread I'll never know, but then it wouldn't be the first time.

Oh, yes. Definitely will be visiting HK. Fell in love (from afar) with your city via the Connery-era Bond films (and Moore-era: The Man with the Golden Gun), fell even more in love from the late-Eighties-on via Jackie Chan, Tsui Hark, John Woo, Ringo Lam, and of course, the amazing work of Chow Yung Fat, Tony Leung, and the innumerable actresses who for some strange reason, aren't occurring to me at the moment, even though they're all world-class talents. HK ROCKS! Plus, in a great LA Times interview with Chow Yung-Fat, one of the things brought-up was that in the aquarium behind Chow's head during the interview were several cuttlefish. As this was at a seafood restaurant,
I'm sure these cuttles didn't come to happy ends, but, oh well... such is the seafood trade.

Erich

Poor cuttles. :sad:

Don't worry, they come to a quick end when they are ripped in half between the head and mantle. or they are turned inside out. whre they rip out the head and connecting parts.