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Main Dish: Baked Ziti and in keeping with the topic of "Top-Offs" the meal will be "topped-off" with: 1- NY Cheesecake 2- Baklava All the above will be prepared by my lovely wife and I've never seen anyone leave my house hungry.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=X7huZxy2QNE Nice to see the 'boys taking it like men.

Looks great. Congradulations. Your hard work has paid off beautifully. (and your work also, David)

I've been informed that with the cheesecake, homemade baklava will also be served.

Looking forward to seeing all of you there. Please reply with how many in your party will be attending so the Mrs. knows how many cheesecakes to make.

Beautifulllllllll

Dave, Ballast. Give me a call tomorrow and we can discuss it. To long to explain with my two finger typing. Steve 461-3120

It's not the bulbbbbbb.

I'd like to offer my home for the next meeting, be it in Jan. or Feb. Possibly Sunday, Jan.27. It's the off weekend before Super Bowl. Chime in if this would work for you'se guys. (That's yankee for ya'll). Looking forward to showing off the new tank (and the wifes' cheescake) Thanks for looking, Steve

First one would have to define "youth" before you can judge if it's wasted or not. I moved here from NY at 34. In NY, in most of my circles, I was the youngest (married at 20, first child at 23). Moved to TX in '94. Now I'm one of the oldest in my "circles". I haven't changed but have gone from the "youth" in one circle to the "elder" in another. My wife was at risk of Huntingtons Disease since she was 17 (a 50-50 chance she would carry the gene). I have always worked jobs that afforded me extra time to spend with my wife and kids (since I wasn't sure how many "good" years we'd have together). Five years ago she took a test to confirm whether or not she carried the gene. She doesn't. Five years ago my wife got her "youth" back, at 44. We have two sons (23 & 20). I was able to coach my kids in varoius sports over the years. Go to their school plays. Spend TIME with them. Be part of their daily lives. Today, my wife is full of life and my kids (who have both moved out over the last 2 years) invite me to play poker with them and their friends. We watch sports together, PLAY football (legs are gone but the arm is still there. lol) I'm 47 now. I have much less of a financial "cushion" than most my age and probably earn less in salary. That shortfall I'll have to make up for over the next 20 or so years. My "youth" has lasted into my forties and I don't see it leaving anytime soon. Being a daily part of my families lives over the last 25 years...priceless (and "youth" inducing). Stay healthy. Focus on the big picture. People...not cash. People keep you young. Chasing cash makes you old. That's my 2-cents worth. Spend it any way you like.

Kris, I'm interested if still available. Give me a call anytime at 512-461-3120. Thanks, Steve

I've got plenty you're welcome to. I'm in NW Austin (Milwood) Just let me know. Steve 512-461-3120

RCA is having a sale on the 15th. For the first hour (from 10-11) they're selling Korolias at 50% off.

The VHO's are yours, Karen. I'm gonna pass.

pm sent on VHOs

Just my 2 cents here... I think that's a sweet looking sump... and way to small for your system. 30x12x16 = 25 gal. and as a sump your going to want to leave overflow room. You'll get ~ 20 gal. of water added to your system at best with this sump. Again, just my 2 cents.

Got one of these myself recently. Definately worth $100. I paid almost twice that and I thought that was a good deal. Check my blog for actual tank pics.

James, You're welcome to have the December meeting at my house. Should have something live in the tank by then. Let me know. Thanks, Steve 461-3120

Very Interested in the skimmer. Please e-mail or call with $ and details. Thanks, Steve

http://aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic.php?t=53046 Karen, I found this page very helpful regarding aquatic plumbing. check it out http://dslinux.dyndns.org/~denise/aquarium...index.html#pipe

Have to cancel the reeftopia order. I figured doing this through an LFS would at least double the price. Wrong!!! I stopped by River City and Carlos made me "an offer I couldn't refuse". I'd much rather "support my local sherrif" whenever possible. He ordered today for tomorrow delivery. I'm sure he'd be happy to add to it. Give him a call. Sorry for the confusion.

I'll be doing a reeftopia order later today. If interested, let me know. Thanks, Steve 512-461-3120

Sounds great. Thanks, Gabe. Can pickup anytime today before 3. Just give me a call. (as you see I'm usually up pretty early. lol) Thanks, Steve 461-3120

I have a Red Sea Berlin Hang On Skimmer, but no pump. Got this from a website. "Red Sea Berlin skimmer requires pump. Rio 2500 or Rio 3100 is recommended for in sump setup. Little Giant 3MDQ-SC or Iwaki 30RLT pump is recommend for external setup." Prefer external pump but I've got that "funzaloo" disease so price is important. Doesn't need to be the above pumps, just similar specs. External pump ~ 600 gph, submersible ~ 850 gph. Let me know what'cha got. Thanks