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Mar 14, 2008 11:43:21 GMT 12
Post by DaveTheFishandChipsGuy on Mar 14, 2008 11:43:21 GMT 12
I know what your mean, my dad was raised in the 50's and he always says stuff in imperial. Unless people say simple measurements, i'm just like "dude, i was raised on the metric system. translation please?"
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Mar 14, 2008 12:38:52 GMT 12
Post by LuciferIX on Mar 14, 2008 12:38:52 GMT 12
Ya I at least have the advantage of being raised in one and adapting to the other over prolonged usage. But with everyone around me still using the standard variations I'm the one who looks weird when I say things in metric. Although I don't think that I will be adapting from miles to km anytime soon.
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Mar 14, 2008 12:54:30 GMT 12
Post by DaveTheFishandChipsGuy on Mar 14, 2008 12:54:30 GMT 12
nah, me neither. in the aquarium business you have to do all the lengths in feet and inches, but water and tank volume in litres, not gallons, bit wierd there.
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Mar 14, 2008 19:10:53 GMT 12
Post by Praetor on Mar 14, 2008 19:10:53 GMT 12
nah, its not big enough for them, though i have looked after some large fish at college that were re-homed as they out-grew their previous homes. There was an African Lungfish but he's always been at the college. he's a metre (3 ft) long and about 45 years old. There was another tank i looked after with a Redtail Cat, Shovelnose Cat, Giant Gourami and Austrailian Arowana. the latter 3 were all 2 ft long, and the Redtail was about 3, and 1 ft across the head. The thing people don't realise about fish is they're really intelligent, both the redtail and the gourami recognised me as their feeder after about a month. I'd like some tankbusters eventually, the tank i've got is more for medium fish. I read about someone who basically walled off part of their basement and flooded the rest, and now he's got rays, gars, arowana, cats, all sorts. I've just realized that what i said in my first post regarding posting was a complete lie. I don't think I'll ever keep tankbusters, maybe, but for now, no. It too dangerous. Turning the basement into a tank is just...hardcore. About as hardcore as the people who keep nurse sharks in warm, indoor salthingyer ponds. Did you keep any salthingyer fish when you were in college? Huh, strange, every time I try to spell salt water as a single word, it comes out wrong...
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Mar 17, 2008 12:12:35 GMT 12
Post by DaveTheFishandChipsGuy on Mar 17, 2008 12:12:35 GMT 12
Salt-water comes out weird because there's a 'swear-word' in the middle of it. No, i'm not to keen on marine fish as a hobby, mainly cos they're very fragile.
I don't want to get into tankbusters just yet. maybe when I have more time on my hands, and my own house.
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Mar 17, 2008 17:10:15 GMT 12
Post by Praetor on Mar 17, 2008 17:10:15 GMT 12
I had no idea that the site is so sensitive to words like that. I thought a virus was messing with my computer.
Marine fish may be a bit harder to keep, but they are more vibrant.
For those people reading this thread, and don't understand what we're saying, tankbusters are fish that are powerful enough to shatter the aquarium. Like pacus and channel catfish.
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