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Posted on 03/05/2005 11:51:13 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
But it did play VCDs, if I remember right.
The one that plays mpegs, does it play avis or ogms? Next time I get a dvd player I might want something that plays vid files...
No.... the old one didn't play avis or divx.... though some of the newer players can.
Bah... probably cost more than it's worth. I'd get an XBOX if I had to spend that much money, those can play anything. Playstations can't even play VCDs.
That's right! There were twelve dwarves, and Biblo made the unlucky number 13.
LOL! Tap them on the big pincher and you'll know for sure!
Actually, I've learned so much about the little critters now that I can tell you that...
A) the sand in their tank needs to be 3 inches deeper than the largest crab to allow them to bury themselves for molting,
B) they need at least 3 shells to choose from when they feel like switching,
C) the thermometer and hydrometer (humidity meter) in the tank should both be maintained at 80,
D) they should be bathed once a week, fully submerged for 2 minutes (no longer, they'll drown),
E) they need both fresh and salt water, as well as some form of calcium (sand dollars, coral, calci-sand), with their food in order to stay healthy.
Need I go on? ~snicker~
All kidding aside, I love these fellas. Saw one switch shells tonight and I was thrilled!
The jury is in. I have no life.
Nope! 13 dwarves and Bilbo made 14 to break that bad luck.
YEp, just checked it, but you beat me to the correction.
:-) Thanks for giving me a chance to show off.
You don't use beer in your batter?
Nice crabs you have there. :-P
Bathe them? Wassup wit dat? :-)
hey, thought I'd tell yuh, Tyler, my young Marine, qualed on Monday... he shot marksman, which ain't nothin' to brag about, but that's his last big hurdle in MSG school.
He just got orders for his first duty station... guardin' nukes in Bangor, Washington...
He's a good kid... so stay away from him Ramius...
LOL, my pleasure.
Today in a nutshell...
Today is the first day this week that PE didn't have to stay home sick (Corin's cough-wheeze-hack-shiver-sleep thing). Bittygirl has a cold and can't breathe through her tiny nose (so she snorts a lot). Elf-boy has whatever GI bug that has been going around. He threw up this morning when he woke up (there is more but it's TMI), but has had a miraculous recovery (so far). It appears he "slept it off." When I called the doctor today, the nurse told me that just about every kid in Allen and McKinney combined has it. Just Dang!
I tried my hand at homemade pedialyte. It worked, but the real thing tastes better. I think I used too much salt. So, we went to teh store when elf-boy was feeling better and got teh real thing. Bittygirl got a free flop-eared bunny cuz we got easter cards, too.
What's that? A new pick-up line? ;-D
Bathe them? Wassup wit dat?
They are land crabs, but they still have gills. If the gills get too dry, the crab suffocates and dies. A daily misting is nice, but they need to get a nice soak frequently to keep them active and breathing right.
So, I get out a wee little sponge and scrub their pitties and behind their eye stalks. (joke)
I've got purple pinchers. Very common in the Keys.
Aren't they the cutest things? :-P
yugottabekiddin'me....
So, they have lungs ~and~ gills?
Ummm...shouldn't the humidity IN the tank be 100%?
That's a pretty area, if he's into pretty areas... :~D
do they taste anythin' like crayfish?...
Land crabs.... never mind!
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