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This puppy belongs to one of our Ram-ily friends.  Great shot!  I’m not a Corona man myself, but I get this same look on my face after a few…

The tank WAS a gorgeous centerpiece to our living room.  It was a saltwater setup, with uber filtration, protein skimming, compact florescent lit goodness with a ton of live rock, etc.  I didn’t love having to top off the water every couple of days, but it was pretty cool and when we got the environment dialed-in just right (after a year to two), it was pretty much on autopilot, maintenance-wise.

Unfortunately, the entire environment got wiped out a few years back when we had that big windstorm and resulting 6 day power outage.  Tropical salt water environments don’t survive at 42 degrees, unfortunately.  It was sad, and once we came to the realization that we’d be starting over from scratch, we put the tank and equipment into the furnace room for future consideration.  Now that we’re contemplating a long-distance move, setting it back up makes even less sense than before.  Thus, we decided to sell the whole setup on Craigslist, and a bargain price of $150 (likely what we paid for the dang light).

I got a few “nibbles” on the ad last week, but everyone wanted to bargain with me. One fellow wanted me to trade the aquarium for a paintball gun.  Not being motivated to become a paint-baller, nor to acquire more crap that I am not going to use, I refused.  The ad expired on Friday, so I re-posted it yesterday.

Today, instead of the usual email inquiries or even phone calls, I received a text message about the tank.  Conversation went JUST like this:

Craigslist Messaging Guy (CMG): Do you still have your fish tank for sale?

Me (Me): Yes

CMG: How low are you willing to go if I pick it up today?

Me: It’s still $150.

CMG: Would you take $100 if I pick it up right now?

Me: No, I’m in no hurry to sell.

CMG: Would you be interested in selling  jst (sic) the filter or the lights?

Me: Sure, how about $150, and I’ll throw in the tank and stand for free?

CMG: lol. I would, but I only have $100, so thats my offer.

Me: Give me a call if you find $50 in the couch, and I’ll contact you if the price drops.

]]> http://www.calnan-web.com/weblog/2009/09/21/craigslist-messaging-guy/feed/ 2 http://www.calnan-web.com/weblog/2009/04/14/ramblings-now-serving-perverts-in-russia/ http://www.calnan-web.com/weblog/2009/04/14/ramblings-now-serving-perverts-in-russia/#comments Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:47:48 +0000 John http://www.calnan-web.com/weblog/?p=898 When you’ve got one of these website/blog things, you can see what postings/pages are getting viewed, and in some cases how the viewer made it to your page (such as a Google search phrase).  By far my most popular post has been “Bicycle Porn“, which was purposely mistitled in order to gain hits.  That posting was actually a call for folks to get out and vote in the last national election.  A day does not go by, however, that some kinkster doesn’t enter “bicycle porn” into their search engine, and end up on my blog.

I saw a strange referring link this morning in my stats, and when I clicked it, I got this result:

It’s an auto-tranlsated rendering of my Bicycle Porn posting.  It’s springtime, after all, and I’m sure that as the weather warms in Russia, the boys there turn their thoughts to sex and bicycles just as much as their American counterparts.

The next-to-last entry caught my fancy today.

Now, go do your part! As of tonight, only 52.20% of the absentee ballots have been received by King County. What is up with that? You can still post-mark it by tomorrow, or drop it off at your local polling place.

I’ve actually had the short-sightedness to schedule my first Use-It-Or-Lose-It ride of the winter for tomorrow night. So, I’ll have to wait until the end of the ride to get all the results (if anyone shows!).

He won the Tour de France.

7 times.

What new and lofty goal will Lance Armstrong seek next? He battled brain and testicular cancer, and came out of it a better athlete. To win the Tour de France is perhaps the greatest desire for every cyclist. Once you’ve done that, more times than any other human has ever done it, what achievement could could you seek that would even come close to the drama, the pursuit of a dream that lies beyond the grasp of countless men who would desire to attain it? What would that be?

Twins.

In a promotion for the upcoming Simpson’s Movie, twelve 7-11 stores across the nation have been converted to look like the Kwik-E-Mart in the animated cartoon series.

Folks were actually lined up around the block to go into a 7-11. Marketing savvy, meet public gullibility.

No, I didn’t stop and go inside.

I was in Los Angeles over the weekend visiting the folks. No riding, so it’s back on the bike today. STPOD looms.  Which, in it’s own way, ties back into the Madness of Crowds.  there are 9,000 registered riders for the STP this year.  Registrations sold out a month or so ago.  While Cascade rides often have riders participate that are not registered, I would expect that the turnout of unregistered riders will be especially high because of the sellout.  The first 100 miles could be especially crowded (and dangerous due to the shoulder-to-shoulder passing that occurs) if the weather is good.