Indeed. His 1981 recording. More deliberate and contemplative than his 1955 recording.
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Maybe I'll listen to Gould in the fishroom today. Last week, I dug out an old windows 7 netbook, cleaned it up and loaded a lot of music onto it so I can listen in the fishroom though cheap speakers. I can't worry about sound clarity with an air driven system. The bubbling of the filters is significant.
But when I do what I call work out there, I like music in the air, rather than through earbuds. Since it's a noisy garage, I lean to garagy bands out there, but piano would get through. In the quiet, clear house, I listen to a lot of cello and baroque music, but the fishroom is generally electric guitars, punk, blues, hip hop and reggae.
Today, I try to collect eggs from my newish Pseudomugil gertrudae, my lampeyes and some Aphyosemions. It's still too cold for water changes, as the oxygen in the water makes it grey with micro-bubbles. Tomorrow looks better for that. My wife is having friends over this afternoon, and they'll all go snowshoeing up the back field and into the paths through the woods. So that'll be musical fishroom time, as there's no way I'm going on that expedition in these temperatures.
One of the drawbacks of my system out there is that as debris gets siphoned up, it can end up in the pipes under the floor drain. That could become a problem, so yesterday I rebuilt my solution to it. The hose drains to a box on the floor. I have an outlet on the box that leads to the drain, and the debris settles on the bottom of the box before it gets there. I clean it out as it builds up, and it works very well as a catchment. Yesterday was redrilling and repairing day, as I hadn't done a good job the first time through.
But when I do what I call work out there, I like music in the air, rather than through earbuds. Since it's a noisy garage, I lean to garagy bands out there, but piano would get through. In the quiet, clear house, I listen to a lot of cello and baroque music, but the fishroom is generally electric guitars, punk, blues, hip hop and reggae.
Today, I try to collect eggs from my newish Pseudomugil gertrudae, my lampeyes and some Aphyosemions. It's still too cold for water changes, as the oxygen in the water makes it grey with micro-bubbles. Tomorrow looks better for that. My wife is having friends over this afternoon, and they'll all go snowshoeing up the back field and into the paths through the woods. So that'll be musical fishroom time, as there's no way I'm going on that expedition in these temperatures.
One of the drawbacks of my system out there is that as debris gets siphoned up, it can end up in the pipes under the floor drain. That could become a problem, so yesterday I rebuilt my solution to it. The hose drains to a box on the floor. I have an outlet on the box that leads to the drain, and the debris settles on the bottom of the box before it gets there. I clean it out as it builds up, and it works very well as a catchment. Yesterday was redrilling and repairing day, as I hadn't done a good job the first time through.
I started to do a water change this afternoon and when my feet started to get wet I realised the end of the siphon tube was not in the bucket 
. Needless to say, I haven't actually done a water change as it took too long sopping up water out of the carpet with a mop, and now the dehumidifier is on fast speed trying to dry things out.
I won't be doing a water change tomorrow either - there's no way I intend standing outside searching the bucket for shrimps with Storm Eowyn trying to blow me into next door's garden. We are in the amber alert area.
. Needless to say, I haven't actually done a water change as it took too long sopping up water out of the carpet with a mop, and now the dehumidifier is on fast speed trying to dry things out.I won't be doing a water change tomorrow either - there's no way I intend standing outside searching the bucket for shrimps with Storm Eowyn trying to blow me into next door's garden. We are in the amber alert area.
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Here in the US amber alerts are for missing children.
We get weather warning alerts as well - yellow, amber, red 
buying rock and pond parts for this weekend's builds. Retraining my dogs and trying to find a new foster for the pups.
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I tried to go to a far library for some old books they had I wanted to read. Took the wrong exit (again) & tried to turn around. The streets seemed to be parallel but no! I was off in a residential area of twisty hills. Eek! Turned around & eventually drove past the library...I got there before early closing but not by much. I miss my GPS! At least I came home (eventually w/Fri rush hour traffic) with 5 books. I hope they're worth it, lol.
Looks like a cat to me.
I transferred 10 Apistogramma cacatuoides fry to a grow out tank. They are looking strong.
At noon the Metropolitan Opera Company In Manhattan is live streaming a performance of Verdi’s Aida to movie theaters. One of those theaters is close to me. I will be going to the 12:30 pm showing. Angel Blue, a terrific mezzo soprano will play Aida. Bravo!
At noon the Metropolitan Opera Company In Manhattan is live streaming a performance of Verdi’s Aida to movie theaters. One of those theaters is close to me. I will be going to the 12:30 pm showing. Angel Blue, a terrific mezzo soprano will play Aida. Bravo!
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Had a short spell of clear skies tonight and managed to see Orion's belt. Sadly, I couldn't get any pics on my old camera but I did attempt a few shots at Venus since it was the brightest. With just the stock lens I was surprised I even managed to capture this
A plane flying past, probably heading to the airport.
A plane flying past, probably heading to the airport.
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What is the red spot to the lower left ?
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Not sure actually
port or starboard. They made us take safe boating in 7th grade - I think red is starboard but which one is left?
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Finally quit procrastinating and switched banks today. A couple of things surprised me a bit.
1) Opened the account with a $500.00 USD money order I've had laying around. I expected a hold on the money order until it cleared but the money was available right away.
2) I don't have to wait for a debit card to come by mail. They made me one while I was doing the paperwork.
Nothing wrong with my old bank but I quit driving and the old place is 2-3 miles away while the new bank is about a block and a half.
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Now comes the pain part. I have to change my three auto deposits and all are government agencies. Although I may leave the smallest going to my old bank as a separate savings.
1) Opened the account with a $500.00 USD money order I've had laying around. I expected a hold on the money order until it cleared but the money was available right away.
2) I don't have to wait for a debit card to come by mail. They made me one while I was doing the paperwork.
Nothing wrong with my old bank but I quit driving and the old place is 2-3 miles away while the new bank is about a block and a half.
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Now comes the pain part. I have to change my three auto deposits and all are government agencies.
Although I may leave the smallest going to my old bank as a separate savings.
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