PLEASE !!! Help Mike Close Down The Store... Sat/Sun

[Zulaab]

Re: PLEASE !!! Help Mike Close Down The Store... Sat/Sun

Its 4am.. I am home now..  (somehow still awake)

Here is how I call it.
Spot needs to have one of the tanks we setup named after her.  That girl can work and make any man look like he is slacking.  Spot I dont know where you plug in to recharge but you can work forever it seems like.  We are done setting up the fishroom at Mike's house.. we moved 60% of the fish from barrels into tanks tonight.  The air system is up and running and all the tanks have water in them.  All I can say is Mike what a setup you have now.  I know I will be stopping by in the future again to just sit and watch fish and play chess.

I am beat and I want to thank those who showed up.  Since I cannot remember everyone I will just say Everyone thank you :)  I would have been home later without you all's names :)

Going to sleep now.  Nite nite

Jesper

[CichlidFan]

Re: PLEASE !!! Help Mike Close Down The Store... Sat/Sun

I'm glad to hear that Mike had plenty of help with the closing.

I felt a moment or two of guilt as I sat there in my bass boat on Fayette County Reservoir, but we all know Mike's a great guy, loved and respected by many people, and I knew that he would have several people out there helping him out.

After getting past my guilt, I went on to catch several nice bass and had a great time on the water.



CF

[dblondfemme]

Re: PLEASE !!! Help Mike Close Down The Store... Sat/Sun

I can tell you that Saturday was a working frenzy.  Let me see, Robert, Virginia, Meg, "T", Laura ("T"'s wife who was having contractions btw, but was still helping), um...Mike, me..... We worked until late afternoon...some had been working at a frenzied pace... Talk about a bunch of energizer bunnies.... I was out of commision Sunday because of my back (NO...I didn't lift anything heavy).  However.... I know Mike is tired today...as well as the people like Jesper who helped late.  I still think the  best part was the company....

[Spot86t]

Re: PLEASE !!! Help Mike Close Down The Store... Sat/Sun

Its 4am.. I am home now..  (somehow still awake)]


Here is how I call it.
Spot needs to have one of the tanks we setup named after her.  
Bleh - that's just silly.  There are a bunch of spotted synos in one of Mike's tanks and some in my tanks now (Thanks Mike - I'll return them when they grow up some   ) that's close enuf.  Besides, lots of folks helped, no need to make a spectacle of me....

We are done setting up the fishroom at Mike's house.. we moved 60% of the fish from barrels into tanks tonight.
I thought all that was left were the really big guys that are going into the pond?  
Man - I thought we were more like 90% - I shoulda worked on that....

The air system is up and running
Not quite 100%...    "Dad's" side isn't finished cause Mike kept opening the attic ladder to put in the blower.  So one row of tanks to do, gotta figure out how to mount pipe onto Dad's "classic" tank rack...

and all the tanks have water in them.  
Uh huh - LOTS of water in them - sometimes even more water than they're capable of holding....  

I am beat and I want to thank those who showed up.  Since I cannot remember everyone I will just say Everyone thank you :)  I would have been home later without you all's names :)

Jesper
Thanks Mike, for the fishies  :)
Thanks Jesper for the Starbucks - sure was good!
Thanks Virginia and Meg, for remembering the fish, fruit, etc  :)  Thank your bro too for the w/d vac -  it was awesome!
Thanls for all you others that were there - it was good to see some good friends, and to meet some others for the first time!

I got home about an hour after Jesper  - a longer drive for me.  It was kinda reminescent of Friday night when we were there pretty late too...   Fed the cats, pulled eggs out of one of the Cory tanks, found homes for the Bettas and Syno's from Mike, changed clothes and went to work...  But ya know what??  It was fun - we gonna do it again next weekend??!!

[Zulaab]

Re: PLEASE !!! Help Mike Close Down The Store... Sat/Sun

I am there with you Spot.. I have an appointment with my parents Sunday for lunch --  they are just about to move to Atlanta GA, to be with my step brother before he is going under the knife.  (praying a liver will show up soon)   They are going to move out there for about 6 months so we are having a little get together for lunch but after that I am going to imagine I am heading back up there to hang out with my friends and show up late for work Monday morning like I did today... I did get almost 5 hours sleep... when I should only have gotten 4..

[justdoit]

Re: PLEASE !!! Help Mike Close Down The Store... Sat/Sun

Well it was a great move adventure.   Everyone who came was a champion for sure.  Met some great new people and have plans for helping next weekend if Mike needs it.   Sunday I think?  Right  Mike?  

Meg was a trooper after a long Saturday and then working most of Sunday w/ her trainer[horse] to go help again @ Mike's till ?    You made me very proud!!  What a perfect Mom's Day gift.

Mike-thank your family again for thier hospitality Satuday eve.   Your lady is a star person - lucky you.
Let us know the day(s) & time you need us.

[MikeWhoTruong]

Re: PLEASE !!! Help Mike Close Down The Store... Sat/Sun

Guys... What can I say??? No one can ask for better friends than I have... I would like to thank everyone that came to help from the bottom of my heart. I definantly would not have made the progress we did without you guys. Through the hard work, sweat and the long drives many of you took to get to the store, you guys still came back the next day to help me. I will not forget. You guys pushed me to keep going the many times I wanted to just quit for the day... Im going to stray away from thanking everyone on here by name, you know who you are. I would hate to accidently leave someones name out when they greatly deserve thanks. So i'll save myself the embarassment of doing that. .... ahhh.. im still exhausted... once again...


THANK YOU !!!!!

Sunday sounds good to me.

[Zulaab]

Re: PLEASE !!! Help Mike Close Down The Store... Sat/Sun

Mike -- I need sleep... and lots of it.. and now I have to do a water change.. a tank break down and store...  tonight... wanna come back from Dallas and help me tonight... and then head back up there again tomorrow ??  hehe :)

I am ready to fall asleep right now as it is.

Its always fun hanging with you and it was even more fun with all of our common friends :)   remember everyone seeya on Friday at Roy and Heidi's

[aznboigottipsy]

Re: PLEASE !!! Help Mike Close Down The Store... Sat/Sun

dang, i moved to austin mike, if i was in houston i'd help out but chris just now told me that u were going to close the store.