Hermit Crab in a Vase Sponge

Good evening my cyber friends.  Have any of you ever had to start your vehicle with a can of starting fluid??  Well the reason I ask is when I was at work yesterday one of our construction guys was trying to start the old Sea Aquarium pick-up truck that is used for just about everything!  Instead of starting fluid he grabbed a can of bug killer, opened the hood and spayed it into the carburetor??  It was just plain o’l roach/ant killer and with a turn of the switch it started right up!  I think the look on my face said it all, I just stood there in shock.  I asked how’s that possible?  They told me that the ingredients are almost the same as a can of starting fluid and it’s ten times cheaper, crazy huh, give it a try I bet it works!

Aimee and I started this fine day with a two hour walk with the dogs, ha you thought I was going to say three hour walk huh?  After we got our dive gear together and took off to Caracas Bay in search of squids which we never did find.  Aimee did find this beautiful crab having lunch at the “Open Sponge Cafe” and called me over to check him out.  He was just sitting there in his very mossed over shell munching away at little bits of alga and could have cared less about our presence, normally they are very shy and are only seen at night.  We found so many scorpionfish today including one baby one that we took photos of using the magnifying glass, it’s pretty cool!  The water is still freezing cold, like 79 degrees, we were both very chilled by the end of the dive.

It’s still raining in Curacao!  We are now on our fifth month of rain, I was going to go riding but was unable to after our last down-pour at 4:00.

Many thanks for all the great compliments they really help to keep me going!  Till tomorrow, Barry

03-12-2009