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<blockquote data-quote="Steve123" data-source="post: 66518" data-attributes="member: 3244"><p>I'm 55, have done a lot, been educated and worked a lot, but am still trying to figure out what I wanna be when I grow up. When our son was born I became jealous of our nanny's job. From time to time she would send us photographs of what she and he were doing and I'd sigh, wondering what I was doing away at work when I could/should be doing <em>that</em>. So we made do with a little less income and I became a stay-at-home dad. Now he's 10, home-schooled, and I'm the teacher. One night, on a vacation to Arizona, he found a tarantula crossing a dirt road. He asked if he could keep it. I somewhat reluctantly said yes, in my mind thinking it was an education opportunity. You can imagine the rest as far as Ts go. Yet, here is the odd thing--I would not keep a single tarantula if it were not possible to breed them. I've been this way all my life with animals, mostly fish, always wanting to keep a small Noah's ark going. I didn't always get the opportunity, but the wish was always there. There is something about having a male and female of a species that opens up a huge horizon of potential in my mind. I'm this way with plants too: my first thought is always "can it be propagated?"</p><p></p><p>So, our house is filled with spiderlings and cuttings, and not a small amount of pairs and parent plants. What next? I dunno. I made a website to help to pass on the spiderlings. T enclosures are still gobbling up cuttings. Within a month we'll be moving to a house with more space, more light, and a few rooms dedicated to cooler- and warmer-than room temperature.</p><p></p><p>When I kept salt water fish I belonged to a forum called Reef-2-Reef. The owner was/is a pastor, and the whole site had a very charitable atmosphere. Been looking for that type of forum every since. TF reminds me of that forum in many ways. Oh sure, I've already noticed a few, let's say, personality types that make me wince, but that's life. I can survive, not thrive, on AB, but am looking for something better.</p><p></p><p>Cheers!</p><p>Steve</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Steve123, post: 66518, member: 3244"] I'm 55, have done a lot, been educated and worked a lot, but am still trying to figure out what I wanna be when I grow up. When our son was born I became jealous of our nanny's job. From time to time she would send us photographs of what she and he were doing and I'd sigh, wondering what I was doing away at work when I could/should be doing [I]that[/I]. So we made do with a little less income and I became a stay-at-home dad. Now he's 10, home-schooled, and I'm the teacher. One night, on a vacation to Arizona, he found a tarantula crossing a dirt road. He asked if he could keep it. I somewhat reluctantly said yes, in my mind thinking it was an education opportunity. You can imagine the rest as far as Ts go. Yet, here is the odd thing--I would not keep a single tarantula if it were not possible to breed them. I've been this way all my life with animals, mostly fish, always wanting to keep a small Noah's ark going. I didn't always get the opportunity, but the wish was always there. There is something about having a male and female of a species that opens up a huge horizon of potential in my mind. I'm this way with plants too: my first thought is always "can it be propagated?" So, our house is filled with spiderlings and cuttings, and not a small amount of pairs and parent plants. What next? I dunno. I made a website to help to pass on the spiderlings. T enclosures are still gobbling up cuttings. Within a month we'll be moving to a house with more space, more light, and a few rooms dedicated to cooler- and warmer-than room temperature. When I kept salt water fish I belonged to a forum called Reef-2-Reef. The owner was/is a pastor, and the whole site had a very charitable atmosphere. Been looking for that type of forum every since. TF reminds me of that forum in many ways. Oh sure, I've already noticed a few, let's say, personality types that make me wince, but that's life. I can survive, not thrive, on AB, but am looking for something better. Cheers! Steve [/QUOTE]
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