Thursday, 16 January 2025

Thoon and Katia - My Goldfish



Three years old! wOOt!
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20 Sept 2024


11 February 2024
2 years 4 months old!
Katia is now about 15 cm/5.9 inches in length, and Thoon is c. 13 cm/5.1 inches.


Monty Python "Find the Fish"

Katia and Thoon, 4 October 2023

Katia glowing in the sunlight

Thoon & Katia; "Yo! Human! Wassup?!"


14 January 2024
How the heck do you measure the length of an active goldfish? [laffs] Katia is now about 15 cm/5.9 inches in length, and Thoon is c. 13 cm/5.1 inches.

11 October 2023
I bought Thoon and Katia a new tank-cleaning vacuum, and it works like a charm! I just run the emptying hose out the front door, which empties onto the front lawn - no problem! Now cleaning/changing the water in their tank is much easier and simpler for lil' ol' me [yay!]. It even came with its own video, tho my machine is red [which, of course we all know, just goes faster! lol].

Now their tank looks clear and pristine every day... sure they don't appreciate the intrusion while the cleaning is taking place, but they do after it's all finished. They've never thanked me tho, either, ungrateful buggers [laffs].

I have to laugh... cleaning the tank mid-summer is better than mid-winter, as their water is BLOODY FREEZING! πŸ₯Ά

"Me happy... fishies happy..."


15 August 2023
I caught myself making an unconscious Spoonerism today - instead of 'Thoon and Katia', it came out as 'Thatia and Koon'... I made myself laugh.

24 April 2023
I gave their fish tank a jolly good cleaning out today, including rinsing out the gravel etc. Poor Katia was NOT happy when she got momentarily stuck in the vacuum hose nozzle (she's fine)... plus neither of them was happy being placed in a small bowl during the cleaning process... it took them a while after it was all done to look me straight in the eye again [laffs]. Sturdy buggers they are.

28 March 2023
I think I saved the life of one of my goldfish today. Katia got a small pebble stuck in her mouth; she (I should not assume the gender of my goldfish, huh? lol. As it is, I have no idea what either of them are!) would have starved to death, as she had been unable to remove it!

I grabbed my small net, and of course, being the feisty Alpha fish she is, she put up a fight while I tried to catch her and try to do something to help. Thankfully, in her moment, the small pebble popped out all OK! Phew! No harm done.



10 July 2023
I know it doesn't sound like much, but I enjoy my two goldfishies. I've been enjoying this pair's company now for 1 year 10 months [grins]. Their "Birthday" is 20 Sept 2021.

Thoon & Katia
28 March 2023

10 March 2023

Katia 10 March 2023


πŸ’₯ If anyone has any practical tips on how to get a good fishie photo, pls let me know! πŸ’₯ 
Answer: get a bloody better camera [laffs]


My freshwater tank measures
600mm wide x 300mm deep x 400mm high
23.6 in  x  11.8 in  x  15.7 in
Tank Volume: 70 litres  /  18.5 US Gallons




(Originally Posted: 23 Sept 2022)

I attempted to take a picture of one of my two goldfish, "Thoon", because he's a bit of an oddity: he is a normal Comet, but he has three tail fins!

"Thoon's 3rd fin is a superpower, and he doesn't know" - SB

It doesn't negatively affect him at all, thankfully.


(NB. It's not easy taking a photo of a goldfish with a little 'point'n'shoot' camera!)

I kinda like the irony that I have a unique common goldfish! Thanks, Thoon! 🐠


Here's the tank and Katia putting on a show, whilst Thoon is shyly poking his head out from behind a plant (lower centre)


➽► So, why "Thoon"?

Short answer: it's a fun, silly, random name (very me...).

Long answer: In a band many years ago, we used to invent words for sounds (for silly fun)... 'Thoon' was "the sound of a cricket ball bowled just past off-stump..." 🏏

Much later, I discovered that 'Thoon' was the name of a Giant in Homer's "Illiad"! πŸ˜„

I know... it's bizarre, random and absurd... perfect!


➽► So, why "Katia"?
Basically - I just really liked that name for many years!





Answer: YES!
It's when they start talking back that... er um... [laffs]





(Not my tank, unfortunately! Thanks to @BrownsFanGurl for the vid!)

Relax with this video of Goldfish
(Not my tank tho!)





➽ Also see: 2 New Fishies




Also: Thoon

Peas be with ewe 
Mal

Tuesday, 14 January 2025

Mal's DVD Movie Collection


► Total: 1,046 DVD Titles I've Collected and Watch, Appreciate and Enjoy.


πŸ’₯ I prefer watching movies; I rarely watch TV, hence all the DVD's. I don't have Cable/Pay TV etc either.


► Mal's 5 Out of 5 Movies ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐





A  
  • About Time (2013) - Domhnall Gleeson, Rachel McAdams  (tbr)
  • The Abyss (1989) - Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio  (tbr)
  • Ad Astra (2019) - Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Ruth Negga, Liv Tyler, Donald Sutherland  (3/5)
  • Adrift (2018) - Shailene Woodley, Sam Claflin  (3.5/5)
  • Affliction (1997) - Nick Nolte, Sissy Spacek, James Coburn, Willem Dafoe  (tbr)
  • After Hours (1985) - Griffin Dunne, Martin Scorsese (Dir.)
  • Aftersun (2022) - Paul Mescal, Frankie Corio  (tbr)
  • Alien (1979) - Sigourney Weaver
  • Alive (1993) - Frank Marshall (Dir.)
  • Amadeus (1984) - Tom Hulce  (5/5) πŸ’₯
  • Amelie (2001) - Audrey Tautou  (5/5) πŸ’₯
  • Ammonite (2020) - Kate Winslet, Saoirse Ronan  (tbr)
  • Anthology (1995) - The Beatles (Prod.)  (4.5/5)
  • Anthropoid (2016) - Cillian Murphy, Jamie Dornan  (tbr)
  • Ants (1998) - Dreamworks (Prod.)  (3.5/5)
  • Apocalypse Now [Redux] (1979-2000) - Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall (tbr)
  • A Real Pain (2024) - Jesse Eisenberg, Kieran Culkin  (tbr)
  • Arctic (2018)  - Mads Mikkelsen  (3.5/5)
  • Arrival (2016) - Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner  (4.5/5)
  • Avatar (2009) - Sam Worthington, James Cameron (Dir.)  (3.5/5)
  • Awakenings (1990) - Robin Williams, Robert Di Niro  (4/5)

B  
  • Babylon (2022) - Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Diego Calva  (4.5/5)
  • Badlands (1973) - Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek (tbr)
  • Barnyard (2006) - Kevin James, Steve Oedekerk (Dir.)
  • Barton Fink (1991) - John Turturro, Coen Brothers (Dir.) (tbr)
  • Battleships At War (1997)
  • Beaches (1988) - Bette Midler  (3.5/5)
  • Beanpole (2019) - Viktoria Miroshnichenko, Vasilisa Perelygina  (3.5/5)
  • The Beatles First US Visit (1964) - The Beatles
  • The Beatles in Washington DC (1964) - The Beatles
  • The Beguiled (2017) - Nicole Kidman, Kirsten Dunst, and Elle Fanning
  • Belfast (2022) - CaitrΓ­ona Balfe, Judi Dench  (tbr)
  • Belle (2013) - Gugu Mbatha-Raw
  • The Best of Spike Milligan [BBC] - Spike Milligan
  • Big (1988) - Tom Hanks
  • Big Fish (2004) - Ewan McGregor  (4.5/5)
  • Big Eyes (2014) - Amy Adams, Christoph Waltz  (3/5)
  • Bill (2015) - Mathew Baynton, Simon Farnaby
  • Biosphere (2022) - Sterling K. Brown, Mark Duplass  (tbr)
  • Bird (1988) - Clint Eastwood (Prod.) (Charlie 'Bird' Parker)
  • Birdman (2014) - Michael Keaton  (4/5)
  • The Birds (1963) - Rod Taylor, Alfred Hitchcock (Dir.)
  • Black Bear (2020) - Aubrey Plaza, Christopher Abbott  (tbr)
  • Black Books (2000-04) - Dylan Moran, Bill Bailey  (3.5/5)
  • Black Robe (1991) - Bruce Beresford (Dir.)  (4.5/5)
  • Blue Velvet (1986) - Kyle MacLachlan, Isabella Rossellini (tbr)
  • Boogie Nights (1997) - Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, Burt Reynolds
  • Boyhood (2014) - Ellar Coltrane  (3.5/5)
  • Brave (2012) - Pixar (Prod.)  (4/5)
  • Brazil (1985) - Jonathan Price  (4.5/5)
  • Brooklyn (2015) - Saoirse Ronan  (3/5)

C  
  • Cape Fear (1991) - Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte (tbr)
  • Capote (2005) - Philip Seymour Hoffman  (3.5/5)
  • Carnage (2011) - Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz  (tbr)
  • Carol (2015) - Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara  (tbr)
  • Cars (2006) - Pixar (Prod.)  (4/5)
  • Cast Away (2000) - Tom Hanks  (5/5) πŸ’₯
  • Chicken Run (2000) - Dreamworks (Prod.)  (5/5) πŸ’₯
  • Chinatown (1974) - Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway
  • Chernobyl [series] (2019) - Jared Harris, Stellan SkarsgΓ₯rd, Emily Watson, Paul Ritter  (4/5)
  • Chocolat (2000) - Juliette Binoche  (4.5/5)
  • Civil War (2024) - Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura  (4/5)
  • Close (2022) - Eden Dambrine, Gustav de Waele  (5/5) πŸ’₯
  • Cloud Atlas (2012) - Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent  (3.5/5)
  • CODA (2021) - Emilia Jones, Eugenio Derbez  (tbr)
  • Coherence (2013) - James Ward Byrkit (Dir.)  (tbr)
  • Columbus (2017) - John Cho, Haley Lu Richardson  (tbr)
  • C'mon C'mon (2021) - Joaquin Phoenix, Gaby Hoffmann  (4/5)
  • Conspiracy (2001) - Colin Firth, David Threlfall, Kenneth Branagh  (3/5)
  • Constantine (2005) - Keanu Reeves, Rachel Weisz  (4/5)
  • Contact (1997) - Jodie Foster, Matthew McConauughey  (4/5)
  • Control (2007) - Sam Riley  (3/5)
  • Coraline (2009) - Dakota Fanning  (4/5)
  • Cross Of Iron (1977) - James Coburn, Maximilian Schell, James Mason
  • Crowded House - Live in New Zealand - August 26, 1991 (3.5/5)

D  
  • Dark City (1998) - Rufus Sewell, Kiefer Sutherland  (3.5/5)
  • Das Boot (The Boat) (1981) - Wolfgang Petersen (Dir.)  (5/5) πŸ’₯
  • Dead Calm (1989) - Sam Neill, Nicole Kidman, Billy Zane  (3.5/5)
  • Deadpool (2016) - Ryan Reynolds  (4.5/5)
  • Deerskin (2019) - Jean Dujardin, AdΓ¨le Haenel  (tbr)
  • Defiance (2008) - Daniel Craig  (4/5)
  • The Departed (2006) - Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg  (4/5)
  • Despicable Me (2010) - Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud 
  • (Dir's)  (4.5/5)
  • Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) - Peter Sellers  (5/5)  πŸ’₯
  • Dogville (2002) - Nicole Kidman, Lauren Bacall, Paul Bettany  (4/5)
  • Don't Look Up (2021) - Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence  (tbr)
  • Double Indemnity (1944) - Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson (tbr)
  • Downfall (Der Untergang) (2004) - Oliver Hirschbiegel 
  • (Dir.)  (3.5/5)
  • Driving Miss Daisy (1989) - Driving Miss Daisy (1989) - Jessica Tandy, Morgan Freeman, Dan Aykroyd  (tbr)
  • Duel (1971) - Dennis Weaver  (tbr)
  • Dunkirk (2017) - Fionn Whitehead, Tom Glynn-Carney  (3.5/5)

E  
  • Ed Wood (1994) - Johnny Depp  (3.5/5)
  • Elvis (2022) - Austin Butler, Tom Hanks, Baz Luhrmann (Dir.)  (4/5)
  • Encanto (2021) - Disney (Prod.)  (tbr)
  • Everest (2015) - Jason Clarke  (4/5)
  • Eyes Wide Shut (1999) - Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Stanley Kubrick (Dir.) (tbr)

F  

G  
  • Gettysburg (1993) - Tom Berenger, Jeff Daniels, Martin Sheen (3.5/5)
  • Get Out (2017) - Daniel Kaluuya  (4/5)
  • Ghandi (1982) - Ben Kingsly  (4.5/5)
  • Glory (1989) - Matthew Broderick  (3.5/5)
  • The Goodies - The Tasty Box  - The Goodies  (4.5/5)
  • The Good Place (Series) (2016-2019) - Kristen Bell, Ted Danson  (4/5)
  • Gravity (2013) - Sandra Bullock  (4/5)
  • Greek Islands (2000)
  • Green Book (2018) - Mahershala Ali, Viggo Mortensen  (4/5)
  • Greenland (2020) - Gerard Butler, Morena Baccarin  (4/5)
  • Grey Gardens (1975) - Edith "Big Edie" Ewing Bouvier Beale, Edith "Little Edie" Bouvier Beale  (tbr)

H

I  

J  
  • Jabberwocky (1977) - Terry Gilliam (Dir.)
  • Michael Jackson - This Is It (2009)  [tbr]
  • Jaws (1975) - Bruce the Shark  (4/5)
  • Jazz (2000) - Ken Burns (Prod.)  (4/5)
  • J. Edgar (2011) - Leonardo Dicaprio  (3.5/5)
  • Jerry Maguire (1996) - Tom Cruise
  • JFK (1991) - Kevin Costner  (4.5/5)
  • Jimi Hendrix - A Film About (1973) - Jimi Hendrix
  • John Adams [series] (2008) - Paul Giamatti  (3.5/5)
  • Jo Jo Rabbit (2019) - Roman Griffin Davis  (5/5) πŸ’₯
  • Joyeux Noel (Merry Christmas) (2005) - Christian Carion  (4.5/5)
  • Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) - Spencer Tracey
  • Judy (2019) - RenΓ©e Zellweger  (4/5)
  • Juggernaut (1974) - Richard Harris, Omar Sharif, Anthony Hopkins
  • Julia (1977) - Jane Fonda, Vanessa Redgrave  (tbr)
  • Juniper (2021) - Charlotte Rampling, George Ferrier
  • Jurassic World  (2015) - Chris Pratt   (1/5)

K  

L  

M  

N  

O  

P  

Q  

R  
  • Rain Man (1988) - Dustin Hoffman  (4/5)
  • Rango (2011) - Johnny Depp   (4/5)
  • Ravenous (1998) - Guy Pearce  (4.5/5)
  • Ray (2004) - Jamie Foxx (Ray Charles)  (4/5)
  • Rear Window (1954) - Jimmy Stewart, Alfred Hitchcock (Dir.)  (5/5) πŸ’₯
  • Reds (1981) - Warren Beatty  (4/5)
  • Renfield (2023) - Nicholas Hoult, Nicolas Cage
  • The Road (2009) - Viggo Mortensen, Kodi Smit-McPhee  (3/5)
  • Robots (2005) - Robin Williams
  • Rogue One (Star Wars) (2016) - Felicity Jones, Diego Luna  (4/5)
  • Room (2015) - Brie Larson, Jacob Tremblay  (4/5)
  • The Room (2003) - Tommy Wiseau   (Zero/5) "Worst Film Ever" candidate! πŸ’₯
  • The Room (2019) - Olga Kurylenko, Kevin Janssens
  • Rope (1948) - Jimmy Stewart, Alfred Hitchcock (Dir.)  (4.5/5)
  • Rosewood (1997) - Ving Rhames, Jon Voight
  • Rushmore (1998) - Jason Schwartzman  (tbr)
  • Russian Doll (series 2019-22) - Natasha Lyonne, Charlie Barnett  (3.5/5)
  • Ryan's Daughter (1970) - Robert Mitchum, Sarah Miles; David Lean (Dir.) (tbr)

S  

T  

U  
  • Unbreakable (2000) - Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson  (3.5/5)
  • Unbroken (2014) - Jack O'Connell  (3.5/5)
  • Unforgiven (1992) - Clint Eastwood  (5/5) πŸ’₯
  • Up (2009) - Pixar (Prod.)  (4/5)

V  
  • Vegas Vacation (National Lampoon) (1997) - Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo
  • Venus (2006) - Peter O'Toole, Leslie Phillips (tbr)
  • Vertigo (1958) - James Stewart, Alfred Hitchcock (Dir.)
  • Vikings (Series 1-5) (2013-18) - Travis Fimmel  (4.5/5)

W  

Y  

Z  
  • Zelig (1983) - Woody Allen
  • Zodiac (2007) - Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr.
  • Zootopia (2016) - Disney (Prod.)  (3.5/5)
  • Zulu (1964) - Michael Caine  (3.5/5)


  • 12 Monkeys (1995) - Bruce Willis  (5/5) πŸ’₯
  • 13th (2016) - Ava DuVernay (Dir.)  (tbr)
  • 1408 (2007) - John Cusack, Samuel L Jackson  (tbr)
  • 45 Years (2015) - Charlotte Rampling, Tom Courtenay (tbr)
  • 1917 (2019) - Sam Mendes (Dir.)  (3.5/5)
  • 2012 (2009) - John Cusack  (3.5/5)


*► NB. *(tbr) = to be reviewed/yet to watch DVD




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Peas be with ewe 
Mal