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annabanana

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1. I was confronted, in my younger days, by an ill
Mon Dec 9, 2013, 08:52 AM
Dec 2013

salt water fish tank that I had set up in a flurry of ignorant enthusiasm. I came to regret that choice, and resent the work involved to keep it healthy.

Rather than do the moral thing, de accession the tank and rescue the denizens, I blanked its very existence out of my mind and stubbornly refused to look even into that corner of my small apartment as the water continued to evaporate and the salt continued to concentrate.

This wilful refusal to do the right thing has continued to haunt me even into my senior years.

Paralysis in the face of an unpleasant truth is a bad choice and there is still much that can be done.

Echoes of Enterprise [View all] H2O Man Dec 2013 OP
I was confronted, in my younger days, by an ill annabanana Dec 2013 #1
Well said. H2O Man Dec 2013 #10
I fear you are right as usual H20 coeur_de_lion Dec 2013 #2
Thank you. H2O Man Dec 2013 #12
The 1-percenters think they'll survive. Octafish Dec 2013 #3
Carlucci's role H2O Man Dec 2013 #13
Thanks for posting this, H20Man. democrank Dec 2013 #4
Right. H2O Man Dec 2013 #14
Great post, thanks ~ but...IMO, in this country, where watching "Duck Dynasty" and other inane Zorra Dec 2013 #5
Margaret Mead quote: LiberalElite Dec 2013 #11
yes! n/t coeur_de_lion Dec 2013 #24
I agree 100% H2O Man Dec 2013 #15
Down the road to Massachusetts, driving through the night Warren DeMontague Dec 2013 #6
Very good! H2O Man Dec 2013 #16
:) Warren DeMontague Dec 2013 #18
Excellent post malaise Dec 2013 #7
Thanks! H2O Man Dec 2013 #17
Please get well soon bro malaise Dec 2013 #22
Great post, H2O Man! Really gives the full late 20th century scope of our descent. robertpaulsen Dec 2013 #8
Right. H2O Man Dec 2013 #19
Those are important distinctions to make. robertpaulsen Dec 2013 #25
It's great to read you hootinholler Dec 2013 #9
Thank you! H2O Man Dec 2013 #20
Sorry to hear that hootinholler Dec 2013 #23
Great post! kentuck Dec 2013 #21
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