MOTW - Feb 10 - Feb 16 2012 - Deranged Chipmunk!

[Jenste]

This weeks Member of The Week is Deranged Chipmunk!

Congratulations!!!

I made the post a day early as we have a blizzard going on and am not sure I will have time to post / have electricity tomorrow while I am trying to get to work.

[Heatheranne]

Yay! Congratulations, Bill!

[Gnag the nameless]

Congrats Bill! If this is your first time being MOTW, that'll be a shock for me

[Sasha]

Congrats Bill!

[DiggenEm]

Congratulations Bill!

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[flybyferns]

Are you ready ............ Freddy !

[kroberts009]

congrats!

[Kermitsmom]

Congratulations Bill

[deranged chipmunk]

thanks folks! i hadn't realized that i would be the first MOTW since Jen's hiatus!! no pressure though right?? LOL i am honored that people thought enough of me to nominate me, thank you

[tinkgirl77]

Congrats bill!

[NatureLady]

Spill the beans BILL, LOL!!!!!
Congrats

[Jenste]

Yes Bill, you get the honors!
Alrighty, it's Monday - - Time to tell us all about you!

We know you obviously like amphibians, but we want to know about the rest of your life. Details about you, your life, hobbies, families, past times, favorite colors, poems you have written etc etc....just use this post to brag/boast/bore us how you please.

[deranged chipmunk]

Wow, all about me, where to begin. I'm a Philly boy, born and raised. Go flyers and take the sixers with you!! Lol i've been married 21 years to a wonderful woman who actually puts up with all my stuff....lol we have 3 great genetic experiments together, justin(my beta trial version), billy (ver. 2.0), and ashlyn (my babydoll). And then there's the true apple of my eye and my best friend, my toy fox terrier, mandy. i've been a mechanic for just about the same amount of time. I was raised strict, italian roman Catholic, but after a lot of therapy, i believe i am recovering well from it. I live my life guided by logic and science. I like things that can be proven. i'm not a person of faith, but i do have faith in mankind. I do believe, however, in karma. I like to think the universe balances itself out.

Outside of amphibians, my hobbies are fishing and my aquatic tanks. I love everything beneath the water's surface, but i cannot swim. Go figure...lol i have kept fish tanks on and off for about 30 years. I have also kept birds, rodents, reptiles of various sorts, including an african rock python.

My favorite colors are black and.purple. i just love the color combination. my musical taste ranges greatly. Everything from Adele to hardcore death metal. I am a HUGE fan of dave matthews and hardstyle, european techno. When i build, it's normally techno blasting from the computer, a huge cup of joe and a pack of smokes. I get better ideas when my adrenaline is up....lol

Poetry? Me? Hahahaha....well there is the one i like....it starts with there once was a girl from nantucket.....lol

Ok, lunch break is over. I hope that will suffice for now

[GrifTheGreat]

Lol! Nice to know more about you Bill!!

[Lija]

I live my life guided by logic and science. I like things that can be proven. i'm not a person of faith, but i do have faith in mankind. I do believe, however, in karma. I like to think the universe balances itself out.

i can sign under this myself!
great to know more about you Bill. how do your family tolerate you being here all the time? do they help with feeding/cleaning/etc or nobody is allowed to touch? lol

[Heatheranne]

It's great to hear more about you, Bill!

[Lija]

hey Bill we are not done asking questions great to know more about you.

how did you get your first frog and why? how did you end up here, on FF?

[deranged chipmunk]

oh, i always liked frogs, but never had the opportunity to keep them, that all changed last may, when i got my first trio of White's. then off we went!!LOL i ended up on frog forum long before i signed up for an account. like most people, i was researching. then i figured maybe i could return the favor. and my time here at ff "officially" began...LOL

[Jenste]

It's Tuesday - time to tell us about your amphibians.

How you came to keep them, mistakes/learning curves, species kept, breedings, how you found Frog Forum etc....we heard enough about you on Monday, let us hear about them frogs!

[deranged chipmunk]

I kind of covered this last night. Like most people here, i was researching frogs before i kept them. So i lurked around the hallowed halls of FF for quite a while before i got my first trio of white's tree frogs. The were The Prophet, Technoboy, and Headhunterz. All named after three of my favorite techno DJ's. After i got them, i signed up for an account and the rest is history. When i finally decided to pull the trigger on building the 125, i added 3 more of them, MacKenzie (always liked the name), Hubby (he was ALWAYS trying to escape), and Frog (i ran out of names).

Next came my 2 RETF's, Jake and Elwood. Both were w.c. "rescues" from Petco. Jake passed after a little over a month, and i eventually rehomed Elwood, along with Fidel, the cuban tree frog i got from my plant ladies

Then came along my painted mantellas, Mantella Baroni. They are Marty, Melman, Persephone, and Leto. And i just added eight Mantella Betsileo. They will be inhabiting my 125 when i complete it.

Learning curves, HAHAHA, too many to mention. Mostly with construction techniques. I learned alot from others on this forum and sooonunique in it's application. developed a few of my own. Take my rain system, for example. I know it was nothing new and innovated, but the way i designed it is, at least i believe, unique in it's application.