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- Rummy-nose tetra
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The rummy-nose tetra, "Hemigrammus rhodostomus", is a species of
tropical freshwatercharacin fish originating from South America, popular among fishkeepers as an aquariumfish. one of many small tetras belonging to the same Genus, it is a 5 cm long fish when fully grown, and is a long established favourite among tropical fishkeepers. The fish is one of several very similar species including "Hemigrammus bleheri" Géry & Mahnert 1986, and "Petitella georgiae" Géry & Boutiére 1964, and it is possible that more recently collected specimens available in the aquarium trade are members of one or other of these alternative species. The common name applied to most of these fishes is "rummy-nose tetra", though other common names are in circulation (such as "firehead tetra" for "H. bleheri", according to [http://www.fishbase.org FishBase] ).
Physical Description
The rummy-nose Tetra is a torpedo-shaped fish, whose basal body colour is a translucent silvery colour suffused in some specimens with a greenish tint: iridescent green scales are frequently seen adorning the fish at the point where the fontanel (a part of the head roughly corresponding to the forehead in humans) meets the body. The fins are hyaline, with the exception of the tail fin, this fin being adorned with black and white horizontal stripes, variable in number, but usually comprising one central black stripe in the central portion of the tail fin, with two horizontal black stripes upon each caudal fin lobe, the spaces between the stripes being white, the total count of black stripes being five. The head is a deep red colour, iridescent in lustre, with the red continuing into the iris of the eye, and some red colouration extends beyond the operculum or gill plate into the anteriormost section of the body proper. Some specimens classified as "Hemigrammus rhodostomus" possess three black tail stripes instead of five, and some specimens classified as "Petitella georgiae" have a black stripe in the caudal peduncle extending forwards into the body, surmounted above by a thin iridescent gold line: however, whether these features are reliable determinants of species identity has yet to be fully ascertained.
Male and female individuals exhibit no obvious visual differences, other than increased fullness of the body outline in ripe females.
The three different species of fish thus known as Rummy-Nose Tetra have the following distributions:
:"Hemigrammus rhodostomus" : Lower Amazon basin and Orinoco River:"Hemigrammus bleheri": Rio Negro and Rio Meta river basins:"Petitella georgiae": Upper Amazon basin in Peru, Rio Purus, Rio negro and Rio Madeira river basins.
All three species of rummy-nose tetra inhabit river stretches whose water chemistry is mineral-deficient (soft), acidic, and frequently tainted with humic acid decay products from leaf litter upon the river substrates (known as 'blackwaters' because of their appearance). Aquatic plants are sometimes present in these stretches of water, though the upper reaches of the Rio Negro are less densely populated with aquatic flora than the other rivers due to shading from the rainforest canopy. The fishes preferentially inhabit the middle and mid-lower water regions.
Aquarium Maintenance
The details of aquarium maintenance for all three species are more or less identical: the rummy-nose tetra is a schooling fish, which exhibits tight schooling behaviour both in the wild and in the aquarium. Consequently, these fishes should be maintained in groups of no fewer than six individuals, with larger numbers being preferable where space permits. All three species are lovers of warm aquarium water, the temperature range for maintenance being 24°C to 31°C, with the fishes sometimes requiring temperatures as high as 33°C for breeding. Consequently, compatibility of these fishes with cooler water fishes is contra-indicated: for example,
panda catfishwould be a bad choice of companion as these fishes prefer lower temperatures, and there is little overlap in the temperature ranges of the two species. Suitable companions for rummy-nose tetras include other small, peaceful species that will thrive in similar water conditions, among them being numerous other tetras from South America, various small barbs, danios and rasboras, and where space permits, individuals of the dwarf cichlid" Mikrogeophagus ramirezi", another warm water loving South American fish with a similar temperature range. Some other dwarf cichlids collected from similar habitats in the wild may also be compatible in a sufficiently spacious aquarium.
The water chemistry preferred by these fishes, as might be inferred readily from that of the wild habitat, is soft, acidic water (hardness no higher than 6° dH and
pHaround 6.4 is "definitely" preferred if possible) though for maintenance purposes, the pH of the aquarium water can range from 5.6 to 7.4. However, if captive reproduction is to be attempted, the rummy-nose tetra "needs" soft, acidic water, as "Tropical Fish Hobbyist" magazine recently reported that research work upon these fishes indicates that high levels of calcium ions in the water induce sterility in these fishes. A planted aquarium is welcomed by these fishes, particularly if the plants include fine-leaved species such as " Cabomba" and " Myriophyllum".
Feeding presents relatively few problems, as the fishes will eagerly devour a range of prepared as well as live fish foods. In common with numerous other tetras, these fishes are particularly fond of live
bloodworms (these are the aquatic larvae of a midge belonging to the genus "Chironomus") and will also devour live " Daphnia" avidly. Unlike those tetra species which adapt to surface feeding in the aquarium, rummy-nose tetras are not considered likely to add live mosquito larvae to their diet in the aquarium, though instances where these fishes discover and enjoy this food are possible: usually, rummy-nose tetras prefer to take their foods in the middle and lower regions of the aquarium.
Lifespan for the rummy-nose tetra in the aquarium is usually 5 to 6 years with careful maintenance. Exceptional specimens can live for more than 8 years.
The fish is interesting in that it can act as a "mine canary" in an aquarium, alerting the aquarist to potential pollution problems in an aquarium. When levels of certain metabolic wastes (ammonia, nitrites and nitrates) exceed critical levels, the intense ruby-red colour of the fish becomes pale. The fishes also become pale in appearance immediately after the disturbance that takes place in the aquarium following a water change, but in this instance, once clean water has been supplied, the intense deep red colour returns. "Persistent" paleness of the head is to be taken as a sign that water chemistry parameters in the maintenance aquarium are in need of adjustment, and that pollutant levels are becoming dangerous for the inhabitants.
Rummy-nose tetras present serious challenges even to experienced aquarists from the standpoint of breeding, primarily due to two factors: the likelihood of sterility ensuing if the prospective parents are maintained in water with too high a level of dissolved calcium ions, and the slow growth rate of the fry. An additional problem is that gender differentiation is difficult by visual inspection alone, making pair selection partly a matter of luck unless an obviously gravid female is available for selection. Again, identical remarks apply to all three species listed above.
The breeding aquarium for the rummy-nose tetra, in addition, needs to be sterilised prior to use, as the fish produces eggs that are notoriously sensitive to bacterial and fungal infection. Use of an antifungal agent is strongly advised once spawning is completed in order to prevent various fungi from attacking the eggs.
Needless to say, given the above remarks about likely sterility if the fishes are maintained in water whose chemical parameters are incorrect, prospective parents "must" be maintained in soft, acidic water throughout their lives if they are to remain capable of reproduction. Failure to do so will destroy any chances of success from the very start. Furthermore, it is highly advisable to filter the water of the breeding aquarium over peat, or alternatively use one of the commercially available 'Blackwater Tonic' additives to provide the necessary chemical environment conducive to reproduction. Parent fishes should, in addition, be conditioned heavily with copious live foods to bring them into prime breeding condition.
Though the fishes prefer to spawn amongst fine leaved plants, one problem that the aquarist faces in this regard is that the majority of fine leaved plants available in the aquarium prefer high light levels ("Cabomba" is a particular case in point) whilst the rummy-nose tetra prefers to spawn under subdued lighting conditions. Workarounds for this include the use of
Java moss(a plant that thrives even in very low light levels, and is an ideal spawning medium for many fishes) or the use of synthetic alternatives ("spawning mops" made of nylon are typically deployed where a suitable natural plant is unavailable).
The parents should be introduced to the breeding aquarium up to 7 days before spawning, fed heavily with live foods, and kept under subdued lighting. In addition, the parents tend to prefer to spawn under quiet conditions, and thus the aquarium should be sited away from areas of busy human traffic. The temperature should be slowly raised to 32°C, and sometimes 33°C may be needed depending upon the individual specimens. Spawning is difficult to observe, taking place as it does under subdued lighting, and while chase sequences followed by the adoption of a side by side position by the parents amid the provided spawning media may be taken as indication that spawning is indeed taking place, this is by no means certain. The judicious use of a low-power flashlight to observe spawning may be helpful in determining if eggs are actually being produced.
The species is not noted as a particularly egregious egg eater (unlike, for example, the
lemon tetra- see that article for notes on egg-eating behaviour in characins) but it is still advisable to remove the parents once spawning is completed. At this stage, antifungal agents to protect the eggs should be added, and indeed are vital in the case of this difficult, sensitive species.
Once spawning is completed, it is advisable to keep the aquarium under dim lighting conditions until the eggs have hatched and the fry are free-swimming. While rummy-nose tetras do not need their eggs to be kept in total darkness as is the case for neon and
cardinal tetras, the eggs are known to exhibit some degree of photosensitivity, and subdued lighting is highly advisable during egg development in the breeding aquarium.
Fertile rummy-nose tetra eggs take approximately 72 to 96 hours to hatch at 32°C. The fry spend a further 24 to 48 hours absorbing the yolk sac, whereupon they become free-swimming. At this stage, the fry should be fed with infusoria or a special egglayer fry food, and frequent partial water changes (around 10% of the aquarium volume every 24 to 48 hours) initiated.
Having overcome the challenge of persuading the fishes to spawn, the aquarist soon discovers that the rummy-nose tetra presents another hurdle to successful captive reproduction - the fry are among the slowest growing of "all" characins, and indeed amongst the slowest-growing of all popular aquarium fishes. Infusoria and other similar foods are required for the fry for a "minimum" of three weeks, and it is not unknown for the fishes to take as long as "twelve weeks" to migrate to larger foods, growth rates being particularly sensitive to temperature. Success at raising fry to a size where they are capable of taking larger food morsels is much more likely to be achieved if the fry are kept at temperatures above 30°C for the first 3 months of life: even then, attrition rates due to the appearance of diseases among the fishes (most frequently bacterial infections) can be severe.
It can take as long as 6 months to raise fry to juvenile sizes where they are capable of eating live daphnia on a regular basis. During this time, they are likely to be sensitive to sudden changes in water chemistry, and managing pollutants in the fry aquarium is made all the more difficult by the need to maintain low mineral content in the aquarium water during development in order to prevent sterility affecting the fishes - the buffering capacity of the aquarium is likely to be low as a result of the low concentration of bicarbonate ions that is needed in addition to the low concentration of calcium ions. Taking all of these factors into account, the fish is a major breeding challenge for the aquarist, and success may depend at least partly upon luck.
ee also
List of freshwater aquarium fish species
* [http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=12370&genusname=Hemigrammus&speciesname=rhodostomus "Hemigrammus rhodostomus" at FishBase]
* [http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=12365&genusname=Hemigrammus&speciesname=bleheri "Hemigrammus bleheri" at FishBase]
* [http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=10695 "Petitella georgiae" at FishBase]
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Look at other dictionaries:
rummy-nose tetra — noun firehead tetra … Wiktionary
rummy nose — noun Firehead tetra … Wiktionary
Tetra — Taxobox name = Tetra image width = 250px image caption = Black neon tetra, Hyphessobrycon herbertaxelrodi regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Characiformes familia = Alestiidae Characidae Lebiasinidae familia… … Wikipedia
firehead tetra — noun A freshwater ray finned fish, scientific name Hemigrammus bleheri, native to South America. Syn: rummy nose tetra, brilliant rummynose tetra, red nose tetra, rummy nose … Wiktionary
Neon tetra — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum … Wikipedia
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Predicting the most spectacular meteor storms is now a remarkably exact
science, with some excellent Leonid displays happening in recent
years, for observers in the right parts of the world. These predictions
involve the accurate modelling of dust trails
within the Leonid stream.
Nothing spectacular is expected from the Leonids in 2010. Indeed, attention
is turning instead to major outbursts in other showers, such as the
2011 Draconids.
For the 2010 Leonids, it is possible (see links below) that the peak ZHR
(Zenithal Hourly Rate, the rate of meteors seen in idealised observing
conditions) could reach as high as 20, which would be marginally more than in
standard Leonid years. This peak will be around 15:00 UT on the 17th of
November (Pacific longitudes best) with the traditional peak being around
21:00 UT that day (central to east Asian longitudes best).
IMO Meteor Shower Calendar
Maslov: Leonids 2010: prediction of activity
Maslov: Leonids 2009-2010, including Leonids 2010 overview
Maslov: parameters of Leonid trail encounters 2001-2010
See also:
"Leonid Meteors Outburst" - press release
Movies of Leonid Meteors from night of 2009 November 16th - 17th
Leonids 2009: visual data quicklook
Jeremie Vaubaillon
Mikhail Maslov
Peter Jenniskens / Leonid MAC
IMO Meteor Shower Calendar
Although the 2009 shower will not produce the storm level activity of the Leonids some years ago, observers in the right part of the world should see some nice outburst level activity. This will be due to material released by the Leonid parent comet, 55P/Tempel-Tuttle, at various past returns, especially those in 1466 (16 revolutions ago) and 1533 (14 revolutions ago).
Here are some 2009 Leonid results we calculated with dust trail theory,
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- notation explained in Mc Naught and Asher's paper. A fuller list of trail encounters in 2009 is provided by Mikhail Maslov's comprehensive study.
In fact, the above trail encounter data should not be interpreted as having the same accuracy as data for very young trails, because these older trails have had more time for the meteoroids in them to become more scattered or disrupted. But the independent calculations of various researchers have confirmed that both these trails ARE encountered by the Earth in the late UT/GMT hours of Nov 17 (maybe extending to the very start of Nov 18 depending on duration). See especially the results of Jeremie Vaubaillon's computer models.
Mid-Asia is best placed to see the resulting outburst activity. Prakash Atreya, formerly of Armagh Observatory, is organising an international Leonid observation campaign in Nepal.
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Forecast for 2007 from Mikhail Maslov
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Prospects for November 2006
Forecast for 2006 from the IMCCE
Forecast for 2006 from Mikhail Maslov
Forecast for 2006 from Mikiya Sato
McNaught/Asher estimates for years 2000 to 2006
Forecast for 2005 from the IMCCE
Prospects for November 2004
The unexpected 2004 Leonid meteor shower - PDF Format
2003 and 2004 from Leonid MAC
Predictions for 2003
Observation Reports for 2002
Dazzling Display - Space.com
UK Clouded Over - BBC
Images from SpaceWeather.com
Radio Forward Scatter Observations, UK
"Leonid dust trail structure and predictions for 2002"
by R.H. McNaught and D.J. Asher
in PDF and Postscript formats.
Summary for 2002
Comparison of 2002 Predictions
Lyytinen's Predictions
Francis Reddy's Site
Gary Kronk Leonid page
Leonids 2002 at space.com
NASA Forecasts
Warnings for Spacecraft
Astronomy Magazine
How to View Meteor Showers
Photographing Meteors
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2001 Reports from Italy
2001 Report by Daniel Fischer
Images of the storm
Predictions compared to observations
McNaught-Asher Predictions for 2001
Space.com News
Reports of 2000 Observationsfrom the IMO
Reports of 2000 Observations from the AMS
Reports of 2000 Observations from ESA
Leonid 2000 Radio Observations
Leonid 2000 Amateur Observations
Predictions for 2000
Reports of the 1999 Leonid Shower
Final Comments for 1999 from Asher and McNaught
Earth in a Twist: Predicting the Storm 1999
The 1998 Leonid fireball outburst
Other Leonid Sites
Leonid MAC - NASA Ames
Leonid Photos and Links from Timo Leponiemi
Leonid Site by Carl Koppeschaar
Near-Live Leonid Watching System
Ancient and Medieval Leonid Observations
Japan and the 1698 Leonids
International Meteor Organization
Biography of Wilhelm Tempel by J.L.E. Dreyer former Director of Armagh Observatory.
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The title is a conceit because in all truth, I've never been in exile. That would suggest that Vietnam is a country to which I am denied entry; but as I've pointed out previously, the country into which I was born does not exist any longer, has not been extant since April 30, 1975. Therefore, my entry into the unified Vietnam isn't a reprise from expatriation; it's a tourist stop.
Ovid. Now that dude was in exile.
Hung is my favorite cousin, not because I love him more than I do any of my other cousins (okay, maybe I do slightly), but because he gets me on a level few people do. I like to think it's because we have more genetic markers than first cousins commonly share. After my paternal grandmother died in childbirth, my paternal grandfather took as his third wife Hung's grandmother; she was the younger sister of my grandmother. Thus we joke that we are 3/4 related rather than the normal 1/2 that exists between first cousins. I grew up pretty tight with my maternal family, but when I met Hung sixteen years ago, it felt like familial tumblers falling into place and locking me into the last, shrouded part of my paternal family. Outside of the Bones, our beautiful adoptive family from Macon, my father's part of the family tree had always been somewhat obscure.
As with all my cousins, we refer to one another as "Cuz."
This is probably a good thing as he has this wicked predilection for introducing himself thus: "Hi, I'm Hung."
Innocent naiveté of an English-as-a-second language-speaker (or a really good impression thereof): "Whaaaaaat?"
When we get together, it plays out like a series of vignettes about two people in pursuit of food, alcohol, and music, while talking incessantly.
To wit:
On the second day I am in Saigon, Cuz and I make plans to meet for lunch, after which we will spend the day together. He doesn't even ask me what I want to eat because he already knows, so he has my aunt and me meet him at Đông Phố, a restaurant in District 3 which specializes in Huế dishes. Its chef is from Huế, her husband a transplant from Paris, where he lived for nearly 44 years, having moved there from Vietnam at age 11. Đông Phố is the name for ancient Saigon.
Cuz orders for my aunt and me, a procession of Vietnamese tapas comprised of my favorite dishes and others I'm enjoying for the first time. They include: chả giò, bánh bột lọc, gỏi cuốn, bánh ướt thịt heo nướng, bánh lá chả tôm, and of course, bánh bèo.
He's already ordered the first of my three cà phê sữa đá, the sweetened Vietnamese ice coffee.
My aunt (not related to him as she is on the maternal side) wipes the table with her napkin, then tries to wipe the fish sauce that has spilled onto one of the plates. Cuz reacts viscerally. "Ack!" he exclaims. "No! Unsanitary!" It's so spot on, such an affirmation of our genetically immutable OCD that I laugh for a good five minutes. My aunt, who knew my dad's own hygienic predilections, shakes her head in perfect understanding.
"What are we going to do today?" I ask as we exit the restaurant. We part ways with my aunt and wait for his car.
"Let's drive around the city and eat."
It's a good plan and not without precedent. Hung's daughter is my cousin Wendy, who commands as much of my affection as he, and whom I've referenced many times previously. On one memorable trip to San Francisco, she and I food hopped for five hours, hitting up six restaurants for one course each.
We hop into his car, and he tells me: "We're right around the corner from where you used to live."
When we turn on the road, there it is, the home in which I spent my first five years, the home I left on April 28, 1975. The entire building has undergone massive renovations recently, and is now a luxury condo development; three additional stories have been added to the previous three floors. The courtyard below where I onced observed a mother and son arguing has been closed off, a garage having been expanded over that open space. But our first floor corner unit still has its wrap around balconies. They have not been altered and they are still just as I remembered.
Across the street is a dilapidated building which, in my mind's eye, looked oh so different nearly 40 years ago. Then it was pristine, a two story building that ran along the block. Now it's worn down, abused, neglected. This district is relatively desirable so I think that in another year or so, some enterprising Singaporean company will take it over and convert it into luxury digs.
But the streets...they are still lined with tamarind trees.
"Let's drive by your dad's old office. It's off an alley a few minutes away. It was a secret location. Looked pretty obscure from the street, but once you drove down that alley, security would swarm your car, check IDs, search your car, the whole thing. The only reason I know where it is is because I visited your dad a couple of times."
It's all I can do not to squeeze him to death. Of course he understands, has this absolute ken about the things that are meaningful to me.
Then it's really hard to see outside the car windows because you know, tears just have this stupid habit of blurring everything.
Saigon is surprisingly cosmopolitan and pretty. Shady, block long parks, tree-lined streets, and modern buildings densely packed against remnants of an earlier age. Some historical buildings remain - the Saigon Notre-Dame Basilica, a cathedral in the downtown established by French colonists, sits caddy corner to the Belle Epoque-designed Old Post Office; and the French colonial style Opera House on Đồng Khởi looks like its French counterpart on Rue de Scribe. High end stores - Chanel, Burberry, Salvatore Ferragamo, and Marc Jacobs cluster in the district, ready to serve moneyed Việt Kiều ("overseas Vietnamese") and successful entepreneurs in the city. It's a thriving city.
We drive past the old Presidential palace on Nam Ky Khoi Nghia Street, now known as the Reunification palace. He points out the middle gate, the one Colonel Bui Tin drove a PAVN T-54/55 tank through; it's fixed now.
"Why would you call it a presidential palace?" I wonder aloud. "I mean, it seems like a contradiction in terms!" Ah, the extravagance of growing up in a democracy, to note such incongruities.
"We need coffee," he announces and we stop off at a little café off Đồng Khởi and Ngô Đức Kế in District 1. It's a westernized little shop and we grab what we need.
Walking down what was formerly known as Catina, one of the main thoroughfares in Saigon, he drinking cà phê sữa đá, me nursing an iced latte. It's an American, not a Vietnamese thing to do: traversing down the street with coffee in hand.
"What was it like on May 1?" There's no need to refer to a year. He understands my question. His answer is slow, gentle, measured.
"It was sad, cuz, so sad. It was quiet, the people were scared. And the streets were filled with uniforms of the South Vietnamese army. Soldiers were stripping off their uniforms and throwing them away, trying to get back to their families, to escape the inevitable punishment.
The image of the city streets littered with the regalia of a conquered and despairing army is haunting and vivid.
"And they marched the students out into the streets to cheer for Ho Chi Minh." He was eighteen then, a student. I try to imagine saying these same words and I know that they'd catch in my throat with razor blades and barbed wire.
"Bánh mi!" he screams after our jaunt to the Bến Thành Market where we played Good Cop/Bad Cop to get me a hat from one of the (extremely aggressive) vendors therein. Although in our case, we did Speaks Vietnamese/Doesn't Speak Vietnamese. The price was good, in my estimation. I know my mother and aunt will berate us for not haggling more vociferously. But for now, we're feeling smug.
And he takes me to what amounts to little more than a street cart sheltered inside the ground floor of a building, a couple of tables and stools set up to suggest the idea of a restaurant. But really, it's a cart and opposite it is a small oven in which one of the workers is toasting fresh baguette. The cart has a shelf piled high with sliced pork belly, sausage, grilled pork, pork patties, cha and other Vietnamese deli meats.
Street food requires a certain set of culinary brass balls and if you're lucky like me, built-in third world flora and biota from 1970-1975. Never mind the tub of pâté and the hotel pan of mayonnaise, exposed, unrefrigerated, and unchilled in 95 degree weather with near 100% humidity attracting every known microbe and bacteria. No, what bothers us instead is the that girl who makes the sandwich doesn't change her glove after she handles the money. For clean freaks, that is the slap in the face, not the likelihood of serious food poisoning.
But the bánh mi was every damn bit as good as he told me it would be. It's entirely possible that for the first time ever in my life, I've had bánh mi better than my mom's.
Dinner starts in District 2 with a plate of sushi, the fish locally caught, including ca núc (mackeral), the distinct taste of which always reminds me of my maternal grandmother. She used to make a caramel clay pot sauce for the mackeral and we'd eat it with rice on the weekends at her house.
Our cousin once removed, Chuong, arrives at the sushi joint to meet us. He was named after my dad and I am named after his grandfather, who was my uncle Chau.
"That was payback, though," he claims. There's this custom where you're not supposed to name a child after a living member of the family; but Chuong's mother named him after her uncle. According to cousin Chuong, my dad retaliated by naming me after his eldest brother. Uncle Chau was apparently incensed by the lack of propriety.
We're not done eating, but Chuong is not fond of sushi, a potentially fatal friendship flaw, except he's my cousin so he gets a pass.
"Let's go for mi," Hung decides. The restaurant, Mỳ Thiệu Ký, is legendary for its egg noodle soup, which it's been dishing out for almost a hundred years. It is 25 minutes away.
"So we're going to eat noodles that cost $1.50 but blow $20.00 in gas driving there?" Chuong says incredulously.
Hung and I in unison: "Damn straight."
What else would you do when there's good food to be had?
In District 11, the driver stops and lets us out at a long, dark alley. Cuz gestures for me to walk down this sketchy gantlet.
"Cuz! What the fuck?" I exclaim. Hung just laughs. It won't be the last time an alleyway figures in our hunt for good food on this trip.
The alley empties out into an tight little square, flanked by several storefronts with stalls and carts offering food to locals in the know. Not a single westerner do I see grabbing a stool at the flimsy tables set outside. The bowl, when it arrives, is piled with minced shrimp, pork, slices of roast pork and beautifully shaped hoanh thanh (pork dumplings).
The ubiquitous and suicidal motorbikes come down the alley and drive past us. We do not pay attention, consumed with a perfect bowl of mi.
"What next?" Chuong asks around a mouthful.
"There's a bar. Good live music," says Cuz.
At the bar, Hung settles us in the VIP section. A tray of appetizers and pastries appear along with a bottle of Shiraz.
"Dark and Stormy, cuz?"
I shake my head. "Gin and Tonic."
Hung goes to the bar and orders with a caveat: "I'll pay you whatever you want for the drink, but I'm going to make it." The bartender hands him a tumbler filled with ice, tonic water, gin, and a slice of lime. Cuz demands a whole lime. He's going to slice the lime himself.
That OCD thing about hygiene, remember?
"Our native soil draws all of us, by I know not what sweetness, and never allows us to forget."
― Ovid, Tristia (The Poems of Exile).


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It's Time to Build Your Model S
It's Time to Build Your Model S
Isn't it so they can lock up more buyers into contracts? You do lose 10k if you back out after signing the doc.
I believe it has always been 90 days from placing your order to receive your S. They are giving you 30 days to make your choices after you receive your 'Time to Build' email, so that puts you at 120 days, if there are no delays..
I'm P#3820, got my email today as well. It looks like they are running at about 1,000 reservations per week for the last three weeks. This rate is way ahead of their anticipated production run for 2013 of 20k/yr.
The silence from Tesla has been a bit deafening. I'm guessing that the feedback from real world driving of the Founders Series and the first few Sigs has Tesla re-evaluating a few things and tweaking their line. Whatever the case, I would love to hear an update from Tesla regarding the apparent slow down of production.
I'm all for slowing it down to improve the final product and I really don't mind waiting a few extra months for a vehicle that won't need a recall. I would just like to know what the issues are.
I was wondering if we would get another flurry of these on Tuesday. Seems to be regular now.
Also might be very possible that they are calling a large number of res holders to get the configs in. Two folks with adjacent res numbers might get very different delivery dates depending on exterior color, battery size, interior color, or perhaps even physical location. I suspect they are batching for efficiency and ease of build as Jerry touched on.
Has anyone received confirmation that their paperwork was received? I haven't heard anything since signing and would feel more comfortable if I knew that the process was moving forward. I just sent them an email but wondered if anyone here had any info.
dubaty, I received confirmation of my digitally signed paperwork the next day.
Thanks, ddruz, so something went wrong. Ill have to resubmit it seems.
3723 "Time to build" was received earlier this afternoon and I just finalized online!
I received my confirmation the next day. P2884.
P3446. I received my confirmation within 30 minutes of digitally signing the docs. I would call them. they seem to be really good in handling questions over the phone
Call you Tesla rep first. I also did not get confirmation after signing right away. But he tracked it down and they did have it and I was sent confirmation shortly after I spoke with him.
Thanks for all the replies. I will try calling them in the morning.
I just logged into My Tesla and the finalize button was there.
Canadian Sig # 24.
Haven't gotten an e-mail yet FWIW...
P4060, hit Finalize today! Nov-Dec delivery time frame was giving.
Canadian Signature #132. Just got the email! Finally one of the gang :)
Great news Marc. Time to spread the good news around.
Just got mine too.
Canadian Sig #152.
Yee ha!
omg, CAN Sig got their email, this is becoming real guys!
Can P179, I reserved when USA Prod reservation # was in the 4300 range. So with all Can Sig and USA prod at 4000, I start to feel it's close for us Can Production
Just got my "Time to Build" email. P4235. I am amped!
#4090 just received mine today, too.
Canadian Sig #17.
#3714 Received my "Time to Build" Aug 21. I finished the
paper work partialy on line and on phone. I then received
the "Congratulations! Your Model S order is on its way to the Tesla Factory" that afternoon." I was told that delivery would
be Dec or Jan. I was also imformed that they would notify
me 30 days before delivery.
Awww...I'm starting to lose hope that I'll get mine before the end of 2012. :(
Just got my finalize email!
Canadian Sig. 72
Gotta love it ... eh! ;-)
Just got mine... Canadian Sig. #12
@ email@example.com | August 23, 2012
#3714 Received my "Time to Build" Aug 21.
Your Model S order is on its way to the Tesla Factory" that afternoon."
delivery would
be Dec or Jan.
On its way, by way of Australia? That's 4-5 months of manufacturing! \9-/
Brad Holt- What's your res #?
I was pleasantly surprised another round went out on today since the previous rounds were Tuesdays. Over a year ago I was told that Tesla was going to try to deliver all the
P reservations up to about 5000 this year. It looks like they are pretty close to that time horizon to me.
I signed my MVPA today and the document said that the estimated delivery date is between NOV, 2012 - DEC, 2012. I am P3495 and I wonder if it is because of my location (20 miles north west of Fremont factory) that my delivery date seems to be sooner than some reservation holders who have reported with lower reservation numbers.
Are the reservation holders who've been recently finalizing their cars being given more feature choices / options than what is in the default "Design your Model S" online studio from TM?
RU Large, Medium, or Small? That influences delivery date, too.
I am in San Jose with P2420. My MVPA (finalized on August 14) has an estimated delivery date of Dec 2012-Jan 2013.
I am getting the 85 kWh battery but not the performance model. I'm not sure if it means that they have become more accurate in their delivery estimates in the past 9 days or what...
I'm hoping that your estimate is accurate, and my estimate is long :)
P4142 contacted today 8/23 at 11:20 AM PST
P4235 Signed paperwork at 6 PM-- Performance/black leather. Estimated delivery Nov/Dec 2012 The most pleasant way I have ever agreed to part with so much money :o)
These dates seem all over the place. I'm 427 performance in dec. I wonder if performance models are earlier.
For all you Canadian reservations holders I can tell you I also got my Time to Build email today. I am Signature #7 (Roadster Owner). Seems they have sent out quite a few emails at the same time. I have seen S12, S72 and my S7 on the same day. What we dont know is when the actual deliveries will be. How many will they ship to Canada per week when they start? Certainly not 72 a day! I wish we had a little more concrete information :(
I ordered the 85kWh Performance Model S in black with tan interior and the standard roof. Maybe this configuration has a shorter lead time. When I talked to the Tesla representative, he said it will most likely be delivered in Dec.
For those that have not gotten the mail yet, the web site gives you the estimated delivery. I have not tried, but I think if you play with the configuration, you can get different dates out of it. I also get Nov/Dec. At first, this seems like a long time, but August is almost over, and that allows 30 days to complete the paperwork, and 60 to 90 days to delivery. By the time I get it, I will have been planning for almost two years. There is however a light and the end of the tunnel, and it appears to be Tesla headlights... ; )
Elon sez the next 6 months (as of mid-July) are nerve-wracking critical. I don't believe that means TM must hit the 5K deliveries target, just demonstrate that it can do at least that many per quarter, without significant quality blow-backs.
IAC, ain't we got fun this fall? (Sept. 21-Dec. 21)
Y'know, I think I'm gonna ask Elon to deliver me a Birthday present this year (Dec24). I want TSLA stock to be at $40 per share or better }B)
From a conversation this week with the Tesla reservation folks it sounds like the US Signature deliveries happen first then Canadian Signature. Most will be done by end of year. After backing out as S67 in Canada I'm back in the game with a big cheque mailed off earlier this week to get one of the last Signature editions in Canada (hopefully, waiting on reservation number).
Well in that case Colin you might get mine. I was Cdn S64, but I am dealing with a huge amount of job insecurity right now and can't risk breaking my finances with a Sig between now and Christmas. I just got off the phone where I made the request to switch queues. I wish they had asked me to configure a couple months ago or a couple months from now :). Nevertheless I am sure I will be happy with a regular production car next year.
I'm locked in, Canadian Signature #1 (regular) as of yesterday.
George B's last statement that indirectly referred to Canadian Sig production was in one of his blogs: "The first 1200 cars delivered will be North American Signatures" (which of course doesn't include Founders). I contacted Tesla a week or so ago and they said they were still on track. The dates we are getting now are definitely "underpromise, overdeliver", but at the same time who knows what glitches may happen.
P4309 contacted Thursday 8/23 at 2:20 PM ET
Mid battery size/black/tan leather/ air suspension. Estimated delivery Nov/Dec 2012. I have a lot of work to do to get ready.
I'm Can Sig #5 and got the email yesterday.
I also talk to the Sales rep, and he told me that if there is any of the 200 Canadian signature spot left by end of september, US customers who request it will have a signature model(depending how much will left from Canada) as they will produce 1200 signature model in North America prior to any general production.
So if you are in the US, you can expect to have between 20 to 50 signature as there is currently just a little bit more than 160 Canadian Sig reservation , and they expect few downgrade to Gen prod. If you are in Canada it's time to configure your signature model.
We received the email 8/23 at 11:20am PDT. We choose 85,air,pano,leather,tech,sound,19",dolphin. Estimated delivery Nov/Dec.
We happen to be close to the Newport Beach store today so we went in to finalized. I have to say the assistants there, with Nate, was awesome. He was great. This is so not a "car buying" experience but a very enjoyable time with extremely friendly, helpful folks. Bravo TM.
@mdennick. What's your sequence number?
where is the date listed?
I was looking after reading your post but haven't found it yet
Yeah, I knew I forgot something. ;-) P4035 Also, Non-Perf.
If p500 is december is it even possible to make up to 4k that month!? I have a feeling there will be a lot a disappointed people, but I am hoping they are going to over deliver somehow so I can get mine earlier than dec!


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We've got another low budget horror movie for everyone to get excited about. News has it that Stephen King's short story "Gramma" (which you may remember from the Skeleton Crew collection, or its brief appearance on The New Twilight Zone in 1986) is getting its own movie.
Variety is reporting that Universal has tapped The Haunting in Connecticut director Peter Cornwell to adapt Gramma along with 1408 screenwriter Matt Greenberg. And Frances O'Connor of A.I. is already attached as the lead. The first change: the name. Universal will be calling this movie Mercy, which fine, whatever.
Here's the official synopsis:
"Story follows two young boys who go with their single mother (O'Connor) to take care of their elderly, senile grandmother named Mercy, only to discover that she's a witch who made an evil pact with a dark force many years before."
Sounds good to me, the more horror the better. And while we're re-adapting King's work like mad, how about a new version of The Stand? Anyone?
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It would be kind of cool if the main forum were Steelers/NFL talk instead of having a separate "Around the NFL" forum. It sucks to have to navigate away from the Steelers Talk forum just to discuss other NFL topics and I find myself not even bothering with it.
Heck, I see some folks posting NFL topics in the General forum because they're grouped together...they don't even know there is an NFL section.
Anyway, just my suggestion on what would make a great place even better.


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We're sad to report that two climbers attempting to climb Shishapangma have died in an avalanche near the summit. We had earlier shared on these pages how Benedikt Böhm, Sebastian Haag and Andrea Zambaldi were attempting to climb two 8,000ers within a week. We had supported them with product.
"At 06:55 local time on 24th September, Sebastian and Andrea were caught in an avalanche at 7.900m, just 100m below the summit and were dragged for 600m vertical, over steep glaciers, into another section of the mountain," a statement read on their website. The full report can be read here.
Haag, Böhm und Zambaldi at the start of their trip in Kathmandu. © Elias Lefas
Benedikt attempted to search for the pair with Ueli Steck, who was not part of the expedition but was climbing with Benedikt. Unfortunately the two were not able to reach the avalanche debris zone and were forced to turn back.
Our thoughts go out to their family and friends.