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| - The other night, I was suffering from a very bad cold and sinus infection. Nonetheless, my fish tank was in super-bad need of being changed. In my NyQuil-induced haze, I started the two-hour process of giving my tank a good cleaning.
Mid-way through the cleaning, I did something stupid; something I never would have done had I not been all fuzzy-headed. I put my hot tank heater into the small changing tank holding my fish. It was full of colder water and the hot heater instantly shattered. The fish were okay, but it was 8:15 PM and I had less then an hour to find them a new heater.
Now, I live in Ohio City. Where the hell was I going to get a fish tank heater quickly at that time of night???
Never fear, I zipped to the Steelyard and had an excellent shatter-proof heater in less than 15 minutes. As I was really sick, I couldn't have made it much farther. I was home before 9 PM and had the water heating up nicely.
And so, to all of you that find the Steelyard ugly, yearn for mom and pop stores in the steel mill area, or wish that the Steelyard was more hip like other cities, my fish and I would like to say, "Yeah, right."
The Steelyard has come through for me on numerous occasions such as this. It's not there to be pretty and make you feel all nice inside. It's there to provide the mother load of everyday necessities to average folks struggling through their average daily lives. And, thank god for that!
See my previous review below for a more thorough account of why I love, love, love the Steelyard...
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