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Scuba Forum / General / February 2005Popeye's Keys Trip
Went south and went diving. Hit my old boat in West Palm, two great dives on the Breakers. Even with a new owner (that very day), my reputation apparently proceded me and they wouldn't take a dime. I tipped well and left corn liquor. Spent the night at Lee & Jayna's and drank things I can't pronounce, but will never forget. Delivered corn liquor. Left once again thinking that Lee is the luckiest guy in the world. Picked up some Ex-Marine buds at FFL and Miami, and hooked up with Tracey, my ex from Key Largo. Drank a record amount, and danced with every female I could pry off a barstool. Glad I wasn't around to witness it. Next day, went and saw Ric & Janet at Silent World, and fixed my buds up for a shakedown at Pennekamp State Park. Ric's service was top notch, as it has always been. http://www.silentworldkeylargo.com/index.html Ric ran a special off-schedule boat just for us, and his lovely wife Janet crewed. Met my Ohio divebud Rachel (Dig_it from Scubaboard) as well as Lee Bell, Rick Simms, and Curtis Baldwin. We had two great dives on the Speigel Grove, a dive I would recommend to everyone. A good time was had by all, and I can't recommend Silent World enough. Had a great time at dinner, and talked long afterwards. Met Raxafarian at dinner, a name some of you might recognize from Decostop. Handed out corn liquor. Went down and secured ourselves to the bar at Looe Key Dive Resort, which Rachel manages, and tried to tie the previous night's imbibment. I may have been successful, but the memory escapes me. Sunday, diving was called, unfortunately, and after delivering two gallons of corn liquor to Jim Wyatt, we went and did a 5 Star Duval Crawl, with Rachel riding herd. I remember hand feeding pelicans with somebody's filleted Barracuda, while hundreds took pictures. I then went walkabout, with the others trying to find me. Whenever my phone rang, I'd hand it to the nearest bartender and ask him/her to inform the search party of my location. Then I would haul a.s. They finally caught me at Irish Kevin's, wearing a new tank top, and not having a clue where the old one was. Then back to Coconuts at Looe Key, where we drank to the wee hours. Monday I dropped the guys back at their respective airports, and had dinner with ESG and the infamous Limey Dave (#76 Rec.scuban I've met) and his lovely new wife. It was a great dinner with Mike and Dave. I left the last of my corn liquor with Mike. That guy is so cool. A grand trip, hopefully repeated soon. On Tuesday, I came down with some form of the Andromeda Strain, and have been flat on my back ever since. Have no idea how I made it home alive, taking 41 hours for a 12 hour drive. Hope none of you other guys got it. Thanks, everybody, for the hard work organizing and patience. A great Rec.scuba dive, not my first, not my last. > Went south and went diving. Hit my old boat in West Palm, two great >dives on the Breakers. Even with a new owner (that very day), my [quoted text clipped - 42 lines] > > A great Rec.scuba dive, not my first, not my last. LOL great trip Popeye, was a bit reminiscent of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. > LOL great trip Popeye, was a bit reminiscent of Fear and Loathing in > Las Vegas. You have no idea. I remember parts of the trip in a blur, like Curtis's double Oreos and Lee and Jayna's bar, and having to translate labels of booze so we had a clue as to what we were drinking. Poor Rachel had to babysit 3 unusually large Ex-Marines intoxicated in Key West. Me and Limey Dave drinking a bar out of vodka, and Mike driving home. :-) It couldn't have been a better time. >> LOL great trip Popeye, was a bit reminiscent of Fear and Loathing > in [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > It couldn't have been a better time. Hopefully I'll get more advance notice next time you're around and we'll top each experience with the next one. Great to meetcha! Dave. <el snippo> Call me or ping me so I can call you. f.cker. > <el snippo> > > Call me or ping me so I can call you. > > f.cker. Good to talk to you and Ade. Keep me posted on the wing thing for Jerome, mine's boxed and ready to send. > > <el snippo> > > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Good to talk to you and Ade. Keep me posted on the wing thing for > Jerome, mine's boxed and ready to send. On it like stink on sh.t. > Went south and went diving...Drank a record amount... > Glad I wasn't around to witness it. > ...did a 5 Star Duval Crawl, with Rachel riding herd. I > I went walkabout, with the others trying to find me. > Whenever my phone rang, I'd hand it to the nearest > bartender and ask him/her to inform the search party of > my location. Then I would haul a.s. At least you were sporting enough to have a cellphone; Fox and Hound isn't much fun for the hounds without it. Which reminds me of a recent hunt for which I've been meaning to get this pic online, even though the punchline probably doesn't apply for Doug: http://www.huntzinger.com/photo/2004/invisible.jpg > ...had two great dives on the Speigel Grove... Obligatory dive content :-) And like any true Gentleman: > Thanks, everybody, for the hard work organizing and patience. > > A great Rec.scuba dive, not my first, not my last. -hh > respective airports, and had dinner with ESG and the infamous Limey > Dave (#76 Rec.scuban I've met) and his lovely new wife. It was a great So Dave didn't get cold feet? Congratulations Limey Dave! >> respective airports, and had dinner with ESG and the infamous Limey >> Dave (#76 Rec.scuban I've met) and his lovely new wife. It was a great > >So Dave didn't get cold feet? > >Congratulations Limey Dave! Dave was surrounded by people who had bets down. No way he was getting cold feet. Rick Simms >>> respective airports, and had dinner with ESG and the infamous Limey >>> Dave (#76 Rec.scuban I've met) and his lovely new wife. It was a great [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Dave was surrounded by people who had bets down. No way he was getting > cold feet. Don't forget Rick, we split the winnings right? Dave. (thanks for the call, my ears were burning). >>>> respective airports, and had dinner with ESG and the infamous Limey >>>> Dave (#76 Rec.scuban I've met) and his lovely new wife. It was a great [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >> >Don't forget Rick, we split the winnings right? Well, the wedding bet is settled so I guess we're down to the secondary bet. I'm in at 7 months so it better happen by July if we're going to split it. >Dave. (thanks for the call, my ears were burning). Working on the March get together just got to get some dates out to everybody. Save me a seat at the Sand's. Rick Simms > Working on the March get together just got to get some dates out to > everybody. Talk to Curtis, we spoke yesterday. He has tentative plans to be here. >Save me a seat at the Sand's. No need. There's one with yer name on it! Dave. >> respective airports, and had dinner with ESG and the infamous Limey >> Dave (#76 Rec.scuban I've met) and his lovely new wife. It was a great > > So Dave didn't get cold feet? > > Congratulations Limey Dave! If you mean about diving, I'm afraid he did. Actually, he was recovering from whatever the latest nasty disease in the area was. If you mean about medicating himself with copious quantities of alcohol, he did not. The party was till going strong when I called to see if they had chained Popeye to the bar or if he was returning to Casa de Bell to sleep it off. Otherwise, Dave has no reason to have cold feet. Despite his country of origin, he's a conservative, right thinking, gun loving southern adoptee. Lee > If you mean about diving, I'm afraid he did. Actually, he was recovering > from whatever the latest nasty disease in the area was. If you mean about > medicating himself with copious quantities of alcohol, he did not. The > party was till going strong when I called to see if they had chained > Popeye to the bar or if he was returning to Casa de Bell to sleep it off. Uh, the wedding? > Otherwise, Dave has no reason to have cold feet. Despite his country of > origin, he's a conservative, right thinking, gun loving southern adoptee. Maybe we're talking about different Daves. >> If you mean about diving, I'm afraid he did. Actually, he was recovering >> from whatever the latest nasty disease in the area was. If you mean >> about medicating himself with copious quantities of alcohol, he did not. >> The party was till going strong when I called to see if they had chained >> Popeye to the bar or if he was returning to Casa de Bell to sleep it off. > Uh, the wedding? Ahhh, the wedding. I'm proud to report that Limey Dave did, indeed, get married. He, apparently, voluntarily joined the ranks of the oppressed, the ruled, the slaves of they who must be obeyed. So far, so good. Kick and scream as he may, he's well on the way to total submission. OK, so he's not exactly well on his way, but he is headed in that direction. > Otherwise, Dave has no reason to have cold feet. Despite his country of > origin, he's a conservative, right thinking, gun loving southern adoptee. > Maybe we're talking about different Daves. There's only one . . . thank god. Broward County could not stand two. Lee >> Maybe we're talking about different Daves. > > There's only one . . . thank god. Broward County could not stand two. The world could not stand two. I pity the poor bastard who is even close. Dave. > If you mean about diving, I'm afraid he did. Actually, he was recovering > from whatever the latest nasty disease in the area was. ....and it was miserable. I was just informed there will be a repeat trip to the Keys next month. If so, I'm in! If you mean about > medicating himself with copious quantities of alcohol, he did not. The > party was till going strong when I called to see if they had chained > Popeye to the bar or if he was returning to Casa de Bell to sleep it off. Your call is one of the last things I recall clearly, that must have been *before* my fifth pint of vodka! > Otherwise, Dave has no reason to have cold feet. Despite his country of > origin, he's a conservative, right thinking, gun loving southern adoptee. Call me Lee. I get a LEO discount at Bass Pro range. RS mentioned you wanted to go there. Dave >> respective airports, and had dinner with ESG and the infamous Limey >> Dave (#76 Rec.scuban I've met) and his lovely new wife. It was a great My legs still hurt. Glad you made it home in one piece. I only just about did and I was only five minutes away. A great time I insist we duplicate whenever you're around. Hopefully, ESG won't allow me to try to pick Popeye up ever again! > So Dave didn't get cold feet? > > Congratulations Limey Dave! My feet are, like all my other extremities, warm. Thanks Greg, when will we see you again? Dave. > Thanks Greg, when will we see you again? When, or if, the wind ever dies down. > "Limey" <davidflies@noatt.crapnet> wrote >> Thanks Greg, when will we see you again? > > When, or if, the wind ever dies down. Be sure to give me a heads up. Dave. >>>respective airports, and had dinner with ESG and the infamous Limey >>>Dave (#76 Rec.scuban I've met) and his lovely new wife. It was a great [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > whenever you're around. Hopefully, ESG won't allow me to try to pick Popeye > up ever again! The way you two were carrying on, it's a damned good thing my minister's license had just expired. Let's do it again. Key West. Halloween. >>>>respective airports, and had dinner with ESG and the infamous Limey >>>>Dave (#76 Rec.scuban I've met) and his lovely new wife. It was a great [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > The way you two were carrying on, it's a damned good thing my minister's > license had just expired. Yeah I felt bad about it......for about 24hrs. > Let's do it again. Key West. Halloween. I'll try *almost* anything twice! Dave. >>>>respective airports, and had dinner with ESG and the infamous Limey >>>>Dave (#76 Rec.scuban I've met) and his lovely new wife. It was a great [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > >Let's do it again. Key West. Halloween. Is KW really ready for that? Rick Simms >>>>>respective airports, and had dinner with ESG and the infamous Limey >>>>>Dave (#76 Rec.scuban I've met) and his lovely new wife. It was a great [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Is KW really ready for that? I'm not even sure Mike or Popeye will ever talk to me again. Dave. > I'm not even sure Mike or Popeye will ever talk to me again. > > Dave. A good time was had by all. :-) >>I'm not even sure Mike or Popeye will ever talk to me again. >> >>Dave. > > A good time was had by all. :-) True. But do you remember any of it? >>>I'm not even sure Mike or Popeye will ever talk to me again. >>> [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > True. But do you remember any of it? 12 before dinner, three with dinner then the first five pints worth of entertainment with you guys. I had a blast, hope you did too. Dave. >> I'm not even sure Mike or Popeye will ever talk to me again. >> >> Dave. > > A good time was had by all. :-) So I hear. ;0) Dave. |
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