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Scuba Forum / General / December 2007SCUBA/DISCUSS bigest waste of cyberspace - ridiculous & uncontrolable
Should have a Monitor ! > Should have a Monitor ! Yes, thats the problem - if you don't have a monitor you can't read what bollox you are typing! > Should have a Monitor ! To keep webtv weenies out? > To keep webtv weenies out? Is webtv still around? With my killfile on the entire domain, I hadn't seen any of those kiddies in quite awhile... I guess I had thought that the company had finally gone belly up... > Should have a Monitor ! WebTv. Enough said.  Signature“TANSTAAFL” ____________________________________________________________________________ America: Ironically, the safest place to be anti-American. ____________________________________________________________________________ "A prudent man foresees the difficulties ahead and prepares for them; the simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences." - Proverbs 22:3 On Nov 27, 1:15 pm, p_a...@webtv.net wrote: > Should have a Monitor ! Sorry, I've been on vacation. Afterall, I am allowed to take a vacation occasionally, aren't I? The flight home leaves in around an hour, so I'll clean things up tomorrow night. Until then, please lurk, read the FAQ and RTFM and perhaps a nice scotch & water. -hh > On Nov 27, 1:15 pm, p_a...@webtv.net wrote: >> Should have a Monitor ! [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > tomorrow night. Until then, please lurk, read the FAQ and RTFM and > perhaps a nice scotch & water. You shouldn't promote drinking among adolescents... Just like we shouldn't promote teenage sex by telling him to go f.ck himself... > > ... Until then, please lurk, read the FAQ and RTFM and > > perhaps a nice scotch & water. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Just like we shouldn't promote teenage sex by telling him to go > f.ck himself... Not necessarily, as Paul from WebTV does claim to be married. I was just being generous while doing the 'Ling thing' in the Continental lounge in Honolulu (except I was admitting to having a drink :-); perhaps it would rearrange his curmudgeonity attitude and result in him finally sharing some of his alledged UW video. -hh > Not necessarily, as Paul from WebTV does claim to be married. I was > just being generous while doing the 'Ling thing' in the Continental > lounge in Honolulu (except I was admitting to having a drink :-); > perhaps it would rearrange his curmudgeonity attitude and result in > him finally sharing some of his alledged UW video. Guessing that you're flying into Newark, it looks like I'll be missing you by a couple days. I'll be at the C terminal PC there late in the evening of December 1, drinking myself into a stupor so I can sleep through the redeye to Bonaire. Drop by for a "free drink" if you're in the neighborhood. How was HI? > Guessing that you're flying into Newark, it looks like I'll be missing > you by a couple days. I'll be at the C terminal PC there late in the [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > How was HI? A nice change from my Caribbean stuff. Did a lot of topside stuff...hiking, cultural, nature, etc...so only a few actual dive days. On Kaui, I used 'Bubbles Below' - nice small 6-pack type outfit operating out of Port Allen. A nice touch was that their freshwater rinse was passed through their engine manifold, so it was a hot water rinse :-) I'd go out with them again. On Kona (Big Island), I was short on time for being selective for picking a dive op, so I ended up going with "Kona Honu Divers" because I specifically wanted to get in on the Manta Night Dive, which they prominently feature. While the Manta Night Dive was fun & highly recommended, I'd not use Kona Honu again as my dive op. The staff was fine - - evidence of some deep experience on the staff, although there was the "kid who needs work" DM stereotype as well as a flamboyant cheerleader stereotype as well - - I found couple of things that just were downright irritating. The first was their "hurry up and wait" treatment of their customers. The typical routine was that at the designated meeting time, the crew would take their first roll call, --> and then <-- start to set up the pile of dive gear. With over half of the customers using their rental equipment, this all could have been set up long beforehand, but it was apparently more convenient for them to have their customers stand around on their dock for a half hour*twiddling our thumbs while they set the stuff up. I didn't ask what their excuse was because it doesn't matter to me, because I won't be going back. * - and longer than a half hour if you showed up before the appointed meeting time. The second was that they had stuffed two dozen customers onto a Newton 46. They do try to prevent it from being too bad of a herd underwater by using multiple DM guides leading around groups of 6 or 7, but with an AM boat having three groups (& DM for each), plus an instructor with students makes for very slow loads on & off even if you don't mind having lead group dives. Relative to above and below, a minor nit. The third strike was short fills. They use HP80's, but the highest pressure I saw out of four tanks used on different days was only 3200psi @ ambient air, which meant that it immediately dropped to 3000psi within 2-3 minutes in the 77F water. As such, while the label claims its an 80, basic physics say that with the tank being ~15% short of full, its really only a 68 cubic foot tank. Perhaps it was a subtle way to enforce their "1 hour max" bottom time policy..not that it mattered with my air consumption anyway. Regardless, they limit the Manta dive to just 45 minutes, so I came back from that dive with 1400psi, despite a 3100psi (surface) start. And to think its a SCUBA Diving Magazine "2007 Readers Choice" operation. BTW, the Kona Agressor had a little boating accident last Wednesday in Kona Harbor: apparently got caught the wrong way by the wind and drifted over the bouys and into the roped-off swimmer's area. They got towed off, but the entangled rope was severed, etc. I'll post the photo when I find it. -hh > On Kaui, I used 'Bubbles Below' - nice small 6-pack type outfit > operating out of Port Allen. A nice touch was that their freshwater > rinse was passed through their engine manifold, so it was a hot water > rinse :-) I'd go out with them again. Did you get a chance to dive with Linda? We dove the standard sites the two other days I dove with them, but when Linda was in charge, we ended up doing a nifty shallow drift from one site to another that I thought to be an amazing feat of navigation considering the lousy viz. > On Kona (Big Island), I was short on time for being selective for > picking a dive op, so I ended up going with "Kona Honu Divers" because > I specifically wanted to get in on the Manta Night Dive, which they > prominently feature. While the Manta Night Dive was fun & highly > recommended, I'd not use Kona Honu again as my dive op. That's too bad. We dove with Jack's and, while I wasn't too impressed with their day dives, they ran a very good manta show (we did it two nights), and limited the two dives to an hour each which is reasonable since the shallow site would otherwise permit much longer dives and the late arrival back in Kona already assures that most of the restaurants have closed up for the night. > BTW, the Kona Agressor had a little boating accident last Wednesday in > Kona Harbor: apparently got caught the wrong way by the wind and > drifted over the bouys and into the roped-off swimmer's area. They > got towed off, but the entangled rope was severed, etc. I'll post the > photo when I find it. That reminds me of a hilarious incident with Buddy Dive on Klein Bonaire. The boat somehow caught the mooring line in the prop and they had to cut it loose, which set the mooring ball adrift. Gung-ho DM-in-training jumped in to save the mooring ball, but didn't put any fins on. It was hilarious watching him try to swim back to the boat with the ball. I thought we'd have to jump in to save the DM. But the Kona Aggressor should know better. Presumably they require a bit more experience to captain a bit boat like that versus the six- packs that make the 1-mile crossing to Klein Bonaire. Glad you had a good time. Now it's my turn. > > On Kaui, I used 'Bubbles Below' - nice small 6-pack type outfit > > operating out of Port Allen. A nice touch was that their freshwater > > rinse was passed through their engine manifold, so it was a hot water > > rinse :-) I'd go out with them again. > > Did you get a chance to dive with Linda? Met her, but she was just back from a dive trip in Indonesia, so she didn't go out diving. > > On Kona (Big Island), I was short on time for being selective for > > picking a dive op, so I ended up going with "Kona Honu Divers" because [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > the late arrival back in Kona already assures that most of the > restaurants have closed up for the night. A good point about the need to go get food afterwords; the Kona Brewing Company's kitchen closes at 9:00pm. FWIW, the "slow" aspects of Kona Honu Divers was such that despite having the earliest meeting time (3pm) for the night dive, we were also invariably the last one back. At least their "hold the customers from getting off the boat while we mention our tip jar" speech was mercifully short after the night dive. > > BTW, the Kona Agressor had a little boating accident last Wednesday in > > Kona Harbor... > > But the Kona Aggressor should know better. Presumably they require a > bit more experience to captain a bit boat like that versus the six- > packs that make the 1-mile crossing to Klein Bonaire. One would hope. Considering how slowly they appeared to have drifted into the swimmer's area, I was particularly surprised that it happened at all, as the seas and winds were both quite light. > Glad you had a good time. Now it's my turn. Looks like you'll be getting through here just in the nick of time: the weather report is currently calling for a bag of "wintery mix crap" precipitation on Sunday afternoon, and the first one's always the worst for people being ill-prepaired. -hh > > > On Kaui, I used 'Bubbles Below' - nice small 6-pack type outfit > > > operating out of Port Allen. A nice touch was that their freshwater [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > from getting off the boat while we mention our tip jar" speech was > mercifully short after the night dive. Maybe it's just the "island time" aspect. Hawaii can sometimes be worse than the Caribbean, so much that you forget you're still in the U.S. I believe it was Jack's one time that was moving so slow, I ended up unloading half of the tanks on the boat for them just to hurry them up so we could get our ride back to the shop. Of course I only tipped half my usual that day, figuring I deserved the other half. > One would hope. Considering how slowly they appeared to have drifted > into the swimmer's area, I was particularly surprised that it happened > at all, as the seas and winds were both quite light. I'm looking forward to a boat-free dive trip for a change. We've got 6 prepaid boat dives and that's it. No seasickness and no head exploding in our cabin like our last trip! > > Glad you had a good time. Now it's my turn. > > Looks like you'll be getting through here just in the nick of time: > the weather report is currently calling for a bag of "wintery mix > crap" precipitation on Sunday afternoon, and the first one's always > the worst for people being ill-prepaired. Yeah, I've been eyeing the weather up there like a hawk. I always told myself I would never fly through Newark in the winter and here I am, trying to make a flight that only flies once a week. But the difference between going through Newark and going through Houston makes the difference between silver and gold elite for next year and the tickets cost the same. I figured it was worth spending a couple more hours on the plane as we're riding up front and on the way back we snagged one of the 757-200s from Newark-LAX that has fully reclining seats. That "light wintery mix" (according to weather.com) sure scared me when it started showing up. I was fearing it would start early Sunday and maybe affect late Saturday night (we fly out at 11:55 p.m.). Hopefully not, or at least it hopefully won't affect our landing in from LAX. As long as we get to Newark in time, I figure they'll get us to Bonaire as soon as the plane can take off. I was just worried about not being able to land and somehow missing the connecting flight. If it's not getting "wintery" until the afternoon as you say, I'll be underwater by then in 82 degrees of clear fishy bliss. Fingers are tightly crossed. > > FWIW, the "slow" aspects of Kona Honu Divers was such that despite > > having the earliest meeting time (3pm) for the night dive, we were [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Maybe it's just the "island time" aspect. Perhaps, but when an operator is consistently "First Out, Last Back" without their customers benefitting by getting longer bottom times, I'd not call it an "Island Time" factor. > I believe it was Jack's one time that was moving so slow, I > ended up unloading half of the tanks on the boat for them just to > hurry them up so we could get our ride back to the shop. Of course I > only tipped half my usual that day, figuring I deserved the other > half. More the reason to park out at the Honokohau Small Boat Harbor, although I did learn from Hans Eckhert (former LA County Dive Instructor, now living in Kona) that the shore dive right here is quite good. I'm tempted next time to ask Hans to have him show me his favorite shore diving spots, as he also knows how to do the Manta site as a night shore dive, and considering how the sites I saw were all shallow and near-shore, its an easy way to save $100/day per person...afterall, one has to try to economize somewhere to pay for a doors-off chopper visit to the Goddess Pele: http://www.huntzinger.com/photo/2007/hawaii/lava_7681c.jpg > > Looks like you'll be getting through here just in the nick of time... > > Yeah, I've been eyeing the weather up there like a hawk. I always > told myself I would never fly through Newark in the winter and here I > am, trying to make a flight that only flies once a week... Try living here :-) > That "light wintery mix" (according to weather.com) sure scared me > when it started showing up. I was fearing it would start early Sunday [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > flight. If it's not getting "wintery" until the afternoon as you say, > I'll be underwater by then in 82 degrees of clear fishy bliss. The forecast I heard this AM was for "Sunday afternoon" precipitation, and checking now for Weather Underground's details, the chance for precipitation technically starts at 4AM Sunday at 30%, but at 10AM, it jumps to 70% and with a wind shift from N to S expected by 1PM, so I think you're safe by a good 10-12 hours. -hh > More the reason to park out at the Honokohau Small Boat Harbor, > although I did learn from Hans Eckhert (former LA County Dive [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > http://www.huntzinger.com/photo/2007/hawaii/lava_7681c.jpg Very purty. Do you feel the sting of the acidic vapors up there in the chopper? On the ground, it makes your eyes burn like a slow- acting tear gas. > > Yeah, I've been eyeing the weather up there like a hawk. I always > > told myself I would never fly through Newark in the winter and here I > > am, trying to make a flight that only flies once a week... > > Try living here :-) No thanks :) Like Houston, I've been to Newark several times, but have yet to leave the airport. Actually that's not true. Once I did fly into Newark, then take the train to NYC. Never again. And I left the Houston airport once when we were bumped overnight, traveling all the way to the airport Sheraton. Good enough for me. > The forecast I heard this AM was for "Sunday afternoon" precipitation, > and checking now for Weather Underground's details, the chance for > precipitation technically starts at 4AM Sunday at 30%, but at 10AM, it > jumps to 70% and with a wind shift from N to S expected by 1PM, so I > think you're safe by a good 10-12 hours. Fantastic. Even in first, I wouldn't want to spend 11 hours sitting on the runway like some passengers have suffered there. Unless they had fully-reclining seats and video-on-demand, of course, but the EWR- BON leg (737-700) doesn't have either. Right now L.A. is in a major deluge. It's been pouring all day and I swear I drove through 2 feet of water earlier. The good news is I got out of my round-trip to L.A. since it probably would have taken 5 hours. The better news is that it's supposed to clear by tonight so it won't affect my drive to LAX tomorrow morning. We're landing, assuming all goes well, just in time to run to Gallagher's and be seated for a quite decent airport steak. If we make it, I'll raise a toast to you with a Tanqueray #10 martini and blue-cheese olives. Someday we'll manage to connect at an airport somewhere out there... > > a doors-off chopper visit to the Goddess Pele: > > >http://www.huntzinger.com/photo/2007/hawaii/lava_7681c.jpg > > Very purty. Do you feel the sting of the acidic vapors up there in > the chopper? Didn't really have anything more than a quick whiff; was more impressed by the radiation heat that we felt even though we were ~500ft up. > On the ground, it makes your eyes burn like a slow- > acting tear gas. Nah, it gives a lot more warning than tear gas, and even then, it doesn't really do a good job of cleaning out the sinuses like CS does. > Like Houston, I've been to Newark several times, but have yet to leave > the airport. Actually that's not true. Once I did fly into Newark, > then take the train to NYC. Never again. None of the three major NYC airports are really connected up all that well to the City, IMO. > And I left the Houston > airport once when we were bumped overnight, traveling all the way to > the airport Sheraton. Good enough for me. Same here. > > The forecast I heard this AM was for "Sunday afternoon" precipitation, > > and checking now for Weather Underground's details, the chance for [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Fantastic. The evening's weather report is holding; sounds like we're going to get more icy crap. I expect that Sunday night will be a skating rink. > Even in first, I wouldn't want to spend 11 hours sitting > on the runway like some passengers have suffered there. I don't recall which airport had the really bad tarmac delays; it might have been LGA? In any event, its winter instead of summer, so its unlikely that the cigar tube will hit 110F inside. > We're landing, assuming all goes well, just in time to run to > Gallagher's and be seated for a quite decent airport steak. If we > make it, I'll raise a toast to you with a Tanqueray #10 martini and > blue-cheese olives. Someday we'll manage to connect at an airport > somewhere out there... Gallagher's is a good choice: that's where I go for dinner before red eye's to Europe. -hh > I don't recall which airport had the really bad tarmac delays; it > might have been LGA? In any event, its winter instead of summer, so > its unlikely that the cigar tube will hit 110F inside. > > We're landing, assuming all goes well, just in time to run to > > Gallagher's and be seated for a quite decent airport steak. If we [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Gallagher's is a good choice: that's where I go for dinner before red > eye's to Europe. This morning at 5:40 a.m. the phone started ringing frantically. It was Continental to tell us our flight out of LAX was delayed an hour due to the incoming flight from Newark getting stuck at the airport. She was concerned that we would miss our connection to Bonaire, so we would want to try to get on the earlier flight that only had one seat left in first? That would mean leaving for the airport an hour earlier than we had planned, not a possibility as far as Janna is concerned. But I wondered why they thought we would miss the connection since I had given us a generous 2:55 to connect in EWR. She finally realized this, but then insisted that since the flight hadn't yet left Newark, we still might be in danger of missing the connect. We discussed our options besides getting the earlier flight out of LAX, which was basically to try for an American flight. Again, this isn't an option because I don't want to go through PR, and our luggage is sized to CO's first-class: we're bringing 5 bags for the two of us, two of which are over 50 lbs, plus a few carry-ons that I don't want to have to worry about fitting in cabin of the island hopper out of PR. It turns out to be a false alarm. CO 1402 left EWR only 53 minutes behind schedule, which still gives us over 2 hours to connect. The only downside is that Gallagher's stops seating at 9:30 and we're not scheduled to arrive in Newark until 9:49 p.m. Oh well, if missing our steak dinner is the worst fate we have to suffer, I can happily deal with that. Is there anywhere else in EWR to eat after 10 p.m.? > Is there anywhere else in EWR to eat after 10 p.m.? I don't know: if I'm in EWR after 10pm, I'm heading to the parking to get home. I would expect that the food courts might still be open. There is a 1950's style diner that's over on the right leg (near gate 82?) that's a bit better that may be worth a gamble. Worse comes to worse, there's the cheese & crackers at the President's Club. -hh > > Is there anywhere else in EWR to eat after 10 p.m.? > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > 1950's style diner that's over on the right leg (near gate 82?) that's > a bit better that may be worth a gamble. Garden City Diner, or something like that? Yeah, eaten there a couple times. > Worse comes to worse, there's the cheese & crackers at the President's > Club. Exactly, plus olives and celery from my bloody mary(s). I think we'll be OK. They're gonna feed us on the long flight over and probably have a snack plate on the redeye and then the breakfast buffet should open up shortly after we get to our condo. I don't resemble an Ethiopian nomad enough to really worry about starving. In fact, I was actually worried about trying to fit in a big steak that late, especially since it doesn't digest well sitting in a plane seat at altitude. I'll take it as a sign that I should be eating more fish. So far so good. CO has a nifty webapp that lets you watch the plane in flight and that's somehow comforting. The other good thing is that now we might have time to run by the dive shop if I can call and confirm that Janna's weight pockets are there. It's just up the road from LAX in Venice and there's probably enough time to make the round trip before we park at the airport. > So far so good. CO has a nifty webapp that lets you watch the plane > in flight and that's somehow comforting. I just checked Greg's flight...looks like Continental hussled & made up time; the flight landed on time around 20 minutes ago, so Greg's probably grabbing that steak at Gallagher's. The radar map's showing precip above us (verga), which isn't making it to the ground yet. Greg might see flurries outside his window before departure...if he gets stuck in EWR, hopefully he has my phone# to call for a pickup instead of spending a night in a seedy hotel down by the Meadowlands (with no traffic, I'm only 25 minutes from the airport); else he will have to call Lee or Curtis to get it. I got the snow tires out of storage for the Quattro, although for a quick run tonight, the M&S rated summer tires will suffice. -hh > > So far so good. CO has a nifty webapp that lets you watch the plane > > in flight and that's somehow comforting. > > I just checked Greg's flight...looks like Continental hussled & made > up time; the flight landed on time around 20 minutes ago, so Greg's > probably grabbing that steak at Gallagher's. Yes we landed, no on Gallagher's. See my other post. > The radar map's showing precip above us (verga), which isn't making it > to the ground yet. Greg might see flurries outside his window before [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > the snow tires out of storage for the Quattro, although for a quick > run tonight, the M&S rated summer tires will suffice. No I don't have your number, but I haven't seen any flurries here yet and as far as I know, we're gonna make it out on time. Just in case, if you want to e-mail me your number, I'll call you if there's any changes as we'd be much happier seeing a friendly face instead of a surly shuttle driver. But I think we're OK for now. Maybe on the way back? > Maybe on the way back? Being Sunday a week from now? BTW, you have an email incoming with my phone#s and a home email address. -hh > > > Is there anywhere else in EWR to eat after 10 p.m.? > [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > It's just up the road from LAX in Venice and there's probably enough > time to make the round trip before we park at the airport. Update: We made it to Newark, actually on time because of a tailwind that made up for the delay on departure. But when we ran all the way to Gallaghers and were ready to be seated for our 9:30 reservation at 9:28, the maitre'd explained that since it was after 9:30 (it wasn't) that they had no food and we were SOL. So we're hungry, eating lots of cheese and crackers at the PC, and ready to board our flight to Bonaire. Better hungry than not satisfied at all. At least we'll be warm and underwater in a few more hours. >Update: We made it to Newark, actually on time because of a tailwind >that made up for the delay on departure. But when we ran all the way [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >Bonaire. Better hungry than not satisfied at all. At least we'll be >warm and underwater in a few more hours. The flight arrived at 05:15am in Bonaire, a bit early according to the CO website. So hopefully, you will be able to get a morning dive in. :-) Good thing it took off OK, we have about 1/2" of snow on the ground now...... Assuming you're taking the corresponding "return flight" back to EWR and you have sufficient layover time (and are willing to step outside the "airside" security checkpoint), I might even be willing to stop by and say Hi... You could even give me a pep talk for my up comming trip to the FFK's! :-) E-Mail me at the address of this post if interested. ____________________________________________ Regards, Arnold > >Update: We made it to Newark, actually on time because of a tailwind > >that made up for the delay on departure. But when we ran all the way [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > So hopefully, you will be able to get a morning dive in. :-) We had to sit in the hotel parking lot waiting until 8 a.m. for the office to open, only to be informed that our room wasn't ready yet. Fortunately, by the time we were done with breakfast, our room was cleaned and we were able to move in. Bonaire requires an "orientation" prior to any diving there, even though we still had our Marine Park tags from March, so we did that at 9:30 a.m., then hit the sack and slept through to the afternoon. I hate red-eyes. > Good thing it took off OK, we have about 1/2" of snow on the ground now...... > Assuming you're taking the corresponding "return flight" back to EWR and you > have sufficient layover time (and are willing to step outside the "airside" security > checkpoint), I might even be willing to stop by and say Hi... You could even give > me a pep talk for my up comming trip to the FFK's! :-) > > E-Mail me at the address of this post if interested. I gave us 3 hours to clear immigration/customs on a Sunday which is probably just barely enough time. However, if we're delayed getting out and have more time to kill, I'd be happy to meet up with you and/ or Hugh. E-mail me your number and I'll call you from the airport if things go sour. > > >Update: We made it to Newark, actually on time because of a tailwind > > >that made up for the delay on departure. But when we ran all the way [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > Marine Park tags from March, so we did that at 9:30 a.m., then hit the > sack and slept through to the afternoon. I hate red-eyes. Wow. I'm really glad I went to BZ instead. You know how I hate those red-eye flights in the first place, let alone . . . > > Good thing it took off OK, we have about 1/2" of snow on the ground now...... > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > or Hugh. E-mail me your number and I'll call you from the airport if > things go sour. Sounds lovely. OTOH, my bags were checked right through and then we got take the most excellent ride over the reef to get to the island . . and then after that, there is the sun, the sea, the music and the dancing . .oh yeah, I forgot . . lots and lots of great diving But maybe you'll never know because your head is still stuck on your last bad experience there. > Wow. I'm really glad I went to BZ instead. You know how I hate those > red-eye flights in the first place, let alone . . . They'd be a lot better if I didn't insist on drinking the entire travel day. I hate all those free drinks they make you drink in first class. Coach is much easier on the liver. > Sounds lovely. OTOH, my bags were checked right through and then we got > take the most excellent ride over the reef to get to the island . . and then > after that, there is the sun, the sea, the music and the dancing . .oh yeah, > I forgot . . lots and lots of great diving Our bags made it too and if I wasn't so hungover, I could have been diving by 10:30 a.m. I chose to sleep instead since, after all, it's a vacation. > But maybe you'll never know because your head is still stuck on your last > bad experience there. My last experience in Belize wasn't too bad since we were diving the atolls. I just don't equate Ambergris Caye with "good diving", I equate it with wind and Fox News. (snip)> > But maybe you'll never know because your head is still stuck on your last > > bad experience there. > > My last experience in Belize wasn't too bad since we were diving the > atolls. I just don't equate Ambergris Caye with "good diving", I > equate it with wind and Fox News. Oh sorry, I'd forgotten about your trip to the Atolls. Be that as it may, you have no real reference on the local diving at Ambergris Caye and you know it. I've had some spectacular dives there and some of them are at a minimum equal to those out at Turneffe. Sure, they aren't Halfmoon Caye Wall but some of them are still pretty great. And that's the part you'll never realize because you head is still stuck on your last bad experience there. By the way, I'll never get over the music but my dancing until the wee hours days are bound to become more limited. >Update: We made it to Newark, actually on time because of a tailwind >that made up for the delay on departure. But when we ran all the way [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >Bonaire. Better hungry than not satisfied at all. At least we'll be >warm and underwater in a few more hours. Greg's plane has arrived safely in EWR a bit early.. So now it's on through the CBP unit and then onto his connection. It's cloudy, but wind is calm and there is no preciptation going on. So I guess he'll make his connection. ____________________________________________ Regards, Arnold |
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