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HELP!!!!! Need advvice deciding which type of fins to take to Bonaire

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Chopper - 05 Sep 2008 15:57 GMT
I have had an annoying ankle sprain for about 2 months which is much
better now but I still have soreness in the ankle especially on the
"inside" below my ankle bone.

I am going to Bonaire on Saturday evening and have my Mares
"SuperChannel" Fins and Harvey's 6mm dive booties packed. I will be
doing "jump in the Caribbean" dives from the dock at the Divi Resort as
well as some boat dives of course.

I also have a pair of Oceanic "Caribe-X" closed fins which are much
lighter and am wondering if my ankle would fare better with these
lighter fins or should I stick with the Mares fins which are bigger and
heavier?

I am packed to the gills and have no room for both pairs and I don't
plan to do any walk-in shore diving so I don't have to have my heavy
duty booties unless I am using the Mares fins. In either case I will be
using a plastic brace to protect my ankle and to give some support.

Which fins should I take?

Any advice will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Chopper
Lee Bell - 05 Sep 2008 17:10 GMT
> Which fins should I take?

I'd get a pair of Mares TRE fins and take them.

I don't know anything about the fins you have.  The fact that one set of
fins is larger and requires booties that take up additional space may
provide much of your answer.  Beyond that, try both in a pool somewhere and
make up your own mind.  We can't possibly advise you as well as you can
advise yourself.  You're in possession of the sore ankle.

I'm a warm water diver and have both Mares Power Quatros, Mares TRE fins.
The Quatros are a lot of fin to pack and a lot of fin to push, but their
power is awesome.  The TREs are a great all around fin both for snorkeling
and diving.  They're powerful enough for most of my diving and considerably
easier to pack.  I use them for all diving except when I'm spearfishing or
planning on fighting strong currents.

Lee
Blah - 05 Sep 2008 17:18 GMT
> Which fins should I take?
>
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>
> Chopper

None! Take/hire a DPV and use that - if you've never been on one it'll
will be worth the cost for the fun and the lack of pain on ankle!
Greg Mossman - 06 Sep 2008 00:08 GMT
> I have had an annoying ankle sprain for about 2 months which is much
> better now but I still have soreness in the ankle especially on the
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>
> Which fins should I take?

Unless the closed fins are vastly more comfortable, the open fins/
booties will give you more flexibility.  You say you're not doing any
shore diving, but even walking down the dock is more comfortable in
boots than barefoot.  If you change your mind when you're there and
decide you do want to do a bit of shore diving, you'll be prepared.

I'm halfway to Bonaire as I write this (on a long layover in
Houston).  Enjoy your trip!
Grumman-581 - 06 Sep 2008 07:43 GMT
Greg Mossman <mossman@qnet.com> wrote in news:cdb3b5aa-0af0-4be9-9d8e-
ff145b9c6e5c@s1g2000pra.googlegroups.com:

> I'm halfway to Bonaire as I write this (on a long layover in
> Houston).  Enjoy your trip!

How much of a layover do you have here?

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Greg Mossman - 07 Sep 2008 15:06 GMT
On Sep 5, 11:43 pm, "Grumman-581" <grumman581+usenet-2...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Greg Mossman <moss...@qnet.com> wrote in news:cdb3b5aa-0af0-4be9-9d8e-
> ff145b9c6...@s1g2000pra.googlegroups.com:
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>
> How much of a layover do you have here?

Only 4 hours (in the past now), but we have 10 to kill on the way back
(9/13).  How close are you to IAH?
Rod - 07 Sep 2008 15:17 GMT
>On Sep 5, 11:43=A0pm, "Grumman-581" <grumman581+usenet-2...@gmail.com>
>wrote:
[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
>Only 4 hours (in the past now), but we have 10 to kill on the way back
>(9/13).  How close are you to IAH?

While I am in favor of it being dificult to get to Bonaire, because it
holds down the traffic, the layovers sure are a pain. Fours in the
airport in Curacao got very drunk and expensive.
Greg Mossman - 07 Sep 2008 15:45 GMT
> On Sun, 7 Sep 2008 07:06:25 -0700 (PDT), Greg Mossman
>
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> holds down the traffic, the layovers sure are a pain. Fours in the
> airport in Curacao got very drunk and expensive.

I only have to suffer the long layovers because I was holding out for
a good deal flying first-class using miles at the "saver" rate.
60,000 miles each to get to/from Bonaire, 3 out of 4 legs in first
class, is a decent deal, but it required me to spend the 10 hours in
Houston on the return.  I could have shortened the layover to as
little as 2 hours on the return, but then we would have had to fly
coach from Houston to home.  You don't want less than 2 hours in
Houston since you have to go through customs/immigration, recheck your
bags, and go through security again.

Unfortunately, the one thing you can't get around when flying
Continental to Bonaire is the red-eye.  I'm tolerating these less and
less as I age, so I might look into another way next time.  Delta
flies at 2 in the afternoon,  though I'd probably have to overnight in
Atlanta on the way there.

My layovers in Houston aren't so bad thanks to President's Club
membership.  It's comfortable and drinks, unfortunately, are free.
Therefore, it minimizes the cost of the layovers, but maximizes the
drunkenness.  Combine free drinks over 4 hours and a 4-hour red-eye
flight, and you can see why I needed a long nap yesterday.
Dillon Pyron - 09 Sep 2008 05:11 GMT
[Default] Thus spake Greg Mossman <mossman@qnet.com>:

>> On Sun, 7 Sep 2008 07:06:25 -0700 (PDT), Greg Mossman
>>
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>Houston since you have to go through customs/immigration, recheck your
>bags, and go through security again.

LAX is much worse.  For international, I can't recommend less than 3
hours.  When I got back from Sydney, it took about an hour to clear
customs and almost 90 minutes to clear security.  And that was during
a "lull".  When Carol got back later that week, it took her almost 2
hours to get to the people who insult your intelligence.

>Unfortunately, the one thing you can't get around when flying
>Continental to Bonaire is the red-eye.  I'm tolerating these less and
>less as I age, so I might look into another way next time.  Delta
>flies at 2 in the afternoon,  though I'd probably have to overnight in
>Atlanta on the way there.

"I'm getting too old for this sh.t".  I first said that shortly after
my 40th.  That was in a different century.  But oddly enough, we do
some really stupid things for vacation.  We inevitably get the first
flight out of Austin so we can be in Orlando by noon and at The Wolrd
by 1:30.

>My layovers in Houston aren't so bad thanks to President's Club
>membership.  It's comfortable and drinks, unfortunately, are free.
>Therefore, it minimizes the cost of the layovers, but maximizes the
>drunkenness.  Combine free drinks over 4 hours and a 4-hour red-eye
>flight, and you can see why I needed a long nap yesterday.

Same for me and the Admiral's Club.  When we got back from Hawai'i we
were first in line when they opened at 5:30.  Quck shower, some OJ,
coffee and cheese danish, then a two hour power nap.

I hear Continental has decided to screw you guys over.  I guess they
couldn't stand seeing American beating them to the beating.  So they
did a "I see your baggage fee and raise you a lowered elite bonus".
Lee Bell - 09 Sep 2008 11:04 GMT
> LAX is much worse.

It's in California.  It was a sure thing.

"When Carol got back later that week, it took her almost 2
> hours to get to the people who insult your intelligence."

They don't have any Democrats in the secure areas of LAX?

Lee
Dillon Pyron - 10 Sep 2008 04:14 GMT
[Default] Thus spake "Lee Bell" <pleebell@bellsouth.net>:

>> LAX is much worse.
>
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>
>They don't have any Democrats in the secure areas of LAX?

They don't even have people that bright.  When I asked why they had to
swab my cast in 10 different places, the answer was "procedure".  I
told him I could take it off (it was just a fiberglass splint) and he
said they can't require that.  So I said I would volunteer.  He said
they can't require that.  I quit.

>Lee
Lee Bell - 10 Sep 2008 06:55 GMT
>>They don't have any Democrats in the secure areas of LAX?
>
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> said they can't require that.  So I said I would volunteer.  He said
> they can't require that.  I quit.

Doesn't it just make you feel all warm and secure to know those guys are
protecting you from terrorists?  I can't understand why anybody would think
that giving a title and sew on badge to the same people that have been
checking luggage for years, would somehow make airports and flying more
secure.

Lee
Jer - 10 Sep 2008 17:20 GMT
>>> They don't have any Democrats in the secure areas of LAX?
>> They don't even have people that bright.  When I asked why they had to
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>
> Lee

Because the Bush administration said so?  We should never be allowed to
question the King of Disinformation.

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Lee Bell - 10 Sep 2008 22:16 GMT
>> Doesn't it just make you feel all warm and secure to know those guys are
>> protecting you from terrorists?  I can't understand why anybody would
>> think that giving a title and sew on badge to the same people that have
>> been checking luggage for years, would somehow make airports and flying
>> more secure.

> Because the Bush administration said so?  We should never be allowed to
> question the King of Disinformation.

You have, of course some evidence that George W Bush said so, right?

Lee
Jer - 11 Sep 2008 01:10 GMT
>>> Doesn't it just make you feel all warm and secure to know those guys are
>>> protecting you from terrorists?  I can't understand why anybody would
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>
> Lee

Evidence?  Why do I need evidence?  Like anyone else, I have an opinion
predicated on my own experiences dealing with the current
administration, and it ain't good - no cred whatsoever.  It's a personal
observation worth exactly what anyone pays for it.

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Lee Bell - 11 Sep 2008 03:20 GMT
jer wrote

> Evidence?  Why do I need evidence?  Like anyone else, I have an opinion
> predicated on my own experiences dealing with the current administration,
> and it ain't good - no cred whatsoever.  It's a personal observation worth
> exactly what anyone pays for it.

Next time, it might help if you said "In my opinion . . . " before you make
such claims.
Jer - 11 Sep 2008 05:57 GMT
> jer wrote
>
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> Next time, it might help if you said "In my opinion . . . " before you make
> such claims.

Claims?   I made a claim?  Where?  When?  The only claim I have is to be
the sole owner of an opinion.

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nb318@hotmail.com - 03 Nov 2008 12:13 GMT
> > On Sun, 7 Sep 2008 07:06:25 -0700 (PDT), Greg Mossman
>
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> drunkenness.  Combine free drinks over 4 hours and a 4-hour red-eye
> flight, and you can see why I needed a long nap yesterday.

If you have a platinum AX card it's free. I went to the Newark one en
route home to Bonaire. The layover was 6 hours and the pits. Had I a
buddy I would have taxi'd to Ironbound for some Portuguese food. The
lounge was FREEZING and noisy as heck.

FYI the ladder and site at Oil Slick is not available since Omar.

Ann Phelan
www.bonairecaribbean.com
Greg Mossman - 03 Nov 2008 15:14 GMT
On Nov 3, 4:13 am, "nb...@hotmail.com" <nb...@hotmail.com> wrote:

> If you have a platinum AX card it's free. I went to the Newark one en
> route home to Bonaire. The layover was 6 hours and the pits. Had I a
> buddy I would have taxi'd to Ironbound for some Portuguese food. The
> lounge was FREEZING and noisy as heck.

Yeah, I've weighed the cost of the AMEX Platinum against the 3-year PC
membership, finding it a bit cheaper to go the PC route, not to
mention that it's a "preferred membership" - meaning that if a
particular club is full to capacity, actual PC members will be
admitted before AMEX and other comped admittance partners.  The annual
fee on the AMEX Platinum is $450, though I've seen it far cheaper than
that.  The 3-year rate on the PC varies according to elite status, but
I renewed mine for another 3-year while I was still platinum and I
believe it was around $750 at the time, or $250 a year.  Of course
AMEX also provides access to American's club rooms, while PC
membership limits you to Delta, NWA, and Alaska.

There are significant changes coming soon when Continental leaves
SkyTeam and moves to Star Alliance.  Will AMEX stay with Delta and
American's clubs, or move to Star Alliance with CO, joining United et
al.?  My PC membership will travel wherever CO finds itself.

I ended up not spending as long in the lounge on our return flight as
we had originally booked.  Instead of the 10-hour layover in Houston,
we were re-routed through Newark the following day due to Ike's
closure of IAH.  Security went a lot quicker than normal even with one
of the checkpoints being shut down and no elite line, because Janna's
wheelchair got her to the beginning of the line.  If you're ever
worried about making a tight connection, break the leg or ankle of
someone in your party and you'll find you get much faster service.  We
had a couple hours to kill, so headed first to the lounge to rent a
locker and stow our carry-ons.  I had the lounge rep call for a
wheelchair that I could borrow to push Janna around the airport, but
that proved very difficult since it appears that each attendant has
his or her own wheelchair.  One attendant suggested I simply "borrow"
an unattended one around the airport.  Finally we got one, I pushed
her over to Gallagher's for an excellent airport lunch, then we were
off to the next leg in our circuitous route home.

> FYI the ladder and site at Oil Slick is not available since Omar.

Yikes!  I haven't been keeping up much with the various Bonaire forums
since my return, but I did catch some pics of the post-Omar damage.  I
can understand docks being damaged, but it's amazing that the surge/
waves were strong enough to damage a bolted-on metal ladder!
Grumman-581 - 07 Sep 2008 18:02 GMT
Greg Mossman <mossman@qnet.com> wrote in news:83e5f69e-3e7c-408c-b064-
e3fd6d2fdd0f@2g2000hsn.googlegroups.com:

> Only 4 hours (in the past now), but we have 10 to kill on the way back
> (9/13).  How close are you to IAH?

About an hour's drive... Basically all the way across Houston toward the
southwest... Fort Bend county...

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Greg Mossman - 08 Sep 2008 03:36 GMT
On Sep 7, 10:02 am, "Grumman-581" <grumman581+usenet-2...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Greg Mossman <moss...@qnet.com> wrote in news:83e5f69e-3e7c-408c-b064-
> e3fd6d2fd...@2g2000hsn.googlegroups.com:
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> About an hour's drive... Basically all the way across Houston toward the
> southwest... Fort Bend county...

Well, if you're feeling like a nice drive on Saturday, we'll be
there.  We fly out at an ungodly hour, probably arriving in Houston in
the late morning, and then we don't fly out until the evening.  I'd be
glad to buy you lunch and beer...
Grumman-581 - 08 Sep 2008 05:04 GMT
Greg Mossman <mossman@qnet.com> wrote in news:f7ef49f3-ad93-4d62-895c-
e93aaabc9a82@e53g2000hsa.googlegroups.com:

> Well, if you're feeling like a nice drive on Saturday, we'll be
> there.  We fly out at an ungodly hour, probably arriving in Houston in
> the late morning, and then we don't fly out until the evening.  I'd be
> glad to buy you lunch and beer...

So, you're going to officially forfeit / admit defeat on our last bet?  
You're going to finally admit that Hillary has no chance of becoming
President on January 20th?  I was going to be willing to give you the
benefit of the doubt in that there was still time for her to arrange the
death of Bama-Boy...

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Dillon Pyron - 09 Sep 2008 05:13 GMT
[Default] Thus spake "Grumman-581" <grumman581+usenet-2008@gmail.com>:

>Greg Mossman <mossman@qnet.com> wrote in news:f7ef49f3-ad93-4d62-895c-
>e93aaabc9a82@e53g2000hsa.googlegroups.com:
[quoted text clipped - 9 lines]
>benefit of the doubt in that there was still time for her to arrange the
>death of Bama-Boy...

One of my classmates is from Beuamont.  Ooops, actually, Vidor.  She
says there are plenty of people there who would do it, as long as it
WASN'T Hillary who was asking.
Grumman-581 - 09 Sep 2008 09:32 GMT
> One of my classmates is from Beuamont.  Ooops, actually, Vidor.  She
> says there are plenty of people there who would do it, as long as it
> WASN'T Hillary who was asking.

Ahh... Vidor... The town that allowed me to come up with the line, "I've
got a truck and a chain -- I'm sure we can find a street with your name on
it."

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Grumman-581 - 08 Sep 2008 06:18 GMT
Greg Mossman <mossman@qnet.com> wrote in news:f7ef49f3-ad93-4d62-895c-
e93aaabc9a82@e53g2000hsa.googlegroups.com:

> Well, if you're feeling like a nice drive on Saturday, we'll be
> there.

Saturday might end up being a bit interesting, depending upon what Ike
decides to do... Right now, the plots pretty much center it on the Houston
area, but they diverge enough that all we really know is that it is going
to hit somewhere between Brownsville and Wakulla... OK, that might be a
*slight* exageration... It's probably down to somewhere between Corpus and
New Orleans right now... Of course, the *center* of those guesses is
basically Houston... Might make for an interesting weekend... Or it could
be another non-event like Gustav was over here since it went ashore to the
east of here and we got the 'clean' side of it... Well, at least this time,
you're not bringing a tsunami here...

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Dillon Pyron - 09 Sep 2008 05:14 GMT
[Default] Thus spake "Grumman-581" <grumman581+usenet-2008@gmail.com>:

>Greg Mossman <mossman@qnet.com> wrote in news:f7ef49f3-ad93-4d62-895c-
>e93aaabc9a82@e53g2000hsa.googlegroups.com:
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>east of here and we got the 'clean' side of it... Well, at least this time,
>you're not bringing a tsunami here...

Yeah, just looked at the track.  Mr. Mossman, you may find yourself in
Miami Saturday morning.  Ike doesn't look like it will hit until
Sunday morning, but only idiots in 50 year old turboprops will be
flying in the Gulf Saturday.
Grumman-581 - 09 Sep 2008 09:59 GMT
> Yeah, just looked at the track.  Mr. Mossman, you may find yourself in
> Miami Saturday morning.  Ike doesn't look like it will hit until
> Sunday morning, but only idiots in 50 year old turboprops will be
> flying in the Gulf Saturday.

He might be detouring a bit... I seem to remember that cloud tops in
hurricanes can go up to 60,000 ft as you get close to the eye of the
hurricane... Although the airliner could probably handle the flight, I
doubt that the pilots would want to subject the passengers to that bumpy of
a ride... They could detour a few hundred miles to the west (i.e. "clean"
side) and go around it that way... Since Greg is coming from Bonaire, you
might be right about them detouring to the north via Miami though... It
looks like it should be coming ashore around Corpus around 2:00pm on
Saturday... That would put it about 195 miles from IAH which *probably*
won't affect too many flights... If this doesn't change too much, it'll
probably just mean that we will be getting tropical storm force winds
around here... Then again, there's a couple of the models that have it
coming just to the west of here and as such, we would be very close to the
eye of it plus we would be on the "dirty" side of it... I'm all for getting
some more rain, but I would just as well not have to board up the windows
like I did when Rita was supposed to hit here...

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Dillon Pyron - 10 Sep 2008 04:18 GMT
[Default] Thus spake "Grumman-581" <grumman581+usenet-2008@gmail.com>:

>> Yeah, just looked at the track.  Mr. Mossman, you may find yourself in
>> Miami Saturday morning.  Ike doesn't look like it will hit until
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>some more rain, but I would just as well not have to board up the windows
>like I did when Rita was supposed to hit here...

I called Carol's folks this morning.  Irene said they would probably
"ride it out".  Which comes mostly from taking 20 hours to get from
east Houston to SW Austin for Rita.  But Irene is 83 and Joe is 81, so
I'm not a big fan of him trying to board up the windows himself.  He's
already got all the mounts in place and has some serious plywood, so
it's just hefting and screwing in.  But I have clinic on Friday. Carol
may head down tomorrow after work with her brother and take my Ryobi
set.
Lee Bell - 10 Sep 2008 06:59 GMT
> I called Carol's folks this morning.  Irene said they would probably
> "ride it out".  Which comes mostly from taking 20 hours to get from
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> may head down tomorrow after work with her brother and take my Ryobi
> set.

With all due respect, they need to get some accordion shutters.  If the cost
is too much, then they need some track type like I have.  Plywood is heavy
and hard to hold in place while you install it.  Aluminum shutters, like
those I have, are light and easy to install, even for those of us who are
not as  young as we once were.  I can put mine up, start to finish in a
couple of hours.

Lee
Grumman-581 - 10 Sep 2008 08:56 GMT
> I called Carol's folks this morning.  Irene said they would probably
> "ride it out".  Which comes mostly from taking 20 hours to get from
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> may head down tomorrow after work with her brother and take my Ryobi
> set.

Looks like you're going to be getting a bit of rain from Ike... Current
plot puts it coming ashore around Port Lavaca (about 100 miles SW of my
house)... But that would put it on a direct course for adding a bit of
water to Lake Travis... Might make for an interesting tubing weekend on the
Guadalupe...
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Dillon Pyron - 10 Sep 2008 23:17 GMT
[Default] Thus spake "Grumman-581" <grumman581+usenet-2008@gmail.com>:

>> I called Carol's folks this morning.  Irene said they would probably
>> "ride it out".  Which comes mostly from taking 20 hours to get from
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>water to Lake Travis... Might make for an interesting tubing weekend on the
>Guadalupe...

My sister sent me a text today while I was in the hospital.  "Please
consider coming up here this weekend".  Here is Tyler.  She sent me
some storm track numbers that show it cruising approximately through
our front yard at around 5 am on Sunday at 35-45 kt winds.  Now she
says she hears it will be a cat 2 when it comes through.

Dive club is meeting up at Mansfield around 2 pm.  Might be a little
choppy, but there shouldn't be that many boats on the lake.
Grumman-581 - 11 Sep 2008 09:47 GMT
> My sister sent me a text today while I was in the hospital.  "Please
> consider coming up here this weekend".  Here is Tyler.  She sent me
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> Dive club is meeting up at Mansfield around 2 pm.  Might be a little
> choppy, but there shouldn't be that many boats on the lake.

Looks like Ike has moved a bit closer to Houston now... It's currently
projected to come ashore around Freeport which pretty much puts it in a
direct line for my house... If the eye goes over my house, of course I'll
go out in it to check it out... Projected wind speeds are supposed to be
around 78mph...

http://houstonhidefromthewind.org/

If that's the case, I doubt that I'll be driving across town to claim my 2
beers from Greg... With Janna injured, I doubt that they're going to be
wanting to move far from the airport anyway -- assuming that the flight
even makes it here...

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mag3 - 11 Sep 2008 10:24 GMT
>Looks like Ike has moved a bit closer to Houston now... It's currently
>projected to come ashore around Freeport which pretty much puts it in a
>direct line for my house... If the eye goes over my house, of course I'll
>go out in it to check it out... Projected wind speeds are supposed to be
>around 78mph...

Freeport???  Man... How close are you to the BASF plant?

I know what they make there (or used to make)....  Be careful!!!!!!

____________________________________________
Regards,

Arnold
Grumman-581 - 11 Sep 2008 12:55 GMT
> Freeport???  Man... How close are you to the BASF plant?
>
> I know what they make there (or used to make)....  Be careful!!!!!!

This from someone who lives in *New Jersey*????

<snicker>

Freeport is about 45 miles SSE from my house (straight line distance)...

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Dillon Pyron - 11 Sep 2008 19:07 GMT
[Default] Thus spake "Grumman-581" <grumman581+usenet-2008@gmail.com>:

>> Freeport???  Man... How close are you to the BASF plant?
>>
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>
>Freeport is about 45 miles SSE from my house (straight line distance)...

Speaking of Freeport, the Flower Gardens trip for this weekend has
been cancelled.  This is the first time they've had to cancel a trip
this month.
Grumman-581 - 11 Sep 2008 19:17 GMT
> Speaking of Freeport, the Flower Gardens trip for this weekend has
> been cancelled.  This is the first time they've had to cancel a trip
> this month.

I can see how there might be a few people puking their guts out in the seas
from a hurricane...

Right now, the nearest ocean buoy to the center of Ike (Discus Buoy 42001)
is reporting 27.9 ft waves... Yeah, I can see how they might want to cancel
that trip...

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Dillon Pyron - 12 Sep 2008 18:54 GMT
[Default] Thus spake "Grumman-581" <grumman581+usenet-2008@gmail.com>:

>> Speaking of Freeport, the Flower Gardens trip for this weekend has
>> been cancelled.  This is the first time they've had to cancel a trip
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>is reporting 27.9 ft waves... Yeah, I can see how they might want to cancel
>that trip...

About four years ago we were in 15-18 ft seas on a March trip.  For a
while, the crew was telling us we would have to hold on to the drift
line and they'd tow us back to port.  Eventually they put a RIB in the
water.  But I had a two hour surface interval by the time I finally
got back on the ship.  

Since the cook was kind of "indisposed", I used what passes for a
galley to make myself a bacon & cheese omlet.

The whale sharks and mantas were fantastic, but we only got in two
dive in a three day trip.
Greg Mossman - 10 Sep 2008 17:28 GMT
On Sep 9, 1:59 am, "Grumman-581" <grumman581+usenet-2...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> > Yeah, just looked at the track.  Mr. Mossman, you may find yourself in
> > Miami Saturday morning.  Ike doesn't look like it will hit until
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> some more rain, but I would just as well not have to board up the windows
> like I did when Rita was supposed to hit here...

I'll give Continental a call and see what they're planning to do.
Things are sucking all over on this trip (see my brief trip report
that I'll post in a bit).  I really need a vacation.
Dan Bracuk - 06 Sep 2008 00:58 GMT
Chopper <copanahoy@gmail.com> pounded away at his keyboard resulting
in:

:I have had an annoying ankle sprain for about 2 months which is much
:better now but I still have soreness in the ankle especially on the
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:
:Any advice will be greatly appreciated.

I don't think you need boots at all, so if either of those are full
foot fins, take those.  That way you don't have to pack boots.   Plus,
you don't have to try to dry them out at the end of your trip.

Dan Bracuk
Never use a big word when a diminutive one will do.

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hierophantfish@hotmail.com - 06 Sep 2008 04:31 GMT
> I have had an annoying ankle sprain for about 2 months which is much
> better now but I still have soreness in the ankle especially on the
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>
> Chopper

I don't know the fins that you own and speak of but I've been to
Bonaire a few times. The shore dives can require that you climb up a
ladder or down / up lots of step and can also require that you have
decent ankle strength to get out of the surf on the beach.  I'd forget
doing those if you're nursing a sore ankle. So that leaves you with
boat dives which are, IMHO, very nice. If I were you, given your
situation, I'd take the fins that are comfortable.  Bonaire isn't
known for it's strong currents so there is no need to do overkill with
power-fins. Have a nice trip. :-)
dechucka - 09 Sep 2008 04:53 GMT
> I have had an annoying ankle sprain for about 2 months which is much
> better now but I still have soreness in the ankle especially on the
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>
> Chopper

Take what you think, if not hire suitable fins when you get there
 
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