My March Florida Trip

John Hanson · Joined: 17 Aug 2007 Posts: 34

I'll be flying into Tampa on the 9th and will be staying in Clearwater
until the 12th. I'm not certain where I'll go after that but I will
be flying out of Miami the morning of the 16th (Sunday morning). I
have no definite plans from the 12th-15th.

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Ed · Joined: 17 Aug 2007 Posts: 48

SE diving is awesome this time of year as long as the winds don't kick up.

Great vis and temps 68-72.

John Hanson wrote:

> I'll be flying into Tampa on the 9th and will be staying in Clearwater
> until the 12th. I'm not certain where I'll go after that but I will
> be flying out of Miami the morning of the 16th (Sunday morning). I
> have no definite plans from the 12th-15th.

George Price and Sheree P · Joined: 17 Aug 2007 Posts: 2

John,
If you have a car, your best bet would be Key Largo, about an hour south of
Miami, and do some reef diving, or do the Spiegel Grove wreck. People on
this group have recommended Silent World, though I have not used them.
Quiescence would be another, I have used years gone by, but have seemed to
keep their reputation over the years. You could go an hour north for drift
diving with Splashdown Divers in Boynton Beach. Or, go diving with the
manatee at Crystal River, near Clearwater.
For Boynton:
http://www.splashdowndivers.com/

For Key Largo, Quiescence can be found at :

http://www.keylargodiving.com/

You can check out Crystal River at:

http://www.manatee-central.com/

Hope this gives you some choices.

George

"John Hanson" wrote in message @4ax.com...
> I'll be flying into Tampa on the 9th and will be staying in Clearwater
> until the 12th. I'm not certain where I'll go after that but I will
> be flying out of Miami the morning of the 16th (Sunday morning). I
> have no definite plans from the 12th-15th.

Curtis · Joined: 17 Aug 2007 Posts: 27

> If you have a car, your best bet would be Key Largo

Unless we can arrange a good KW dive.

Maybe we can get one interesting enough for Lee to use his doubles again
in the morning, before he lowers his ABL for the evening. Wink

Curtis

Grumman-581 · Joined: 09 Jan 2008 Posts: 126

On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 13:56:25 -0500, Mike from Ottawa wrote:

> Really? I guess we travel in different circles.

It's an older phrase... You don't hear it that much anymore...

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Mike from Ottawa · Joined: 17 Aug 2007 Posts: 59

On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 17:10:49 -0600, Grumman-581
wrote:

>On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 13:56:25 -0500, Mike from Ottawa wrote:
>
>> Really? I guess we travel in different circles.
>
>It's an older phrase... You don't hear it that much anymore...

No, not among civilised people. Neo-Nazis & skin-heads, perhaps...

Grumman-581 · Joined: 09 Jan 2008 Posts: 126

On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 23:49:19 -0500, Mike from Ottawa wrote:

> Well, I know it is to you, as are all laws that impede your "personal
> freedoms," whatever they might be. Damn anarchists... Wink

Well, I thought about being an anarchist one time, but there were too many
meetings that you had to go to... Too much planning and organization...

> No, I'm 54, and it was never "just a saying." I heard it once as a kid
> and didn't understand it, which was fine since there is nothing to
> understand.

OK, so maybe it just was just different up there in the frozen north...

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El Stroko Guapo · Joined: 17 Aug 2007 Posts: 119

Curtis wrote:

>>
>>
>> Don't let Greg fool you.
>>
>> He used to be Jewish, but he's a Democrat now.
>
>
> to be PC, does that make him a "Goliath Pooper"?

***** (five stars)

esg

Lee Bell · Joined: 17 Aug 2007 Posts: 493

>>That some here would use words/usages considered extremely offensive
>>to others is hardly surprising.

You mean like "redneck," "psychopath," and "gun nut?"

Douglas W. \"Popeye\" Fre · Joined: 17 Aug 2007 Posts: 436

"Lee Bell" wrote in message $K27.32022@bignews6.bellsouth.net...
>>>That some here would use words/usages considered extremely offensive
>>>to others is hardly surprising.
>
> You mean like "redneck," "psychopath," and "gun nut?"

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Not a claim, merely an observation, Joe. Can you honestly say that in
these discussions your ego hasn't swelled even a little with renewed
pride
over the superiority your guns provide over lesser mortals? -JOF

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dechucka · Joined: 17 Aug 2007 Posts: 333

"Douglas W. "Popeye" Frederick" wrote in
message @news.supernews.com...
> "Lee Bell" wrote in message
> $K27.32022@bignews6.bellsouth.net...
>>>>That some here would use words/usages considered extremely offensive
>>>>to others is hardly surprising.
>>
>> You mean like "redneck," "psychopath," and "gun nut?"
>
>
>

hope that last pill and furball came up

Mike from Ottawa · Joined: 17 Aug 2007 Posts: 59

On Mon, 18 Feb 2008 20:27:10 -0500, "Lee Bell"
wrote:

>>>That some here would use words/usages considered extremely offensive
>>>to others is hardly surprising.
>
>You mean like "redneck," "psychopath," and "gun nut?"

That's bizarre. You compare those words to religious/racial epithets.
I didn't think that rednecks, psychopaths and gun nuts were a race. Do
you think they constitute a single race or 3 distinct races? Or maybe
you think they make a religion, or 3.

Even Doogie said "I'm a redneck, by common definition, from East
Tennessee." He seems to glory in it -- maybe you should be proud of
it, too. Few of us really care one way or the other.

I think you recently called yourself a "cracker," which I thought had
racist connotations. Wouldn't you rather be called a redneck than a
cracker? Maybe not. Even if you're using the term "cracker" meaning
poor, southern white trash, it's still not a great self-description.

El Stroko Guapo · Joined: 17 Aug 2007 Posts: 119

Greg Mossman wrote:
Same for black
> people, Muslim Arabs, and gays.

Ah yes, all sons of Abraham.

Lee Bell · Joined: 17 Aug 2007 Posts: 493

> actually cracker does not come from poor southern white trash. I thought I
> read at one time that the term cracker comes from the slaves days when
> slave owners used whips on the slaves - and 'cracked' their whips.

Actually, it comes from the use of whips to drive cattle. Florida has never
been a particularly strong supporter or user of slave labor. In fact, a
substantial number of escaped slaves fled to Florida where they joined and
interbred with the Indian tribes already here. The evidence of their
presence is quite evident in the physical attributes of today's Seminoles
and Mikosukees.

Grumman-581 · Joined: 09 Jan 2008 Posts: 126

On Mon, 18 Feb 2008 23:02:48 -0500, El Stroko Guapo wrote:

> Greg Mossman wrote:
> Same for black
>> people, Muslim Arabs, and gays.
>
> Ah yes, all sons of Abraham.

Well, except for gays... Those would be "the daughters that Abraham always
wanted", right?

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