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Old July 2nd 11, 01:47 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
Matthew[_3_]
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Default OT Swimming in the ocean off of Florida

This is not that far away and good dang reason I dam sure don't swim in
water that I can't see the bottom

SEBASTIAN INLET, Fla. -- A diver may have had a brush with a great white
shark off Sebastian Inlet in Brevard County -- and the close encounter was
caught on video.

The diver posted the video, recorded about 170 feet below the surface, on
YouTube after he spotted the shark last week while hunting for Amberjack
with a spear gun.

The video shows what appears to be a great white just feet in front of the
diver before the fish swims away.

Marine biologists said the mystery fish has a lot of similarities with a
great white but they can't be sure if the fish was that type of shark.

Great white sharks can grow to more than 15 feet in length while weighing
more than 1,500 pounds



http://www.clickorlando.com/news/284...107012011&ts=H


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Old July 2nd 11, 03:28 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
hopitus[_2_]
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Default OT Swimming in the ocean off of Florida

On Jul 1, 6:47*pm, "Matthew" wrote:
This is not that far away *and good dang reason I dam sure don't swim in
water that I can't see the bottom

SEBASTIAN INLET, Fla. -- A diver may have had a brush with a great white
shark off Sebastian Inlet in Brevard County -- and the close encounter was
caught on video.

The diver posted the video, recorded about 170 feet below the surface, on
YouTube after he spotted the shark last week while hunting for Amberjack
with a spear gun.

The video shows what appears to be a great white just feet in front of the
diver before the fish swims away.

Marine biologists said the mystery fish has a lot of similarities with a
great white but they can't be sure if the fish was that type of shark.

Great white sharks can grow to more than 15 feet in length while weighing
more than 1,500 pounds

http://www.clickorlando.com/news/284...reets=orlpn&ti....


Heard about this yesterday from an old friend who lives northwest of
Orange County.
She is from D.C. and didn't know great whites very rare in your area.
I haven't been near a real beach (sand, ocean) in 7 years and miss the
Atlantic
so much I might take the chance of meeting Jaws snout-to-face if I
were there.
I am glad to hear the reefs are not all barren in FL waters if that
dude was after
amberjack with his speargun. I used to do that a long time ago.
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Old July 2nd 11, 03:33 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
Christina Websell
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Default OT Swimming in the ocean off of Florida


"Matthew" wrote in message
ng.com...

"Jack Campin" wrote in message
...
"Matthew" wrote:
This is not that far away and good dang reason I dam sure don't swim in
water that I can't see the bottom

SEBASTIAN INLET, Fla. -- A diver may have had a brush with a great white
shark off Sebastian Inlet in Brevard County -- and the close encounter
was
caught on video.


And should you have even contemplated swimming in eastern Scotland, how
about a potential nuclear jellyfish disaster?


We get swarms like that a couple times a year we just got over one a
couple weeks ago in the Daytona Beach Area about 1000 people were stung a
week. Once a year in the Gulf of Mexico thousands upon thousands of
sharks swarm
this was this year videos we are talking extreme close to the shores
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/0..._n_824731.html

What makes seeing that Great White shark in our waters off of Florida it
is EXTREMELY rare to see due to the temperature of the water

Are you saying that is a good or bad thing? I think I was put off being
any way agreeable to Great White sharks by seeing "Jaws"
I consider myself very lucky, living where I do. Nothing is likely to kill
me, wildlife wise, unless I get in the way of a rutting red deer stag, and I
keep away from those in the rutting season. Red deer boys are very
unreasonable at that time. We also have only one poisonous snake here in
the UK and I've never seen one.

Tweed






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Old July 5th 11, 12:44 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
Richard Casady
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Default OT Swimming in the ocean off of Florida

On Sat, 2 Jul 2011 03:33:08 +0100, "Christina Websell"
wrote:

We also have only one poisonous snake here in
the UK and I've never seen one.


There is no such thing as a poisonous snake, in the UK or anywhere
else.

Casady
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Old July 5th 11, 02:19 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
Wayne Mitchell
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Default OT Swimming in the ocean off of Florida

Jack Campin wrote:

Q: Who was the leader of the Pedants Revolt?
A: Which Tyler.


Being a self-confessed pedant, I'll have to remember that one.
--

Wayne M.
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Old July 5th 11, 02:29 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
MaryL[_2_]
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Default OT Swimming in the ocean off of Florida



"Matthew" wrote in message
ng.com...

This is not that far away and good dang reason I dam sure don't swim in
water that I can't see the bottom

SEBASTIAN INLET, Fla. -- A diver may have had a brush with a great white
shark off Sebastian Inlet in Brevard County -- and the close encounter was
caught on video.

The diver posted the video, recorded about 170 feet below the surface, on
YouTube after he spotted the shark last week while hunting for Amberjack
with a spear gun.

The video shows what appears to be a great white just feet in front of the
diver before the fish swims away.

Marine biologists said the mystery fish has a lot of similarities with a
great white but they can't be sure if the fish was that type of shark.

Great white sharks can grow to more than 15 feet in length while weighing
more than 1,500 pounds



http://www.clickorlando.com/news/284...107012011&ts=H


- - - - - - - - - - - -

I just returned from a Caribbean cruise, and I snorkeled in Roatan,
Honduras. Fortunately, my experience was much tamer than that. The water
there is crystal clear, so we could see every detail clear down to the
bottom. We swam from the beach to the reef instead of snorkeling from a
boat. I had intended to snorkel in Belize, but the water was too rough for
the ship even to stay in port--that was the one stop on our itinerary where
there was no gangway into a port. Instead, we would have used ship's
tenders to get to shore. Tropical Storm Arlene was just starting to cause
problems, and waves were strong enough that it would have been dangerous to
use the tenders. I was in Figi in January, so I know exactly what they
meant by saying it would have been dangerous. In both cases, we actually
had beautiful weather but considerable roughness in the sea. In Figi, we
were taken to a little island and they *should not* have done so. It was
incredibly dangerous when we had to get off the tender and back on the ship
later that afternoon--the two boats were slamming against each other, and we
easily could have lost an arm or a leg (or a life).

MaryL


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Old July 5th 11, 06:29 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
hopitus[_2_]
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Default OT Swimming in the ocean off of Florida

On Jul 5, 7:29*am, "MaryL" wrote:
"Matthew" *wrote
This is not that far away *and good dang reason I dam sure don't swim in
water that I can't see the bottom
SEBASTIAN INLET, Fla. -- A diver may have had a brush with a great white
shark off Sebastian Inlet in Brevard County -- and the close encounter was
caught on video.
The diver posted the video, recorded about 170 feet below the surface, on
YouTube after he spotted the shark last week while hunting for Amberjack
with a spear gun.
The video shows what appears to be a great white just feet in front of the
diver before the fish swims away.
Marine biologists said the mystery fish has a lot of similarities with a
great white but they can't be sure if the fish was that type of shark.
Great white sharks can grow to more than 15 feet in length while weighing
more than 1,500 pounds
http://www.clickorlando.com/news/284...reets=orlpn&ti....


I just returned from a Caribbean cruise, and I snorkeled in Roatan,
Honduras. *Fortunately, my experience was much tamer than that. *The water
there is crystal clear, so we could see every detail clear down to the
bottom. *We swam from the beach to the reef instead of snorkeling from a
boat. *I had intended to snorkel in Belize, but the water was too rough for
the ship even to stay in port--that was the one stop on our itinerary where
there was no gangway into a port. *Instead, we would have used ship's
tenders to get to shore. *Tropical Storm Arlene was just starting to cause
problems, and waves were strong enough that it would have been dangerous to
use the tenders. *I was in Figi in January, so I know exactly what they
meant by saying it would have been dangerous. *In both cases, we actually
had beautiful weather but considerable roughness in the sea. * In Figi, we
were taken to a little island and they *should not* have done so. *It was
incredibly dangerous when we had to get off the tender and back on the ship
later that afternoon--the two boats were slamming against each other, and we
easily could have lost an arm or a leg (or a life).
MaryL

I am sorry you were frightened by the vessel-changing carelessness of
cruise ship
personnel. IMHO no possible excuse for that mistreatment of paying
passengers. I
am the last person to tell you what to do but here is my unsolicited
advice about it:
My hometown is the "jumping off point" for most of the Caribbean
cruise ships (a
few hail out of NY and NJ) and there is fierce competition for
bookings among the
many. Some lines have a bad rep there because of minor mishaps (not
life threats)
aboard a cruise, like widespread intestinal misery, others have many
onboard pool
or other accident records (like falls off their artificial "climbing
walls")on deck.
Bottom line: Due to your experience which lowered your pleasant trip
experience
*twice* in churning waters offshore, if it were me, I would compose a
scathing detailed
record pinpointing your two frightening incidents on your recent
cruise and send it
registered letter with "sign" receipt requirement; pointedly inquire
in the letter if there
is possible partial refund so that you will be able to *happily* refer
their cruise line to
friends family and business associates (never mind that you have no
assts) for
their next cruise choice!
Miamians know who does what and how cut-throat the competition is
among the Miami-
based lines....but no one where you are would and extensive online
research will never
give you the extent of their competitive one-upsmanship for customers/
passenger bookings.
If you have an attorney of any sort....any attorney.....having him/her
construct or merely
co-sign letter big plus.
Many, lmany of the lines home offices are legally licensed off the
African coast (forget the
country) and so are NOT required to follow USA laws and regs for
safety mandates. BUT
I am not talking threatening any lawsuits....just failure to be happy
(not satisfied) with your
cruise experience with them and reluctance to refer their line for
repeat business. That will
give their cage bars a little resonance, not legal
threats.Remember...no USA safety laws.
You want partial refund of your cost. Worst case response might be
something like, "We
regret your experience and will take steps to see it is not
repeated...but no refund".
Think it over. Forget phoning; too many underlings employed with
cruise lines in Miami to
get through to someone who can do something.
Word of mouth repeat business is everything to these people.
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Old July 5th 11, 10:13 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
MaryL[_2_]
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Default OT Swimming in the ocean off of Florida



"hopitus" wrote in message
...

On Jul 5, 7:29 am, "MaryL" wrote:
"Matthew" wrote
This is not that far away and good dang reason I dam sure don't swim in
water that I can't see the bottom
SEBASTIAN INLET, Fla. -- A diver may have had a brush with a great white
shark off Sebastian Inlet in Brevard County -- and the close encounter was
caught on video.
The diver posted the video, recorded about 170 feet below the surface, on
YouTube after he spotted the shark last week while hunting for Amberjack
with a spear gun.
The video shows what appears to be a great white just feet in front of the
diver before the fish swims away.
Marine biologists said the mystery fish has a lot of similarities with a
great white but they can't be sure if the fish was that type of shark.
Great white sharks can grow to more than 15 feet in length while weighing
more than 1,500 pounds
http://www.clickorlando.com/news/284...reets=orlpn&ti...


I just returned from a Caribbean cruise, and I snorkeled in Roatan,
Honduras. Fortunately, my experience was much tamer than that. The water
there is crystal clear, so we could see every detail clear down to the
bottom. We swam from the beach to the reef instead of snorkeling from a
boat. I had intended to snorkel in Belize, but the water was too rough
for
the ship even to stay in port--that was the one stop on our itinerary
where
there was no gangway into a port. Instead, we would have used ship's
tenders to get to shore. Tropical Storm Arlene was just starting to cause
problems, and waves were strong enough that it would have been dangerous
to
use the tenders. I was in Figi in January, so I know exactly what they
meant by saying it would have been dangerous. In both cases, we actually
had beautiful weather but considerable roughness in the sea. In Figi, we
were taken to a little island and they *should not* have done so. It was
incredibly dangerous when we had to get off the tender and back on the
ship
later that afternoon--the two boats were slamming against each other, and
we
easily could have lost an arm or a leg (or a life).
MaryL

I am sorry you were frightened by the vessel-changing carelessness of
cruise ship
personnel. IMHO no possible excuse for that mistreatment of paying
passengers. I
am the last person to tell you what to do but here is my unsolicited
advice about it:
My hometown is the "jumping off point" for most of the Caribbean
cruise ships (a
few hail out of NY and NJ) and there is fierce competition for
bookings among the
many. Some lines have a bad rep there because of minor mishaps (not
life threats)
aboard a cruise, like widespread intestinal misery, others have many
onboard pool
or other accident records (like falls off their artificial "climbing
walls")on deck.
Bottom line: Due to your experience which lowered your pleasant trip
experience
*twice* in churning waters offshore, if it were me, I would compose a
scathing detailed
record pinpointing your two frightening incidents on your recent
cruise and send it
registered letter with "sign" receipt requirement; pointedly inquire
in the letter if there
is possible partial refund so that you will be able to *happily* refer
their cruise line to
friends family and business associates (never mind that you have no
assts) for
their next cruise choice!
Miamians know who does what and how cut-throat the competition is
among the Miami-
based lines....but no one where you are would and extensive online
research will never
give you the extent of their competitive one-upsmanship for customers/
passenger bookings.
If you have an attorney of any sort....any attorney.....having him/her
construct or merely
co-sign letter big plus.
Many, lmany of the lines home offices are legally licensed off the
African coast (forget the
country) and so are NOT required to follow USA laws and regs for
safety mandates. BUT
I am not talking threatening any lawsuits....just failure to be happy
(not satisfied) with your
cruise experience with them and reluctance to refer their line for
repeat business. That will
give their cage bars a little resonance, not legal
threats.Remember...no USA safety laws.
You want partial refund of your cost. Worst case response might be
something like, "We
regret your experience and will take steps to see it is not
repeated...but no refund".
Think it over. Forget phoning; too many underlings employed with
cruise lines in Miami to
get through to someone who can do something.
Word of mouth repeat business is everything to these people.

- - - - - - - - - -

I was not frightened by the vessel-changing remarks--disappointed not to
stop at Belize, but not frightened. Other large ships (Celebrity, for
example) made the same decision. On the other hand, I was in Figi in
January and I *was* badly frightened by an incident there. A large vessel
took us to an island off the coast, and we transferred by tender. When we
returned to the larger ship, the two vessels constantly pounded against
one-another as we tried to move from one vessel to the other. That truly
*was* dangerous, and I have been telling people ever since that it was
almost criminal for them to make the transfers in those conditions. We
could easily have lost an arm or leg, or even our lives. Now, as to the
Norwegian incident: That was disappointing, as I said, rather than
frightening. I think we should be entitled to a refund, but everyone on
ship was making the same remark and it was clear that we were not going to
get anything. I think it would take a class action suit to get anywhere,
and I'm not sure that would do any good since this was an act of nature.
Actually, we got a "refund" of $8.32 per person!!! That's the amount that
would have been paid in taxes to the local government if we had disembarked.
Incidentally, there were several other "experiences" on the Norwegian ship
that annoyed me much more (incredibly cramped accommodations and only two
"complimentary" restaurants, with identical menus). I find it strange for
them to even refer to the two restaurants as "complimentary" because we paid
for that food with our cruise charges. I have already filled out their
service form in great detail, and I plan to post negative comments on one or
more of the trip review web sites. I also reported the inferior cabin space
while still on board and just received the response that the cabin was
"standard."

MaryL

MaryL

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Old July 5th 11, 11:43 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
hopitus[_2_]
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Default OT Swimming in the ocean off of Florida

On Jul 5, 3:13*pm, "MaryL" wrote:
"hopitus" *wrote in message

...

On Jul 5, 7:29 am, "MaryL" wrote:





"Matthew" *wrote
This is not that far away *and good dang reason I dam sure don't swim in
water that I can't see the bottom
SEBASTIAN INLET, Fla. -- A diver may have had a brush with a great white
shark off Sebastian Inlet in Brevard County -- and the close encounter was
caught on video.
The diver posted the video, recorded about 170 feet below the surface, on
YouTube after he spotted the shark last week while hunting for Amberjack
with a spear gun.
The video shows what appears to be a great white just feet in front of the
diver before the fish swims away.
Marine biologists said the mystery fish has a lot of similarities with a
great white but they can't be sure if the fish was that type of shark.
Great white sharks can grow to more than 15 feet in length while weighing
more than 1,500 pounds
http://www.clickorlando.com/news/284...reets=orlpn&ti....
I just returned from a Caribbean cruise, and I snorkeled in Roatan,
Honduras. *Fortunately, my experience was much tamer than that. *The water
there is crystal clear, so we could see every detail clear down to the
bottom. *We swam from the beach to the reef instead of snorkeling from a
boat. *I had intended to snorkel in Belize, but the water was too rough
for
the ship even to stay in port--that was the one stop on our itinerary
where
there was no gangway into a port. *Instead, we would have used ship's
tenders to get to shore. *Tropical Storm Arlene was just starting to cause
problems, and waves were strong enough that it would have been dangerous
to
use the tenders. *I was in Figi in January, so I know exactly what they
meant by saying it would have been dangerous. *In both cases, we actually
had beautiful weather but considerable roughness in the sea. * In Figi, we
were taken to a little island and they *should not* have done so. *It was
incredibly dangerous when we had to get off the tender and back on the
ship
later that afternoon--the two boats were slamming against each other, and
we
easily could have lost an arm or a leg (or a life).
MaryL


I am sorry you were frightened by the vessel-changing carelessness of
cruise ship
personnel. IMHO no possible excuse for that mistreatment of paying
passengers. I
am the last person to tell you what to do but here is my unsolicited
advice about it:
My hometown is the "jumping off point" for most of the Caribbean
cruise ships (a
few hail out of NY and NJ) and there is fierce competition for
bookings among the
many. Some lines have a bad rep there because of minor mishaps (not
life threats)
aboard a cruise, like widespread intestinal misery, others have many
onboard pool
or other accident records (like falls off their artificial "climbing
walls")on deck.
Bottom line: Due to your experience which lowered your pleasant trip
experience
*twice* in churning waters offshore, if it were me, I would compose a
scathing detailed
record pinpointing your two frightening incidents on your recent
cruise and send it
registered letter with "sign" receipt requirement; pointedly inquire
in the letter if there
is possible partial refund so that you will be able to *happily* refer
their cruise line to
friends family and business associates *(never mind that you have no
assts) for
their next cruise choice!
Miamians know who does what and how cut-throat the competition is
among the Miami-
based lines....but no one where you are would and extensive online
research will never
give you the extent of their competitive one-upsmanship for customers/
passenger bookings.
If you have an attorney of any sort....any attorney.....having him/her
construct or merely
co-sign letter big plus.
Many, lmany of the lines home offices are legally licensed off the
African coast (forget the
country) and so are NOT required to follow USA laws and regs for
safety mandates. BUT
I am not talking threatening any lawsuits....just failure to be happy
(not satisfied) with your
cruise experience with them and reluctance to refer their line for
repeat business. That will
give their cage bars a little resonance, not legal
threats.Remember...no USA safety laws.
You want partial refund of your cost. Worst case response might be
something like, "We
regret your experience and will take steps to see it is not
repeated...but no refund".
Think it over. Forget phoning; too many underlings employed with
cruise lines in Miami to
get through to someone who can do something.
Word of mouth repeat business is everything to these people.

- - - - - - - - - -

I was not frightened by the vessel-changing remarks--disappointed not to
stop at Belize, but not frightened. *Other large ships (Celebrity, for
example) made the same decision. *On the other hand, I was in Figi in
January and I *was* badly frightened by an incident there. *A large vessel
took us to an island off the coast, and we transferred by tender. *When we
returned to the larger ship, the two vessels constantly pounded against
one-another as we tried to move from one vessel to the other. *That truly
*was* dangerous, and I have been telling people ever since that it was
almost criminal for them to make the transfers in those conditions. *We
could easily have lost an arm or leg, or even our lives. *Now, as to the
Norwegian incident: *That was disappointing, as I said, rather than
frightening. *I think we should be entitled to a refund, but everyone on
ship was making the same remark and it was clear that we were not going to
get anything. *I think it would take a class action suit to get anywhere,
and I'm not sure that would do any good since this was an act of nature.
Actually, we got a "refund" of $8.32 per person!!! *That's the amount that
would have been paid in taxes to the local government if we had disembarked.
Incidentally, there were several other "experiences" on the Norwegian ship
that annoyed me much more (incredibly cramped accommodations and only two
"complimentary" restaurants, with identical menus). *I find it strange for
them to even refer to the two restaurants as "complimentary" because we paid
for that food with our cruise charges. *I have already filled out their
service form in great detail, and I plan to post negative comments on one or
more of the trip review web sites. *I also reported the inferior cabin space
while still on board and just received the response that the cabin was
"standard."

MaryL

MaryL


I have become confused by the fact that you may have been on two or
more different
vessels. The personnel onboard are powerless to grant refunds, as I
said.
Long story short: going to a columnist at your local media (or a story
editor at
your local tv station) works wonders here, but you don't seem the type
to take that on.
I found out long ago when I was young and skinny that "standard" cabin
accomodation
on a cruise ship means "small closet size". I had a great time then,
though, and when
we hit rough water out in the Bermuda Triangle, all passengers got
deadly sick and
my BFF and I cultivated our waiters in the Dining Room and were
brought our absolute
fill of New England broiled lobsters; we were the only passengers
there. At one point
our table service sailed across the room but our attentive waiters
quickly replenished
all. She was "post-polio" so I had the exciting top bunk and during
rolls of the ship
was tossed out of bed a coupole times, sending both of us ROFL
literally.
The above scenario would be worse than annoying unless you were 19
like we were.
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Old July 6th 11, 05:36 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
MaryL[_2_]
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Default OT Swimming in the ocean off of Florida



"hopitus" wrote in message
...

skip long conversation
The above scenario would be worse than annoying unless you were 19
like we were.

- - - - - - - - - - -

Yes, age has a lot to do with it. In addition, there were four of us
sharing this "stateroom" (...big stretch to think of it that way). That is
something I would never do again. It was supposedly a "standard" cabin for
four, but that meant that two twins were placed side-by-side. The third (my
bed) was a trundle that was pulled out from underneath one of the twins.
The trundle was obviously much lower than the twin. The three beds together
stretched wall-to-wall. The fourth was the pull-down "bunk" (above my
head). A small desk and ladder to the bunk were at my head. The result was
that I had only a few inches of space to try to lift/maneuver myself out of
bed. It was *very* difficult. There also was no room for luggage, so
imagine four people who packed more than we really needed trying to
negotiate in the postage-stamp-sized room. My sister and I shared a room
for two on the same cruise line in year 2000, and that room was larger than
this room (supposedly configured for four) was.

MaryL

 




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