Posts by Dan

Thanks for sharing. Is mount Fuji in Japan?

Aaron, what is the meaning of your avatar?

Akira Kurosawa is great. I have seen most of the movies you mentioned including the original ones. I loved the old zatoichi, nice guy didn't like the new version as much. I saw Ran, strange flick but captivating. The Japanese really delve deep into the intricacies of human nature in a simplistic ritualized sort of way. I'd like to see Yojimbo.

I have a decent Latin movie collection. Many are good Cuban films. I asked my wife about Ladrón que roba a ladrón and she said it was nothing special.

Must see foreign films;
Amores perros
City of god (Brazilian)

True, tail docking is not allowed in many European countries and so is ear cropping. Some breeds are not so affected. For example your dog and mine still look pretty good with a tail. Never mind that your dog may be the only breed that sometimes has a naturally bobbed tail. A Doberman however looks like shit with natural ears and tail which is a damn shame.

Now I see. You know the name of the breed threw me off for a long time. Then I found out it's a breed developed in the US, nothing to do with Australia really.

I saw Kung Fu Panda. I recommend it to those of you who like animated films. While not fabulous like Shrek, Madagascar or Ratatouille it's still pretty damn good. The animation is top notch. It has a good number of funny moments and is also a spoof in a way of all the late extreme martial arts movies.

I checked again with Scubas world and they don't sell the o ring separately. This time they gave me a different price though, $15 for the kit containing all the rings for that gun. This isn't too bad. I may buy it since I just realized that the gun is actually a Cyrano 1100 not a 970. Being a longer gun it motivates me more to bring it to working condition. I'll keep it as a loaner gun even though I feel that for someone who is trying spearfishing for the first time it's more difficult to learn to load a pneumatic than a band gun. Especially since I keep the pneumatics well pumped up.

Harry, can you describe what the difference is between the Mamba and Tovarich kits? Also will the Tovarich kit fit the cyrano?

BTW Davie, now that I know that it's an 1100 could it possibly be the gun that you lost a few months back? Was it loaded when you lost it and what kind of shooting line were you using?

Yep, a lot of dogs will look unimpressive to say the least when you bathe them. However I've seen some Bouviers shaved down and they're quite robust. Depending of course on the particular lines and how lean the owners keep them. More robust lets say than a big boned German shepherd.

Caught me off guard, I should've known it was going to be a stylish pic coming from you. Cool dog, looks like a collie and Australian shepherd cross.

Here it is; Beuchat Mundial reversible 1.5mm. Not bad, retails for 120 euro http://www.subprof.com Strange they'd make such a light suit with a hood. If I were to buy it I'd cut it off. Do you know anyone that has it Marco? How's it holding up?

Yeah the old style handles are much easier, they figure it out by accident just jumping on it. Then that gives them the idea to keep trying with the round handles. How does he do it, have you seen him? Lets see a pic of your dog.

Here's one that I trained years ago.

Jacques "Le Coq" was hilarious, when I saw the name I wondered how many people who don't speak Spanish or French got the joke. Practically every name in the movie had a funny meaning. It was also full of Canadian references which brought a smile to my face.

Gerald, no wonder vuilbaard wouldn't translate from French. I figured baard means beard so vuil has to mean dirty. I love that name, I find it so appropriate for the dog. With any good protection breed stability has to be one of the objectives of the breeders. Not simply a nervous aggressive dog that will bite anyone, especially a child. And as with any breed to make a good Bouvier takes a combination of good temperament (genetic) and correct upbringing.

I looked it up before posting specifically so as not to make that mistake. From what I read Flanders is a region shared by France and Belgium. Other French names for the Bouvier are Toucheur de Boeuf (cattle driver) and Vuilbaard (dirty beard). With all that you may be right, the beginnings of most breeds are lost in history.

What do you mean about insurance? Are city owners of these dogs required to have insurance, only for these dogs?

Braque de Bourbonnais, first time I hear of this breed. Looks strongly built for a pointer. I know the German shorthair pointer can sometimes do double duty as a guard dog, maybe this dog can too.

In protection dog circles the French are best known for the French ring sport. It's the most complicated protection dog sport out there. Mostly only malinois (belgian sheep dogs) are used in it and I think they're generally too small to be man stoppers. Their trainability and drive is very high however. In French ring so much demand is put on the dogs that IMO it's too much to ask from the dogs and takes away from the reality of the situation. It becomes more of an ego trip for the trainers showcasing their abilities. Typically French?

French ring sport.

French breeds that I like and consider that can produce good man stoppers are Bouvier des Flandres,

and the Beauceron.

Marco, no I didn't paint it. In Cuba I've seen guys use raw aluminum/unpainted barrels often with no rust. I believe that corrosion in aluminum happens in places where there's contact between different metal parts. There is no contact between the barrel and any metal parts. Consider also that when I found it a lot of the paint was rubbed off, you can tell from the underwater pic by how shiny the gun is. There was lots of barnacles but no corrosion. Lets see what happens.

The last part you described about not being able to actually do it sounds like the dream I had. By the turnout we've had here looks like spearfishing dreams are common to most of us.

Thanks, I will check it out.

This is the Riffe 1mm wetsuit top and pants.

I think it's priced rather high at $90 for the pants and $100 for the top with no hood. Still I bought it because I needed a warm water suit at about 1mm thickness and I wanted it to be a two piece. I didn't find anything else on the market with those specs.

At first inspection the suit looked well designed and well made. These suits do wear small. I can sometimes fit into a large but in this case had to go with a XX-large. The knee pads and the chest pad are unnecessarily robust. Other than that it wears pretty good.

After only two or three times in the water the pants are starting to come apart in the crotch seam. The stitching on the top is coming apart to the point that when you pull on them slightly the whole length of stitching separates from the seam. The glue is still holding so the suit is usable. I'll post back if that starts to come apart too. I don't know if it's the nature of such a thin suit to come apart like that but regardless I'm disappointed with the construction considering the price. I'll patch up the crotch area and wait to see what happens with the rest of the seams.

Pants.

Top.

Thanks.

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you can go to an oring store west of Atlantic that sells individual orings for 10 cents a piece.

What about this place?