Posts by Dan

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Can you imagine the voyage these guys took to turn a corner of a river and not knowing what to expect on the other side. With all the Indians roaming around and vast unknowns. All these exployers don't get enough credit sometimes and usually viewed as colonialists just out for riches, but it must have been something in those days to cross an open ocean on a wooden ship and coming ashore to these immense unknown lands. Reminds me of the final scene in Apocalypto where the indians run on shore and see these huge ships anchored and Spaniards rowing towards them.

Apocalypto is a great movie.

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have you seen "the lost city" with andy garcia?

Saw it, the first time I didn't like because it didn't coincide with how I know Cuba. The second time I saw it I liked it a lot.

I saw Mike Myers' the love guru a few days ago. I liked it and got a few laughs. I enjoy watching Myers work he always seems to have a good time. The guru's teachings are funny because they're based on solid psychological principles but are packaged for marketing. I don't know how this movie did in the cinemas. Anyone else like it?

Post movie recommendations/reviews here.

pm me your address and I'll call scubas world and ask what shipping will be. Also let me know the number of shirts.

Awesome about the conditions. Good hunt.

$125 seems excessive to me. Who did you speak to at scubas world?

It's good to see you sorted things out with lungfin Everybody seems to be having engine trouble. We were on the water and aborted an outing with Jim on Monday due to engine problems and now Pantoja is also having engine problems so it looks like no weekend boat dive either. I'm glad to hear the vis improved, I may do a beach dive tomorrow and try out my new 3mm wetsuit.

I didn't know about La Salle's actual achievements. Here's a little map of his route. I find it amazing, and it brings us back to Tin man who I believe has French roots.

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Je me souviens?

Indeed I forgot the French, good point. I was wondering why I forgot and realized I didn't think of the French as noteworthy seamen. I'm probably completely wrong about this.

Don't know anything about iphones but if you can email the pic then you're set. Once you have it in your email save it to your pc and then follow the instructions on this thread http://spearfishing.world/foru…ure-posting-tutorial.html

Depending on the quantity of course t-shirts should be cheap to ship. They pack small and don't weigh too much. How many did you want to buy and what price were you quoted for shipping?

hau, thanks for the vis report. 25-30 is not bad at all so close in especially considering how I was told it was on the weekend. It's time to get out there.

That's great about bass pro. I always prefer to see before I buy. What colors did they have?

Yup, pretty impressive. Due to their prowess as seafarers. Great to know about the city names.

The place I was talking about is small and is very far south. I did a search and turns out I was wrong. I knew the place was Patagonia but the language is Welsh http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_settlement_in_Argentina

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The Welsh settlement in Argentina began in 1865 and occurred mainly along the coast of Chubut province in the far southern region of Patagonia, Argentina. In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries the Argentine government encouraged the immigration of Europeans to populate the country outside the Buenos Aires region; between 1856 and 1875 no fewer than 34 settlements of immigrants of various nationalities were established between Santa Fe and Entre Rios. In addition to the main colony in Chubut, a smaller colony was set up in Santa Fe by 44 Welsh people who left Chubut, and another group settled at Coronel Suárez in southern Buenos Aires Province.[1] In the early 21st century, in Patagonia the Welsh-Argentine community numbers about 20,000. The community in Chubut's own estimate of the number of Welsh speakers is 1,500.

Very interesting. Do these names have meanings in dutch? From the little bit of history I know the English, Spanish, Portuguese and Dutch were the main competitors for this continent. I'm not %100 sure but I remember there are some isolated areas far south in south America where only dutch is spoken.

Haarlem, I wonder if that's where the name Harlem NY came from.

These ones are 15" x 30". If you end up getting one please post back how it worked out.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=310089340620&ssPageName=MERCOSI_VI_ROSI_PR4_PCN_BIX_Stores&refitem=260253517601&itemcount=4&refwidgetloc=closed_view_item&refwidgettype=osi_widget&_trksid=p284.m185&_trkparms=algo%3DSI%26its%3DI%252BIA%26itu%3DIA%252BUCI%26otn%3D4%26ps%3D42

http://www.hutsellsports.net/s…door-gear,sporting/Detail

http://www.bikebandit.com/product/4493?WT.mc_id=666112

What did you want to order? Maybe there's a better alternative we know of in Europe.

I need to organize some good weather.

Puts an image in my head of the bands slipping through your hands on loading and the articulated metal wishbone (if that's what the gun has) taking off a finger. Make sure you wash the bands with detergent before use.