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What I cannot do, though, is move to a place with internet like this. We're talking 1-2Mbps.

Down?

GORDON wrote: Down?

Yeah. It sometimes goes a little higher, but sometimes is barely usable. Also, we lost power for an hour today.

Yeah... deal breaker. One of the reasons I'll never move to the middle of nowhere like I really want to.

Yeah. We pondered living here again... I can get to Boston reasonably. But as long as I need a job, I need internet

They put a stingray in the shark tank.

GORDON wrote: They put a stingray in the shark tank.

Don't get Irwin'd

It outgrew the touch tank... It's bobbed

Bobbed?

The stinger, cut. I watched them do it to a couple small ones for the kiddie touch-pool, one day.

GORDON wrote: The stinger, cut. I watched them do it to a couple small ones for the kiddie touch-pool, one day.

Ah, makes sense. I didn't see a stinger on the first of the two I saw in St John; Unclear on the 2nd.

Were they, like, behind a net? Disney's island has that. Sort of a controlled population, but in the bay.

GORDON wrote: Were they, like, behind a net? Disney's island has that. Sort of a controlled population, but in the bay.

Nope, these are completely wild. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_stingray

TheCatt wrote:

GORDON wrote: Were they, like, behind a net? Disney's island has that. Sort of a controlled population, but in the bay.

Nope, these are completely wild. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_stingray

AKA the “oh my god I caught a huge flounder we’re gonna eat for days... wait... fuck”

Troy wrote:

TheCatt wrote:

GORDON wrote: Were they, like, behind a net? Disney's island has that. Sort of a controlled population, but in the bay.

Nope, these are completely wild. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_stingray

AKA the “oh my god I caught a huge flounder we’re gonna eat for days... wait... fuck”

I don't maim animals like that, heathen.

TheCatt wrote:

Troy wrote:

TheCatt wrote:
Nope, these are completely wild. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_stingray

AKA the “oh my god I caught a huge flounder we’re gonna eat for days... wait... fuck”

I don't maim animals like that, heathen.

We all must do our part to avenge Steve Irwin.

Troy wrote: We all must do our part to avenge Steve Irwin.

After my youngest stumbled into a small sea urchin, I was ready to kill all the sea urchins.

Getting hyped for Sumatra. I'm a little worried about their complete lack of rules for ground and sea based travel. Gonna have to watch out for boats.

Sometimes the boat drivers don't know what a diver down flag means, so they speed through to get a closer look.

GORDON wrote: Sometimes the boat drivers don't know what a diver down flag means, so they speed through to get a closer look.

Yeah, a little worried about stuff like that. But skin-diving is pretty common in that part of the world, so I don't think boat drivers will be THAT surprised. I hope, anyway.

I have a hard float, which looks exactly like the baywatch life saver. It's awesome, if a bit bulky.

I lost the attachable dive flag for it last year, and am thinking about replacing for this trip. BUT - it seems like I should get the international dive flag for Indonesian waters? Blue/White instead of Red w/ White stripe that I'm used to.