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What I cannot do, though, is move to a place with internet like this. We're talking 1-2Mbps.
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Down?
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GORDON wrote: Down?
Yeah. It sometimes goes a little higher, but sometimes is barely usable. Also, we lost power for an hour today.
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Yeah... deal breaker. One of the reasons I'll never move to the middle of nowhere like I really want to.
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Yeah. We pondered living here again... I can get to Boston reasonably. But as long as I need a job, I need internet
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They put a stingray in the shark tank. :)
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GORDON wrote: They put a stingray in the shark tank. :)
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It outgrew the touch tank... It's bobbed
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Bobbed?
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The stinger, cut. I watched them do it to a couple small ones for the kiddie touch-pool, one day.
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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.
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Were they, like, behind a net? Disney's island has that. Sort of a controlled population, but in the bay.
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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
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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”
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Troy wrote:
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Sometimes the boat drivers don't know what a diver down flag means, so they speed through to get a closer look.
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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.
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