Everglades Pictures

"Ken" wrote

> The Floridians proudly state that Key Largo is the diving capital of the
> world. Hmm . . . .

Not so. Northerners who moved to and opened businesses in Florida claim it
is. They are not Floridians.

Years ago, I read reports that Molasses Reef was visited by more divers
annually than any other dive site in the world. I don't think I've seen
anybody try to refute that. If that makes Florida the capital, so be it.
It does not make Florida the best diving in the world. As nice as our
diving is, there is better. What makes Florida so special for divers is the
variety of diving and life and the easy of accessing it. Our fringing
reefs, all 200 plus miles of them are from less than 1 to just over 3 miles
from shore.

Lee

Lee Bell wrote:
>>>Florida is a diver's heaven, but it's not the only place in the US that
>>>you can dive. It is the only place in the US, or the world, for that
>>>matter, that has the Everglades.
>
>
>>The only trouble with going there is that it's infested with a species of
>>indigenous animals (or mobile plants) called 'Rednecks'.
>
>
> OK, here's a lesson in southern jargon.

Could we have another lesson please Lee? How would you describe these chaps?

http://www.benpanter.co.uk/stuff/Tan...tout_Final.wmv

:)

Ben

> http://www.benpanter.co.uk/stuff/Tan...tout_Final.wmv
>
> :)
>
> Ben

good one Ben

"Lee Bell" <leebell@ix.remove.netcom.com> wrote ...

> > http://www.benpanter.co.uk/stuff/Tan...tout_Final.wmv

> When this picture showed up via rec.scuba, I posed the
> question "what would they do if the steel tank had not,
> eventually, punctured?" ... My final answer was, get a
> more suitable weapon. 8^)

But that's the standard American response to any problem Lee - get a bigger
gun

K

"Keith Lawrence" wrote

>> > http://www.benpanter.co.uk/stuff/Tan...tout_Final.wmv
>
>> When this picture showed up via rec.scuba, I posed the
>> question "what would they do if the steel tank had not,
>> eventually, punctured?" ... My final answer was, get a
>> more suitable weapon. 8^)
>
> But that's the standard American response to any problem Lee - get a
> bigger
> gun

Ahhh, and that's a standard UK misunderstanding. 8^) The "more suitable
weapon" I referred to is not bigger. In fact, it's considerably smaller.
Come visit and I'll show it to you . . . or look at any clip of US military
action over the last 30 years or so. Mine is a Colt AR-15 HB, the heavy
barrel target version of the US military issue rifle. I originally
purchased it to take the place of my 1909 Mauser Argentino, which fires the
same round as the Garand they used for the clip, in military weapon target
competitions sponsored by the US Government. I found it amusing that, at
the time the US was banning "assault weapons" (the definition of which has
nothing to do with their suitability for assault), the same government was
sponsoring target competition that required the use of a military weapon.
At any rate, this is getting too close to a rec.scuba topic. I'll move on
to more fully answer Ben's question.

These guys are rednecks, not Crackers. This is evident in three ways:
1. They didn't use the right weapon/ammunition. A Cracker would have put a
hole in the steel tank with the first shot.
2. The group on the steel tank was large. No self respecting Cracker would
show a pattern of shots like that.
3. These guys are in California where, as everybody knows, the US humanely
keeps our insane.

Lee

Lee Bell wrote:

> These guys are rednecks, not Crackers. This is evident in three ways:
> 1. They didn't use the right weapon/ammunition. A Cracker would have put a
> hole in the steel tank with the first shot.
> 2. The group on the steel tank was large. No self respecting Cracker would
> show a pattern of shots like that.
> 3. These guys are in California where, as everybody knows, the US humanely
> keeps our insane.

Everything becomes clear. Cheers Lee!

Ben Panter wrote:
> Lee Bell wrote:
>
> > These guys are rednecks, not Crackers. This is evident in three
ways:
> > 1. They didn't use the right weapon/ammunition. A Cracker would
have put a
> > hole in the steel tank with the first shot.
> > 2. The group on the steel tank was large. No self respecting
Cracker would
> > show a pattern of shots like that.
> > 3. These guys are in California where, as everybody knows, the US
humanely
> > keeps our insane.
>
> Everything becomes clear. Cheers Lee!

Global peace depends on inter-cultural understanding.

I still think you guys should schedule a group trip to Florida.
Several have visited one at a time. A group visit would have to be
even better.

Lee