Re: Live from the Pacific Princess

Large_Nassau_Grouper@Yahoo.com (Reef Fish) wrote in message news:<8fb7380b.0408301056.23c48204@posting.google. com>...
>
> Greatings from Raiatea.

French Polynesia has some of the best scuba diving locations and sites
in the world, visited by various Princess cruises. Raiatea is one of
those in the Society Islands group, a short distance from its better-
known sister-island of Tahiti.

Perhaps because the median age of the passengers of such cruises is
probably somewhere between 60 and 70, scuba is possibly the LEAST
attended activity among those arranged/sponsored by the cruiseship.

Yesterday, I was on a diveboat with 5 other divers. It turned out all
five of them are workers on THIS Pacific Princess cruise! The diving
was mahvellous as usual -- warm water, 100+ feet visibility, blacktip
and reef sharks, free-swimming 2-ft long ramoras, napoleon wrasse, titan
triggerfish, clown(anemone)fish <better known these days as Nemo>,
lionfish, schooling jacks, moorish idols, and tons of ARF (assorted
reef fishes).

-- Bob.

Moorea, French Polynesia.

In article <8fb7380b.0408310906.6e2155e7@posting.google.com >, Reef Fish
<Large_Nassau_Grouper@Yahoo.com> wrote:

€ Large_Nassau_Grouper@Yahoo.com (Reef Fish) wrote in message
€ news:<8fb7380b.0408301056.23c48204@posting.google. com>...
€ >
€ > Greatings from Raiatea.
€
€ French Polynesia has some of the best scuba diving locations and sites
€ in the world, visited by various Princess cruises. Raiatea is one of
€ those in the Society Islands group, a short distance from its better-
€ known sister-island of Tahiti.
€
€ Perhaps because the median age of the passengers of such cruises is
€ probably somewhere between 60 and 70, scuba is possibly the LEAST
€ attended activity among those arranged/sponsored by the cruiseship.
€
€ Yesterday, I was on a diveboat with 5 other divers. It turned out all
€ five of them are workers on THIS Pacific Princess cruise! The diving
€ was mahvellous as usual -- warm water, 100+ feet visibility, blacktip
€ and reef sharks, free-swimming 2-ft long ramoras, napoleon wrasse, titan
€ triggerfish, clown(anemone)fish <better known these days as Nemo>,
€ lionfish, schooling jacks, moorish idols, and tons of ARF (assorted
€ reef fishes).
€
€ -- Bob.
€
€ Moorea, French Polynesia.

So what is this little net session costing you?

"Alan Street" <agstreet@nonono_san.rr.com> wrote in message
news:310820041110544328%agstreet@nonono_san.rr.com ...

> So what is this little net session costing you?

He gets it for free because he's a freequent croozer.

On 31 Aug 2004 10:06:01 -0700, Large_Nassau_Grouper@Yahoo.com (Reef
Fish) wrote:

>Large_Nassau_Grouper@Yahoo.com (Reef Fish) wrote in message news:<8fb7380b.0408301056.23c48204@posting.google. com>...
>>
>> Greatings from Raiatea.
>
>French Polynesia has some of the best scuba diving locations and sites
>in the world, visited by various Princess cruises. Raiatea is one of
>those in the Society Islands group, a short distance from its better-
>known sister-island of Tahiti.
>
>Perhaps because the median age of the passengers of such cruises is
>probably somewhere between 60 and 70, scuba is possibly the LEAST
>attended activity among those arranged/sponsored by the cruiseship.
>
>Yesterday, I was on a diveboat with 5 other divers. It turned out all
>five of them are workers on THIS Pacific Princess cruise! The diving
>was mahvellous as usual -- warm water, 100+ feet visibility, blacktip
>and reef sharks, free-swimming 2-ft long ramoras, napoleon wrasse, titan
>triggerfish, clown(anemone)fish <better known these days as Nemo>,
>lionfish, schooling jacks, moorish idols, and tons of ARF (assorted
>reef fishes).
>
>-- Bob.
>
>Moorea, French Polynesia.

Bob, you suck!

Love ya, man

--
dillon

When I was a kid, I thought the angel's name was Hark
and the horse's name was Bob.

Reef Fish wrote:

> Large_Nassau_Grouper@Yahoo.com (Reef Fish) wrote in message news:<8fb7380b.0408301056.23c48204@posting.google. com>...
>
>>Greatings from Raiatea.
>
>
> French Polynesia has some of the best scuba diving locations and sites
> in the world, visited by various Princess cruises.

Just curious, Bob, does the prevailing current carry the bilge contents
into the reef, or downstream just outside the reef zone like in Coz?

[....]

--
jer email reply - I am not a 'ten'
"All that we do is touched with ocean, yet we remain on the shore of
what we know." -- Richard Wilbur

"Greg Mossman" <mossman@qnet.com> wrote in message news:<4134d080$0$107$6c56adcd@news.qnet.com>...
> "Alan Street" <agstreet@nonono_san.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:310820041110544328%agstreet@nonono_san.rr.com ...
>
> > So what is this little net session costing you?
>
> He gets it for free because he's a freequent croozer.

Greg got it right. Otherwise it's 3,000 Polynesian francs or $30 USD
an hour.

-- Bob.

"Reef Fish" <Large_Nassau_Grouper@Yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:8fb7380b.0408311928.3829a56a@posting.google.c om...
> billlawrence123@aol.com (Bill Lawrence123) wrote in message
news:<20040831182317.27912.00000011@mb-m02.aol.com>...
> > Bob, I hate to break this to you, but nobody gives a $hit where you are,
or
> > what you are doing.
> >
> > Bill
>
> Bill, it's okay to spell "shit" correctly. You shithead!

Ah, Fishie, I see that you are as well-loved on all of the NG's to which you
cyber travel.

(snip interesting scuba story, yet ;^) it did fall within the realm of
humans messing with the animals)

chilly wrote:


> (snip interesting scuba story, yet ;^) it did fall within the realm of
> humans messing with the animals)
>


Well, there was no indication he was forcing the animal to do unatural
acts (other than the turtle seemed conditioned to respond that way), nor
was he pretending cheeze whiz was major food group.


--
jer email reply - I am not a 'ten'
"All that we do is touched with ocean, yet we remain on the shore of
what we know." -- Richard Wilbur

"Jer" <gdunn@airmail.ten> wrote in message
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> Well, there was no indication he was forcing the animal to do unatural
> acts (other than the turtle seemed conditioned to respond that way), nor
> was he pretending cheeze whiz was major food group.

But you assume the turtle was really hungry and wanted to eat. Perhaps he
felt intimidated by the divers and ate even though he was full. He may have
felt captive because of all the bubbles. After all, Navy scientists have
been doing top-secret experiments on turtles and they all told me that
turtles feel captive around bubbles and will therefore eat anything offered
to them to the point where their stomachs burst. I can't believe you assume
this practice to be benign. You should be ashamed of yourself.

"Greg Mossman" <mossman@qnet.com> wrote in message
news:4135dc26$0$105$6c56adcd@news.qnet.com...
> "Jer" <gdunn@airmail.ten> wrote in message
> news:ch4ea6$u5r@library1.airnews.net...
>
> > Well, there was no indication he was forcing the animal to do unatural
> > acts (other than the turtle seemed conditioned to respond that way), nor
> > was he pretending cheeze whiz was major food group.
>
> But you assume the turtle was really hungry and wanted to eat. Perhaps he
> felt intimidated by the divers and ate even though he was full. He may
have
> felt captive because of all the bubbles. After all, Navy scientists have
> been doing top-secret experiments on turtles and they all told me that
> turtles feel captive around bubbles and will therefore eat anything
offered
> to them to the point where their stomachs burst. I can't believe you
assume
> this practice to be benign. You should be ashamed of yourself.

What have the dolphins told you on this matter? That should be a reliable
source since they are close to the action.