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#31
November 2nd, 2005
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Hey guys, just a reminder, whether you agree or not with a person we don't engage in personal attacks on DB.
Adrian 
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#32
November 3rd, 2005
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I guess this is slightly off the La Jolla topic, but a guy diving from my boat saw an 18 footer at Farnsworth Bank on the back side of Catalina last week.
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#33
November 3rd, 2005
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"All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible." T.E.Lawrence "Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great." Mark Twain
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Re: great white shark in La Jolla
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#34
November 3rd, 2005
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Another important consideration regarding the great white is the improper choice of a wetsuit. Case in point:
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#35
November 4th, 2005
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heh-heh-heh
Lots of close calls in my Mares, you know. Not all shark related, either. I surfaced near a rookery one time, and pulled myself up on the rocks. I lay there tired and motionless on my stomach for just a bit too long. Did you know that male sea lions can weigh up to 2,100 lbs or more, and don't return phone calls?
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Sinkweight Last edited by sinkweight; November 4th, 2005 at 17:29.
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#36
November 4th, 2005
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Did he even offer to drive you home? Or, buy you a drink first?
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November 4th, 2005
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when I regained consciousness, there was a $20 for cab fare stuffed in my hand.
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#38
November 4th, 2005
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Oh my God, ....... that was you!!!!!!!
Last edited by jimdoe2you; November 4th, 2005 at 17:45.
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#39
November 4th, 2005
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Can you make a photo like that but with my wife's face and a caption that reads, "Does this wetsuit make my ass look big?"
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#40
November 4th, 2005
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Amen Miles, if the GWS are so harmless, why does the scientists always film them behind bars???  that is so totally contradictory about their original statements ... like, they dont eat people, they eat seals instead, they are not that kkiling machines bla bla bla, and then they film behind bars ... who believes them???Regards
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#41
November 5th, 2005
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Double Amen Miles! I get really tired of the shark-huggers who say they were here first, its OK if they eat us because its natural, etc.
Its fine with me if they eat you as long as you are good with it, but I would just as soon pass. My dive buddy who saw that 18 footer at Catalina recently is still trying to clean his wetsuit, and I'm still trying to clean the swimstep where he came aboard. A friend was appoached by a commercial boat at another spot at Catalina last week and the guy said his friend was run out of the water the day before. He also said that thay had regularly seen three different sharks at the site recently, one of them with a spear sticking out of his mouth. I might be skeptical about the spear if I didn't know a guy who was diving there a couple of years ago and dove down on a school of yellowtail. As he lined up a shot, the yellowtail parted and a big gws came at him full speed with mouth open and he shot it in the face. It veered by him and took his gun, float, etc, but with his blessing. Ask him if the sharks mean us no harm. BTW, I guess the shark just considers the shaft to be a toothpick.
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wsbhtr@cox.net Last edited by Bill McIntyre; November 8th, 2005 at 21:10.
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#42
June 28th, 2007
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i spearfish in la jolla almost everyday for the past 3 years and still havent seen or heard about a gws. plus the last fatal attack on a human by a gws in la jolla was from a abalone diver back in the 50's heres the proof
White Shark Unprovoked Attack - Diver
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#43
June 28th, 2007
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I agree with Bill and Miles in the fact that the GWS is a killing machine with only two reasons to swim, that is eating and breeding, and since they probably are not gona buzz you as a prospective mate you are probably looked at as DINNER.
We do have to remember though that this is just one very slim danger we face in a sport full of dangers. Use your senses and be safe! Joel
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#44
June 28th, 2007
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FYI Fellers - this thread is from 2005
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