The Good Banter Thread

[addy1]

Hope the move for you...............lousy neighbors sure can cause issues. Glad the council guy loved your pond

 

[Mike in Vermont]

Considering all you did for them, that was a nasty thing to do. I'm glad the council approved your fence and liked your pond.

 

[sissy]

I just found out ponddigger Eric has a show on blogspotradio.con and you can actually call into the show and talk to him live when the show is on

 

[Mike in Vermont]

We are in central Florida this week. Heading for south Florida in a few days for a week. We did do a drift dive for a little over a mile, on the Crystal River, a few days ago. The water was crystal clear. The park service did a clarity test one day earlier. The visibility was 283 feet.
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The river is completely spring fed. 72 degrees year round. The depth ranges from 5 to 25 feet. There are holes in the deeper pockets, where spring water gushes out. Some are big enough to fit in but, the pressure is pretty strong. Most of the fish were large and smallmouth bass. I did spot one lunker largemouth. There was a few loggerhead turtles too.
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There were 6 of us diving. The captain remained on the boat to help keep other boats from hitting us. The current in the river was pretty strong. The most important rule was for all of us to stick together. I found myself fighting the current quite frequently, waiting for the rest to continue on. One of my calf muscles is still pretty sore. It was good to put the gear on and get into the water. Our last dive was 2 years ago. He told us after the dive, that one boat the day before went between the dive boat and the dive fag, almost hitting one of his divers. Looking forward to a shark dive in south Florida.
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There wasn't much worth photographing but, here's a few pics. The single diver pic is me. Also, the diver on the right.
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[tbendl]

Hey I'm headed to Florida this weekend for the week as well! Enjoy the diving and the weather!

 

[Mike in Vermont]

Thanks. I hope you have a great time, too.

 

[tbendl]

Thank you! It will be hard not to have fun. Sun, sand, and sea make me smile.

 

[sissy]

I am headed to Fairystone park tomorrow with my son as long as the rain does not come and ruin it .Fairy stone hunting

 

[tbendl]

What is a fairy stone? It sounds lovely.

 

[sissy]

It is a stone naturally formed into a cross .They show pics online .The bring luck happiness and health .I never heard of them until I moved to VA and fairystone Park this time of the year should be good for them .I found a hidden spot a couple of years ago that regular visitors to the park never go .

 

[sissy]

So I staked my claim in that area and go there after the winter is over because a lot of them wash down to where my claim is

 

[tbendl]

I'll have to google them. Well good luck fairy hunting for sure.

 

[tbendl]

Oh they are neat looking!

 

[sissy]

I usually find a couple of pounds of them .Last year was bad because the creek there was flooded for most of the spring from all the rains and the summer there was not much better .I found some amethyst also attached to crystal matrix

 

[sissy]

I bought persil laundry detergent at walmart 9 dollars but they had off a 3 dollar coupon and this stuff is great .