Destroying artwork

Rick · 1st July 2016, 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by drac2k

"Walrussy shapes moving through the murky water," sounds like a typical summer's day with tourists at Virginia Beach;heck, they could seen herds of "walrussy shapes," and saved millions.
I wonder how much it would cost today to go on the H.M.S. Beagle for a 5 year voyage and accomplish what Charles Darwin did; would it even be possible ?

Have you read Joseph Banks A Life by Patrick O'Brian?
Good book.

Speaking of seals....never had any seals around here.
Now we do, and they have brought......

kronckew · 1st July 2016, 07:43 PM

killer whales, saw a pod or two of those up in the aleutians, along with a bunch of seals, offshore tho, the whales must have had other things in their minds as they swam right past the unconcerned seals that were mobbing our cutter along with a flock of gulls.(cookie was throwing fish & crab bits over the rail.)

drac2k · 1st July 2016, 09:02 PM

There is a great deal of history around the USCG base in Yorktown ,Richmond, Petersburg, etc.; I have friends, who on any given day, metal detecting can come up with a bucket of Civil War bullets or earlier round balls from the Revolutionary War.If you were stationed in Yorktown, then you probably got one of the best grilled lobster tails and a wonderful Greek salad at Nick's Resturant;sadly it is no longer there.
I have not read the book " Joseph Banks A life by Patrick O'Brian," but it is now on my list and I will.
Funny you should mention seals; my Chiropractor told me just yesterday that he saw one on the beach and even though he admitted that he had been drinking and it was dark, he swears it to be so.It was probably just a homeless person.
In our beach area we can now offer you bites by sharks, death by umbrellas, a better chance to win the lottery than finding a parking space, flesh eating bacteria and an improbable but possible encounter with a seal.

Rick · 1st July 2016, 10:02 PM

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Originally Posted by kronckew

killer whales, saw a pod or two of those up in the aleutians, along with a bunch of seals, offshore tho, the whales must have had other things in their minds as they swam right past the unconcerned seals that were mobbing our cutter along with a flock of gulls.(cookie was throwing fish & crab bits over the rail.)

Bro, that's a White Pointer .... they came with the seals.
Those seals consume roughly 500,000 pounds of fish per day.

Conservation's a double edged sword.

This shark is an average sized Grinner.

drac2k · 2nd July 2016, 12:50 PM

Amazing! The shark and the man are sharing an inter-species moment, a common bond, maybe even friendship; you can tell by the eye to eye contact.Maybe they really only bite us by accident, they don't like the taste of human flesh, or they do want to be our friends................right, that shark is looking at that guy like he is a double cheeseburger with all of the fixings !

kronckew · 2nd July 2016, 09:04 PM

aw, it's only a baby hatchling. his father will be angry. you don't want to see him when he gets angry.

drac2k · 2nd July 2016, 10:30 PM

I think "you're gonna need a bigger boat!"
(as spoken by Quint, "Jaws,"1975)

drac2k · 3rd July 2016, 04:39 PM

SHARK LIVES MATTER:
A Miami-Dade County man, Angel Luis Velazquez, who was fishing at the Torch Ramrod Channel bridge in the Keys was arrested by Deputy Donald Stullken for having a gutted and beheaded shark inside his cooler.Florida state law "prohibits anyone in or on state waters from possessing a shark that has been beheaded, filleted, or finned."
He was arrested and charged with a 2nd degree misdemeanor under Florida Administrative Code 68B-44.004, then booked and jailed.At this time it can not be confirmed as to whether the ACLU would sue Mr. Velazquez for civil liability on behalf of the dead shark's next of kin.It appears it is now legal for sharks to eat humans, but people can not eat sharks.
If I were a conspiracy theorist, I might see the ban on ivory, wood, fishing, taking away our second amendment rights, freedom of speech, etc. by the government as a slowly tightening haul seine net, who we, like the fish, don't realize that we have lost our freedoms until we are boxed and iced......but that would be crazy, right ?
The original article was by Michael Stern, mstern@miamiherald.com

2nd July 2016, 09:04 PM	#6
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,259	aw, it's only a baby hatchling. his father will be angry. you don't want to see him when he gets angry. Attached Images

3rd July 2016, 04:39 PM	#8
drac2k Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 1,294	SHARK LIVES MATTER: A Miami-Dade County man, Angel Luis Velazquez, who was fishing at the Torch Ramrod Channel bridge in the Keys was arrested by Deputy Donald Stullken for having a gutted and beheaded shark inside his cooler.Florida state law "prohibits anyone in or on state waters from possessing a shark that has been beheaded, filleted, or finned." He was arrested and charged with a 2nd degree misdemeanor under Florida Administrative Code 68B-44.004, then booked and jailed.At this time it can not be confirmed as to whether the ACLU would sue Mr. Velazquez for civil liability on behalf of the dead shark's next of kin.It appears it is now legal for sharks to eat humans, but people can not eat sharks. If I were a conspiracy theorist, I might see the ban on ivory, wood, fishing, taking away our second amendment rights, freedom of speech, etc. by the government as a slowly tightening haul seine net, who we, like the fish, don't realize that we have lost our freedoms until we are boxed and iced......but that would be crazy, right ? The original article was by Michael Stern, mstern@miamiherald.com Last edited by drac2k; 3rd July 2016 at 05:19 PM.

1st July 2016, 07:43 PM	#2
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,259	killer whales, saw a pod or two of those up in the aleutians, along with a bunch of seals, offshore tho, the whales must have had other things in their minds as they swam right past the unconcerned seals that were mobbing our cutter along with a flock of gulls.(cookie was throwing fish & crab bits over the rail.)

1st July 2016, 09:02 PM	#3
drac2k Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 1,294	There is a great deal of history around the USCG base in Yorktown ,Richmond, Petersburg, etc.; I have friends, who on any given day, metal detecting can come up with a bucket of Civil War bullets or earlier round balls from the Revolutionary War.If you were stationed in Yorktown, then you probably got one of the best grilled lobster tails and a wonderful Greek salad at Nick's Resturant;sadly it is no longer there. I have not read the book " Joseph Banks A life by Patrick O'Brian," but it is now on my list and I will. Funny you should mention seals; my Chiropractor told me just yesterday that he saw one on the beach and even though he admitted that he had been drinking and it was dark, he swears it to be so.It was probably just a homeless person. In our beach area we can now offer you bites by sharks, death by umbrellas, a better chance to win the lottery than finding a parking space, flesh eating bacteria and an improbable but possible encounter with a seal.

2nd July 2016, 12:50 PM	#5
drac2k Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 1,294	Amazing! The shark and the man are sharing an inter-species moment, a common bond, maybe even friendship; you can tell by the eye to eye contact.Maybe they really only bite us by accident, they don't like the taste of human flesh, or they do want to be our friends................right, that shark is looking at that guy like he is a double cheeseburger with all of the fixings !

2nd July 2016, 10:30 PM	#7
drac2k Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 1,294	I think "you're gonna need a bigger boat!" (as spoken by Quint, "Jaws,"1975)