"Jack" wrote in message
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On Jun 18, 7:20 pm, "mmc" wrote:
"Jack" wrote in message

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On Jun 17, 5:32 pm, Jim wrote:





mmc wrote:
"Tim" wrote in message
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On Jun 16, 8:27 pm, Wayne.B wrote:
On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 19:54:04 -0400, "mmc" wrote:
Another dive, got skunked for fish but it was very clear and got to
hang
with a manta that was over 10' wide. too cool.
We have seen a couple of big ones go "flying by" down in the Bahamas.
They are very interesting to watch once you get over the initial
surprise.

I've heard they get bigger (wider) than 10' too!
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The one I swam with was passing right over me when I noticed it, got
kinda
dark pretty quick. From right underneath, and not expecting it, it
looked
friggin enormous!
During a swim on a sub in Port Canaveral, I came from underneath up to
the
leading edge of a stern plane and nose to nose with a nurse shark that
was
laying on the plane.
Funny, when that happens, I don't think "oh, it's just a nurse shark",
I
think "OH SH*T, IT"S A SHARK!!!!"
My funniest diving memory was when working R&D on a mine sweeper and
my
dive
buddy and I were setting markers for the ship to run thru. We used
pole
anchors (screw in like you're talking about for securing your pontoon
on
land) screwed into the bottom on the Bahama bank and had to adjust the
slack
out of the bouy lines. I was just hanging out and my buddy was tying
off
the
slack when a remora came up and tried to attach itself to my buddy's
ass. I
was really sorry I didn't have a camera......
We used the screw in anchors because the bank where we were was about
an
inch of sand on a shelf of old reef with sand filled holes in the
shelf.
We'd tried cinder blocks but wave action would lift them off the
bottom
and
they would "walk" out of position.

You might destroy this group with all this trash talk of interesting
personal experience.
Thanks.

Jim - Who does this guy think he is writing good stuff here?

It's all made up. Next thing you know he'll be single-handing it
around the horn. :-)
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Haha!
Nope, used to be a young, dumb........Navy EOD Diver and got a fun job
doing
interesting things at CCAFS after I got out.
Don't have the imagination to be one of those "NG Pros"! No long passages
(except USN ships) no fireboats, etc, etc.....

EOD diver, huh? So's my BIL. I won't hold that against you. :-)
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Haha! Thanks Jack!