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Re: yep, it's an iGay

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Steve Carroll wrote:
> -hh wrote:
> > Steve Carroll wrote:
> > >  -hh wrote:
> > > > Well, if you don't mind the Union Square district, there's Lang's
> > > > <http://www.langantiques.com>
> > > 
> > > I live in Colorado now, remember?  
> > 
> > Yes, which is why I said "don't mind ... Union Square ...":  that's a long commute.
> > 
> > > Weren't you stationed here at one point?
> > 
> > Nope. 
> 
> Or did you live here at one point (for some reason I thought you did)?

That was all Michael talking, not me.  


> > > I seem to recall you were back when Snit was threatening to contact your CO.
> > 
> > Granted, that _was_ what Glasser was threatening, but that doesn't mean he was correct.
> 
> What do you mean by: "doesn't mean he was correct."? You didn't have a CO 
> at that point? Or did he do with you what he did with me, find a person with a
> similar name as yours and leap to the idea it was you?

Obtusity.  The details would be telling, from which Michael could benefit if he were 
to learn...so no details.  Suffice to say that "bubble gum and bailing wire" logic took
some time to actually figure out where various conclusions had been leaped to.  
 

> > Well, even where you're at in CO, you could probably if you wanted to, set up 
> > a bench and then work on commissions to places like Langs on authorized 
> > reproductions of antique pieces.   For example, to go replicate a current or
> > even previously sold pieces such as the below for a suitably interested customer:
> > 
> > <http://www.langantiques.com/products/item/20-1-4219>
> 
> I've got room here to set up a decent work space and I've thought about it before.
> I still have some hand tools, even have my old Foredom. I'd still need a pickling 
> jug (and ventilation for it), a rolling mill, polishing motor, ultra-sonic, torch 
> equipment and a few other odds and ends. Now that I think about it again... it 
> sounds remarkably work ;)

"...remarkably work ;)" ...?  

Remarkably workable, ...or... remarkably like work?   (figurative opposites)


> > > > > A bit of a different thing here (different kind of battery) I had that 
> > > > > happen with a GPS unit using  Duracell AAs.
> > > > 
> > > > Actually, both of mine were also AA's (and Duracell's) ... hmm ...
> > > 
> > > I don't dive but, for some reason, I can't picture AAs in a dive light.
> > 
> > Dive lights come in different sizes and this one is a considered to be a
> > (small) "secondary" light:
> > 
> > <http://www.uwkinetics.com/products/mini-q40-eled-plus#.VRoBILp9qBU>
> 
> I went and looked after your reply earlier and I came across this one... pretty cool.
> 
> > However, a lot depends on what it is you're doing and where you're at.  
> > While you will want to have a huge "portable sun" for diving a local mud hole,
> > you don't need as much oomph when you're diving in clear tropical waters,
> > even at night:  in fact, having too big of a light will often scare some of the 
> > night critters back into hiding, such as this Mantis Shrimp:
> > 
> > <http://www.huntzinger.com/photo/2012/bali/Bali-hh_001.jpg>
> 
> Nice shot! I can see Nic negatively commenting already. LOL!

Its an okay shot - can't really see all that much of the critter because they're just
peeking out of their hidey-hold.  What did surprise me about them is that
they're not as "shrimpy" as I was expecting:  they're quite similar in shape -
and big (nearly the size of a slipper lobster (FL Gulf)); for one thats out of its hole,
there's these pics:

<http://www.photo-hh.com/Photos-I/Pages/Bali_2012.html#27>

& a side view (but eyes out of focus..argh!):
<http://www.photo-hh.com/Photos-I/Pages/Bali_2012.html#28>
 
> > As such, it is quite easy to have "too big" of a light and I've found the Q40
> > sized light to be a pretty good compromise...
> 
> Seems like a lot of fun when you're taking pics (not that it wouldn't be anyway).

Having a camera adds some focus/purpose to the sightseeing and helps keep it more
interesting, as well as fostering an interest to learn more into the biology of the critters.

For example, there's a small ~1" univalve mollusk known as the 'Flamingo Tongue", 
which is a photogenic little critter from its a mantle which has a 'leopard spots' pattern
on it.  They're found occasionally on soft corals & fans, usually solo or maybe a pair.
Biologically, one might hear about and thus learn that theres also a 1:10,000 rare 
variant whose markings are different and known as the "fingerprint" pattern:

<http://www.huntzinger.com/photo/2013/brac/fingerprintFT-2669.jpg>
So seeing two such rare variants together, adults no less, is ... doubly rare.  

Similarly, they don't care much for sunlight, and I had learned somewhere along the
lines that a favored habitat was the underside of a purple sea fan which had fallen over.  
Was out just swimming along, noticed just such a sea fan laying nearly flat on the sandy 
bottom, and remembered this biology trivia, so I lifted an edge to take a peek:

<http://www.huntzinger.com/photo/2013/brac/flamingoT-herd_3064-RAW.jpg>

Such a 'convention' is another quite rare find (9 adults plus juveniles).  Google Image 
Search doesn't seem to have any examples with anything as close to as many living 
specimens in a single image as this (most I've found is ~five on a pic on this page:

<http://www.mousetrapmultimedia.com/virtualcoralreefdive/FILES/DEFENSE/chemToxi.php>


-hh

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yep, it's an iGay owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-28 17:07 +0000
  Re: yep, it's an iGay DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-28 13:10 -0400
    Re: yep, it's an iGay Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-03-28 12:17 -0700
      Re: yep, it's an iGay Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-03-28 12:24 -0700
        Re: yep, it's an iGay DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-28 22:23 -0400
          Re: yep, it's an iGay Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-03-28 19:47 -0700
            Re: yep, it's an iGay -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2015-03-30 09:28 -0700
              Re: yep, it's an iGay "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2015-03-30 12:41 -0400
                Re: yep, it's an iGay -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2015-03-30 11:41 -0700
              Re: yep, it's an iGay Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-03-30 10:15 -0700
                Re: yep, it's an iGay -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2015-03-30 11:35 -0700
                Re: yep, it's an iGay "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2015-03-30 15:39 -0400
                Re: yep, it's an iGay Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-03-30 12:43 -0700
                Re: yep, it's an iGay -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2015-03-30 17:18 -0700
                Re: yep, it's an iGay Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-03-30 17:35 -0700
                Re: yep, it's an iGay -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2015-03-30 19:11 -0700
                Re: yep, it's an iGay Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-03-30 20:13 -0700
                Re: yep, it's an iGay -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2015-03-31 03:47 -0700
                Re: yep, it's an iGay Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-03-31 08:39 -0700
                Re: yep, it's an iGay -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2015-03-31 09:22 -0700
                Re: yep, it's an iGay Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-04-01 10:10 -0700
                Re: yep, it's an iGay -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2015-04-02 03:18 -0700
                Re: yep, it's an iGay Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-04-02 08:10 -0700
      Re: yep, it's an iGay Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-03-28 13:56 -0700
    Re: yep, it's an iGay Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-03-28 13:57 -0700
  Re: yep, it's an iGay Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2015-03-30 09:33 +0100
  Re: yep, it's an iGay Marti van Lin <ml2mst@nospam.indvalid> - 2015-03-31 01:39 +0200
    Re: yep, it's an iGay owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-31 00:09 +0000
      Re: yep, it's an iGay DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-31 09:42 -0400
      Re: yep, it's an iGay Marti van Lin <ml2mst@nospam.indvalid> - 2015-04-01 01:51 +0200
        Re: yep, it's an iGay owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-04-01 00:14 +0000
        Re: yep, it's an iGay Tattoo Vampire <sitting@this.computer> - 2015-04-01 11:50 +0000
          Re: yep, it's an iGay DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-04-01 08:31 -0400
            Re: yep, it's an iGay -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2015-04-01 06:09 -0700
          Re: yep, it's an iGay Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2015-04-01 17:14 +0200
            Re: yep, it's an iGay GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2015-04-01 12:18 -0600
            Re: yep, it's an iGay owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-04-01 18:59 +0000
              Re: yep, it's an iGay "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2015-04-01 15:05 -0400
                Re: yep, it's an iGay owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-04-01 20:49 +0000
                Re: yep, it's an iGay Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2015-04-01 22:58 +0200
                Re: yep, it's an iGay owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-04-01 21:57 +0000
                Re: yep, it's an iGay Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2015-04-02 00:15 +0200
                Re: yep, it's an iGay owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-04-01 23:10 +0000
                Re: yep, it's an iGay Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2015-04-02 01:40 +0200
                Re: yep, it's an iGay owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-04-02 00:07 +0000
                Re: yep, it's an iGay Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2015-04-01 20:56 -0400
                Re: yep, it's an iGay GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2015-04-02 17:15 -0600
                Re: yep, it's an iGay Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2015-04-03 01:23 +0200
                Re: yep, it's an iGay GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2015-04-02 19:08 -0600
                Re: yep, it's an iGay Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2015-04-02 21:55 -0400
                Re: yep, it's an iGay GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2015-04-03 12:46 -0600
                Re: yep, it's an iGay Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2015-04-03 15:52 -0400
                Re: yep, it's an iGay GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2015-04-04 16:32 -0600
                Re: yep, it's an iGay Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2015-04-05 01:09 +0200
                Re: yep, it's an iGay GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2015-04-05 12:38 -0600
                Re: yep, it's an iGay Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2015-04-05 11:29 -0400
                Re: yep, it's an iGay GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2015-04-05 12:33 -0600
                Re: yep, it's an iGay -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2015-04-04 18:06 -0700
                Re: yep, it's an iGay GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2015-04-05 12:31 -0600
                Re: yep, it's an iGay DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-04-01 23:15 -0400
                Re: yep, it's an iGay Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2015-04-01 23:48 -0400
          Re: yep, it's an iGay GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2015-04-01 12:18 -0600
    Re: yep, it's an iGay Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2015-03-30 20:19 -0400
      Re: yep, it's an iGay jeremywalmartprescottaz@gmail.com - 2015-03-30 17:42 -0700
  Re: yep, it's an iGay awoolmeyer@gmail.com - 2015-03-31 08:47 -0700

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