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Yeah, you read that right. There's a lot of stupidity in the world, here's an example of not understanding the moment and flushing it down the toilet. Ironic for me personally as I was just along the coast near Monterey and spent some time watching whales feeding and breaching, as they migrated southward down the coast. https://www.foxnews.com/great-...e-watching-boat-trip
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Coin Sniper |
Nothing like having one person in near panic, and another acting like an expert with no experience or expertise on the topic at hand. Pronoun: His Royal Highness and benevolent Majesty of all he surveys 343 - Never Forget Its better to be Pavlov's dog than Schrodinger's cat There are three types of mistakes; Those you learn from, those you suffer from, and those you don't survive. | |||
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Plowing straight ahead come what may |
That would be both awesome and kinda scary at the same time...I can imagine the conversation on the other side down below..."ooomwwahhhh-ommmmmmmmm-waaaommmmmmmmm-wahhhhh" which translates "damn it Carl...I told you not to get so close to those walkie/floaty land thingies!...now I'm gonna have to sonar the great white shark patrol to get us out of this"... Overall...that is a once in a lifetime encounter by walkie/floaty land thingies with whales  ******************************************************** "we've gotta roll with the punches, learn to play all of our hunches Making the best of what ever comes our way Forget that blind ambition and learn to trust your intuition Plowing straight ahead come what may And theres a cowboy in the jungle" Jimmy Buffet | |||
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A Grateful American |
"They like you very much, but they are not the hell "your" whales." "the meaning of life, is to give life meaning" ✡ Ani Yehudi אני יהודי Le'olam lo shuv לעולם לא שוב! | |||
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Obviously, should have called the Coast Guard. Or, perhaps Sea World. Place your clothes and weapons where you can find them in the dark. “If in winning a race, you lose the respect of your fellow competitors, then you have won nothing” - Paul Elvstrom "The Great Dane" 1928 - 2016 | |||
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The topic of what handgun to carry for self protection while hiking in bear country has been well covered here. What is everyones favorite carry gun when hanging out in humpback whale territory ? | |||
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Fonky Honky |
^^^ M242 Bushmaster, of course, with a friend wielding a 55 gallon drum of whale spray. Anything less, the situation may get dicey. _________________________________________ Dei. Familia. Patria. Victoria. Don't back up, don't back down. | |||
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| Too old to run, too mean to quit! |
Yeah, the level of stupidity in this country has grown to frightening levels. Elk There has never been an occasion where a people gave up their weapons in the interest of peace that didn't end in their massacre. (Louis L'Amour) "To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical. " -Thomas Jefferson "America is great because she is good. If America ceases to be good, America will cease to be great." Alexis de Tocqueville FBHO!!! The Idaho Elk Hunter | |||
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| Do No Harm, Do Know Harm |
As always, I’d like to point out that Reno911 was the most realistic police patrol show, in my opinion. How could you make a serious drama about “Officers receiving a call for dangerous whales attacking tourons”  . You can imagine that skit!Knowing what one is talking about is widely admired but not strictly required here. Although sometimes distracting, there is often a certain entertainment value to this easy standard. -JALLEN "All I need is a WAR ON DRUGS reference and I got myself a police thread BINGO." -jljones | |||
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Like Facebook and twitter posts, 911 calls are a goldmine of human stupidity. No one's life, liberty or property is safe while the legislature is in session.- Mark Twain | |||
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OK, a whale swimming or breaching right next to a small boat could be hazardous, but what did she expect anyone to do about it?  | |||
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Official Space Nerd |
It's the way society is conditioning the sheep to respond. 1. Something bad happens. 2. Call police. 3. Wait there helplessly for them to solve all your problems. She was obviously scared and didn't know what else to do (heaven forbid we teach people to actually be self-sufficient and deal with their own problems). If she was in fear for her life, I guess they were the only ones she knew to call. Fear God and Dread Nought Admiral of the Fleet Sir Jacky Fisher | |||
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The “dumb” is strong with this one .... Wow MDS | |||
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Washington State- There's an over abundance of absolute stupidity out here. Once just north of the San Juans while coming back from a scuba diving trip we sat in a 14 foot inflatable boat as a pod of killer whales went by. My friend say pull over and we'll watch them go by- I said cut the motor and they'll go around us- They did. We could see them just feet away going around us and under us. It was spectacular- I've never seen 3 people so excited in my life. There was no panic just absolute awe. ____________________________________________________ The butcher with the sharpest knife has the warmest heart. | |||
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She is an obvious idiot. What is 911 going to do about the whales? Ok, the boat capsizes, granted that could be an issue but why do people venture out to see the whales and not realize they are wild mammals and there are no guarantees? I believe J. Cousteau said once you enter the ocean, you enter the food chain. | |||
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My sister used to work for the township answering the telephone "hotline" for people with issues, complaints etc. One day she had a woman call all upset and wanting the town to come over right away because there were big giant birds in her yard! (turkeys) _____________________________________________________ Sliced bread, the greatest thing since the 1911. | |||
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Delusions of Adequacy |
Probably something in .35 Whalen. I have my own style of humor. I call it Snarkasm. | |||
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I run trains! |
We have a winner. Success always occurs in private, and failure in full view. Complacency sucks… | |||
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Too clever by half |
Make sure your PFD and ditch bag with a handheld VHF, and a PLB or Epirb are close at hand, then enjoy the show. ... or you can just panic. "We have a system that increasingly taxes work, and increasingly subsidizes non-work" - Milton Friedman | |||
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