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by boogaloo
Sat Jan 16, 2010 10:58 am
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: what is a blue bottle?
Replies: 32
Views: 5793

Re: what is a blue bottle?

WTF. Do I have to do everything here? :roll: :roll: :roll: Bluebottles are hermaphrodites. Each individual gonozooid (the polyps involved in reproduction) consists of male and female parts. The gonozooids produce sperm and eggs. The first stage of reproduction is sexual. The gonozooids release sperm...
by boogaloo
Fri Jan 15, 2010 6:05 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: what is a blue bottle?
Replies: 32
Views: 5793

Re: what is a blue bottle?

Rockin' Ron wrote:I hope they feel pain. They're cnuts.
They are magnificent creatures and the ocean is their home.
If we invade their home we should accept the consequences with grace. :mrgreen:
Same with sharks.
by boogaloo
Thu Jan 14, 2010 10:01 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: what is a blue bottle?
Replies: 32
Views: 5793

Re: what is a blue bottle?

1 bluebottle is a colony of 4 types of polyp living in a symbiotic relationship
everything you need to know is here:
http://australianmuseum.net.au/Bluebottle
by boogaloo
Tue Jan 05, 2010 10:05 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: the little girly booger environmental vandals from DY ...
Replies: 125
Views: 36773

Re: the little girly booger environmental vandals from DY ...

Cultivating turf is far more environmentally destructive than opening DY lagoon. :wink: :mrgreen: :twisted:
by boogaloo
Fri Jan 01, 2010 10:31 am
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Global Warming
Replies: 103
Views: 121839

Re: Global Warming

Denial? I've got your denial right here: http://www.eastangliaemails.com/emails.php?eid=356&filename=1062592331.txt Climatologist Ed Cook writing to CRU's Diviner of Treemometers, Ed Briffa. Regarding temperature trends going back more than 100 years: "we know with certainty that we know fcuk-all"
by boogaloo
Sun Dec 13, 2009 10:20 am
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Global Warming
Replies: 103
Views: 121839

Re: Global Warming

Save the planet: get rid of the dog and get a cat.

http://www.smh.com.au/national/is-it-re ... -kpt1.html

"ECO-FRIENDLINESS
Winner: Cats. The average cat requires 0.15 hectares of land a year to keep it fed, while a medium-sized dog needs 0.84 hectares."
by boogaloo
Fri Nov 06, 2009 10:20 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: A Little Treat...
Replies: 59
Views: 12928

Re: A Little Treat...

otway1949 wrote:I reckon Curly was the first break dancer :!:
Not by a long shot:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zu0dmom ... re=related
by boogaloo
Wed Oct 28, 2009 10:43 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: A Little Treat...
Replies: 59
Views: 12928

Re: A Little Treat...

Mais oui, mon brave. But later there was The Hunger, with a more mature Ms Deneuve and Ms Sarandon sucking on each other. Very tasty. And Juliette Binoche and Lena Olin in The Unbearable Lightness of Being. Yum. But best of all was Miriam Díaz-Aroca, Adriana Gil, Maribel Verdú and Penélope Cruz in B...
by boogaloo
Wed Sep 09, 2009 10:11 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: surf movie tunes
Replies: 28
Views: 12392

Re: surf movie tunes

Best ever: Bud Shank's soundtracks to Slippery When Wet and Barefoot Adventure. But you had to be there.
http://wlt4.home.mindspring.com/adventu ... /shank.htm
by boogaloo
Tue Aug 18, 2009 6:43 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Global Warming
Replies: 103
Views: 121839

Artic Sea Ice

The Daily Artic Sea Ice Comparisons are back and -- surprise surprise -- it looks like there could be a bit more ice than last year.

http://igloo.atmos.uiuc.edu/cgi-bin/tes ... 17&sy=2009
by boogaloo
Sun Jul 05, 2009 9:05 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Surf Boats in Crowded Surf
Replies: 64
Views: 14782

Re: Surf Boats in Crowded Surf

Don't let them get away with it.

File a complaint with the local council and cc the club captain.

This is a serious safety issue and the council will have to do something about it.
by boogaloo
Mon Jun 29, 2009 7:49 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Shark Attacks & the Reduced Shark Fishing Quota
Replies: 26
Views: 9267

Re: Shark Attacks & the Reduced Shark Fishing Quota

The same right it has with spiders, snakes and scorpions...how about a wasp, ever killed a nest of them coops? or you just relocate them and sleep sound at night? it isn't that they have stung/bitten you, the issue is that they might. ... Do you go in the water when there's bluebottles around, or d...
by boogaloo
Wed Jun 24, 2009 9:45 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Loyalty Programs
Replies: 6
Views: 2301

Re: Loyalty Programs

These are bribery programs, not loyalty programs.
by boogaloo
Tue Jun 02, 2009 6:44 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Commuting northern beaches to north sydney
Replies: 6
Views: 2698

Re: Commuting northern beaches to north sydney

The L87 or L84 bus will take about an hour, unless the traffic is bad. But they don't run very frequently, so you might have to get the E88, E89 or other E or L bus to the Wycombe Road stop in Neutral Bay and then transfer to a local bus for the 15 minute run to North Sydney. Total time also about a...
by boogaloo
Thu May 14, 2009 9:18 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Power/Balance - surely a scam?
Replies: 11
Views: 4288

Re: Preview: Power/Balance - surely a scam?

... I can't understand how it could be anything more than a placebo effect. ... For the guys who it ‘works’ for, do you think it's just a case of a Placebo effect? Or do you think there's any truth in it? Don't dis the placebo effect. It's a powerful source of healing. Any drug can elicit the place...
by boogaloo
Fri Mar 20, 2009 9:49 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Moving to Sydney - Advice
Replies: 69
Views: 14260

Re: Moving to Sydney - Advice

Get a place to live in Newcastle. Take the train to Sydney.
by boogaloo
Fri Feb 27, 2009 11:31 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Global Warming
Replies: 103
Views: 121839

Re: Global Warming

Dr. John S. Theon, James Hansen’s former NASA supervisor, has declared himself an anthropogenic climate change skeptic. He has criticised the computer models, and Hansen and others for revising the data sets. http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Minority.Blogs&ContentRecord_id=1a5e6e32-...
by boogaloo
Sun Feb 22, 2009 9:53 am
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Can someone find out what this woman's taking?
Replies: 11
Views: 2975

Re: Can someone find out what this woman's taking?

Associated Press, Feb 10, 2009 Correction: Caribbean-Trans-Atlantic Swim story In stories on Feb. 1, 7 and 8, about Jennifer Figge's long-distance swim in the Atlantic, The Associated Press reported erroneously that she had swum across the ocean. Figge swam only a fraction of the 2,100-mile journey....