Amazing Experiences

pluck · 4th January 2004, 22:46

Yesterday I went diving for the first time, well snorkling...

It was amazing, we went around the rocks in Breaker Bay and even though I was kind of scared that sharks would eat me I went anyway. It pretty much has opened a whole new world of recreation for me, and now I'm going to go as often as I can.

I don't think I saw any nasties in the water but if I did I would of not been to scared as I was carrying a 30cm knife in my hand.

Highlights:

Being able to see very clearly up to 8m visibility underwater.
Looking at all the fishes and big crabs

Lowlights:

Tasting seawater through my snorkel when the wave went into my snorkel.
Trying to talk underwater and failing.
Getting my hand cut to pieces on the barnacle covered rocks.

I just thought i'd share my amazing experience to see if anybody else has amazing experiences

Reformed_Quint · 4th January 2004, 22:54

Bro, come up northland, we got some MEAN diving spots.

Out whanaki the right time of the year, see for miles (well give or take a few m) Crayfish, butterfish, snapper and kina all the goodies you could possibly want, Such a sweet spot (out barons bay and around the rocks, for anyone that knows the place)

Well it was a few years ago, havn't been out there for a while, but i'm sure its still sweet

Jonas Undrawing · 4th January 2004, 22:56

I had an amazing experience last night. I was watching television, and something compelled me to look around the room. As I looked around the room i noticed something weird about the corner of the new leather couch. I got up from my seated position, walked over to study the corner of the couch more closely. My eyes were about a foot away when I realised that the cat had been using the corner of the new couch as a scratching post. Then I shrugged, scratched my arse, and sat back down to watch television again.

pluck · 4th January 2004, 22:58

True, cool mite think about it when i get some leave from work.

I havent tried crayfish before but I like crabsticks so im sure it kinda tastes the same, but thats what we were trying to get on saturday

Reformed_Quint · 4th January 2004, 23:05

Quote:

Originally posted by pluck

I havent tried crayfish before but I like crabsticks so im sure it kinda tastes the same

Crabsticks are by far inferior, NOTHING compares to fresh crayfish. If u like prefrozen, packaged 60% chemical crabsticks* you'll LOVE crayfish, garantueed.

The easiest way to get a crayfish is to grab them by the back. Can be hard if they are stuck in some hole in the rock.
My solution; Grab the bastard by his feller thingies(as close to his head as u can, WEAR GLOVES) and pull the bastard out

Remember to chuck back the mummy ones.

tarzan007 · 4th January 2004, 23:19

mm crayfish are good indeed.

amazing experiences:
hot air ballooning in the early morning over the wairarapa
spending 2 weeks in the not so fancy areas of rarotonga with 12 of my best mates

pluck · 4th January 2004, 23:23

Quote:

Originally posted by Reformed_Quint
Crabsticks are by far inferior, NOTHING compares to fresh crayfish. If u like prefrozen, packaged 60% chemical crabsticks* you'll LOVE crayfish, garantueed.

The easiest way to get a crayfish is to grab them by the back. Can be hard if they are stuck in some hole in the rock.
My solution; Grab the bastard by his feller thingies(as close to his head as u can, WEAR GLOVES) and pull the bastard out
Remember to chuck back the mummy ones.

Yeah it could be awhile till I get the chance to grab one because im only diving on the south coast and our south coast is pretty raped of anything remotely edible

pluck · 4th January 2004, 23:24

Quote:

Originally posted by tarzan007
mm crayfish are good indeed.

amazing experiences:
hot air ballooning in the early morning over the wairarapa
spending 2 weeks in the not so fancy areas of rarotonga with 12 of my best mates

Why not so flash?

What was it like?

tarzan007 · 4th January 2004, 23:35

Quote:

Originally posted by pluck
Why not so flash?

What was it like?

We weren't staying in a big hotel. we were living all 12 of us, plus 3 teachers in a one bedroom church hall, about 5m x 10m.
Living with the mozzies, and the centipedes, and the cockroaches.
But we got to visit the local colleges and made great friends with all of the students. Played games against them: touch, volleyball, basketball, went to their school social. Spent Easter Sunday at the local church, listening to their powerful voices and feasting as invited guests each night. Man when the cook islanders put on a feed they do an awesome job. Each night of the 12 we were there a different group turned up to the hall with so much food, which made us feel so welcome.

great learning experience

Evoke · 4th January 2004, 23:47

Quote:

Originally posted by pluck
I havent tried crayfish before but I like crabsticks so im sure it kinda tastes the same, but thats what we were trying to get on saturday

crabsticks are made out of freshwater fish, not crab or crayfish.

pluck · 4th January 2004, 23:49

I thought they were made artificailly out of surimi?

Evoke · 4th January 2004, 23:50

ingredients of surimi: fish.

Wuffle · 4th January 2004, 23:52

pluck · 4th January 2004, 23:54

Quote:

Originally posted by Evoke
ingredients of surimi: fish.

Yeah its like the same sort of principal as salami aint it, they chop all the bits up and make it into surimi for crabsticks.

I knew it was fish, just didn't realise it was freshwater fish

Evoke · 4th January 2004, 23:55

my point was that it has no relation to crayfish

Reformed_Quint · 4th January 2004, 23:56

Tastes like chicken.

Therefore could chicken possibly be this mystery fish?

pluck · 5th January 2004, 00:00

Quote:

Originally posted by Evoke
my point was that it has no relation to crayfish

And my point was that I imagined crayfish to taste better but along the same lines as crabsticks

Evoke · 5th January 2004, 00:01

it doesn't.

leadinjector · 5th January 2004, 00:03

try leigh or goats island or whatever the fuck they call it, that place is crammed with interesting stuff.

Reformed_Quint · 5th January 2004, 00:05

Quote:

Originally posted by leadinjector
try leigh or goats island or whatever the fuck they call it, that place is crammed with interesting stuff.

U can't eat them tho:/

And evoke;
Crabsticks taste a bit like crayfish, crayfish is just more of a mellow sweetish taste (i think)

Wuffle · 5th January 2004, 00:05

Fuck it must suck to be the new hyper.

leadinjector · 5th January 2004, 00:06

you dont have to fuckin eat everything you see quint

Logik · 5th January 2004, 00:16

Haha... I worked in the Seafood bar of a supermarket for a year and I didn't know that Surimi was just fish :O

I feel smart now.

Invader Val · 5th January 2004, 01:07

Aw Man!

I saw pluck and I saw "Amazing Experiences" and I thought it was about another internet chicky!!

Evoke · 5th January 2004, 01:11

that'd be that other thread - internet chicks

Jonas Undrawing · 5th January 2004, 01:12

You're in luck Invader Val! Pluck realised the demand for threads about MSN chicks, and has made another thread today which is aptly titled More Internet Chicks

*looks again*... ahh! Missed by that much.

CCS · 5th January 2004, 01:15

Okay, here we go.

I was walking late one night, or early one morning to be precise, as I often do. It's very peaceful. I saw this pinpoint of light and watched as it rapidly grew larger until became this huge haze of white light. I stood there, basking in it's glow and thought "Oh my god IT'S THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS CHRIST!"
Then I realised it was a car coming towards me, so I got off the road.

*fart*

Invader Val · 5th January 2004, 01:22

Quote:

Originally posted by Evoke
that'd be that other thread - internet chicks

Yah read that one .. liked the "I'm going to live on a glacier" bit

thought this was anotherone from Mr "lovalova" pluck ...

"See the happy moron
Doesn't give a damn
Wish I was a moron
My God! Perhaps I am!"

Invader Val · 5th January 2004, 01:24

This is just me PROVING I'm a moron ...

Jenza · 5th January 2004, 12:19

Quote:

Originally posted by leadinjector
try leigh or goats island or whatever the fuck they call it, that place is crammed with interesting stuff.

Yep. Goat's Island is an amazing place to dive/snorkel. It's a marine reserve where people go and feed the fish. Hence there is a huge fish population in close. I've seen all sorts of fish there, even saw a kingfish going past at like 40 knots.

Not sure if he's still there but there was a big freaking stingray that hung about near the underwater rock (not the island), scared the crap out of me but he's quite friendly aparantly

If you haven't been there, it freaking rocks.

BoyWonder · 5th January 2004, 12:28

Quote:

Question originally posed by Jessica Simpson
I know it's tuna, but is it chicken?

zulu · 5th January 2004, 13:12

Quote:

Originally posted by pluck

I don't think I saw any nasties in the water but if I did I would of not been to scared as I was carrying a 30cm knife in my hand.

hahahahaha what a rambo fulla

Wolf-age · 5th January 2004, 13:24

Quote:

Originally posted by pluck
I don't think I saw any nasties in the water but if I did I would of not been to scared as I was carrying a 30cm knife in my hand.

Having been tank diving with sharks in Fiji, i'll just tell you that your 30cm knife would do sweet fuck all if he really wanted to eat you. :\

stryka · 5th January 2004, 14:12

a few years back (i was form2 i think, maybe 3) me & my dad & my sister used to go to the clutha river every day after school. went snorkelling, that was excellent... getting real deep etc.

dad has a whole lot of diving gear (tanks etc), & i just asked him if he could take me diving. he says the gear would need to be checked before he used it again (hasn't been used in about 5 years)... but we could go to the local swimming pool for a wee go.

i've been diving in the pool before, years ago.... i remember it took a bit to get used to being able to breath under water.

Lightspeed · 5th January 2004, 14:29

Quote:

Originally posted by leadinjector
you dont have to fuckin eat everything you see quint

Damn. I so want to eat most living things that I see.

cEvin · 5th January 2004, 18:32

i was playing a game on my pc this morning really hungover when i noticed the smell of rotten sausage coming from somewhere. i looked down and there was a half dead stray cat behind my computer shitting all over the floor. it was reasonably amazing.

Jonas Undrawing · 5th January 2004, 18:35

hnah! yes, that is quite amazing

4th January 2004, 22:46	#1
pluck CCS's number one fan	Amazing Experiences Yesterday I went diving for the first time, well snorkling... It was amazing, we went around the rocks in Breaker Bay and even though I was kind of scared that sharks would eat me I went anyway. It pretty much has opened a whole new world of recreation for me, and now I'm going to go as often as I can. I don't think I saw any nasties in the water but if I did I would of not been to scared as I was carrying a 30cm knife in my hand. Highlights: Being able to see very clearly up to 8m visibility underwater. Looking at all the fishes and big crabs Lowlights: Tasting seawater through my snorkel when the wave went into my snorkel. Trying to talk underwater and failing. Getting my hand cut to pieces on the barnacle covered rocks. I just thought i'd share my amazing experience to see if anybody else has amazing experiences

4th January 2004, 22:54	#2
Reformed_Quint	Bro, come up northland, we got some MEAN diving spots. Out whanaki the right time of the year, see for miles (well give or take a few m) Crayfish, butterfish, snapper and kina all the goodies you could possibly want, Such a sweet spot (out barons bay and around the rocks, for anyone that knows the place) Well it was a few years ago, havn't been out there for a while, but i'm sure its still sweet

4th January 2004, 22:56	#3
Jonas Undrawing	I had an amazing experience last night. I was watching television, and something compelled me to look around the room. As I looked around the room i noticed something weird about the corner of the new leather couch. I got up from my seated position, walked over to study the corner of the couch more closely. My eyes were about a foot away when I realised that the cat had been using the corner of the new couch as a scratching post. Then I shrugged, scratched my arse, and sat back down to watch television again.

4th January 2004, 22:58	#4
pluck CCS's number one fan	True, cool mite think about it when i get some leave from work. I havent tried crayfish before but I like crabsticks so im sure it kinda tastes the same, but thats what we were trying to get on saturday

4th January 2004, 23:19	#6
tarzan007	mm crayfish are good indeed. amazing experiences: hot air ballooning in the early morning over the wairarapa spending 2 weeks in the not so fancy areas of rarotonga with 12 of my best mates

4th January 2004, 23:49	#11
pluck CCS's number one fan	I thought they were made artificailly out of surimi?

4th January 2004, 23:50	#12
Evoke	ingredients of surimi: fish. Last edited by Evoke : 4th January 2004 at 23:52.

4th January 2004, 23:55	#15
Evoke	my point was that it has no relation to crayfish

4th January 2004, 23:56	#16
Reformed_Quint	Tastes like chicken. Therefore could chicken possibly be this mystery fish?

5th January 2004, 00:03	#19
leadinjector	try leigh or goats island or whatever the fuck they call it, that place is crammed with interesting stuff.

5th January 2004, 00:05	#21
Wuffle	Fuck it must suck to be the new hyper.

5th January 2004, 00:06	#22
leadinjector	you dont have to fuckin eat everything you see quint

5th January 2004, 00:16	#23
Logik Mate, feed, kill, repeat	Haha... I worked in the Seafood bar of a supermarket for a year and I didn't know that Surimi was just fish :O I feel smart now.

5th January 2004, 01:07	#24
Invader Val	Aw Man! I saw pluck and I saw "Amazing Experiences" and I thought it was about another internet chicky!!

5th January 2004, 01:11	#25
Evoke	that'd be that other thread - internet chicks

5th January 2004, 01:12	#26
Jonas Undrawing	You're in luck Invader Val! Pluck realised the demand for threads about MSN chicks, and has made another thread today which is aptly titled More Internet Chicks looks again... ahh! Missed by that much.

5th January 2004, 01:15	#27
CCS Stunt Pants	Okay, here we go. I was walking late one night, or early one morning to be precise, as I often do. It's very peaceful. I saw this pinpoint of light and watched as it rapidly grew larger until became this huge haze of white light. I stood there, basking in it's glow and thought "Oh my god IT'S THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS CHRIST!" Then I realised it was a car coming towards me, so I got off the road. fart

5th January 2004, 01:24	#29
Invader Val	This is just me PROVING I'm a moron ... __________________ Master of the Profane Earth is the Cradle of Humanity, but one cannot live in the cradle forever Last edited by Invader Val : 5th January 2004 at 01:26.

5th January 2004, 14:12	#34
stryka	a few years back (i was form2 i think, maybe 3) me & my dad & my sister used to go to the clutha river every day after school. went snorkelling, that was excellent... getting real deep etc. dad has a whole lot of diving gear (tanks etc), & i just asked him if he could take me diving. he says the gear would need to be checked before he used it again (hasn't been used in about 5 years)... but we could go to the local swimming pool for a wee go. i've been diving in the pool before, years ago.... i remember it took a bit to get used to being able to breath under water.

5th January 2004, 18:32	#36
cEvin Love In Vein	i was playing a game on my pc this morning really hungover when i noticed the smell of rotten sausage coming from somewhere. i looked down and there was a half dead stray cat behind my computer shitting all over the floor. it was reasonably amazing.

5th January 2004, 18:35	#37
Jonas Undrawing	hnah! yes, that is quite amazing