Had some fun today
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Good times don't make the best stories.
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Went out on a charter boat for some bay fishing. One of those boats with 40 seats, where people split their time between fishing and disentangling their line from their neighbor’s. The first stop on the four hour tour got about half of us a small catfish or two. Then we spent the last two hours at a dead spot where the whole boat never got a bite. At least the wooden bench seating was uncomfortable. The pails of squid bait weren’t rotted yet and so the stench was muted. There were many things to be thankful for. Several of which my wife may have missed, as she was distracted by throwing up over the side of the boat every few minutes. She has a friend visiting and you know it’s important to do fun things when friends are in town. The best part of doing fun activities is the memories, always available to remind you of how awesome relaxing at home is. The captain told me on the way out that maybe in two months when the water warms up, the fish will start biting. I guess they go out knowing they’ll catch nothing, day after day.
Sounds like you had a memorable time.
Several of which my wife may have missed, as she was distracted by throwing up over the side of the boat every few minutes..
Sorry to hear that. Someone once described sea sickness to me that it is a condition that you are deathly afraid you’re soon going to die, which, after after two hours, changes to a morbid fear that it may not soon kill you.
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Speaking of seasickness...
When D4 and I visited Boston, we decided to take a "whale watching tour." The day of our excursion, the seas were quite choppy, and the company offered to give us a raincheck for another day. Since our time was limited, we decided to forge ahead.
The physiology of motion sickness is interesting. It's when your brain gets conflicting signals about motion. Your inner ear will send motion signals to the brainstem along with head position secondary to gravity. If you close your eyes, you know if you're lying down, turning, or moving. However, on a moving platform, such as a boat, train, or car, your eyes might start sending a different signal. So, if you're below decks, or reading in a car, your eyes will tell you that you're stationary, but your inner ear will tell you that you're moving. Conflict, and your brainstem doesn't like conflict.
As we departed the dock, the guide got onto the PA and told us that if you're feeling seasick, the WORST thing you can do is go below decks and sit in the toilet. Everything you see tells you that you're stationary, but your vestibular system says, "Oh, no...you've moving."
I remember reading a book while traveling in a car with my parents and feeling vaguely unwell. Putting the book down and watching the scenery go by ended that feeling.
Oh, we did fine and enjoyed the whale watching.
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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Last one I was on was Acapulco, 1997.
Just my buddy and I and crew.
We caught 2 sail fish and a marlin. Haven’t really fished since. Where do you go from there?
They’ll end up, after a lot of drama, with the same formula they use every time they have a trifecta: take away health care and food assistance from low income families and use the money to fund tax cuts for their donors.
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Last one I was on was Acapulco, 1997.
Just my buddy and I and crew.
We caught 2 sail fish and a marlin. Haven’t really fished since. Where do you go from there?
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Speaking of seasickness...
When D4 and I visited Boston, we decided to take a "whale watching tour." The day of our excursion, the seas were quite choppy, and the company offered to give us a raincheck for another day. Since our time was limited, we decided to forge ahead.
The physiology of motion sickness is interesting. It's when your brain gets conflicting signals about motion. Your inner ear will send motion signals to the brainstem along with head position secondary to gravity. If you close your eyes, you know if you're lying down, turning, or moving. However, on a moving platform, such as a boat, train, or car, your eyes might start sending a different signal. So, if you're below decks, or reading in a car, your eyes will tell you that you're stationary, but your inner ear will tell you that you're moving. Conflict, and your brainstem doesn't like conflict.
As we departed the dock, the guide got onto the PA and told us that if you're feeling seasick, the WORST thing you can do is go below decks and sit in the toilet. Everything you see tells you that you're stationary, but your vestibular system says, "Oh, no...you've moving."
I remember reading a book while traveling in a car with my parents and feeling vaguely unwell. Putting the book down and watching the scenery go by ended that feeling.
Oh, we did fine and enjoyed the whale watching.
@George-K said in Had some fun today:
Speaking of seasickness...
When D4 and I visited Boston, we decided to take a "whale watching tour." The day of our excursion, the seas were quite choppy, and the company offered to give us a raincheck for another day. Since our time was limited, we decided to forge ahead.
The physiology of motion sickness is interesting. It's when your brain gets conflicting signals about motion. Your inner ear will send motion signals to the brainstem along with head position secondary to gravity. If you close your eyes, you know if you're lying down, turning, or moving. However, on a moving platform, such as a boat, train, or car, your eyes might start sending a different signal. So, if you're below decks, or reading in a car, your eyes will tell you that you're stationary, but your inner ear will tell you that you're moving. Conflict, and your brainstem doesn't like conflict.
As we departed the dock, the guide got onto the PA and told us that if you're feeling seasick, the WORST thing you can do is go below decks and sit in the toilet. Everything you see tells you that you're stationary, but your vestibular system says, "Oh, no...you've moving."
I remember reading a book while traveling in a car with my parents and feeling vaguely unwell. Putting the book down and watching the scenery go by ended that feeling.
Oh, we did fine and enjoyed the whale watching.
If you're in a small boat (small for near offshore) jump overboard and swim a bit or just tread water. The sea sickness goes away pretty quick.
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New bucket list item !!!
They’ll end up, after a lot of drama, with the same formula they use every time they have a trifecta: take away health care and food assistance from low income families and use the money to fund tax cuts for their donors.
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Last one I was on was Acapulco, 1997.
Just my buddy and I and crew.
We caught 2 sail fish and a marlin. Haven’t really fished since. Where do you go from there?
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Speaking of seasickness...
When D4 and I visited Boston, we decided to take a "whale watching tour." The day of our excursion, the seas were quite choppy, and the company offered to give us a raincheck for another day. Since our time was limited, we decided to forge ahead.
The physiology of motion sickness is interesting. It's when your brain gets conflicting signals about motion. Your inner ear will send motion signals to the brainstem along with head position secondary to gravity. If you close your eyes, you know if you're lying down, turning, or moving. However, on a moving platform, such as a boat, train, or car, your eyes might start sending a different signal. So, if you're below decks, or reading in a car, your eyes will tell you that you're stationary, but your inner ear will tell you that you're moving. Conflict, and your brainstem doesn't like conflict.
As we departed the dock, the guide got onto the PA and told us that if you're feeling seasick, the WORST thing you can do is go below decks and sit in the toilet. Everything you see tells you that you're stationary, but your vestibular system says, "Oh, no...you've moving."
I remember reading a book while traveling in a car with my parents and feeling vaguely unwell. Putting the book down and watching the scenery go by ended that feeling.
Oh, we did fine and enjoyed the whale watching.
@George-K said in Had some fun today:
Speaking of seasickness...
Me too.
A fishing trip from Islamorada in the Florida keys.
The boat people said it would be a rough ride, but it was our last day, so we went.
They said we would be out for 4 hours, no matter how sick anyone was.
I caught the first fish and spend 3.5 hours leaning over the rail.
The sad thing is I spent so much time explaining to student pilots how to avoid it. Eyes on the horizon, no booze, no spicy food, deep breathing, focus on the job at hand.
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I have never experienced or recollect experiencing any type of motion sickness. The one time I was on a large ocean going ship it was the ferry between Cherbourg, France and Weymouth, England. The passage is normally a six hour crossing, but the rough seas that day caused it to be a pitching, rolling and crashing eight hours. A lot of passangers literally turned green from sea sickness. I had a couple of pints of bitter and fell asleep from the motion. Woke up feeling no worse for wear about a half hour before arriving into port at Weymouth.
YOLO!