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That is a very disturbing pic (genuine or not) for me. I do not scare easily and I have no other phobias, but underwater pics or movies of sharks elicit a primitive flight response with me so intense I can almost not watch it.
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I used to scuba dive a lot and did night dives often. Not anymore, just do not need it that much and there are things that can and will eat you in the ocean and hopefully I am not the on the menu!
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Joe, at least you sound rationale about it. I have almost a panic response.
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TOO much talk....mo pics.
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I knew it was fake with one look. For those divers to not notice a shark that big, the shark would have to be a good 15 feet behind them. That scale would make the shark WAY too big, at least 35+ feet long. Great whites just don't get that big. IIRC, the largest-ever caught great white was 7 meters in length.
I see your Quote:
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When I swim in the ocean, snorkel, I have this uneasy feeling that I've moved from the top of the food chain to the bottom. Bait. |
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how about a picture of a half-nekkid girl polishing a porsche, something for everyone,ok?
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did someone say "satellite dish"
    oops, wrong kind of dish  home made wifi antenna "dish"  
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couple of "mystery" cars down the page
http://www.britishcarlinks.com/ mystery car    These photos were sent in from Greece from an enthusiast who has just acquired this car. It is believed to be British from the Jaeger gauges in the dash. Most of the mechanical bits are British, too. Mind you I don't recognize the motor. The new owner would like to restore the car but knowing what it is would definitely help! There were I.D. tags at the front of the engine compartment but they have been removed. Looks a lot like a Series V Sunbeam Alpine except for the headlights (and lack of a vent window in the door) so my guess at this point is a modified Alpine. If you know for sure please drop me a line and I'll pass the info on to the owner. I'll also post any answers here for anyone else interested. - Allan, webmaster@britishcarlinks.com. UPDATE - Thanks to all that have responded! The consensus is that it is actually a Series II Alpine which has had some heavy modifications. The motor is actually from a 1966 Singer Gazelle. The guys at the Sunbeam Alpine Owners Club of America and the Sunbeam Alpine Owners Club played a big role in helping to identify the car. UPDATE II - Thanks to Jan Eyerman, Gazelle Registrar, North American Singer Owners Club, for sending in the following - "The engine looks like a Series IIIA-IIIC Hillman Minx.... the Zenith 30VN carburetor and the intake manifold with three threaded holes to the rear of the carb (one is blocked from view). These three holes were for mounting a throttle solenoid on Easidrive equipped cars. Soooo the engine (or at least the intake manifold!) came from a Series IIIA-IIIC Hillman. Since Singer Gazelles had chrome valve covers and this one has a painted valve cover, it points more to a Hillman Minx origin for the engine."
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The homemade wifi antennas above (made with deep fry scoopers" actually work. For some other similar info, check this page out
http://www.freeantennas.com/ 
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The Viridian Falcon
SOLD! -- The Purple Pig
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