DowntownRDB Posted at 8-2 09:41
Don't you wish you could make even a small fraction of that on your videos?

Well time for me to make a run to the seafood market.

Put the sign up.... Gone Fishin'   

DowntownRDB Posted at 8-2 06:52
Sounds like a good plan.  I do see the two little squares but have no idea what they are, especially being located in the sea abreast of the power plant.

They are the offshore water inlet and outlets for the power plant. or at least they were.

Blériot53 Posted at 8-2 08:01
It does rather catch the eye, doesn't it

So much so that it's dangerous to drive - for the rest of traffic ;-)

Depp Posted at 8-2 22:08
So much so that it's dangerous to drive - for the rest of traffic ;-)

Certainly a head turner   Distracting to other drivers perhaps.

Blériot53 Posted at 8-2 09:47
Put the sign up.... Gone Fishin'

Funny you should say that but I do have a sign on the gate leading out to my boat's pier that says "Gone Fishing, Security Cameras in Use".  

DowntownRDB Posted at 8-3 04:25
Funny you should say that but I do have a sign on the gate leading out to my boat's pier that says "Gone Fishing, Security Cameras in Use".

DAFlys Posted at 8-2 22:04
They are the offshore water inlet and outlets for the power plant. or at least they were.

Okay, that would make sense.  Has to intake water from somewhere.  The ones here in the states are totally submerged.  They aren't hard to tell where they are though as there are signs all around them saying no diving in this area.

Blériot53 Posted at 8-3 04:41
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I wish mine had an eyeball like that.    

I have signs on all perimeter sides of my property to try and warn off trespassers.  So far, has worked quite well.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 8-3 05:06
I wish mine had an eyeball like that.   

I have signs on all perimeter sides of my property to try and warn off trespassers.  So far, has worked quite well.

Tells it like it is

Blériot53 Posted at 8-3 05:08
Tells it like it is

Can't say there weren't warned, can they......

DowntownRDB Posted at 8-3 05:19
Can't say there weren't warned, can they......

Even those who can't read can recognise a picture of a firearm.  It's a clue

Blériot53 Posted at 8-3 05:22
Even those who can't read can recognise a picture of a firearm.  It's a clue

Indeed it is, a very visible clue.  

There has been a bit too much "lawlessness" going on lately so have to always be prepared to protect your own. Of course, using my firearms would be as a very, very last resort and only if I feared for my life.

In the nearby town there has been a rash of catalytic converters being cut off of parked cars.  More worrisome is the amount of road rage shootings. Then there are the voters who want to defund the police departments.  Not sure what direction this country is going in anymore.  Guess that is why I moved out of the city and bought 25 acres with water frontage.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 8-3 05:30
Indeed it is, a very visible clue.  

There has been a bit too much "lawlessness" going on lately so have to always be prepared to protect your own. Of course, using my firearms would be as a very, very last resort and only if I feared for my life.

There's something to be said for solitude

Blériot53 Posted at 8-3 05:33
There's something to be said for solitude

There certainly is.

Silence and solitude are more important than ever nowadays.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 8-3 05:35
There certainly is.

Silence and solitude are more important than ever nowadays.

This takes me back........

DowntownRDB Posted at 8-3 04:46
Okay, that would make sense.  Has to intake water from somewhere.  The ones here in the states are totally submerged.  They aren't hard to tell where they are though as there are signs all around them saying no diving in this area.

No diving otherwise we'll suck you up.

Blériot53 Posted at 8-3 05:38
This takes me back........
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAEppFUWLfc

Definitely a trip down memory lane.  Love that song.  They just don't make them like that anymore.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 8-4 06:34
Definitely a trip down memory lane.  Love that song.  They just don't make them like that anymore.

Good lyric writers seem to be in short supply these days.
It's all Beat-Box and Techno noise
And don't mention (C)RAP   

DAFlys Posted at 8-3 22:41
No diving otherwise we'll suck you up.

No doubt about the suction being very powerful.  Wonder how many fish and sharks have been sucked in?

Blériot53 Posted at 8-4 06:47
Good lyric writers seem to be in short supply these days.
It's all Beat-Box and Techno noise
And don't mention (C)RAP

The only singers that I can understand the lyrics of anymore seem to be country music.  

For sure I'm not into Gangster Rap.  

I had a car pull up next to me while waiting at a traffic light and the bass on his radio was so loud that it was shaking the windows in his car.  Talking about a candidate for high frequency hearing loss, that was him.  His music was so loud in drowned out the music in my car and I had all the windows up with the AC on.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 8-4 07:40
The only singers that I can understand the lyrics of anymore seem to be country music.  

For sure I'm not into Gangster Rap.  

Normally idiots like that drive with the windows open, to avoid damage to the interior of the vehicle

Blériot53 Posted at 8-4 08:49
Normally idiots like that drive with the windows open, to avoid damage to the interior of the vehicle

I have to agree that most do except for this guy wanted to do some damage to his eardrums obviously.  

Nice truck

DowntownRDB Posted at 8-4 09:04
I have to agree that most do except for this guy wanted to do some damage to his eardrums obviously.

Dominik__W Posted at 8-4 09:09
Nice truck

Quite unusual, isn't it

DowntownRDB Posted at 8-4 07:09
No doubt about the suction being very powerful.  Wonder how many fish and sharks have been sucked in?

I'd hope there was some mesh on it to stop that.

DAFlys Posted at 8-2 04:54
This one was decommissioned in 2006,   if you look in the picture there are two little squares in the sea,  thats what I plan to fly to weather permitting.

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Have you been up there yet?

Blériot53 Posted at 8-4 22:56
Have you been up there yet?

Going in a couple of weeks weather permitting.  SHMBO'd has some time off so were having a little day trip.

DAFlys Posted at 8-4 23:00
Going in a couple of weeks weather permitting.  SHMBO'd has some time off so were having a little day trip.

Drone-accompanied, of course  
Hope the weather holds.

Blériot53 Posted at 8-4 23:08
Drone-accompanied, of course  
Hope the weather holds.

Yes,  probably two drones M2P and Mini 3 and a couple of DSLRs.

DAFlys Posted at 8-4 23:18
Yes,  probably two drones M2P and Mini 3 and a couple of DSLRs.

Blériot53 Posted at 8-2 03:56
Thanks DJI Paladin. It's amazing what extraordinary things turn up when you're travelling about.  Always useful to have the Pocket2 handy

I agree with you, MrB. The one great feature of this product is being handy camera. Take care always, MrB!

DJI Paladin Posted at 8-5 00:51
I agree with you, MrB. The one great feature of this product is being handy camera. Take care always, MrB!

DAFlys Posted at 8-4 22:47
I'd hope there was some mesh on it to stop that.

No idea as I have never been close enough to seen one while diving as the area is always strictly off limits.  One would have to assume that it has some type of iron grating that would keep out fish but not inhibit the inward flow of water.  Just guess though.

DowntownRDB Posted at 8-5 04:41
No idea as I have never been close enough to seen one while diving as the area is always strictly off limits.  One would have to assume that it has some type of iron grating that would keep out fish but not inhibit the inward flow of water.  Just guess though.

I wonder if the outlet water is nice and warm too,  reminds me of a simpsons episode many years ago.

DAFlys Posted at 8-6 00:35
I wonder if the outlet water is nice and warm too,  reminds me of a simpsons episode many years ago.

I've read that some fishermen prefer to fish near the outlets as they can because the water is warmer but the fish tend to be bigger.  Don't know the reason for why they would be bigger.  However, a few fish caught have shown to have abnormalities.  Think I'll pass on eating any fish sourced near an outlet.

DowntownRDB Posted at 8-6 03:39
I've read that some fishermen prefer to fish near the outlets as they can because the water is warmer but the fish tend to be bigger.  Don't know the reason for why they would be bigger.  However, a few fish caught have shown to have abnormalities.  Think I'll pass on eating any fish sourced near an outlet.

DAFlys Posted at 8-6 23:57
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-MHxORF8tI

    You got to love Bart Simpson.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 8-7 04:04
You got to love Bart Simpson.

Used to watch it a lot when it first came out,  not watched one in years now,  I was surprised to hear they were still going.

DAFlys Posted at 8-8 22:44
Used to watch it a lot when it first came out,  not watched one in years now,  I was surprised to hear they were still going.

Seems to be a kid favorite still.  Guess they'll play the reruns until the viewership declines.