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As I was afraid, the admins approved posts for one day and then went back to whatever project is consuming their time, so please send messages to them reminding or asking to have authors’ posts approved!
One of the things that I was looking forward to was testing a couple of devices in our neighborhood pool before heading out into the wild with them. There is a personal propulsion system called SubBlue. What this does is allows you to operate the water jets to propel yourself through the water at around 2 miles per hour for a half hour. Most people will tell you that swimming a mile in around an hour is physically hard, so 2 miles per hour is a good speed underwater. The cool thing about Subblue is that it also has a holder for your cell phone. It will protect your cell phone underwater but allow you to take videos and pictures while you are “underwater.”
But they closed our pool for the year due to that pesky thing I will not mention. The other thing I wanted to be able to test in pool water was the new Finding Dory device. No, it is not a clownfish seeking missile or a system to catch clownfish. Finding Dory is an underwater ROV. The advantage of testing marine gear in a pool is if you make a dumb mistake, it is easy to jump and grab the device. In a lake or pond, it isn’t as easy. We will have to buy a license for one of the Canoes and head over to Boyd’s like to try out Dory. I won’t use the SubBlue in a lake first, so I will have to wait until this fall when the indoor pool near us will be opened (limited access, but that is better for what I want to do anyway!
I love being in the water, so it is hard not to be able to test these things. But we have to change due to the virus. I will do reviews for both of these and a few other technologies once I get a chance to get out and wander around a lake worth exploring underwater. It would help if you had a little bit of depth in the water for the exploration to be fun. If the lake doesn’t get deeper than 2 to 3 feet, it isn’t unusual. It is enjoyable to go looking for old lunkers underwater (a lunker is an old bass). Its fun to look at them in their native world. Anyway, always fun to share current new technologies. The world of underwater and aerial ROV’s has continued to improve. There are many interesting devices out there, and many more are coming!
Fun article link
https://hubpages.com/religion-philosophy/A-shells-journey-from-the-sea
https://hubpages.com/religion-philosophy/The-parable-of-the-Seagull-or-why-honest-works
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Now that’s sad. I will send them an email.today.
Some technologies are so new to me.
it really is very sad and something that will kill this site.
I feel a new conspiracy theory post coming soon because the pool is closed
yes the man is trying to keep my swim down!
I hear for the first time about some of the things you use in the pool.
it is always fun to find out new things – isn’t it?
I can manage jetski. Anything underwater cannot do. Never learn how to swim. And the sea is just across where I am sitting down 😂😂😂
It is never too old to learn!
Aahhh. My nephews tried to teach their poor aunt but no can-do. Swimming is like cooking for me. My heart is simply not into it. I figured pixies don’t need to swim and they can live on nectars (I sure can live on sweets 😂) 😜
i stand by what I said. It is never too late.
Oh, I agree. Wholeheartedly. But let us not include the cooking (that is why restos were invented 🤷🏻♀️) and the swimming (that is why they invented those floating devices) 😂
oh my pixie justification i had forgotten that.
I am very sad t see how things have continually been deteriorating here 🙁
i suspect either the admin team is working on some awesome new features, or they have been radically reduced in number. But both of those are opinion only.
I hear for the first time about some of the things you use in the pool. Sounds very interesting.
I already sent a message.
thanks for the message –
yes there are some cool things in the world of water exploration!
I too was afraid this would happen. Come on people! Do your job. 🙁
i am worried that they are doing their jobs. That the admin team has always had another project (building the site).
Or building a different site perhaps.
i keep seeing subtle changes on this site in the way things are presented and laid out
Not sure what that means, good, bad or indifferent.
i won’t speculate at this point, i have a couple of ideas but i don’t have any way to test or prove them.