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Since the library is closed I'm still begging time on my friends home WiFi. She was off to the beach today so I worked on her doorstep. Nice view of her place in last weeks sunset shot.
I got this note from one of you after last weeks post:
"FYI, on our cable Internet connection at home, your page took about 12 seconds to load."
I wonder who took the longest.
A pal of mine here on the island said he didn't even open the email because of the 'Huge File' subject line. Sorry. That email was not so large, it was the web page for that week that I thought was huge.
Years ago a pal of mine who had a celebrity VW repair shop let the mechanics have their way with a VW Vanagon and it ended up as a flatbed that they could haul junkers to the wrecking yard with etc. I was reminded of that truck when I saw this one the other day.
They use that rack to haul steel tubing, angel iron, etc. It looks like the side bodywork is simple flat stock.
On the way to the beach I noticed the plastic body on this next VW had kind of a Geo Tracker look to it.
When Wilma hit, last year, the storm waves undermined the seafront and tossed sections of the sidewalk about like playing cards, then washed them out into the sea. This one slab makes a fine cave roof and provides a nice place to hide during the day for a night feeder like this Squirrelfish. ~12" long. Look as the size of those eyes.
I know some punkers that would do anything to be tattooed like this little guy.
Next is like a color-blindness test. This is a young, ~2", flounder. I never would have seen it if it hadn't moved when it saw me. I had a hell of a time framing up it through the camera's display screen. It's somewhat transparent as well as carrying some sand and gravel on it's back.
If you can't believe your eyes here is a second look. Actually it's the eyes sticking up that gives it away on the sand.
I took a picture of this little coral-head then noticed that Martian egg sack behind it. Now I know where all the crazy scooter riders come from, dressed as tourists.
This nameless guy is a little over an inch long. If you have hemorrhoids you can appreciate the effort the parrot fish go to producing all this sand.
This lovely predator is feeding on the algae growing on soft corals like this rod coral and fans too. Unfortunately it is such an efficient cleaner that it can kill the section of the coral it is feeding on.
Here is a damaged rod Coral. . . . . and an interesting item in the background:
This Triggerfish just came out of nowhere and wouldn't leave me alone. It took a few passes before it would get far enough away for a full shot. I was almost fending it off with the camera.
On the way home I stopped by the Chedraui SuperMarket and noticed this motorbike trailer set-up on the way out.
There is an interesting place on my way home that always has some sort of car project in the front yard. This trip produced a REAL short VW getting a little fender work.
Next time out I saw this PU made out of a VW Rabbit sedan.
And across the street some kids were playing with a wheelchair made out of a grocery cart. They said they found it in a dark alley and laughed. =)
In AA we celebrate sobriety birthdays and on our way to a restaurant after the meeting to have dinner with our 9 year birthday boy we passed this exotic sport scar.
. . . . Yes!, of all things, it was the sports version of the Smart Car you saw after the wedding limo a week or two ago.
Dental work is good quality and low cost in Mexico. I've had three gold crowns put in down here over the years and the prices ranged from $100 in Puerto Vallarta to $250 in Playa Del Carmen. Last summer I had a filling break out of the tooth located just behind my Eyetooth on my right side and had the filling replaced at The Uptown Clinic (also low cost but no big jobs like crown work).
I was concerned by some pressure sensitivity with that tooth when chewing sideways so I went to see a young modern dentist here on Cozumel last week who was recommended by the guy who found that crab skeleton last week. I wanted an estimate on a crown; $110-$180 depending on material. After looking the tooth over she said there were some micro fractures next to the filling. She suggested a highly penetrating sealer that contains Fluoride, $35 for the treatment including an X-ray a month later to test the results. The next solution she offered was a ceramic filling. She'd remove the old filling, take an impression of the cavity, cast and fire a ceramic replacement and cement it in for $55. My inclination is to go with another gold crown. Maybe some of you readers can offer opinions prior to Jan 19,'07.
As I ride My Triciclo around I hug the parked cars on the right so traffic can get by me on the left. I get to see a lot of door mirrors and a few are turned in so they don't stick out so far because of the narrow streets. This guy must have gotten whacked and didn't want to go un-noticed next time. (That's a hand mirror and some electrical tape)
Across the street from the BBQ rib place there is a BBQ chicken place (take out only). That rack rotates like a ferris wheel except the skewers rotate ~10-12 revolutions per rack revolution giving each chicken even heating and less opportunity to drip. It is log fired.
Now Matt will be glad to hear that he WAS right, this next item is a Toyota 'Land Cruiser' not a 'Land Rover' as I thought. (He's a Britt, I should have known. . . .) Pretty clever set-up. European registration. I didn't even notice if it was diesel or not. . . let's just say it is and have it all !
On one of last years pages I showed you a half dozen wild Turkeys that a neighbor lady keeps as pets. I met a couple from NY last year, he is a bow hunter and taught me a simple turkey call that attracted the little flock over to the fence for a closer look. I understand from another neighbor that someone bagged half of her flock just prior to Thanksgiving this year and made her feel pretty bad. Here are a couple blossoms on her Hibiscus tree which are lovely but little consolation.
I rode out to Javier's this afternoon to see about a special air fitting that has a thread pattern available only in my imagination. I rode home through the back street neighborhoods and passed a funeral home. Next door was this little cabinet shop.
Further on I had to ask the question 'What's with these people', Easter isn't for a couple months yet. Thats when you start seeing trees like this where I'm from.
=)
This next VW made me think of some friends who like to stay at the 'El Cid' but haven't made it down for a while.
When I got home this evening I noticed that a paint and body guy had spent the day sanding and painting this refrigerator. Note the electrical hook-up on the air-compressor.
Shall we close with another Sunset?
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