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11-28-2016, 07:08 PM | #1 | |
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Nov 29th, 2016: Greek Sponge Divers
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Then somebody invented the diving suit so divers could go deeper and longer making everybody richer. But it also brought the “bends”. Between 1866 and 1895, on the island of Kalymnos alone, 800 young men died of the bends and 200 more were paralyzed. The suits were outlawed for a couple years but the loss of profits brought them back. When a virus wiped out the sponges many of the divers scattered around the world with one group coming to Florida, where they did well until a red tide wiped out the beds. The red tide comes often enough the beds never recovered. Of course synthetic sponges have taken over except for some car nuts and some fancy bathers. link
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11-28-2016, 08:25 PM | #2 |
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This betrays my age, however, A favorite plot device of adventure movies of the 50's was to have a sponge diver get attacked by somebody with a knife. (or somebody on board the boat shutting off the air pump.
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11-28-2016, 10:36 PM | #3 |
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Sea Hunt? Lloyd Bridges?
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11-28-2016, 10:45 PM | #4 |
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The Deep, with Jacqueline Bisset.
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11-29-2016, 12:47 AM | #5 |
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I wonder if Elaine still has her stash...
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11-29-2016, 12:48 AM | #6 |
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Joke aside, fascinating.
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