On Fri, 28 Jul 2000 08:58:32 -0400, Lee Bell <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Reef Fish wrote:
>
>> As for South
>> Florida, it's not exactly the center of the universe and I've visited
>> there for years while my brother-in-law lived in Cape Kennedy and later
>> in Palm Beach and I can't recall anything worth a trip there, not even
>> the diving.  :-)

SNIP

>Last time I saw data,

WHAT data?  You mean that worthless tabloid tabulation by Rodale
based on worthless data on SELF-SELECTED samples of Rodale subscribers?


>Molassas Reef was still the number one most
>visited dive site in the world.

Popularity by cattleboats does not equate with quality.  That was
TWO of the WORST dives I've ever had, on Molasses Reef.  Was on a
cattleboat of 24 on a boat whose capacity can't be more than 12.
The idjit DM told every one to pop to the surface ever 15 minutes
so that HE could keep track of where everyone was.  Told that story
more than once on Scuba-*.

No thanks, Lee.  You South Floridians can have that for yourself! ;-)


>Still, as mediocre as S. Florida diving may be, it beats the hell out of
>anything Tennessee has to offer. 8^)

Or South Carolina, or Alabama, or Georgia, or North Dekota, ... you
won't get any argument from me.  Or Stoney Cove, for the Brits here.  :-)
But that ain't saying much about Florida.   8o)

-- Bob.