Who in here lives on a island?

missthing_

write about it

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I live on an Island. Sun rises over the Gulf and sets over the ship channel. Beautiful skies. FLAT! Hurricane country. birds: Seagulls, Pelicans (brown & white), Roseatte Spoonbill, Sand Pippers, Frickets, Blue Harron, Egrits, to name some. The Island is 18 miles long and 3 miles wide. Tiny town, no shopping except tourtist shops, 100 students in our whole high school. Many thousands of tourists come and go. Condos and developers taking over chopping down beautiful sand dunes, etc. to build mansion weekend houses. Coyotes, Taranchillas, Scorpions, Killer Bees, Centipedes, etc. all looking for new homes. It is very beautiful here but, ruined now by money hungry people. Locals are fishermen, boat captains, oil field. Surfs up here! Lots of surfers, fishing, kayaks, snorkeling, wind surfing, para gliders, miles of pristine beaches, birding facilities (lots of beautiful migrating birds), Whooping Cranes, too. Locals Rule! Every one knows everyone and all about ya...no secrets here. The days of my kids running down sandy streets chasing Jack Rabbits is gone....all paved now. People came here to "kick back" but, brought the city with them. We walk or ride bikes- they drive SUVs, FAST! We have many Dolphins you can play with naturally. Best fishing anywhere! Low crime...no way to escape. Drugs bad, no busts. The town is one mile long and one mile wide. 2 traffic lights, one grocery store. Well, that's about it. (P.S. Sorry spell check is out-just sound out the words, ha.) I saw your 360 page. Nice Island you've got there.

What are some cool things that you can make with common household items?

Nic

so far i have made a pengun, and a bad catapult. i want to know mostly how to make a good bow but also how to make other cool items.

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I'm not sure what you mean by a bad catapult. You can make a good water rocket that works off compressed air from a bike pump and water as a reaction mass. Made from plastic soda bottles and various odds and ends. Depending on the level of sophistication, this can be anywhere from a half hour project on up. Lots of info available in web searches.
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If you mean a bow for archery, it depends on whether a nice piece of wood is a household item or not. If you have a lot of treebranches around, you may be all set, though you may have to let the wood dry. Again, many archery sites on the web will tell you how to do this. Look up how to make your own longbows.

I would guess that it's possible to make a pretty good bow from a bundle of fibeglass driveway markers, though I'd guess you'd have to bundle them together. I've used them to get a bit more power from a fiberglass kid's bow.
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Suggest you check out makezine.com Lots of weird projects made from household stuff.
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Another good source is this CD:
http://www.sciplus.com/singleItem.cfm/terms/10467
Many of the projects can be made with household items, though of course many can't. It's very entertaining. Includes a section on how to make a van de Graaf generator and then use it to power a small accelerator which apparently has enough zip to split an atom or two. Somewhat beyond the household items level, but not as far as you'd think.

The low tech article I remember is how to make underwater gliders from plastic models.

So the projects vary greatly in how difficult they are and in how many resources they use.

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What influenced the Wright brothers into building the airplane?

DT

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The Wright Brothers much like modern day skater punks. Kids. They were swept up in the bycycling craze of the 1880s and 90s, Wilbur in particular loved whipping along country roads on his bike, flying along.
Flying has been on people's minds since they first got cr^pped on by birds overhead. Towards the goal of flight people have been experimenting with wings & balloons & kites since ancient times but for the sake of santity we shall concentrate on the hundred years from that December day in 1903 when they became truly airborn.
First balloons and then gliders were launched into the sky and as children Orville and Wilbur ready avidly about gliding clubs and baloonist. Headstrong & idealistic they had little interest in balloons but gliders fascinated them. In their teens they took their love of bycyling to the next level by becming bike manufacturers & dealers. Their business was succesful enough to pursue their interest in flight. Their passion for flight fueled by bycylcing trips that feeling of near flight when one is on a bike.
In fact the earliest impulse having achieved flight was to apply the lessons for steering a bike to the steering of an aircraft but that is a topic unto itself.

Peace............. // -------------- O .I. O-------------- \\

A list of EVERY single extreme sport including Free Running, Wakeskating, Rock Climbing etc.?

KoCo

I need a list of all the extreme sports for a project. References would be nice too. Water Sports, Climbing, skydiving. Anything that can be considered an extreme sport

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Adventure Racing.
There seems to be no set definition of this. It is up to the organiser of the specific race to set what rules there are. It may include any of the following activities:
mountain biking, trekking, canoeing, kayaking, whitewater rafting, horseback riding, parasailing, and rope skills such as rappelling, abseiling, and tyrolean traverse.
Unusually these are often team events.

All-Terrain Boarding
Think of this as off-road skateboarding. The boards have bigger wheels and you can find people doing this up mountains.
Base Jumping
This is jumping from "Building, Antennae, Span, Earth" rather than an aeroplane.
This is often done by illegally gaining access to buildings etc. People die doing this.

BMX
As well as professional shows you can find online video of people riding across the roofs of buildings. Jumping can take riders 20+ft into the air.
Bungee Jumping
Jumping off tied to a piece of elastic? No I wouldn't!
What happens once you've stopped bouncing? You either get pulled back up or lowered down. Originally it was Indigenous people of the Penecoste Islands in the South Pacific who jumped from bamboo towers on ropes but in 1978 Oxford Dangerous Sports Club jumped from the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol, and thus modern bungee jumping was invented!
Canopying
Activities in the canopy of trees, such as abseiling and climbing.
Canyoning
Often involves following a mountain stream to its source.
Cave Diving
This is quite literally diving in pools in caves.
This UK based site has galleries of photos of people cave diving
Hang Gliding
Gliding off a simple frame. Unpowered.
You can learn to do the basics in about two days. launching, turning, landing.
However learnning about weather conditions is as vital as basic skills.
Kitesurfing
What is Kite Surfing? It is the ability to water ski or surf harnessing the power of the kite for traction.
Kite jumping is a sport that is extremely dangerous see this kite site for info on both
Land Luge
AKA street luge. Close to the ground on wheels (either flat board or some sort of bike.)
Boards have become wider than skateboards which inspired the sport, you turn bends by leaning and brakes using feet. Can reach 80 mph under right circumstances.
Motocross
This is off-road motorcycle racing. Tracks usually include a standing start, lots of turns and jumps, and is on a closed dirt circuit over rough terrain
Mountain Biking
Think of this as motocross without the engine.
Paragliding
paraglider pilots launch from gentle hillsides with their gliders already opened for flight. Pilot sits upright. Introductory courses lasting two days are available.
Parkour
One place defines this as Agressive Walking. Or the art of movement. Def worth online for some sites a look just to see people doing strange things. This is the main UK Parkour site with local sites listed.
Rock Climbing - I've rock climbed several times in the past at Salford Uni Climbing wall and at a place in Marple. I've even climbed outside a few times.
Roller Skating
Thats skating on wheels. Obviously the tame stuff we all do as kids doesn't count, but those inline skaters (have seen people skating on the roads into town... now if that isn't insane I don't know what is)
Skateboarding
This is probably one of the most known extreme sports.
Ski Joring
A sport in which a skier is drawn over ice or snow by a horse or vehicle.
Skiing
sport in which participants travel on skis
Skydiving
Jumping form a plane, then performing acrobatics in free fall before activating the parachute.
Snowboarding
Skateboarding on snow without the wheels.
Snowcross
Motocross with snow and special machines.
Surfing
Waves, a board and a lot of falling off. The more extreme version presumably chases bigger waves.
Wakeboarding
Like water skiing but with one board
Watercross
Use of buoys and floating walls to create a hard course to navigate round on a special water scooter
Whitewater Canoe and Kayaking
White water is fast water as in rapids or waterfalls - frothed up by mixing with air it appears white.
Kayak is a decked boat propelled with a two-bladed paddle from seated position.
Canoe, an open boat propelled with a single bladed paddle from a kneeling position
Whitewater Rafting
Using a raft to navigate fast flowing water
Windsurfing
A sail powered board

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What can Indiana Tourists in Sacramento do? May 23th to June 7th?

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Sharon Coh

Need ideas for my houseguests to do in the coming weeks. They are both young women, nearly 30, and I'm (quite) a bit older and working everyday. They'll be on their own most days.

I need to offer suggestions for low cost adventures within half a day's travel. They have a car, camping equipment and very little money! They have equipment for fishing and camping. I don't even know what fish are in season or where they could catch them! Boat rentals, kayaking, etc. would be great if I only knew where to send them. They are from Indiana so the natural sights, sounds and creatures of California are very entertaining if I only knew where they'll find the greatest fun.

Your ideas would be appreciated.

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I always recommend auburn areas to visitors that are into nature, exploring, camping and stuff!
If you take hwy 80 east exit in the town of auburn and continue on 49 and let it wind around and down to the bridge go right on the bridge that will send you into the heart of the gold mining/ rush areas and beautiful areas to hike in!
Also some of the all time best hiking and mountain biking is a few exits past the auburn exit and it is called "foresthill" (you can also connect to it by going straight instead of right at the bridge) if you get off the freeway and make a right you will cross one of the biggest bridges in Calif. or is it in the U.S? I forget anyways thats a sight they have to see! (they also filmed a scene from that vindiesel movie there xxx??) anyways one of my favorite spots Ive been going to since I was a kid is at the end of the bridge there is a mountain top there if you park at the basin of that (back side) and hike up you may loose a breath at some of the views and the eagles and hawks sowring. ( we flied out gliders there as a kid) anyways should they venture up Foresthill a ways there are tones of comping spots mosquito ridge, devils hole (i like the views and peace here) , lower and upper meadows and a couple of other ones in the area that may be better but I cant give away all the goods! lol good luck! tell em its all about exploring up there just like they did a hundred years ago! you can never go wrong in those parts!
dang now i wanna go! lol need a tour guide? let me know!haha
also don't forget the central coast and northern coast too if they can make it, SO BEAUTIFUL! I know these don't sound like day drives but they can be! when my wife and I need to get away and have no time to do so........... we do it in a day! :) we did Ukia to Mendocino coast and down the coast (1) last weekend got home late but it was worth it! :) enjoy, have fun, be safe! email for more details, no worries!

Did you buy your kid(s) a glider bike or balance bike?

Q. What age did you purchase it for him/her/them? What do you like about the bike you bought? =)

My son is 2 1/2 and tall. I know he would have no issue fitting on one but I'm wondering if he is ready for it.

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I personally think those balance bikes are a waste of money. I always just got regular bikes with training wheels. You can set the training wheels loose so the bike wobbles back and forth allowing the child to learn to balance just the same. This way when the child is ready to peddle you just take the training wheels off and they have a two wheel bike. With the balance bike/glider then you have to go buy another bike. Also it's better for your child to learn to peddle while they learn to balance. They can learn to balance on a glider but once they get a peddle bike it's different to balance while peddling and so it's like learning all over again anyway.

just two cents from a mom of 4 boys

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What influenced the Wright brothers into building the airplane?

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DT

Answer
The Wright Brothers much like modern day skater punks. Kids. They were swept up in the bycycling craze of the 1880s and 90s, Wilbur in particular loved whipping along country roads on his bike, flying along.
Flying has been on people's minds since they first got cr^pped on by birds overhead. Towards the goal of flight people have been experimenting with wings & balloons & kites since ancient times but for the sake of santity we shall concentrate on the hundred years from that December day in 1903 when they became truly airborn.
First balloons and then gliders were launched into the sky and as children Orville and Wilbur ready avidly about gliding clubs and baloonist. Headstrong & idealistic they had little interest in balloons but gliders fascinated them. In their teens they took their love of bycyling to the next level by becming bike manufacturers & dealers. Their business was succesful enough to pursue their interest in flight. Their passion for flight fueled by bycylcing trips that feeling of near flight when one is on a bike.
In fact the earliest impulse having achieved flight was to apply the lessons for steering a bike to the steering of an aircraft but that is a topic unto itself.

Peace............. // -------------- O .I. O-------------- \\

What can Indiana Tourists in Sacramento do? May 23th to June 7th?

Sharon Coh

Need ideas for my houseguests to do in the coming weeks. They are both young women, nearly 30, and I'm (quite) a bit older and working everyday. They'll be on their own most days.

I need to offer suggestions for low cost adventures within half a day's travel. They have a car, camping equipment and very little money! They have equipment for fishing and camping. I don't even know what fish are in season or where they could catch them! Boat rentals, kayaking, etc. would be great if I only knew where to send them. They are from Indiana so the natural sights, sounds and creatures of California are very entertaining if I only knew where they'll find the greatest fun.

Your ideas would be appreciated.

Answer
I always recommend auburn areas to visitors that are into nature, exploring, camping and stuff!
If you take hwy 80 east exit in the town of auburn and continue on 49 and let it wind around and down to the bridge go right on the bridge that will send you into the heart of the gold mining/ rush areas and beautiful areas to hike in!
Also some of the all time best hiking and mountain biking is a few exits past the auburn exit and it is called "foresthill" (you can also connect to it by going straight instead of right at the bridge) if you get off the freeway and make a right you will cross one of the biggest bridges in Calif. or is it in the U.S? I forget anyways thats a sight they have to see! (they also filmed a scene from that vindiesel movie there xxx??) anyways one of my favorite spots Ive been going to since I was a kid is at the end of the bridge there is a mountain top there if you park at the basin of that (back side) and hike up you may loose a breath at some of the views and the eagles and hawks sowring. ( we flied out gliders there as a kid) anyways should they venture up Foresthill a ways there are tones of comping spots mosquito ridge, devils hole (i like the views and peace here) , lower and upper meadows and a couple of other ones in the area that may be better but I cant give away all the goods! lol good luck! tell em its all about exploring up there just like they did a hundred years ago! you can never go wrong in those parts!
dang now i wanna go! lol need a tour guide? let me know!haha
also don't forget the central coast and northern coast too if they can make it, SO BEAUTIFUL! I know these don't sound like day drives but they can be! when my wife and I need to get away and have no time to do so........... we do it in a day! :) we did Ukia to Mendocino coast and down the coast (1) last weekend got home late but it was worth it! :) enjoy, have fun, be safe! email for more details, no worries!

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Name that video arcade game?

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nitejrny28

90's arcade game involving a bicycle powered blimp.

Anyone remember that arcade game from the mid to late 90's where you flew a hot air blimp through a variety of landscapes (popping giant balloons, navigating through caves, etc.) all through the power of a stationary bike?

I remember playing it in the arcade room at the Treasure Island casino in Vegas as a kid.

Anyone remember the name? It would make a heck of a Nintendo Wii game.

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Prop Cycle http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?game_id=9139

And I agree it would make a great Wii game. To emulate it you would use the controller and the numbchuck, Moving them with your arms like you were peddling a bike after enough forward motion is made you fly like your holding on to the gliders control bar pushing side to side for left/right pull back for up push forward for down. Basic controls anyway.

Sugar glider or asus transformer prime? "Sugar gliders are legal here"?

As the question stated above, which should I get, me and my family will be upgrading to the iPhone 5 late October-November. Right now I have an iPod touch, "Flashback", my dad told me he would get me a bike, roughly worth 300, I hesitated and asked him if I could get sugar gliders instead, after a while, he ok'd it, (a pair of 2 for 300), i was also thinking about getting the tablet for school purposes with the laptop dock I could buy later. So in your opinion, which do you think I should get. If you decide to help, please do not leave rude comments, I got the iPod mid November 2011, our phones are due upgrade, but we're waiting for next gen iPhone, and my dad was planning on getting the gift "sugar gliders or tablet for the 2 birthdays, and 2 christmas' I told him I would just rather save up for something later on in life. My birthday is in a week, so can you please help me? Sorry this is confusing, I mentioned iPhone and iPod background so you wouldn't think I'm a spoiled brat, the real question was ""(Sugar glider or asus transformer prime tablet)"" BTW, both are priced $300, thank you

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Get the tablet for school. You have the right idea about getting two sugar gliders since they can't be alone, but I think you're forgetting that it usually runs about 150-300 for each glider (unless there is a special deal for buying pairs), then it'll be a couple of hundred dollars more for the necessary supplies to keep them healthy and happy. You need the appropriate housing material: a tall or wide cage good enough to house them will run you about $100 (most likely more) so that'll be $400 now, a glider safe wheel that's not too small for them will be about $20-50, a cage set that has pouches made of FLEECE can cost, depending on the set, what it comes with, the patterns, where you buy them, somewhere from $15-50 bucks, water bottle and food dishes another $10-20 bucks. They need to be on special mixed diets. There's no such thing as a healthy staple pellet diet for gliders. Anyone who tries to sell you gliders with pellet food, heat rocks, a guide, a small cage, etc. is wrong. Most of their diets can be purchased at your supermarket and/or online. To start out, you'll probably spend about $50 for all the ingredients combined, but after it should last you a few months if you buy frozen fruits and veggies rather than fresh. They need toys to keep them entertained so this could run you at the cheapest about another $20 bucks. And then treats anywhere from $10-20 bucks. I'd check out the HPW and BML diets for an idea on what a healthy staple diet is for gliders. If you don't meet their dietary needs, you can end up staining their coat, giving them a calcium deficiency which can paralyze their hind legs forever, shorten their life span and/or kill them.

A few other things about gliders: it's necessary to use fleece for pouches and bedding material. This is so that they don't get stuck on string and chew their body parts off to get free or lose circulation and need to have a leg or a tail (whatever is stuck in the string) amputated. A lone glider can risk becoming depressed, lonely, stressed out and will eventually self-mutilate and/or die. They have no bowel control so they cannot control when or where they pee and poop so there can't be potty trained. You'll be picking up after them very often. They're messy eaters so they fling and throw their food everywhere, even through the bars of their cage. And they can throw far. You'll find food in ridiculous places. Their nails need to be trimmed, depending on the glider, every 2 weeks to once a month, because they get sharp and long and it's easier for them to get stuck on things. It's very hard to trim some gliders nails because they don't like it. They'll make a fuss and if you mess up you can end up trimming too far back and hurt them. They're nocturnal so they must sleep about 20hours during the day. Too much light hurts their eyes. I have four gliders and they usually don't wake up until 1am and they are up until 7am, running around their cage, banging things and barking. If you're a light sleeper, they will probably keep you up most of the night.

Also, be sure to check that they are legal where you live as some places do not allow people to have gliders and others require that you at least have a permit. Make sure to do your research as well. They are cute animals but they are labeled exotic pets for a reason. They're very expensive and high maintenance. No exotic animal is easy to care for. They each have very strict requirements when it comes to taking care of them. It's quite like having a child you have to specially prepare meals for and clean up after all the time, that never grows up! Much harder to care for than cats and dogs. So be careful with your decision! I know many teens and kids who bought them and realized it's too much of a responsibility for them to handle and eventually the gliders feel more like a chore to them and enjoy them less. If you're patient and willing to research and provide for the gliders, in the end they are rewarding pets.

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