That's actually the best metaphor for explaining primary vs secondary stability I have ever heard.Pahonu wrote: Their hulls remind me somewhat of rowing shells. The instability is heightened when not moving or going slowly, perhaps analagous to a bike, but at speed they are fairly stable. .
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- Tue Jun 05, 2012 12:46 am
- Forum: Magnum P.I. Talk
- Topic: Magnum lifestyle on the cheap
- Replies: 21
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- Fri May 25, 2012 10:53 pm
- Forum: Magnum P.I. Talk
- Topic: Magnum and Hawaiian food
- Replies: 14
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Magnum never ate plate lunch although plate lunch wagons were ubiquitous even in the 80's. They should have shown him having some. But then, they really modeled him to be an FOB, no pidgin, no local slang, afraid of locals, antagonistic to da braddahs... At da kapu luau, garanz he would have had ka...
- Fri May 25, 2012 10:48 pm
- Forum: Magnum P.I. Talk
- Topic: Magnum lifestyle on the cheap
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It is solid. It's rated for diving to cary 400 pounds! I am PADI certified, but I never bought all my own equipment. I've only dived about a dozen or so times since getting my card, but I snorkel all the time. Any time I get to Catalina Island I go. I've been in several coves there. I took my kids ...
- Fri May 25, 2012 6:33 pm
- Forum: Magnum P.I. Talk
- Topic: Surfskiing episodes
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- Views: 2948
- Fri May 25, 2012 4:02 pm
- Forum: Magnum P.I. Talk
- Topic: Magnum lifestyle on the cheap
- Replies: 21
- Views: 12938
Sounds fun. You know, I've never fished off my kayak. I've been fishing many time on friends boats, but never the kayak. That would be a workout. The farthest I've gone in one day is about 16-18 miles when my buddy and I paddled south from Newport Harbor past Dana Point and camped for two nights. T...
- Fri May 25, 2012 6:10 am
- Forum: Cast & Crew
- Topic: Early Selleck Movie...
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5580
Re: Early Selleck Movie...
Wot da heck? Did a search, no mention of this in the site anywhere... Daughters of Satan. Tom Selleck Vintage B Movie. Long before Magnum, P.I., Tom Selleck played the lead in 1972's Daughters of Satan, a schlocky horror movie made in the Phillipines. I watch the film now and then... It's too campy...
- Thu May 24, 2012 10:23 pm
- Forum: Magnum P.I. Talk
- Topic: Surfskiing episodes
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- Thu May 24, 2012 10:20 pm
- Forum: Magnum P.I. Talk
- Topic: Magnum lifestyle on the cheap
- Replies: 21
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Thanks for the welcome, Pahonu. Good to meet another paddler. I paddle in West Galveston Bay and out in the Gulf of Mexico. Occasionally I'll go really far offshore (6 to 9 miles) to fish for mahi mahi, snapper, spade fish and mackerel! Jacks, porgies, sharks, but since my boats are shorter, I gow w...
- Thu May 24, 2012 7:56 pm
- Forum: Magnum P.I. Talk
- Topic: Magnum lifestyle on the cheap
- Replies: 21
- Views: 12938
Re: Magnum lifestyle on the cheap
Marry into money.Styles Bitchley wrote:Thanks for all that Reef Monkey. Very useful advice! So what do you recommend for an ocean-front estate?
- Thu May 24, 2012 7:00 pm
- Forum: Season 1
- Topic: Thicker than Blood (1.12)
- Replies: 66
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- Thu May 24, 2012 6:25 pm
- Forum: Magnum P.I. Talk
- Topic: Surfskiing episodes
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2948
Surfskiing episodes
I'm a big sit-on-top kayaker, and a surfski is basically a sit on top kayak in its most elegant form, I love the episodes when Magnum surfskis. I am trying to make a list of all the episodes that feature him surfskiing. Here is what I have so far: Letter from a duchess Death and taxes (a little at t...
- Thu May 24, 2012 6:09 pm
- Forum: Magnum P.I. Talk
- Topic: Magnum and Hawaiian food
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5714
Magnum and Hawaiian food
So last Saturday my wife was taking my daughter to a birthday party, and I was headed to the hardware store and discovered a Hawaiian restaurant right down the street from my house. Plate lunches like moco loco, Kalua pork, teriyaki short ribs, etc. I got the aloha plate - Kalua pork, fried mahi mah...
- Thu May 24, 2012 5:12 pm
- Forum: Magnum P.I. Talk
- Topic: Magnum lifestyle on the cheap
- Replies: 21
- Views: 12938
Magnum lifestyle on the cheap
We can't all be live-in security consultants for famous authors, and our wives won't let us use the kids' college savings on a 308GT, but there are some ways you can live a facsimile of his lifestyle. Of course, there is plenty of stuff out there about where you can get team rings, sunglasses, UDT s...
- Thu May 24, 2012 3:56 pm
- Forum: Magnum Mania! Talk
- Topic: The Welcome Wagon
- Replies: 424
- Views: 292993
Howdy
Hey everyone, Mark here. I'm 36, so Magnum was in the air through most of my young childhood. I remember as a first grader being asked what my favorite day of the week was, and I said Thursday, because that's what day Magnum was on. I played Magnum as a kid, aided by a toy Colt M1911A1, and a Ferrar...