wait poised and ready, watch for a big wave, shovel on some coal, take on water.
woohooo! it just gives a little lift to your ride, no wipe-out!
n.b. some people prefer to ride facing the engine, this can be arranged at a price-- po, Jul 23 2003 Like this, only bigger... and different? http://www.recroom-...mcds/steamboat.html [Worldgineer, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 05 2004] Crude attempt at illustration http://www.geocities.com/silverstormer/ [silverstormer, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 05 2004] No 8 rock - never knew another town with so many kinds of seaside rock - No 8 is so yummmy http://www.gwynedd..../index.english.htmlmy aunt pronounced the maes - as the mice. I thought that was how you spelt it. [po, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 05 2004] [gridkid]'s link http://www.ondeckwa...m/surfjet/index.htm [po, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 05 2004] and another... http://www.powerboarding.com/archives.htm [po, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 05 2004] Pure [po] genius! (+) Coal-a-bunga dude!-- silverstormer, Jul 23 2003 Also, steam locomotive nomenclature lends itself well to surf-manoeuvre nomenclature: "Dude, I just pulled off a totally rad Stephenson's Rocket out of that tube!" "I saw, Dude - just before I wiped out in the middle of my Flying Scotsman."-- friendlyfire, Jul 23 2003 Where's [Bristolz] when you need her? (link)-- silverstormer, Jul 23 2003 It was my great-grandfather who was on the trains.-- Shz, Jul 24 2003 Pretty much anything steam-powered gets my +.[Shz]: Mine too, and my grandfather.-- angel, Jul 24 2003 grandad was station master at Pwllheli <shows off>-- po, Jul 24 2003 silly (in a good way) the shovel doubles as an oar for when you get swept out by a monstrous rip.-- Trodden, Jul 24 2003 I want one to go with my steam powered soapbox. +-- saker, Jul 24 2003 [po] that would only be showing off if you could prove you could pronounce Pwllheli correctly. Or Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch for that matter. //aside// My dad's side of the family are welsh too //aside-- goff, Jul 24 2003 puth - eli is how I was brought up to say it.
I could say the llanfairpg one before I was 5 but I cannot vouch for my spelling or the string of little meanings (the big pond by the white church in the red pigeon loft etc...)
pwllheli no 8 rock - mmmm-- po, Jul 24 2003 You don't pronounce Welsh, you vomit it.-- angel, Jul 24 2003 I used to live on the Welsh/English border, it really bugged me when people from England asked me for directions to lul-lay <cringe> It's Llay!! I'm not Welsh but I really like the silly language.-- silverstormer, Jul 24 2003 its akin to cornish, isn't it, angel?
the place where they surf - to drag you all back on topic:-- po, Jul 24 2003 Topic, smopic.-- silverstormer, Jul 24 2003 The language is related to Cornish. They are two of the Q-Goidelic languages (the other is Breton); the P-Goidelic languages are Scots Gaelic, Irish Gaelic and Manx. These six (plus Galician, if you believe certain sources, which I do) are all derived from the "original" Celtic.Don't misunderstand, I like the Welsh language, but you must admit, it's a bugger to get your face around. At least Cornish has no bizarre (ie, non-English) phonemes (apart from a slight guttural GH sound).-- angel, Jul 24 2003 As I see it, one of the main advantages of surfboards over, say jetskis or sppedboats, is that using them produces no pollution. As this idea removes this advantage, I'm afraid I can only give you a fishbone, floating in an oily slick.-- squeak, Jul 24 2003 fair point.-- po, Jul 24 2003 As a surfer I agree with the pollution issue, but have a look at the SurfJet (http://www.ondeckwatercrafts.com/surfjet/index.htm). There appear to be several powered boards that have been developed over the years http://www.powerboarding.com/archives.htm-- gridkid, Jul 30 2003 link added for [gridkid] - make that 2, hey I am supposed to be on holiday.-- po, Jul 31 2003 random, halfbakery