tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28434997.post3055078223987514740..comments2023-10-28T12:24:49.323+00:00Comments on Roz Savage, Ocean Rower: Day 38 - The Misadventures Of My Right ButtockRoz Savagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09198436930162690881noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28434997.post-32947587879382259182009-07-04T08:33:05.666+00:002009-07-04T08:33:05.666+00:00Yes, a bottom dweller! Cheeky bastard nibbled your...Yes, a bottom dweller! Cheeky bastard nibbled your bum without so mutch as buying you a cold beer first.BKleeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08524562638415829182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28434997.post-25961602317710894512009-07-02T18:23:10.063+00:002009-07-02T18:23:10.063+00:00Holy Crap.. You must be on one long journey.. I su...Holy Crap.. You must be on one long journey.. I suppose you have alot of thinking time. haha i think that would be an amazing experience!Britanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08243212030215203479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28434997.post-88973699391707363542009-07-02T17:28:56.712+00:002009-07-02T17:28:56.712+00:00Hey Roz, it was probably a bottom dweller :-)Hey Roz, it was probably a bottom dweller :-)Russell Cullingworthnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28434997.post-4396383560447549022009-07-02T03:39:43.302+00:002009-07-02T03:39:43.302+00:00After reading Freaky Frank's entry, it seems l...After reading Freaky Frank's entry, it seems like a children's book of your adventures would be a great inspiration for the younger crowd. I see wonderful illustrations of flying fish and torpedo squids, not to mention the mystery creature that goosed you yesterday! You could wow them with all the crazy things you're seeing and doing while spreading your message on the environment.<br /><br />Glad you're seeing many more creatures than on the last leg. Hope you're enjoying the company!<br /><br />SC in BostonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28434997.post-23046197470347621402009-07-02T01:52:33.776+00:002009-07-02T01:52:33.776+00:00Sitting here in our climate controlled home readin...Sitting here in our climate controlled home reading your blog, I can't help but be drawn back to sea. I've never rowed across any great expanse and there's little chance I ever will, but I gotta say you make me want to.<br /><br />The human mind can't help but "compare" what's heard or read to known experiences. I have had many, many oceanic experiences, but there IS no comparison here. <br /><br />When you spoke of a new topic, the mind went into comparison mode on autopilot. Your squid adventures, NO comparison. <br />Your flying fish experiences, Had them fly all over the boat, but they didn't bother the vessels power source (wind or engine depending) nor did the source of the vessels power so much as take notice.<br /><br />Long story short, you not only provide inspiration on many, many levels and in even more ways, but you are providing a very unique point of view. It all makes those little dreams we all have hidden back in our subconscious seem not only more likely, but perhaps more important. <br /><br />As read here, a grand number are inspired by your daily adventures and by your chronicling them for us all while still out there doing it all every minute of every day. I'd like to thank you for that, but I'd also like to thank you for inspiring so many young ones to see a better world than any television screen could show.<br /><br />Fair winds and following seas Roz. Be well and be.<br /><br />(conglomeration post by Frank, his Bride and Daughter)Freaky_Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509184572571006770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28434997.post-14469585670423518812009-07-01T23:33:44.813+00:002009-07-01T23:33:44.813+00:00thanks for the info on your book, i hope it is a h...thanks for the info on your book, i hope it is a huge success and you make the talk show rounds to really spread the word. i trust you have it coming out on kindle too? there is a great bookstore for authors in marin, just outside of SF, called book passage bookstore, i hope you can do a signing there~ <br /><br />i laughed when you said you knew lynne cox, OF COURSE all adventure girls must know each other, you both are rather at the apex of your sport ;- ) !<br /><br />do you travel with a snorkel mask to check out your molesters? still so hard for me grasp i am asking mundane questions to a stranger just rowing across the pacific... but it sure won't stop me! i am just overwhelmed at the thought of you out in all of that, alone... such an incredible journey, just a little to hard to fathom as i relax in the a/c after a tough day of errands and try to wrap my head around you rowing, rowing, rowing, while i dread even having to walk upstairs to go to bed! dare i say it ... different strokes?! <br /><br />wishing you safe travels daily~a quiet lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15764214603632867021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28434997.post-86676177654728812522009-07-01T22:47:31.013+00:002009-07-01T22:47:31.013+00:00Its amazing what you are doing.Its amazing what you are doing.Lauraleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13766657674080708910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28434997.post-74084839913604562622009-07-01T22:22:28.586+00:002009-07-01T22:22:28.586+00:00Actually Bikini atoll has been abandoned because o...Actually Bikini atoll has been abandoned because of the contaminated food grown on the island and the fact that importing all their supplies would be too expensive. So don't swing in there for a beer. Nobody is home.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28434997.post-49913919185383000472009-07-01T20:02:43.575+00:002009-07-01T20:02:43.575+00:00Sounds like a title for the book on this leg of th...Sounds like a title for the book on this leg of the Pacific row might be starting to take a line towards a title. 'The Bottom Adventures of the Brocade", "Rowing by the Seat of your Pants", "The Back end of the Pacific". Okay book titles are not my area of expertise. I know your bottom misadventures are no laughing matter, it hurts, but it adds a new angle to your blogs. I love it.Trevor Down Undernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28434997.post-27107050986600489022009-07-01T18:48:01.550+00:002009-07-01T18:48:01.550+00:00Roz,
just wanted say how in awe I am of your adve...Roz,<br /><br />just wanted say how in awe I am of your adventure. I read your blog each day on the bus to work, (much better than all the usual depressing news.)<br />Sometimes in the middle of the night I'll wake up and imagine you out there in the inky blackness bobbing on the water, snoozing in your bunk or perhaps doing a little night time rowing, and I'm stunned and grateful and amazed. Thanks for all you do. Thanks for the inspiration. Keep going!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17613107217856413161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28434997.post-41159599465945446772009-07-01T18:32:52.154+00:002009-07-01T18:32:52.154+00:00Hi Roz... Nicole and I are conspiring ... hopefull...Hi Roz... Nicole and I are conspiring ... hopefully I can send you a treat when she comes to meet you! Being the science nerd that I am, I am wondering what attached itself to your bumm? I was thinking remora, and hoping not a cookie cutter shark... they make holes.. I am sure you don't need one of those in anything much less your bottom! So... ALOHA for now... and we miss you!Jen Homcyhttp://www.tr3ees.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28434997.post-26327132990513202552009-07-01T17:47:48.054+00:002009-07-01T17:47:48.054+00:00Butt barnacles - only you Roz, only you - LOL. Gla...Butt barnacles - only you Roz, only you - LOL. Glad it didn't sting or bite you!Michelle from Canadanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28434997.post-13150307750498776682009-07-01T17:36:46.713+00:002009-07-01T17:36:46.713+00:00Squid and jellyfish and bottoms, oh my! Thanks for...Squid and jellyfish and bottoms, oh my! Thanks for the giggles. If it's any consolation, I too would've screamed. And screamed. I don't know much about rowing, or the ocean, or ocean-dwelling creatures... but I do know that nobody wants a mysterious thing latched to their bottom in the middle of the ocean. Amen to that.<br /><br />I've been reading your blog since Day 1, and it's really an inspiration - and a wonderful chance at escapism from my desk every day. Thank you for sharing :)Catherinenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28434997.post-914117310368621932009-07-01T17:30:08.656+00:002009-07-01T17:30:08.656+00:00Hello Roz:
I'm sorry to say Roz but I laughed...Hello Roz:<br /><br />I'm sorry to say Roz but I laughed so hard at your most recent Bum misadventure (capitalized B as you made it a character in it's own right :-). <br />Especially the part where you screamed in the middle of nowhere a 1000 miles from anyone ear. I can so see the scene: You, far from any civilized world, naked with a scrub in one hand, frown of discuss and anger nurtured by good British societal traditions - <br />How dare you invade my derriere!? - LoL<br /><br />In fact that squid - for lack of better culprit (which I doubt it was nore Jelly Fish - It would have hurt more) - may be a benefit. <br />During WWII, Japanese prison camps were especially brutal. Wounded military prisoners had little if any medical care (If I recall my #s correctly, military prisoners had a death rate of 37% in Japanese hand vs 5% in german prisons)(not withstanding the horror both nations equally imposed on civilian population Worldwide.) One way these survivors treated their infected wounds was to linger (when time allowed) in nearby rivers to have fishes eat their damaged or dead flesh and putrified areas. Maybe that guy was "cleaning" off your dead skin? <br /><br />Anyway good riddance.<br /><br />You may not feel like it, cleaning the boat, drying the equipment, day dreaming of beer, but you're awesome and inpirational - daily drudgery - in the right context - still makes for great adventure. <br /><br />I'll pre order the book and have my 13 year old son read it (after me) and we'll both wait with great anticipation for your lecture in San Francisco.<br /><br />Best of row!<br /><br />Sebastian from San Franciscosebastianhttp://truekayaking.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28434997.post-15002669239878469582009-07-01T17:04:47.276+00:002009-07-01T17:04:47.276+00:00I was watching the Jon Stewart Show, the other day...I was watching the Jon Stewart Show, the other day, and he was making fun of the Northern Korea leader. Apparently he threatened to fire a missile at the US on July 4. I wonder if you'll be on its flight path (if the threat is true)? Keep an eye out for us! <br /><br />I wonder what was on your bum? If it was a jelly fish, Portuguese Man O' War, you would definitely know it. So maybe a squid. A squid that wanted you for dinner this time around, with a squeeze of lemon! haha, joking.. Interesting what comes up on this part of the Pacific row. I'm looking forward to shark sightings (with you safely onboard of course).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28434997.post-73644640258418175522009-07-01T16:31:23.094+00:002009-07-01T16:31:23.094+00:00From Rita Savage looking on the internet for squid...From Rita Savage looking on the internet for squid bites: 2002 Message: Can anyone tell me how severe a bite from the beak of a squid could be and also does the ink contain anything that is harmful, say if it got into an eye?<br />Dave. A bite from a squid can take a finger off in non time and the arrod squid is even more aggressive in their bites and will try to fold themselves backwards to take a bite at you. This isn’t the case with southern squid but nonetheless will give you a nasty bite.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28434997.post-67945829126516677732009-07-01T15:59:32.144+00:002009-07-01T15:59:32.144+00:00I'm with you, Roz. Remove beastie first, ask q...I'm with you, Roz. Remove beastie first, ask questions later! Thanks for the wonderful posts, and letting us all share in your adventures in a small way.Elaine Bennetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14045691404732976795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28434997.post-62920497384715483882009-07-01T15:40:39.633+00:002009-07-01T15:40:39.633+00:00You ever feel that the world (ocean) has it out fo...You ever feel that the world (ocean) has it out for your behind? I am sorry to hear that you almost were eaten by a small ocean creature but I have to admit I sit on the edge of my seat waiting for the next adventure your behind will go through. :Dextremesanitynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28434997.post-68283072684629166122009-07-01T15:34:50.340+00:002009-07-01T15:34:50.340+00:00I'm probably one of gazillions... I read every...I'm probably one of gazillions... I read everyday but don't often comment because I don't have anything as worthy to say. Just dropped in to encourage you and tell you how much I enjoy your daily updates. I would probably have nightmares about the butt thing! You are a great inspiration to a lot of us that are taking on our own 'oceans'. Thanks.<br /><br />LilyLillian Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13488638666900705015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28434997.post-46454784961119558122009-07-01T14:15:17.331+00:002009-07-01T14:15:17.331+00:00Roz: Spanish to English translation of Maismar Co...Roz: Spanish to English translation of Maismar Comment:<br /><br />"People like you help us to continue believing in our dream. From Galicia (Spain Norwest) Thanks and greetings Roz."Jay's Commentshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13011676914169488439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28434997.post-76743726225095386072009-07-01T13:18:49.654+00:002009-07-01T13:18:49.654+00:00Let's give 'er a whirl ... a hypothetical ...Let's give 'er a whirl ... a hypothetical opening sentence to "Brocade Bombardments, Barnacles and Bottoms":<br /><br />"Suddenly I got the distinct feeling that something had gone beyond tickling, had attached itself to me, to my right buttock, to be precise; yup, there was definitely something glomming on to my bottom, worse than last weekend's aerial squid bombardment and I could not suppress a very girly shriek as I swept it off with the flat of my hand as fast as I could because my impression was that it looked squid-like, but I only got the briefest of glances, and maybe I've just got squid on the brain -- hence a zoological classification was not uppermost in my mind -- but, later, brooding over a pint, I mused of Alex, 'What has become of dear Alex?'"UncaDoughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04877671645697493385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28434997.post-55785649953636282012009-07-01T12:37:14.110+00:002009-07-01T12:37:14.110+00:00Personas como tú nos ayudan a seguir creyendo en n...Personas como tú nos ayudan a seguir creyendo en nuestro sueño. Desde Galicia (Norwest Spain) gracias y saludos Roz.Maismarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04554344491559511304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28434997.post-12216483372661203242009-07-01T12:18:07.264+00:002009-07-01T12:18:07.264+00:00Roz, since you probably don't get many "h...Roz, since you probably don't get many "human interst" stories in your daily download, other than Roz readers raves, reprimands and replies to those of your own making ... hoping this entertains you:<br /><br />NPR (June 30) http://is.gd/1jG0n - Yesterday the winner of the annual Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest ("where www means 'wretched writers welcome' ") was announced. It's David McKenzie of Federal Way, Wash., who came up with this:<br /><br />"Folks say that if you listen real close at the height of the full moon, when the wind is blowin' off Nantucket Sound from the nor' east and the dogs are howlin' for no earthly reason, you can hear the awful screams of the crew of the Ellie May, a sturdy whaler Captained by John McTavish; for it was on just such a night when the rum was flowin' and, Davey Jones be damned, big John brought his men on deck for the first of several screaming contests."<br /><br />Actually, I think your 'bottom' blurb may 'top' that ;-DUncaDoughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04877671645697493385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28434997.post-89673013753423189212009-07-01T10:30:01.014+00:002009-07-01T10:30:01.014+00:00That might have been the mysterious and ephemeral ...That might have been the mysterious and ephemeral bootie-fish, an endangered species whose population has dropped precipitously with the passing of James Brown. Do all things to a beat, and on the One.<br /><br />Also, Bikini is apparently not as radioactive anymore as we might all think nuclear war might have made. A Science Channel documentary did a remarkable documentary on even how the warships blown up there had been reclaimed by our Mother Nature and there was very little trace radiation.<br /><br />From: http://www.bikiniatoll.com/<br />The IAEA's Bikini Advisory Group preliminary findings issued in 1996 contain the following statements with regard to background radiation on Bikini:<br /><br />"It is safe to walk on all of the islands...The Advisory Group reaffirmed: although the residual radioactivity on islands in Bikini Atoll is still higher than on other atolls in the Marshall islands, it is not hazardous to health at the levels measured. Indeed, there are many places in the world where people have been living for generations with higher levels of radioactivity from natural sources - such as the geological surroundings and the sun - than there is now on Bikini Atoll...By all internationally agreed scientific and medical criteria...the air, the land surface, the lagoon water and the drinking water are all safe. There is no radiological risk in visiting the lagoon or the islands. The nuclear weapon tests have left practically no cesium in marine life. The cesium deposited in the lagoon was dispersed in the ocean long ago.<br /><br />"The main radiation risk would be from the food: eating locally grown produce, such as fruit, could add significant radioactivity to the body...Eating coconuts or breadfruit from Bikini Island occasionally would be no cause for concern. But eating many over a long period of time without having taken remedial measures might result in radiation doses higher than internationally agreed safety levels."<br /><br />So, I'm sure a brew and a breadfruit, should you stop there, wouldn't hurt a bit. Now that bootie fish..cgdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07904242001952749095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28434997.post-69369837943978876872009-07-01T09:43:03.702+00:002009-07-01T09:43:03.702+00:00Sounds like a wetsuit would come in handy for thos...Sounds like a wetsuit would come in handy for those barnacle-cleaning expeditions! You were right to be freaked out. And if was a jelly fish, you could have had some serious problems sitting after being stung! Glad you got it off!Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16086588248157513016noreply@blogger.com