Marvelous Monday Surf & Culture Report

Lost Boys & Co...

Well, it's another marvelous Monday and we're back with the surf report for the South Bay or at least the parts of it that you can see!  Allison Lee Burke is at our elbow acting as our associate editor this morning.  She's excited, we're excited and we'll see if the surf is excited!  

Yes, it's foggy and visibility at 6am is about 1/4mile.  Winds are currently out of the north by 5.8kts and the sea surface is smooth.  The air temperature is 61.7f and the water is 60.4f.  High tide is at 10:16am +5.3' and low tide will be at 6:06pm +0.1'.  The buoy is reading 4.6' and the high tide is reducing that fine swell to about 2' right on the shore.  Not pretty, but because of the fog, you don't have to see it if you don't want to...

Boomfwappa weighs in on the "Turducken" discussion (We're not quite through with Thanksgiving yet!):

Boomfwappa says: You ain't eaten anything until you've eaten "Tofurky"...(yes, that's right...Tofu answer to turkey...you can shape that shit to look like anything...even a "Turducken"...that's what Boomfwappa says...Can't we just eat a plain old turkey?

(Ed.:  The answer of course is, "Yes."  But if you want to really see some great turkey footage, go to YouTube and check out exploding turkeys.  Apparently, deep frying turkeys is a potential way to give the bird to your relatives miles away (when it finally comes down!))

Talkin' Turkey here...

 Turkey Facts

    * Ben Franklin, in a letter to his daughter, proposed the turkey as the official United States bird.

    * In 2007, the average American ate 17.5 pounds of turkey.

      97% or Americans surveyed by the National Turkey Federation eat turkey at Thanksgiving.

    * Turkey consumption has increased 116% since 1970.

    * Since 1970, turkey production in the United States has increased nearly 300 percent.

    * In 2007, 271,685,000 turkeys were produced in the United States.

    * In 1970, 50 per cent of all turkey consumed was during the holidays, now just 29 per cent of all turkey consumed is during the holidays as more turkey is eaten year-round.

    * In 2006, Turkey was the # 4 protein choice for American consumers behind chicken, beef and pork

    * The average weight of a turkey purchased at Thanksgiving is 15 pounds.

    * The heaviest turkey ever raised was 86 pounds, about the size of a large dog.

    * A 15 pound turkey usually has about 70 percent white meat and 30 percent dark meat.

    * The wild turkey is native to Northern Mexico and the Eastern United States.

    * The male turkey is called a tom.

    * The female turkey is called a hen.

    * The turkey was domesticated in Mexico and brought to Europe in the 16th century.

    * Wild turkeys can fly for short distances up to 55 miles per hour.

    * Wild turkeys can run 20 miles per hour.

    * Tom turkeys have beards. This is black, hairlike feathers on their breast. Hens sometimes have beards, too.

    * Turkeys' heads change colors when they become excited.

      Canadians consumed 138.6 million kg (Mkg) of turkey in the year 2005.

    * Six hundred seventy-five million pounds of turkey are eaten each Thanksgiving in the United States.

    * Turkeys can see movement almost a hundred yards away.

    * Turkeys lived almost ten million years ago.

    * Turkey feathers were used by Native Americans to stabilize arrows..

    * Baby turkeys are called poults and are tan and brown.

    * Turkey eggs are tan with brown specks and are larger than chicken eggs.

    * It takes 75-80 pounds of feed to raise a 30 pound tom turkey.

    * In 1920, U.S. turkey growers produced one turkey for every 29 persons in the

    * U.S. Today growers produce nearly one turkey for every person in the country..

    * The turkeys produced in 2007 together weighed 7.9 billion pounds and were valued at $3.7 billion.

(Ed. Note:  We didn't know Ben Franklin had a daughter...  Maybe that explains the hairstyle?)

"When the surf breaks, we'll fix it..."

 The Professor!!