Triple Threat Thursday Surf & Culture Report

Lost Boys & Co...

After three days with no Yahoo connection the internet wonks finally thawed the lines and let the information flow.  Couldn't call the help line - the volume of calls was outrageous.  They actually hung up on us 3 times, after waiting for tens of minutes!  Couldn't write them because not having mail WAS the problem.  Their websites were useless loops of FAQs and nonsense.  So we put our top man on the problem: Tio Ted.  Last we heard he was headed for a secret communications node east of Delano...  

Hazy sun and 18 miles visibility.  Meanwhile the freeze-ass cold continued and it was a comparably warm 52.2˚ while the water edged closer to the air at 57.2˚.  High tide was at 5:32am +5.8' and low tide will follow at 12:36pm +0.3'.  We have a WSW swell out of 250˚ at 1.6' and it's translating to a 1' and poor wave show.  Lots of antsy surfers out there...

You might recall that last week the Professor locked himself out of his bus.  He was outside and the keys were in.  So instead of calling the Auto Club, (which, by the way, he's been a member of for 71 years!) he attempted to gain entry using: 1. A number of keys borrowed from Chuck, Pete, Celestyna, Ivan, Ted and Clark (Donnie doesn't carry keys - he has no locks.)  2.  His Woody Woodchuck™ knife.  3.  A fork from Brother's Burritos.  Unfortunately, the tines of the fork were bent in the unsuccessful attempt at entry.  When he took the fork back in to give to Ivan, Clark said, "You can't give them back a fork that looks like that!  Give me that!"  So the Professor relinquished the implement and one would have thought that was the end of that.  Nay, nay.  A couple of days later Clark shows up with this reindeer, made from the selfsame fork that the Professor had marcelled (and a small piece of Clark's bathmat.)  It was a triumph of artistic vision, telekinesis and 7th grade metal shop.  Not only that, but the darned thing had personality!  It now reigns proudly over the mantle in #11 of the Topaz International Trump Tower Suites.  His name is "Tinee."
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"When the surf breaks, we'll fix it..."
 The Professor!!

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