you werent there
he should have cut me the slack
I was fine
far from what he called a rip tide and was just a sand bar
and not in any danger
enjoying myself
You have to live here to know this
As for the Harvard references, none of you were there. Sheesh, every veteran I told this story to had a good laugh with me, most of you on here are more like Obama than the Cambridge Cops!
Settle down, mate...
> you werent there
Admittedly, I wasn’t.
> he should have cut me the slack
Probably you should have cut each other some slack. It sounds like things escalated quickly beyond a point where things could resolve amicably.
> You have to live here to know this
Probably not. Beaches are beaches, whether you’re in Hawaii or Bondi or Piha... or even Misquamicut Beach. Water works the same way when it washes ashore, and some rips *do* kick up sand from the bottom — usually it’s the strongest rips that do. You know this!
He was only looking out for your wellbeing. I dunno about where you live, but here in NZ all Surf Lifesavers are unpaid volunteers.
Would your story have been different if you’d said “sorry mate, I didn’t hear you — I’ll move right away” and then moved someplace else? I bet it would have...
Cheers
*DieHard*
Forget all the critics and tell us what you were wearing and how did you feel about all the attention ?