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I took my wife on the pedal-boats at Tarpon Springs Sunday. Sounds harmless, right?
Well, first off, those blue seatbacks couldn't handle my fat-ness and mine kept coming loose. SO I had to hold it in place while I peddled.
That left April to deal with the rudder and I don't think she's ever steered any kind of boat before, because we kept going in circles.
Then she started hyperventilating and her face turned red. I figured I'd be the one to run out of steam, but I started to worry that she was going to have a heart attack.
The current was pulling us way out into the channel and then the thunder started. April called the rental place and the woman who rented us the boat came out in a kayak and towed us back in to shore. Where April promptly fell out of the boat and dropped her cell phone in the water.
So yeah, maybe watching TV is all we can handle as a couple. We've got a long list of these fun-day-turned-tragic stories.
We stopped for chicken and catfish at Po Folks on the way home, so I'm cool with whatever. Kinda sleepy, though.
Gottlieb's 300 at the Replay Amusement Museum in Tarpon Springs, FL.
More about this game at: www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=2539
In 1852 a man named Walter Lowe sold a cargo of sponges from the area at such a profit that it spurred an entire industry in Tarpon Springs. Later, a Greek sponge diver named John Cocoris introduced special diving suits that allowed divers to stay underwater for hours at a time, greatly increasing production. By 1905 Greek immigrants arrived to work in the now thriving industry.
Around 1900 experienced sponge divers from Greece came to Tarpon Springs. By using rubberized diving suits and helmets, they increased local sponge harvests. Today there are more people of Greek descent in Tarpon Springs than anywhere else in the world outside of Greece.
The former ACL depot on Tarpon Avenue in Tarpon Springs is pictured in November of 1969. Passenger service would continue for another year and a half, and freight operations would continue until the 1980s. St. Petersburg Times photo
Celebrating its 31st year of tradition, Sunset Hills Elementary School will host the annual lambatha event.
"Because of Tarpon Springs' large Greek community, the Greek word "lambatha" was substituted for "luminary" when the tradition began more than 30 years ago.
The event was established after a group of Sunset Hills students developed a project to raise money for the Pinellas County Schools Economics Fair. As a form of advertisement, the group sold bags to local businesses and proposed their plan to light up the bayou.
Once the idea was approved by the school principal, mayor, city manager and fire department, the project was set in motion.
On Christmas Eve in 1986, the bags were placed along Spring Bayou and the candles were lit at dusk. The city experienced its first lambatha display.
City officials were so impressed with the outcome, it became an annual event and even made its way onto the city calendar."
patch.com/florida/tarponsprings/sunset-hills-to-light-up-...
Around 1900 experienced sponge divers from Greece came to Tarpon Springs. By using rubberized diving suits and helmets, they increased local sponge harvests. Today there are more people of Greek descent in Tarpon Springs than anywhere else in the world outside of Greece.
Celebrating its 31st year of tradition, Sunset Hills Elementary School will host the annual lambatha event.
"Because of Tarpon Springs' large Greek community, the Greek word "lambatha" was substituted for "luminary" when the tradition began more than 30 years ago.
The event was established after a group of Sunset Hills students developed a project to raise money for the Pinellas County Schools Economics Fair. As a form of advertisement, the group sold bags to local businesses and proposed their plan to light up the bayou.
Once the idea was approved by the school principal, mayor, city manager and fire department, the project was set in motion.
On Christmas Eve in 1986, the bags were placed along Spring Bayou and the candles were lit at dusk. The city experienced its first lambatha display.
City officials were so impressed with the outcome, it became an annual event and even made its way onto the city calendar."
patch.com/florida/tarponsprings/sunset-hills-to-light-up-...
Celebrating its 31st year of tradition, Sunset Hills Elementary School will host the annual lambatha event.
"Because of Tarpon Springs' large Greek community, the Greek word "lambatha" was substituted for "luminary" when the tradition began more than 30 years ago.
The event was established after a group of Sunset Hills students developed a project to raise money for the Pinellas County Schools Economics Fair. As a form of advertisement, the group sold bags to local businesses and proposed their plan to light up the bayou.
Once the idea was approved by the school principal, mayor, city manager and fire department, the project was set in motion.
On Christmas Eve in 1986, the bags were placed along Spring Bayou and the candles were lit at dusk. The city experienced its first lambatha display.
City officials were so impressed with the outcome, it became an annual event and even made its way onto the city calendar."
patch.com/florida/tarponsprings/sunset-hills-to-light-up-...