20 Cent Raise

In fact, this actually occurred to someone I know - she got a 20 cent raise. That's worse than nothing - a slap in the face. Gee - times are tough and the company can only afford a 20 cent raise. Oh - well you keep it - the company? must need it more than I. As a rolled the phrase around my mouth, I began to like it. That dinner was a 20 cent raise. She has a nice personality, but she's a 20 cent raise. President Bush's tax cuts - a 20 cent raise. And the surf - in between infectious waste draining from the water basins and streets, silt buildup, gale force winds, victory at sea - the ocean has only managed to provide a 20 cent raise. Well, at least as the point's concerned. In my last blog I mentioned that moss was good (Monday 1/3/05). Well, surf was also good at the landing on Tuesday and Wednesday, just smaller. Yes, there were windows I suppose, but nothing more than a 20 cent raise. The storms have brought in (or out) a ton of sand and it's noticeable at the hook - the reef is all but gone and sand is piled up to the cliffs. A friend told me I'm not printing enough surf lingo. I and others who appear on this page are encouraged to use some of the following: stoked, sick, awesome, right on, peeling, totally, mackin', sets, lined up, groove, baaarrled, tubing, peaky, bowl, off the bottom, kook, reeeeling, barney, bars, bitchin, supercaliforniasurfersexpertsontheocean (like mary poppins supercalifragilisticxbealodoucious), glassy, kelpy, ripping, shredding, carving, off the top, hit the lip, roundhouse, late take off, pearl (is this as in diving for pearls?), floaty, drive, rail to rail, hard rail, soft rail, 50/50 rails, longboarder, shortboarder, vertically challenged, and......Every spot has their own stuff. What about the names of surf spots - like drain pipes, tax the church, trees, privates, sand pit, secrets, stone steps, and.......So much to know and so little time. I understand there is a surf dictionary out. It's likely much of this topic is visited in such a dictionary. Well, there are many pictures regarding the tragedy that struck the rim of the Indian Ocean - here is a picture that reveals the force of the ocean, but also shows the promise. Notice the left set up.


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