We sat up and dropped our lures into the water, quickly finding out that keeping one's surfboard steady in a 10-foot swell while trying to fish a reef makes for a clumsy operation.

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We sat there and warmed up as our phones charged.

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"We work closely with sat-nav companies but we will certainly be following up on that, " he said.

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We listen to the echoes of speeches and struggle that made our Nation stronger, and we hear again the thousands who sat in, stood up, and called out for equal treatment under the law.

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And then we sat and drifted and waited for the sun to come up.

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We chatted a bit on the way up, but mostly sat in silence, alone with our thoughts.

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When we finally sat, however, what awaited us quickly woke us up: A box of Shreddies cereal, half a banana, some packets of decaf coffee and a piece of toast.

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We sat down with Hirshberg to talk about what opportunities next-gen consoles will open up for gamers.

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We found out later that Arthur McKechnie mostly just got dressed up in his odd clothes and sat alone in a Chinese restaurant with a half bottle of white wine and a plate of crispy fried duck.

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