Out of boredom, and looking for my pic for my "worshippers" to 
put in front of their alters, I found it in Doug Taylor's 
resurrected NED FUC page:

http://www.ivydene1.co.uk/doug/nedfuc.htm 

and at the bottom of that page, it turned out that Harold
had been keeping up Andrew's  NED page
 
http://www.arches.uga.edu/~harold/ned.html

which really brought back some nostalgia of some good ole days.

Then I realized I never knew where Mida and Micha and the rest
of his names came from (except for DD II, of course <G>):


Mike Doelle

I'm one of the 37 or so Michaels on this list, but I like to sign my 
messages as Mika, which is the Spanish version of Micha (well, at least 
one person's Spanish version).

I'm in the telecom business, designing and developing software for one of 
the major German conglomerates (starts with an 'S' and doesn't sell 
mattresses).

I started diving in 1979 (NAUI) in lovely Lake Travis, Texas, near Austin, 
where I spent some years as an exchange student. Back then diving didn't 
appeal to me a whole lot. Skydiving seemed more thrilling, and my major 
passion was skiing. So I 'wasted' most of the scholarship money on flights 
to Taos, Aspen and Winter Park. Still spent the odd weekend at Windy Point 
and LCRA park, the San Marcos river, A1A rig in the gulf, etc.

In 1988 my job brought me to Boca Raton, Fla. What do you do in Fla. if 
you don't play golf? So I started diving again (recertified PADI) . And 
got seriously hooked. First to warm ocean diving, and then, after my 
return to Europe, to cold ocean and cold fresh water diving. I still ski, 
but diving is the #1 addiction now. In the last few years I've averaged 
about 120-130 dives per year. Shooting for 150 this year, got a bet riding 
on that (New Year's resolution). Favorite dive travel destination: South 
East Asia. Current dive travel plans for 97: Maldives, Scapa Flow, Papua.

I also belong to a small international dive club in Munich, called MESS - 
but it really isn't one. Any Munich area divers on this list? If your 
first, second or third language is English, drop me an e-mail. The club is 
utterly non-commercial, so I hope to get away with this blatant ad.


and Strike even credited me for exposing himself while all I did
was noticing him opening and closing his cloak in front of Viv.  :-)



David Strike

>The Feeesh has shamed me into EXPOSING myself here, after seeing so many 
>others exposing themselves. :)

Me, too, Bob!

I'm based in Sydney (Australia) and co-publish/edit a magazine directed 
towards occupational divers. I began diving in the UK in 1961 with the 
BSAC, then with the Royal Navy, following which I drifted into offshore 
commercial diving before moving to Australia in '73. I taught diving for a 
while before side-tracking into media, a move that allowed me to actually 
start diving for pleasure! Although I hold PADI, SSI and ANDI Instructor 
ratings I now rarely teach, much preferring to conduct dive tours (free 
service for certified divers, courtesy of the local dive store) to some of 
Sydney's better known dive sites.

As well as maintaining a professional interest in commercial and technical 
aspects of diving, I also freelance for a number of diving and travel 
publications, writing exclusively about diving and dive destinations. I 
use nitrox (the "fat and over forties gas"!) where possible; have 
absolutely no desire to dive in caves, and think that heaven is flopping 
over the side of a live-aboard in warm, tropical waters.

You've already said the rest:-)

>The day I quit learning about diving is the day I should hang up my 
gear. - Daniel L. Crawford

>dive as much as possible; and enjoy life in general! - Dr. R. F. Ling.

>I love the look on someone's face when they have trained and prepared for 
a >dive, and it has been special, whether that be their first or 
whatever. - Dave Lund.

>I have been ultimately responsible for a number of marraiges, hookups, 
one >night stands etc. - Kerry Pate

>I think it is fascinating to discover what everyone does - diving is a 
>wonderful link. - Sue Crowe

>(get to visit some nifty places). - Les Glick

The money's awful, the lifestyle's great, and - as far as I'm concerned - 
it's still the 'sixties! - Strike


It was a good re-read, after all these years (EIGHT).  You should
browse it some time, to read about those few who are still visible
in SE, occasionally.

da Feeesh.