David Strike <[log in to unmask]> wrote, in part:

>G'Day, Mate!  Somebody else once told me that they'd never met anyone who
>could wring all of the sentiment out of a song in quite the way that I
>could!  (I must learn the second verse of, "When I was keeper of the
>Eddystone Light" one of these days!)  :-))))

Your rendition of "I Feel Pretty" is absolutely undescribable!


>It was a great pleasure to meet and dive with you as well after so many
>years - and to see that you survived the experience despite the
>assassination attempts!  (We never did catch that bugger, did we?)  :-)

No the culprit, or more likely cabal, were never discovered but I have my
suspicions and will not let it drop.

>
>Like Crusty, I also appreciated the IASIA Instructor cross-over programme
>that you ran.  (If I'd have known that it was going to be that detailed,
I'd
>have poked my face into a diving manual before going on the trip.)  :-)

That's my fault really.  I should have advised re the depth of the course
in advance and asked for prior preparation.  So sorry.

And in response to Crusty, the creditials will be following in the mail.
Unfortunately, Punjab's English is so poor that he is really no help in
this area.

All my best!

/Don