>Andy wrote:

>>What ???? You must be on drugs Kat, & cheap ones at that :-) Lemme see,
>>shore dive, cost (apart from getting there) is nothing. RIB dives cost me
>>UK£5 a dip, air fill to 232bar is UK£1.50 & UK£0.50 for me
>>donkey.....significantly less than last week in Sharm !!!

>Ummm, but you're assuming I have all my equipment and live near the sea!
I did indeed, silly me !!!

>Went I dived Portland last year not only did I have to pay for the dives
and
>the hotel for 3 days, but also transportation, food, equipment etc.  It
came
>out to well over £200 just for 3 days.  Just the dives themselves might be
>competitive with Egypt, but it's all the other stuff around it.  It makes
a
>difference when you pay in Egyptian pounds for all the other stuff.  I am
>essentially living out of a backpack so I own no equipment and at that
time
You should have said, you could have borrowed my gear for a couple of ICUs.

>I had no car. (which I'm now selling, so if anyone wants a to buy Robbie
the
>fantastic Renault, he's yours for a mere £1000)
Too late, only last night a mate GAVE me his old car, which also happens to
be a Renault 21 Estate.

>For those on the list following my trips (not many I suppose, but hey!)I
now
>have a departure time.  My contact at Newsforce is up at the end of
>September, so I'm spending October, Nov and Dec in SE Asia before joining
>Huw and others in Sydney.  Weeee!  Check out my website for updates (the
>site is actually just for family, but you all are close enough!)
God, you really know how to irritate people - that's enough to piss off the
Pope :-)

>BTW, have you and Tracy set a date yet?
Certainly have, 7/7/01, just need to sort out the honeymoon now.

>Cheers
>Kat


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