On Tue, 29 Aug 2000 16:32:43 -0500, John Nitrox <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>At 03:22 AM 8/29/00 -0400, Feeeesh wrote:
>>
>>Kent, thanks for the useful feedback!  On the strength of your not-too-
>>glowing characterizaiton, I think I'll leave my dive-gears at home
>>this time.
>
>Don't be too hasty, Bob.  A few years ago before thong bikinis came to the
>U.S., I was sitting on the starboard side of a cattle boat at the Galapago
>in Cozumel when it listed to the port side, and the film cannisters I had
>on the deck started to roll.  I started to think that the boat was sinking
>right at the dock and was even more concerned when I saw that every guy on
>the boat was standing across from me.  After a short while the crowd broke
>up and when I lifted my mask with corrective lenses to my face, I saw
>Hector, a Brazilian from Sao Paolo who worked for Nike, and Christina his
>stunning 19 year old bride who didn't have a dive skin; but more too the
>point, she almost didn't have a swimming suit.  While doing my best to lift
>my eyes to her beautiful face and away from the minuscule triangles of
>cloth which were ridiculously insufficient to cover her erotic appeal, I
>marveled at her unwarranted optimism about diving in a fast current while
>keeping her suit on.  (From what I've seen, I think that with a few hundred
>yards of cord and a handkerchief you could go into the swimsuit
>manufacturing business in Brazil.)

John, I think you're trying to compete with Strike for the Tall Tale
Championship.  BTW, in topless gazing in Cozumel, look for the OLD
wooden dive boats (cattleboats, as you noted;  also e.g. the Karla
and Galileo boats of Discover Shop on which Jeff and I dived many a
time) with an upper sundeck.  Watch for the GERMAN wimmen divers. :8)


>I know what Kent said about diving in Rio, but if I were you Bob, I still
>might be tempted to take my gear and look for the most crowded cattle boat
>I could find with the most neurotic, authoritarian divemasters, all while
>keeping in mind that, as real estate agents say, "Location is everything."

I'll take my Image Stablizing binocular that Crusty highly recommended
for such occasions.  :-)   OTOH, perhaps it's better NOT to stabilize
certain images.

Well, Folks and Folkettes, my one-day drop in is over.  Now I must take
a 30-minute crash course in JAPANESE to get myself ready for Tokyo
tomorrow, before crashing for the evening.  :-)

The names of locations in Tokyo are already driving me ku-ku!  Bunkyo-Ku,
Chiyoda-Ku, Arakawa-Ku, ..., and our Hilton is in Shinjuku-ku.  :-)
I still haven't found the phrase to ask where's the "ban~o" yet.

Sayonara y'all!

-- Bob.