Julian earlier wrote:

> > I don't want to rub salt in the wounds Angelo, but I have just added up
my
> > total time underwater for this year to date (ie just for January 2002).

> > 768 minutes : thats 12 hours & 48 minutes

And I responded with:
> I must have missed a dive.  I've only got 714 minutes! :-)

I just remembered the dive that I missed! :-)

> > And I even refused a dive yesterday - mainly because it was at midnight!

> I've always maintained that midnight diving is vastly over-rated and not
> worth the sacrifice!  :-)

Which - indirectly - reminds me of two telegrams that we received on our
wedding day from mates in the Navy.  The first said: "Report depth, speed
and position at midnight"!  And the second simply said, "What a way to clear
your ears"! :-)

I never understood either of them!  :-)

Strike