On Thursday, May 16, 2002 3:03 PM, Reef Fish wrote:

(snip)
> >That's one of the nicer things that's ever been said about me!  The
> bastard!
> >:-))))

> Before Steve trots out to chomp on the bait ... I msut confess that he
> did mention YOU and VEGEMITE, recalling both with fondness, but nothing
> about your smell.  :-)))

Assuming that Viv has room in her bags, I'm going to ask her if she'll take
a jar of the stuff over for Steve.  (It seems like years since he was over
here.  In retrospect, it is!)  :-)

(snip)

> >> It has occurred to me just NOW why my ORCA air computers go "out of
> >> range" at 200 fsw, and hence I do most of my "deeper" dives to only
> >> 199 feet.  :-)  In his ORCA algorithm implementation for air dive
> >> computers, Huggins was probably influenced by Lippmann's remark, "Air
> >> can used safely by appropriately trained and experienced divers to
> >> depths down to 150-200 feet."  :-)

> >I bet he revises those comments!  :-)

> But only for political reasons.  When in OZ, do as the OZtrich?  :-))

I like that.  I'm going to steal it and use it! :-)

(snip of nitrox stuff)
> I
> >still recall the fierce and vocal outcries from many in the audience.
> >Things like, "You're advocating manslaughter!";  "It's the gas of
death!";
> >"You'll not only be killing divers, you'll be killing the diving
> industry!".

> That's what PADI folks chanted in those days.  They also chanted instant
> death from sea monsters below 130 feet too.  :-))

I believe that!!  :-)))

(little snip)

> >> I look forward to reading his revised, "new and improved" version of
> >> the same book.

> >I've already got my order in with him for a copy.  But when he does
> release
> >it, I'll see if I can persuade him to personalise a few copies!  :-)

> Order an autographed copy for me, and tell him Dr. Reef Fish will send
> him as exchange an autographed copy of one of his statistics books
> which had been used as textbooks at Harvard, U. of Chicago, and
> numerous other US universities with recognizable names.  :-))  Then
> we can call each other DF (Dear Friend, ala Giovanni <g>) at appropriate
> places of our books.  <BWG>

I spoke to him a few moments ago and he said that he'd be happy to autograph
a copy - mind you, that was just before I asked him to buy Viv a drink at
the SPUMS Conference in Vanuatu!  He muttered something about still trying
to pay off his credit card from the last time he bought me a drink!  :-)

> Good to see you back Strike, so that I have someone in the know with
> whom to talk educated trash, without fanfare, even in issues in which
> we are on opposite sides of some fences in our beliefs.   :0))

What a boring world it would be, if everyone agreed with everybody else all
of the time? :-)

Anyway, I've just decided that I'm going to re-train myself to be East
Timor!  Apparently it's an occupation that's cost the Australian government
squillions of dollars, and I reckon I can be an East Timor as well as the
next bloke!  :-)

Strike
>
> -- Bob.