On 2/14/03 11:53 am, "Reef Fish" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Feb 2003 11:10:30 -0500, Fred Brown <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Hello everyone.
>>
>> I have just signed up to this list yesterday and thought it polite to
>> introduce myself.
>
> Welcome to Scuba or Else, Fred.
>
> Nice to have you in this neighborhood, in which I have not seen a
> newbie (but a CLUEFUL one) or anyone polite for awhile. :-) I am
> one of the oldies, in more sense than one. Just be thick-skinned,
> but participate in whatever thread you like, and say whatever you
> feel like, and ENJOY.
>
> That's what an OPEN forum for scuba discussion is all about.
>
>
>> I have just moved to Sarasota from the UK. I've been
>> SCUBA diving for about two years and am totally adicted to the sport.
>
> I am about to kick the habit, after too many years of addiction, but
> don't let that suggest that it's not a GOOD addiction to have. :)
>
>
>> Before
>> moving I was usually diving most weekends in the cold waters off southern
>> England. I've also been on diving vacations in Bonaire, St Lucia and
>> Antigua. I hope this list is the right place to meet other divers from
>> this part of the world.
>>
>> Regards, Fred Brown
>
> Well, yes and no Fred. You'll meet Andy the Parrotfish from your part
> of the UK, but he seldom (perhaps never) dived in those Caribbean
> sites you mentioned. The talkative folks are in Australia. :-)
> That's why this LIST was temporarily called Sydney and Elsewhere
> for the SE for awhile. They dive mostly at Shelly Beach, Sidney!
>
> I was there last November. But they couldn't get me to dive in that
> place if my life depended on it. The water temp was at least 5 deg C
> below my minimum standards, as a Warm Water Wimp!
>
> As for the folks around this neck of the woods in South-East USA,
> where the SE stood for originally, they are from all corners of the
> USA, but not many dive outside of the USA or dive in the Caribbean
> either, except a group of us got together and dived in Cozumel.
>
> Have a Happy Valentine's Day, Fred.
>
> But I won't say "I luv ewe" to U, cuz then folks might think and
> say nasty fings about me, and some of them do, at the drop of a
> hat, a coin, or just about anything else.
>
> -- Bob.
Thanks for your welcome Bob.
So what was the water temp at Shelly beach? I don't dive anything below 8C
(in a dry suit) as my fingers go numb. I tried drysuit gloves but couldn't
get on with them.
Fred
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