On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 David Hale <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>The closest I have come to the diving regimen you
>describe was a week on Bikini Atoll. It would be hard
>to distinguish deepair-induced irritability from the
>irritability induced by spending a week on an island
>with a certain acquaintance of Viv's!! (That's a cheap
>shot, but I could not resist.) :D

LOL ... but very true David :-)  I truely *feel* for Alistar at times.
Both Huw & Michi have both met Bill. Have both been out on his boat
Dorado ... but when Huw was over here Bill was on his best behaviour for a
change.  Bill is a bottle of wine-a-evening type ... so he must also have
been going through withdrawals that week in Bikini, making it worse for
you guys.  As I am so use to his idiosyncrasies I just ignore him when he
starts to p*me off but, where you guys were, you could not vote (Survivor)
him of the island ;-)
Viv