Happy...

[A. Berk]

... Christmas to all....

... and have a very safe and prosperous New Year!

Berko

[Marky Mark]

Can I be the first to second that.

All the best MM

[hilrosepaul]

If I've timed this right; it will make me the second to second Berko's Good wishes

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and yours

[A. Berk]

... does a Dumbledore kind of look at you...

How you make next year prosperous is up to you and so is the way in which you can make it safe - in diving mode I mean.

But you might consider diving with well maintained kit and diving within your limits and don't get dragged into 'chasing' depth or wreck penetration just because they are there or because your 'buddy' wants to, do these when you have been trained in their quirks and hazards. Check your SPG often - thats why its there. When doing 'easy' dives like inland sites, use this time to go over the skills that you know you're not good at - be honest with yourself, if you hate removing your mask persevere until it becomes second nature. Try to maintain or improve your fitness - diving has a habit of becoming very physical just when you don't need it to be and physical can make it stressful - which makes it more physical - a nasty cycle. Remember that there is a monster lurking in the deep - if you stay too long it will be after you... just because you can't see it doesn't mean it isn't there and don't think that 'it won't ever happen to me' because it happens all too often and chamber operators make handsome money from it. Above all, remember that your family are expecting you to come home.

Daft spectacles off...

All the best,

Berko

[Marky Mark]

Seconded secondly.

[spongebobb]

to you and yours . . .
Bob

[BigHairyAl]

Originally Posted by A. Berk

Remember that there is a monster lurking in the deep - if you stay too long it will be after you...

I have already met that monster. It shot out of a ferry effluent pipe onto my 37 whilst working in Shetland.

They turned the ferry round after that incident

[A. Berk]

Originally Posted by BigHairyAl

I have already met that monster. It shot out of a ferry effluent pipe onto my 37 whilst working in Shetland.

They turned the ferry round after that incident

Great, you've had your 'sh1t' moment Al, everyone gets one sooner or later - I got mine from the overboard dump of a Naval Captains cabin - 3 metres above and straight on top of me 'ed . Unfortunately it were warm water so no hood but the FF mask saved the day. I couldn't wait to get submerged to give my locks a thorough rinse Charles Worthington style.

Berko