Why oh why oh why

[Helen F H]

I am sat at the watersports centre where i used to work (supposed) to be getting ready to help the other half look after a big catamaran race. Its blowing its TITS off up here - easily a 5-6, so lots of opportunities for things to go ping/snap/crunch. I suspect the safety cover we are providing (from the worlds smallest rib) may be needed and the fishing stuff we have may stay in the car. BUT what is really pissing me off is the fact that the other half insisted that i had to come and help "all the stuff you have got out of that place, and now you wont come and help, plus there is no-one else to do it". In the past 10 minutes he has had 3 phone calls from people offering to come out on the boat. GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH i could still be in bed! Or thinking about diving. Or even diving if i could get to st abbs.

Grumble grumble grumble. I feel a bit better now.

[NeilB]

Look on the bright side, I used to drag my other half out to windswept rugby pitches in the middle of winter!
Just pour the coffee into your shoes and you will be alright, the feeling will come back to your toes

[Odin]

I did a dive in Windermere in March 1984 (wearing a wetsuit!)
All through the dive I was thinking of the nice warm Hot Chocolate I had in a flask in the car.
Back ashore I shivered my way to the car and asked my current amour of the time for a drink from the flask.
[i]"I was cold waiting for you so I drank it all..."

I had my revenge in 1985, when on holiday in Malta she lost the engagement ring. I claimed on the insurance, discovered I needed a new D.V. and tried to explain to her that I would get her another ring later...

We did stay together until 1987, must have been lust or something.....

[Helen F H]

Ok, i just got back from being thown all over the place in the worlds smallest rib.

1) I put the left boot of my drysuit on. Fine. I put the right boot on and feel "something" in there. It is slightly squishy. I take off drysuit to find a (live) mouse in the boot. I had mended the holes last night and left the suit in the hallway laid flat for the glue. Mousie in the boot. It ran under the book case and hid. When we got back i found it dead - the smell must have been too much.

2) catamarans will capsize at every opportunity. Usually all at once.

3) My ex-dive club are still a bunch of.........well........Nah, there aint words strong enough really. Lets just say if they had brains they would be dangerous. They were doing safety cover too. If you can call it that.

4) standing in a shower in your drysuit is one of the nicest things ever.