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John,

Tried the mitts out for real on Sat (41 mtrs on the Quayle out of Brighton) and my hands were warm and toasty all through the dive.

Even after a longish cold deco stop (dumped ALL air from my dry suit to hold at 3 mtrs with nearly empty cylinders) I was shivering but my hands were OK.

Ta v/much for you effort in ordering and sending them over to me.

Hope to see you at LIDS.

Rgds
Bryan

ps : We had 10 mtrs viz - IN THE ENGLISH CHANNEL - bloody marvellous.

 

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Great, Bryan! I'm glad you like the mitts. If anybody else wants a pair, the offer still stands (£25 including postage). Mary: I should have yours in the post by the end of the week (today and tomorrow are bank holidays here in Sweden).

 

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41M? ? ?  No wonder your hands were warm, you were digging them into the silt matey.

Cheers
Rob 39.9M, also warm hands in O'Three mitts.  What a splendid idea, no more dry gloves for me.

 

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Quote[/b] (Rob Evans @ Jan. 05 2004,11:39)]41M? ? ?  No wonder your hands were warm, you were digging them into the silt matey.

Cheers
Rob 39.9M, also warm hands in O'Three mitts.  What a splendid idea, no more dry gloves for me.

I can not believe you did not get deeper than me - have a look at my reply on Wreck Divers rebreather post!!!

 

 

 

[Rob Evans]

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Ah well you see I'm comfortable with my manhood - never mind the depth, get a load of the length!
And for once the breather behaved perfectly whilst the OC boys were all crapping themselves....

 

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Quote[/b] ]Ah well you see I'm comfortable with my manhood

From what I've heard it won't weigh you down very much.

Quote[/b] ]never mind the depth, get a load of the length

I've only got 4 inches - but most women don't like it that wide!

.....oh, sorry, were you talking length?

Quote[/b] ]And for once the breather behaved perfectly whilst the OC boys were all crapping themselves....

I thought I was the only one when I thought Steve had lost all his deco gas at 30 mtrs with 30 mins deco to do. Who else - tell me more.

 

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Correction - the OOCDC OC boys were crapping themselves - weren't you

Still, must rate it as a very enjoyable dive.  I felt sorry for that poor 'In berry' lobby that got grabbed and put down by 2 buddy pairs & then  grabbed, brought up & chucked back in by one particularly short-sighted pair...

Nice moment towards the finish when me & the other YBOD lot were cruising round the blunt end.  Turned off the torch & had a very relaxing atmospheric few minutes as I watched the guys mooching about in the gloom in near total silence.  My bud saw a great big conger and a lobby face to face - each probably wondering how much it'd hurt if the other decided to have a go.

 

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I must also gloat about my New Year's Day dives in Wraysbury - two dives in 4c water, and I came out positively glowing with warmth. Dead impressed by the 3-finger mitts.
And the xerotherm under the weezle. And the chillcheater hood under the Otter one...

 

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Quote[/b] ]Correction - the OOCDC OC boys were crapping themselves - weren't you

Yes. I don't know why I get stressed when other people are doing impressions of a jacuzzi at 30 odd metres and I KNOW I have to leave NOW as the deco is racking up and it will be a bit tight on the gas front. No wonder I prefer diving the "Man from Uncle" way.

Quote[/b] ]Still, must rate it as a very enjoyable dive.  I felt sorry for that poor 'In berry' lobby that got grabbed and put down by 2 buddy pairs & then  grabbed, brought up & chucked back in by one particularly short-sighted pair...

Who would that be then - I take corrective measures so it could not be me that was short sighted. The first thing I knew about Mrs Lobster was when it was being waved around in my face which is usually a hint for "get your goody bag out?" - I'm innocent I tell yah. 'Onest, guv. Anyway, I was still in the water when it got put back.

Any lobster that thick that it can get caught 3 times in 30 mins probably deserves entry to the Darwin awards and we would have done lobster kind a favour by not letting its young loose in the sea.

Quote[/b] ]Nice moment towards the finish when me & the other YBOD lot were cruising round the blunt end.  Turned off the torch & had a very relaxing atmospheric few minutes as I watched the guys mooching about in the gloom in near total silence.  My bud saw a great big conger and a lobby face to face - each probably wondering how much it'd hurt if the other decided to have a go.

You mean you had forgotten to charge the battery and the torch went dead on you.