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• “Carpe Profundum? Carpe Dentium!”

  By Strike on February 1, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Salvage diving has always been an aspect of diving that I’ve considered getting my teeth into. ———– A fly-speck on the map, Addu Atoll and the island of Gan are located just below the equator at the southernmost tip of… Read More ›

• “Ain’t nobody here but us chickens.”

  By Strike on January 24, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Strategically located at the tip of the Arabian Peninsula close to the eastern approaches to the Red Sea (and the Suez Canal’s sea-route connection between Europe and Asia) Aden was, in 1965, still a British protectorate; one that, two years… Read More ›

• Happy New Year Thoughts. (Or, In with the Old; Out with the New?)

  By Strike on December 31, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Have any of you noticed that tomatoes are becoming tasteless? It’s the same story with most vegetables, isn’t it? The size and texture are fine – the result of genetic engineering – but the flavour is sadly lacking. I have… Read More ›

• Getting the third degree

  By Strike on December 27, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  The problem with leaving my radio-alarm volume turned down to a gentle background drone is that while I’m slowly waking up to another day, I often confuse the tail end of dreams with news reports; a state of affairs that,… Read More ›

• The Working Diver

  By Strike on December 11, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  A well respected commercial diving supervisor working on the offshore oil and gas rigs once told me that, ‘the ability to dive is not a panacea for the skills one lacks.’; a piece of wisdom that’s often overlooked by those… Read More ›

• The Magic of Diving

  By Strike on December 1, 2014 • ( 0 )

  Despite the objections of sceptics, lots of folks like to keep their options open when it comes to superstitious behaviour. It’s probably a hangover from childhood when we still believed that there might be magic in the world. Continuing to… Read More ›

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