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Monday Happy Hour
We had happy hour on the roof today. I was all set to do ‘drinks older than you are’. But I forgot how old graduate students are compared to undergrads. We did get one ‘rum as old as you’ however. … Continue reading
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Family?
I was at a great-uncle’s 84th birthday party on the weekend and ran in to a cousin I hadn’t known was down visiting. Then the next day, at another get-together, another cousin I didn’t know was down (on the other … Continue reading
Timing
I went to the health clinic yesterday for a check-up and got taken in late for my appointment. And I went to the dentist today and got taken in early (there was literally no one else there waiting). Good timing … Continue reading
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Endangered Diving
So I’ve been doing a bunch of diving this week. Its been a good week. One day we saw: The cutest little hawksbill turtle that had obviously just come home after its ‘lost years’ – status IUCN Critically Endangered; A … Continue reading
Vacation Costs
So we were looking to make some bookings for a group of people (4) to do some work diving (three per day). And we could get a 3 bedroom condo for $700 for five nights, but nitrox tanks from the … Continue reading
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Diving Work
Yes, yes, it really is work. I found myself down at 60 feet on the top of the wall today thinking about the arrangements that needed to be made for next week’s work project. I had to stop and remind … Continue reading
Computer Works
I got a new computer, a Dell Venue 11 Pro tablet/keyboard combo, a few months ago and I’ve been fighting with occasional ‘mouse loss’ ever since. – I really like the ‘transforming’ computer format. But the Dell/Win8 doesn’t seem quite ready … Continue reading
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Rum Division
As my regular readers will recall I occasionally have opportunity to price out rum. I recently went in to the store to pick up a 1.75L bottle of V/X. Because buying in bulk is cheaper, right? That day I happened … Continue reading
Weather
The weather has been odd all week. It was threatening to get bad later in the week, so we moved some of our boat work earlier, but it never really turned. Though it kept threatening. Then Saturday dawned dark and … Continue reading
‘Queen Conch’
I was out today surveying for ‘queen’ conch, what we just used to call conch around here, when I came across two ‘queen helmet’, which we used to call ‘queen conch’, before we got internationalised, in about 5 minutes of … Continue reading
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