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OMG I am a truly lucky boy OMG I just had a scary experience!
I was out diving a wreck called the Betsy Anna today and had a chance in a million accident. We were on a wreck off the south coast of England that lays is 26m (about 90ft) of water. Its not a regularly dived so it does not have a buoy and line attatched to it. That means that when the skipper locates the wreck he sends a weight and line down so we can land ourselves on the wreck without any problems. In this case it was a 56lb lump of stainless steel with spikes welded to it. He sent it down no problem and the plan was to attach a lift bag to it when all the divers were safely down and the boat would retrieve it. We descended fine and were on the bottom at 26.4m. All the divers were down so the last diver attached the lift bag and away she went……..or so we thought!!! I was just about to fin off over the bow of the wreck when I was hit…..hard across the shoulders and neck. I drove me to the sea bed and tried to rip my regulator out of my mouth. At first I thought it was another diver and I tried to spin around but couldn’t. It turned out to be the stainless steel 56lb weight. I thought I was going to have to dump my gear and do an emergency ascent but my buddy grabbed the weight and held it while I took my regulator out of my mouth, climbed out of my gear and untangled it from me then re-rigged. Fuck it scared me witless……we aborted the dive in case my gear was damaged and when I was back on board the skipper really put the wind up me when he said… “lucky it didn’t hit your head son it would have killed you” Then I started shaking………. Ah well all is safe now…diving the Kyarra tomorrow…..lets hope for a better day. to all. P | |
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Heavens to Betsy!
Glad you're okay, Phil. Danger Man, that's what we should call you. Take care! | |
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I'm glad you're safe.
Things like that can be scary. You sound hot. | |
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Ex-Moderator | Scary!! Thank goodness you're ok! |
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:whew!: lucky indeed...i'm glad you're alright, man. | |
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Dang Man!
That's like Johnny Quest or something! Glad you're safe and sound. No More Haters on the Internet. | |
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Egad amazing and scary! | |
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Godblessya, man. Be careful, 'K? | |
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That IS scary!!!!! So glad your okay! Sheesh! | |
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diver down shit man | |
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Thankfully you are alright..
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It's never happened to me when i have been muff diving | |
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mdiver said: It's never happened to me when i have been muff diving
I've been hit in the head pretty hard doing that. | |
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Imago said: mdiver said: It's never happened to me when i have been muff diving
I've been hit in the head pretty hard doing that. That is because your technique sucks.....hahahahahahahahaha twist on a donkey punch! | |
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Alrite
Everyone's happy your okay. Now get your asses outta here, and go dedicate a country song to an orger! | |
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mdiver said: It's never happened to me when i have been muff diving
Ok everyone.. obviously he is Fine.. no need to worry.. he remembers all about muff diving..we can all stop worrying that he was injured. | |
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luv4all7 said: Alrite
Everyone's happy your okay. Now get your asses outta here, and go dedicate a country song to an orger! Daneilla i love you and all but kiss my ass woman and give me sympathy | |
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mdiver said: luv4all7 said: Alrite
Everyone's happy your okay. Now get your asses outta here, and go dedicate a country song to an orger! Daneilla i love you and all but kiss my ass woman and give me sympathy Spell my name rite. I did give U some, it's up there. I dedicated ya a song n all in my thread too. Relaxxxxx | |
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luv4all7 said: mdiver said: Daneilla i love you and all but kiss my ass woman and give me sympathy Spell my name rite. I did give U some, it's up there. I dedicated ya a song n all in my thread too. Relaxxxxx Oooppppssss sorry....i normally just call you sweetheart its easier | |
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glad you're okay! | |
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No more diving!!!
I'm glad your safe friend 2010: Healing the Wounds of the Past.... http://prince.org/msg/8/325740 | |
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kudos to you for staying clear headed and not panicking....im glad youre safe | |
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XxAxX said: glad you're okay!
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don't you dare scare me like that ever again!! | |
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Moderator | Holy shit!
Thank God you are ok! In spite of the cost of living, it's still popular. |
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WOW!!!!
You are my hero. You do things that I have yet to get nerve to do, although they are on my list.....except the ALMOST DYING part. Be careful damn-it!!! M MyeternalgrattitudetoPhil&Val.Herman said "We want sweaty truckers at the truck stop! We want cigar puffing men that look like they wanna beat the living daylights out of us" Val"sporking is spooning with benefits" | |
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ohmigod
glad you are safe We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in value no matter what their color. Maya Angelou | |
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Thanks one and all. | |
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be more bloody careful ... ...so glad ur ok hun | |
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bloody thrillseeker!
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