hail all,
I am now a certified padi diver to 18metres!!!! One more fun dive tomorrow and then finished!!!

I hadn’t stopped taking doxi when i last wrote as was not sure what the best thing to do was. Then found out that i had missed the night before, so didn’t take the one for that night either!!! And hey presto,all bubps diminished, disapeared and havn’t re-appeared!!!!! Not a 100% sure jet, but looks like that was the culprit. That cruddy doctor, i blame him!!!!!

WEll, just off to write my long mail. Crip wrote saying he is now 44, and hen has just had his b-day. Did you remember????

Love T

Great news, Geroff. Clearly, it’s climatic; so you’d better find somewhere you want to live in Asia!

Cheers for the parcel, Tan. Nifty hat!!! Mama will write soon.

PS

my breathing had never been a problem, so nothing to worry about there.

Geroff hasn’t used his inhalor for 4 months now, so ho[pefully his asthma has disappeared!!!

T

Hail all,

Got abit confused wityh all the plans and wot not, so just let me know ahen you have sorted all the flights and know what is happening. Didn’t check the mail, and there was nothing in the medical sheet we had to fill out about alergies, so headed of for the first dive to 12 metres todat! Much fun and amusment!!!! Ear fine and feel fine under water so no probs there then!! Most of the swellings have gone now, and it seems to be the antyhistamenes that ed gave me when we briefly saw then in bangkok. They are the ones he used for his allergy to wasp stings, and they work atreat. Mayhaps some brands work better than aother. Anyway, feeling fine and diving is great. will write a long, detailed mail when have finished course!!!! Mama would love it as you can see loads of coral and fish + manty other things. WE even learnt a groovy way to get the water out of your mask UNDER water!!!

By the way, we had to change our flights out of Bali to sing (on way tyo oz) as the one we were on was cancelled. WE are now on the SQ143 flight on the same day leaving bali. It is the only one that ties up with the connecting flight to brisbane i think. AS i said, let me know what is going on about your flights jul.

Love to all,
Tanya

A big box just arrived in the post. Mama’s opening it. Talking of post, I sent the APS film off for reprints and got nothing back. So I rang them and they claimed not to have received it. Arrgh.

I recognise that double heart beat; I get it when playing tennis. Most disconcerting.
Concerning ‘tarnished silver’. Harken to this:

“Silver does not corrode in the accepted sense but is tarnished by hydrogen sulphide and other sulphur-containing gases. This can be removed by a standard silver polish. Alternatively, the reaction can be reversed, that is, the silver sulphide converted back to silver metal using the following procedure.

Mix about 4 tablespoons of washing soda with 2 pints of very hot water. Place a piece of aluminium foil in the bottom of a plastic mixing bowl and stand a piece of tarnished silverware on the aluminium foil. Wearing rubber gloves, pour the hot soda solution into the bowl until the silver item is completely covered (make sure it remains in contact with the aluminium foil). Within a few minutes the tarnish will transfer from the silver to the aluminium foil. Remove the now sparkling silver item, rinse and dry it with a soft cloth.”