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**PhilSiswick** · 25th March 2008, 19:04

Quote: (Originally Posted by Gill Envy)

I'm always impressed by those who are willing to admit their mistakes. It's humbling but helps keep us all on our toes! have some green!!

Several weeks back I got to a local dive site early to meat up with some new dive buddies for a night dive, went to buy some fish and chips before setting up, had my credit card denied and because we had a large chunk of money in our account to pay off our second mortgage I over reacted to the possibility of fraudulent activity. My anxiety jumped, I immediately called my bank, got put on hold for half an hour, held up the guys I was diving with, rushed to set up and got down to the water's edge for a buddy check only to have it pointed out that my o2 wasn't plugged into the head.

That was an embarrassing but valuable reminder that it's all to easy to get distracted and that buddy checks really are a good idea.

g

It's always going to be hard to give enough time to prep ourselves and our units, given that we have to work to pay for this hobby, plus get ourselves and our piles of kit to the site, working and on time. I'm concentrating more on multi-day trips these days to give me more time/relaxation to prep and more willingness to throw a dive.

BTW, what is it about credit card fraud and diving. It's now guaranteed that every time I go to Scapa, I'll spend some time arguing about a fraud with my credit card company. 3 times out of 4 so far. The issue is that there is crap mobile coverage in the Orkneys, so it's hard to deal with.

Cheers,

25th March 2008, 19:04	#14 (permalink)
PhilSiswick Phil Siswick, Tango Current Rebreather/s: Evolution Other Rebreather/s: Inspiration Vision Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Oxford, UK Posts: 1,092	Re: Incident avoided thanks to responsive buddy divers Quote: (Originally Posted by Gill Envy) I'm always impressed by those who are willing to admit their mistakes. It's humbling but helps keep us all on our toes! have some green!! Several weeks back I got to a local dive site early to meat up with some new dive buddies for a night dive, went to buy some fish and chips before setting up, had my credit card denied and because we had a large chunk of money in our account to pay off our second mortgage I over reacted to the possibility of fraudulent activity. My anxiety jumped, I immediately called my bank, got put on hold for half an hour, held up the guys I was diving with, rushed to set up and got down to the water's edge for a buddy check only to have it pointed out that my o2 wasn't plugged into the head. That was an embarrassing but valuable reminder that it's all to easy to get distracted and that buddy checks really are a good idea. g It's always going to be hard to give enough time to prep ourselves and our units, given that we have to work to pay for this hobby, plus get ourselves and our piles of kit to the site, working and on time. I'm concentrating more on multi-day trips these days to give me more time/relaxation to prep and more willingness to throw a dive. BTW, what is it about credit card fraud and diving. It's now guaranteed that every time I go to Scapa, I'll spend some time arguing about a fraud with my credit card company. 3 times out of 4 so far. The issue is that there is crap mobile coverage in the Orkneys, so it's hard to deal with. Cheers, __________________ Phil (WSKD 0001) I have always felt that the dive I am on is not nearly important as the dives I plan to be on the rest of my life. Tom Rose, 2007 The person who gets the farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure thing boat never gets far from shore. Charles A. Lindbergh www.hugsac.org.uk
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