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Date Posted: 21:10:42 01/17/00 Mon
Author: hd
Subject: Re: continued
In reply to: hd 's message, "Re: continued" on 21:09:08 01/17/00 Mon

SIMON COULD HARDLY BELIEVE HIS EARS. NO ONE HAD EVER SAID ANYTHING LIKE THAT TO HIM IN HIS LIFE. HE TRULY LOVED GUS AT THAT MOMENT. HE LOVED HIM MORE THAN HE EVER LOVED ANYONE. "THANKS GUS. MY DAD SAID I WAS STUPID TO RISK MY LIFE CHASING A FISH. HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND THINGS LIKE YOU AND I DO." SIMON FELT GOOD GETTING THAT OFF HIS CHEST.
"I DIDN'T SAY YOU WERE SMART SIMON. I SAID YOU HAD THE STUFF THAT MAKES GREAT SPEARFISHERMEN. SUPPOSE BILLY HADN'T PULLED YOU OUT? WE WOULDN'T BE HAVIN' THIS TALK NOW, WOULD WE?" GUS GOT HIM AGAIN. JUST WHEN HE'S SURE HE'S GOT IT, GUS CHANGES THE WHOLE CONVERSATION AND TURNS IT INTO ANOTHER LESSON. YOU COULDN'T ARGUE WITH GUS. GUS ALWAYS WON. SIMON SMILED. HE KNEW WHAT GUS WAS GOING TO SAY NEXT.
"USE YOUR HEAD, TRUST YOUR HEART, AND ALWAYS REMEMBER WHAT I TELL YA." GUS HAD BEEN TELLING HIM THAT FOR YEARS. "NOT TOO MANY DIVERS HAVE BEEN TO THREE ATMOSPHERES YA KNOW", GUS SAID.
"THREE ATMOSPHERES?, SIMON QUESTIONED.
"YEAH. BELOW NINETY FEET. THE FIRST ATMOSPHERE IS AT 30 FEET, THE SECOND IS AT 60 AND THE THIRD STARTS AT 90
FEET. EVERY THIRTY FEET IS AN ATMOSPHERE. IT HAS TO DO WITH THE PRESSURE. YOU GET DEEP ENOUGH, IT GETS HARDER TO SWIM. THERE'S MORE PRESSURE ON YOU. THE WATER WEIGHS MORE. DIDN'T YOU NOTICE HOW HARD IT WAS TO MOVE WHEN YOU WERE DOWN THAT DEEP?
"YEAH. I THINK SO," SIMON LIED.
"IT TAKES TWICE AS MUCH EFFORT AND TIME TO MOVE HALF AS FAR. EVERYTHING SLOWS DOWN AT THREE ATMOSPHERES. YOU MIND YOURSELF AT THAT DEPTH. THERE'S NO FORGIVENESS FOR MISTAKES WHEN YOU'RE THAT DEEP. YOUR FIRST MISTAKE IS YOUR LAST. "OKAY GUS", SIMON AGREED. "I'LL BE CAREFUL."
"AND?", QUESTIONED GUS.
"AND I'LL GET THE FISH NEXT TIME", SIMON SWORE.
"ATTA BOY...NOW YOU BETTER BE OFF. TELL YOUR MOM AND DAD I SAID HELLO." GUS PUFFED THE CIGAR, HIS FACE DISAPPEARING BEHIND THE SMOKY CLOUD. SIMON WAS ALREADY HALFWAY OUT THE
DOOR WHEN HE YELLED BACK, "OKAY GUS. G'NIGHT!"
GUS SWIVELED AROUND. IN HIS LARGE WING BACK CHAIR, LOOKING UP AT THE 70 INCH FISH MOUNT ON THE WALL. IT WAS AN AVERAGE WHITE SEABASS IN HIS DAY. NOW IT WAS AN EXCEPTIONAL SPECIMEN OF A BYGONE ERA. CLOUDS OF SMOKE BILLOWED ABOVE THE CHAIR AS THE OLD MAN BECAME LOST IN THE MEMORIES OF HIS YOUTH.

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Re: continued -- hd, 21:13:13 01/17/00 Mon
- Re: continued -- hd, 21:14:34 01/17/00 Mon
  - end -- hd, 21:15:21 01/17/00 Mon
    - Re: end -- saltwaters, 16:28:00 01/19/00 Wed