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A nice stiff baseball cap is every mans dream.  On our trip to the Philippines last year we inadvertently came across the formula for a hat stiffening spray.  We then created a name and marketing campaign for the product.  It is called

Aussie Rules Hat Stiffener

The tag line is:

“Stiffer is Better”

And the spokesperson is:

A very hot Australian Womens Surfing Champion

If you want  to try marketing this idea contact me and I’ll license the secret formula to you.

In 2004 eight  Codger Divers went to Grand Cayman.  After a hard day of diving we would go to the Big Bamboo Brew Pub, watch the cruise ships sail out of the harbor and drink a few beers.  Then we would make Andy drive us home in the Maruti.  Weston Robba, the son of Codger Harte Robba, was recently in the Caymans and has reported that the Big Bamboo is no more.  Fortunately I saved one of the collectible plastic beer mugs:

It is now a very valuable artifact of the time before the hurricane.  I will donate the cup to the Codger Divers Museum for a valuable tax deduction the next time I have any taxable earnings.   I went back and found some of my old photos and built a memorial album on Flickr.  It was easier than I thought.  See Big Bamboo Pictures Here

2004 teaser photo

Hurricane Bill struck the coast of Florida last weekend so Codger Diver Michael F. went out paddle boarding.  Why ask why.  Magi Foster-Grube took this great picture of him styling on an 8′ swell.

Nice photo Magi

I feel like Columbo.  “One more Philippine post….”   I’d lost Jerry, our dive-master’s, email address and had to track him down using my CIA techniques.  Don’t worry no water-boarding was used in the making of this post.  btw Why is it that some people think that water-boarding is wrong but snowboarding is okay?

Jerry is in my estimation the worlds best dive-master and a very good guy.  I am using this picture of him as my computer wallpaper.  This is a perfect illustration of his style.  He is in the background directing an amazing production.

And as one final addition to the Philippines dive trip a small album of the land photos he took.

Including this rare Simon and Howard drinking photo:

A couple of weeks ago I posted a bunch of photos of Crinoids.

I know you didn’t believe that they were in fact animals and could swim.  So watch this video and see the proof.  If you want to save a bit of time go to the two and a half minute mark on the video.

The video was taken by Rainer Otto one of the good people we got to know during the Codger Divers trip to the Philippines.  See more of Rainer’s photos and videos here.