"Stephen Welsh" wrote in message
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"SteveB" wrote in
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BTW, this creek/stream was big enough that I did manage to fall into
one of the biggest holes, and go completely under water......... two
way radio, hearing aids, and all.

A Full electro-Reid?

;-)

Steve
(hope the electronics survived the dunking ok)




As an aside (true story), I got back to camp and took off the wet stuff. I
sat my hearing aids on the barbecue, since it was a black surface, and I
thought they would dry out okay. I sat the two way Cobra radio on the table
in the sunshine. (It survived the dunking and subsequent drying out.)
Stainless S+W was okay, too after drying out.

There was not a problem until later when I turned on the barbecue and then
about ten minutes started looking for my hearing aids.

Long story short, they are in the shop, and I am waiting to see if it is
going to cost me $375 to fix these, or $2800 for new ones.

Have you ever done something so stupid that you expect men with white coats
are going to come running up and throw a big piece of shrimp trawl net over
you?

Steve