"*JimH*" wrote in message
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..........(be honest)..........what have you dropped into the water this
boating season..........and lost?
............

......my favorite golf hat. By the time I circled back to pick it up, D.
Jones had claimed it (denim sinks fast). So I smartened up, and made a
point of wearing "work hats" when asea..... lost my favorite work hat the
same way. Arrrrgh.

Temporarily lost a pair of cheap sunglasses in shallow water, right in front
of our place. The next morning, at low tide, there was a large, mature
oyster standing there, wearing my glasses. All that was missing was the
smoke hanging out of the corner of his mouth. Thinking fast, I tip-toed up
behind him and snatched 'em back. Of course, he was speechless.

Unc