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ISSUE 3 ARCHIVE - NON-CELEBRITY DIVER, PAUL JACKSON
WHAT IS YOUR JOB?
Oh that's a hard one, if I said I was an
electrician, people would want me to fix
their lights? I try to keep a small chemical
plant running; well that's what my boss
pays me for.
WHERE DO YOU LIVE?
That's easy, I can answer that one.
Hertford, right in the town centre about
two hundred metres away from In-depth,
the shop where I learnt to dive.
QUALIFICATION
DM (Divemaster, Dive Muppet, Slave
and general bottle slinger).
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TOTAL DIVES
Coming up to two hundred, I suppose,
I could check but I can't be arsed.
MAX DEPTH
My computer says 44.8, so it might
be that.
MOST EXPENSIVE PIECE OF KIT
I don't know. It's all so old that I can't
remember. I lied to my wife about the
cost anyway so don't go telling her
how much it all costs.
CAN'T DO WITHOUT
Water.
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COOLEST THING SEEN U/W
Depends. Saw my buddy once at
Wraysbury, Saw a Perch eat a Cray fish
at Stoney. Still haven't seen any Manta's.
NON-CELEB MOMENT
Shared a day boat with the Juliet
Savigear of London Diver recently. Nice
girl, bit mad. (Will name dropping get
me into the mag?).
WOULD NEVER DIVE
I'm sorry, what does that mean?
Take me to the water, stuff a reg in my
mouth and throw me in. I've even dived
a 3,953m water tank at work.
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BBS (BEST BACON SARNIE)
Oh another hard one. They're good at
Wraysbury, but then again something
has to be.
BEST BUDDY
Easy, Gwaine Cook. We have about the
same air consumption and the same
sense of humor.
WORST BUDDY
There have been a few, but they're good
enough to dive with me so they can't be
that bad.
LIFE CHANGING BIZARRE DIVE MOMENT
Life changing moment had nothing to
do with diving. I had a serious illness and
nearly died. After that I decided to live as
much as possible. Bizarre dive moment
– that has to be every moment I spend
diving, I mean, breathing under water,
not natural is it!
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WORST CAR PARK EVER CHANGED IN
Has to be the old ferry port on Malta. Not
for the obvious reasons though. There
I was changing out of my wetsuit after
a somewhat cold dive, when my wife
(non diver) had the gall to describe the
"handsome young gods" that had just
changed in front of her. Made me feel
quite inadequate.
FAVOURITE UK DIVE LOCATION
Portland. We try to get down there
a couple of times a year. It's not too
far from Hertford and there's always
something to dive even if the weather's
a bit iffy.
FAVOURITE OVERSEAS DIVE LOCATION
I'll let you know when I've been to
them all. For now it still has to be
Southern Red Sea.
STILL WANNA DIVE...
Duh Yeh! Sorry you didn't mean it like
that did you? Still wanna dive everything,
everywhere. Particularly fancy
Scandinavian coast, but I don't want
to think about the cold, not on a chilly
winter afternoon.
AIR OR NITROX
Air mostly, its cheap!
TANYA STREETER OR MIRANDA
KRESTOVNIKOFF
Miranda Krestefnikofkoffff. Miranda
Krustifnakofff. Miranda Kestovikov. That
Miranda girl seems nice. Tanya Streeter's
a bit too weird for my liking.
MONTY HALLS OR NICK BAKER
Nick who? I prefer Monty Zuma.
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