Pearl Diving Anyone?

[jshepherd]

Look what came across my inbox this morning!

 

[pattye]

Jeremy! What? What country is issuing this? I can't read it.

 

[Pearl Dreams]

Bahrain I think. (See the logo: http://www.moic.gov.bh/En/Commerce/About/Pages/about.aspx)

 

[jshepherd]

Yep! It's Bahrain.

Kenneth Scarratt sent it to the steering committee of the CIBJO pearl commission this morning, so I'm confident it is legitimate!

 

[GemGeek]

Training - that's a good requirement!

 

[Katbran]

Yes ...nice to know they added in training lol

 

[JerseyPearl]

I own a diving watch...is that close enough? The face is MOP.

 

[Cicadalady]

In Fiji the divers who harvest sea cucumbers go down on hookah rigs (basically an air hose run from the surface). Because they're paid by quantity, they're tempted to stay at depth longer than is safe and all too frequently suffer from decompression sickness. A friend who was part of a health team trying to educate them told me that they could not be persuaded to stop their risky practices until they were told that one of the consequences of the nerve damage from DCS is impotence. THAT got their attention!

I don't know if there's a parallel with pearl divers ...

 

[Marianne]

JP and Cl, you gave me the best laughs of the day!!!

 

[SunSeeker]

Wow, just when you think you've seen everything!

 

[pattye]

Jeremy, I know you and Hisano dive, but I'm not certain you'll want to work this adventure into your busy schedule!

 

[amti]

I wonder how long the training is and what all they teach. I think one of us should go and check it out... any volunteers?

 

[Cicadalady]

You betcha! I'd love to know what they teach!!!