Posted by Andy G on September 05, 2005 at 11:59:21 from 130.159.248.44 user AndyG.
In Reply to: Re: Some very good points posted by Laurence Monkhouse on September 03, 2005 at 18:04:56:
...or John's watch was a wrist watch but not waterproof. That's likely for the time. In this instance, he would have best kept it safe and dry (in a tent) in SA.
From the "better drowned than duffers" files: NEVER accept on trust that a watch is waterproof. I capsized (with a new stopwatch/watch) in tidal sea water at Rock, Cornwall on day #1 of a holiday many years ago, and after seeing the LCD display go blank, thought "oh dear". A few days later, having guessed times and tides in the meantime, the digits slowly returned, and the clock counted 1 minute for about three minutes of real time... :-|
Andy G