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  1. JamesBon92007

    Lessons I'm back; experience of a hacked account

    I looks like you at least got your SB account back. I had credit card info stolen and have changed cards three times and I still can't use the card. CapitalOne says that since the thief is using AutoPay it automatically charges the new card and there is nothing they can do about it. The bogus...
  2. JamesBon92007

    Casio DW1000 Replacement Module--Cheap

    I carved this out of some kind of fairly dense foam that used to be some kind of a car mat. I got some white on black label tape and I'm thinking this one looks a lot better. :) I added a black, stainless steel watchband so all that is left that is original is the case. Now I have too many...
  3. JamesBon92007

    Loreto, Which Dive Shop?

    I read about a shore dive next to a golf course (I think) but haven't looked into it. Part of the problem is I have not yet learned where to rent a car without being severely taken advantage of. There is a car rental place in the vicinity of the dive shops etc. but I went with Hertz because...
  4. JamesBon92007

    Loreto, Which Dive Shop?

    Since you live there you must know if there are any decent shore dives. Well-kept secrets or there just aren't any?
  5. JamesBon92007

    DIY Bifocals Revisited

    I finally settled on Liquid Nails Clear Seal. It's fairly cheap for a fairly big tube and it even works better than Aquaseal (dries clearer). I've only used my new close-up lenses in the so far but they have held up wonderfully. I simply apply what looks like a little more than I'll need onto...
  6. JamesBon92007

    A Question for "Mature" Divers

    It seems like all of the flights I took last year had a lot of turbulance so getting up and walking around was not as convenient. I just hit 68 and about the only critter that's on my list that I have not yet seen is a clown fish in an anenomie. Considering what it might take so see one, I can...
  7. JamesBon92007

    Loreto, Which Dive Shop?

    For the time being we are wearing our dive T-shirts and watching our old dive videos, while drinking coffee from our dive destination coffee cups. ;) We have been getting emails telling us we can get an appointment for the vaccine, but when you try to make an appointment there aren't any...
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    Loreto, Which Dive Shop?

    Hi Yago! Well, my intention was that the lack of safety equipment and anything else was to be implied, however it sounds like that didn't necessarily come through. Actually, I meant it more as a warning to anyone who might encounter those offers. We will be there shortly after this chaotic...
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    Loreto, Which Dive Shop?

    My first thought is Sea Lions. What I saw mainly was a LOT of small fishes, plus a thing or two that I'd never seen before and so far can't identify. I see someone posted about the nudibranchs.
  10. JamesBon92007

    OCTO-ber

    Do the Felimare californiensis nudibranchs appear black without the strobe? I remember seeing some that looked like black velvet with 24K gold spots, but these are definitely blue.
  11. JamesBon92007

    My Octopus Crapper

    I don't remember eating that!
  12. JamesBon92007

    Hero8 Black Choppy Playback

    Meanwhile, back at the ranch... I read that Windows 10 will format a SSD drive using Fat32 so I borrowed a laptop and took a look. I could not find any Fat32 option so I followed another set of instructions that I'd found and picked NTFS and selected 32K for the allocation (?) units. That...
  13. JamesBon92007

    BCD Questions

    I rinse my backwing after a dive trip, but rarely between dives while on a trip. I have not worried about there being water in it since everything except the SS dump valve spring is some kind of plastic or other. I do keep air in it while it's waiting for the next dive trip because I've heard...
  14. JamesBon92007

    How important is a depth gauge as part of a reg set?

    I very often hear about people having a backup computer, but I'd never heard of anyone having a backup depth gauge or SPG. Due to the lack of space on a console I have had to replace the depth gauge with a computer, however I still have a SPG and I've made some capillary depth gauges for backup...
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    Hero8 Black Choppy Playback

    I just compiled another home video using Windows Movie Maker (Win 7 version) and it plays back just fine so I would go so far as to say it's reliable. :) One thing I noticed was that while shooting with the stabilization "Boost" turned on in 1080p I was losing detail in the highlights and...
  16. JamesBon92007

    Maui dive operations - October 2020

    If you are near Kihei, I've had some very enjoyable dives from Ulua beach and, as a second choice, Kamaole Beach III, Dang, we were thinking of going to Maui and it didn't occur to me that nothing would be open. I'm glad I read this.
  17. JamesBon92007

    SPG, Replacement Lens

    From your picture it looks like the two pieces are intact, individually, so can they be glued back together? I have had no luck using "plastic cement" or epoxy or other "all-purpose" glues for SPG lenses, but if it was mine I'd try gluing them back together with Aqua-Seal. It helps a lot that...
  18. JamesBon92007

    Hello from Minnesota!

    This sounds a lot like starting from scratch. At least I realize the danger of jet skiis--those we have here too. And I assume the mental capacity of the drivers is about the same. The ocean vs Minnesota lake diving reminds me of the difference between earthquakes and tornadoes. I don't...
  19. JamesBon92007

    2 year old diving ?

    I guess that depends upon the 2-year-old. One of my daughters was a very competent swimmer at 2 (2 years, 11 1/2 months anyway) and regularly dove to 8 feet on her own. My other daughter wasn't capable of that until she was 4. Personally I would not drag a kid down to the bottom, but if they...
  20. JamesBon92007

    Hello from Minnesota!

    Welcome! My girlfriend is from Minnesota so we visit there periodically and I'm looking forward to doing my first lake dives, probably next summer. I'm wondering how you keep from getting ran over by boats and jet skiis. Is it better to tow a diver's flag, or does that just attract the...
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