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Dude, Herr Husband, I am not a beginner *makes growly face* :P I could be a frickin' MASTER DIVER by now! Everyone knows that random PADI certs mean something! (I really only piped in so I could be annoying. Hi!)

Don, don't worry, I didn't save over the raw pics. I was hoping that Scrubbo could spend some time (and maybe get some tips) to make the rest look better before I post them. :)

Scrubbo is smoking the crack. I did run them through Photoshop -- autolevels and autocontrast. In fact, that messed up a load of his pics by turning them red, so I didn't post those online.

Hey! How the heck do you know how much I weight, Scrubbo? I thought I kept that a well-guarded secret. Peno, yes, the owner was SUPER awesome. I have a circulatory disorder and I spent my fourth dive (second dive on the second day) unable to stop shaking. The dry suit made a HUGE difference...

Oh man, I had the WORST withdrawl symptoms the one time I ever used the patch (which is why I will just try to leave the thing on for weeks next time :) ). We went on a cruise and the day I took mine off, on shore, I felt crushing dizziness to the point of being unable to stand or drive in a car...

Just to pipe in... Right before I was OW certified, I was speaking to a friend's mom about my interest in diving. She was telling me how dangerous it was because she got DCS while at a resort, and she made it sound like it was really random that this happened to her, so I asked her what she...

I think that while you feel confident, it's obvious that your girlfriend doesn't, and it would be unfair for you to pressure her into doing this dive (even if by "pressuring" her you're only showing severe disappointment with the concept of not diving with a group). If you live near a...

I, on the other hand, got my tattoo not because I think it represents me -- in my mind, it is silly to believe that what I think represents 'me' at 28 will continue to represent 'me' at 55 -- but because it appealed to me aesthetically; I have a hard time believing that people's tastes (about...

My younger sister and her husband did their honeymoon in Tahiti and loved it as well; they went to Morea, Bora Bora, and the main island (I think). Unfortunately they're not wise to the ways of scuba so it's good to hear from folk who know! :) OT to shasta_man -- I'm from Marin! Do people...

Having relatively recently completed my pool sessions, the reason you need more weight than you normally would in FW for pool stuff is because you are usually working in shallow, shallow conditions, so it's a little harder to keep yourself on the bottom of the pool. They usually overweight folk...

I don't think I can do a liveaboard without puking my kidneys, intestines, stomach, gall bladder, etc., out into the ocean :) Also, apparently Brandon did a dive with Blackbeard's in the Bahamas two years ago (I wasn't certified so I didn't go) and vomited so much on that crossing that he...

Hey! I know you! *points* Matt reads these boards, too, but he never posts.

Hi, and welcome!! I am actually from Marin originally, and went to UCSB ... I can't wait to move back from Madison, WI, when Mr. Scrubbo is done with his Ph.D out here. :)!

Okay, that was my bad then. :) I just don't want anything bad to happen to you, even if I don't know you personally! *gives you internet hug*

I agree with Ben. Spoon, you keep making these posts that sound like you think you did nothing wrong and that it was merely the fact that you exercised and were "unlucky". Did you read the plethora of replies that said you were out of most limits on any chart? Everyone who has checked your dives...

Spectrum, I think that we're both okay with the offset between our usage -- I'm not one to risk my honey's life just because I want more bottom time, so hopefully he feels no guilt. (Although we've now discussed having a little piggy in scuba gear as our wedding cake topper... air hog! :D )...

From what I understand, symptoms of DCS ease over time while your body releases the nitrogen. So, it'd be hard to think that diving again would relieve your issues, since it's been 4 years now. (I can't say if they're caused by DCS, though -- you could go to DAN and ask someone who is a dive...

murph -- hee hee. That made me giggle. :) matt -- thanks! I found myself talking about some of the stuff I've read here when I went to the LDS today to rent some stuff for the weekend. :) Maybe they'll come check it out, too!

Heh, this is funny. My fiance has done over 50 dives, and I just started this summer with OW and AOW, which I took because he wanted to possibly dive for our honeymoon and we wanted to see if I'd like the sport. Happily, I really enjoy it, but I've found that diving with a significant other...

Pretty much it works out like this: Is it pretty? Does it have good food? Will we get seasick? Is the diving awesome? Is there fun stuff to do? Let's go! I think we're vacation starved ;)