scubafire
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Kim:
So then technically if you dive 1491 times, shouldn't you have drowned at least once? If that's the case, I am going to go ahead and get mine out of the way...no point in letting it catch you by surprise!!!
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So then technically if you dive 1491 times, shouldn't you have drowned at least once? If that's the case, I am going to go ahead and get mine out of the way...no point in letting it catch you by surprise!!!
Well that would appear to be the average yes.scubafire:So then technically if you dive 1491 times, shouldn't you have drowned at least once? If that's the case, I am going to go ahead and get mine out of the way...no point in letting it catch you by surprise!!!
However..."get it out the way...." Hmmmmmm....do you mean you intend to drown yourself BEFORE you got in your quota of 1491 dives? :11:
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RJTY
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Whats a BCD?Kim:Even if you can't as long as you know how to orally inflate your BCD you'll probably float around OK until someone fishes you out of the water!
Good point, if they can find you. I believe they are still looking for somebody right now.
RJTY:
Just curious, which cetifying agency did you get your OW from?
Buoyancy Control Device. The jacket or wing you wear that you can put air into!RJTY:
The case that's come on the board today is very unusual and very sad.
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RJTY
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Thought the question was a little bit funny.dherbman:
Certified through NAUI
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The case is very sad. I keep hoping and praying for a good ending here, but Im afraid the longer it takes the worst it is.Kim:
scubafire
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Kim:
Ha ha...yeah. That way you don't have to worry about when it happens.
<I was indeed kidding>
Don't worry Jon....so was I.....
RJTY:
I'm a funny guy.
I agree that it would be ideal to tighten standards. Unfortunatly, it's not practical or beneficial to the industry as a whole. I wish that more emphasis would be placed on the fact that OW is more of a learners permit than a sign of having arrived as a diver. It's the very start of a very long road, yet many never follow up with their training.
People don't seem to know what they don't know and that is the root cause of many incidents.
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