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On a large pile of smokin' A'a, the most isolated population center on the face of the earth. 2,175 miles to Alaska, 2,390 miles to California; 3,850 miles to Japan; 4,900 miles to China; 5,280 miles to the Philippines.
I refuse to believe that corporations are people until Texas executes one.
"Too often ... people enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought" - Leapfrog
"They are the McDonalds of diver certification. Quick, inexpensive and tasty. Pardon me for saying so, but I also believe it to be a health hazard." - DCBC
"It truly does boil down to motivation ... if you believe something is hard, or unnecessary to learn, you won't learn it ... even if it's completely within your capability" - Bob (Grateful Diver)
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I'd like for the 'artistic' (photo, whatever) of a specialty card to have a picture relevant to the specialty. I was looking at a photo of a PADI Wreck Speciality card, and it didn't appear to have a wreck on it. Should it not display a wreck?
Green & Yellow ought to make at least a minor appearance on a nitrox card.
For that matter, the PADI Master Diver cert. card lists your specialities; would it not be sweet if each new cert. card you obtained also, on the back, listed your prior cert.'s? Same basic idea.
would it not be sweet if each new cert. card you obtained also, on the back, listed your prior cert.'s?
Wouldn't work out for agency sluts like myself who shop for a class or instructor that offers what we're looking for, and don't much worry about what agency they're affilliated with. I didn't even bother to ask what agency my last instructor taught for. In fact, I didn't even know the class would come with a card until about a week before it got here ...
Life is short. Break the rules, forgive quickly, kiss slowly, love deeply, laugh uncontrollably, and never regret anything that makes you smile.
Not everyone who reads SB is looking to learn how best to use their new snorkel. Some are here just hoping to get the chance to tell someone else exactly what they can do with their new snorkel. While others are trying to sell their old snorkel. (gypsyjim)
On a large pile of smokin' A'a, the most isolated population center on the face of the earth. 2,175 miles to Alaska, 2,390 miles to California; 3,850 miles to Japan; 4,900 miles to China; 5,280 miles to the Philippines.
I refuse to believe that corporations are people until Texas executes one.
"Too often ... people enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought" - Leapfrog
"They are the McDonalds of diver certification. Quick, inexpensive and tasty. Pardon me for saying so, but I also believe it to be a health hazard." - DCBC
"It truly does boil down to motivation ... if you believe something is hard, or unnecessary to learn, you won't learn it ... even if it's completely within your capability" - Bob (Grateful Diver)
As long as we're wishing for changes to the cards, I'd really like the front of the PADI cards (the one with your name and picture and all the rest of the data) to have the type of the certification (e.g, AOW, EANx, etc.). Right now that's only on the back, with the stock picture.
I've more than once had a Dive Op photocopy my cert card for their files and staple it to their liability waiver. But the current design then doesn't capture what the cert was for on that photocopy. Since some Ops require deep or AOW for some dives, and require an EANx cert before giving you a nitrox fill, this is a real issue if we'd like a real paper trail.
I also have a jpeg scan of my C-cards on my iPod touch, as backup. Same issue.
Please, PADI, put all the information on one side of the card.
ya got me, rob! i want a card to get into ginnie with another heavy thing...sigh. why is scuba sh-stuff all so heavy? can we whine about that a while? larry and i keep saying we're gonna quit diving and take up knitting because even if you tote your own sheep, it can't be as heavy as tech diving.
...and the days go by, water flowing under ground, into the blue again, into the silent water, under the rocks and stones, there is water underground... - talking heads
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Originally Posted by drrich2
when you pry it from my cold dead fingers.
