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  1. April 16th, 2012, 06:42 AM #21
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    ok this is fun and informative!!
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  2. April 24th, 2012, 02:47 PM #22
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    Very helpful link you shared.. Thank you very much... it is really helpful specially to some one like me new to diving..
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  3. July 23rd, 2012, 04:44 AM #23
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    My instructor for my Navi dive for Advanced when I did it at Uni taught me Big White Rabbits Always F***k (idk if swearing is ok on here....)

    Which worked for us since we were a bunch of uni students, and works for me now in that if I'm helping a student (currently a DM trainee but I'm there to answer questions if needed) then even if it's inappropriate to use that acronym it still helps me remember it so I can just think of other ones to use hehe.

    Good for young person generation though and gets a bit of a giggle unless they've no sense of humour at all.
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  4. July 23rd, 2012, 09:17 PM #24
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    Quote Originally Posted by scuba_redneck View Post
    Big Women Are Really Fun.

    thats how my instructor put it, and I laugh to this day over it.

    Mine as well!
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  5. August 30th, 2012, 04:18 PM #25
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    Quote Originally Posted by laxdiver67 View Post
    My instructor told me to remember BWRAF as Bruce Willis ruins all films
    This is for the pre-dive safety check :-

    B - B.C.D.
    W - Weights
    R - Releases
    A - Air
    F - Final Okay

    I personally remember it as Begin With Review And Friend.
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  6. August 31st, 2012, 09:26 AM #26
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    Quote Originally Posted by laxdiver67 View Post
    My instructor told me to remember BWRAF as Bruce Willis ruins all films
    My OW instructor used "Bangkok Women Rarely Are Fine".
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  7. September 28th, 2012, 09:48 AM #27
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    Bowlegged Women Really Are Freaks has never left my head. Learned from a DM in 1997 at the days in pool, longwood FL.
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  8. October 26th, 2012, 11:03 AM #28
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  9. November 2nd, 2012, 06:07 PM #29
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    Thank you so very much!!!

    I was just (I mean in the next minute or two) going to do a Google search for scuba acronyms. Then I saw your post. I'm going to the website RIGHT NOW to check it out!! This novice needs as much help as she can get.

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    ---------- Post Merged at 03:07 PM ---------- Previous Post was at 03:02 PM ----------

    Hi lynch,

    You are the only poster I've seen that is like me--just starting with "None--Not Certified" as the number of dives. Glad I'm not the only "dry" diver enthusiast out there! But that will all change in January 2013...

    LSF
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  10. November 3rd, 2012, 12:08 PM #30
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    Here’s an updated acronym list:
    http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/blo...-acronyms.html

    It’s a blend of several lists, including those mentioned previously.
    Suggestions welcomed.
    Last edited by knotical; November 3rd, 2012 at 12:49 PM.
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