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Yesterday, 08:16 PM
On this we agree, depth and new divers is a problem many Instructors don't cover it enough.
I tell new divers this: What you think you know after...
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Yesterday, 01:35 PM
I have not read the Mike Firth story so I cannot comment directly on it, but fluke or not, it does not change the fact that some ugly things can...
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Yesterday, 12:37 PM
I think the scenario that you present is a very real possibility in any arena. I am not a lawyer so it does not surprise me when I read your...
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Yesterday, 11:01 AM
Underwater Explorers
Kevin Metz (Underwater Explorers) comes very highly recommended. You would have to see if he does DSD's but from every...
2 replies | 71 view(s)
Yesterday, 10:50 AM
Silly question but a necessary one. Were there other snorkelers or divers in the water? Sound travels great distances underwater and it is near...
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Yesterday, 10:18 AM
I for one am not surprised but I would also not worry too much about. Guaranteed he was embarrassed as anything.....especially considering it was...
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Yesterday, 09:28 AM
Unless something has changed, you cannot take the service course unless you can produce a Tech level certification card. I purchased HOG with the...
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Yesterday, 06:45 AM
YIKES!!!! We are supposed to land on the north side of 100 degrees F today (avec humidex)
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May 27th, 2012, 10:06 PM
Breathing wet in all positions? Many regs breathe wet when upside down (although my HOGs have never had a huge problem with that).
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May 27th, 2012, 08:52 PM
Looks like as long as everything works to my favour, on June 30, 4 of us will be diving Gunderson Shoal searching for a sunken forest. We'll do two...
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May 27th, 2012, 08:40 PM
It might be an interesting story :D
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May 27th, 2012, 05:56 PM
I'm selling my GEO to offset the cost of a new computer and to help with upcoming wedding costs. It's in excellent condition with a new battery and a...
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May 27th, 2012, 05:50 PM
Atom 2.0 with USB data cable, wireless transmitter, extension cable, and manual, in perfect condition with only 36 dives. $500 plus shipping. I...
0 replies | 48 view(s)
May 27th, 2012, 09:54 AM
Dammit! I gotta wait til fricking WEDNESDAY!!?????
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May 26th, 2012, 07:56 PM
I am just waiting for my USA address person to stop traveling and I'll be clicking order myself. I just can't justify the freight to Canada so I am...
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May 26th, 2012, 01:27 AM
Good morning, DNY, from this side of the pond.
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May 25th, 2012, 03:12 PM
After what you goons did to the last one? NEVER!
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On second thought, I might have been a bit hasty to answer...
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May 25th, 2012, 02:27 PM
You kidding me? I hid a huge chainsaw and a whiskey flask in the corner over there......:evil:
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May 25th, 2012, 01:25 PM
Ok, your begging for a compliment, fine - you are one amazing diver. But thanks for making my point.
You can not have momentum without initial...
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May 25th, 2012, 12:38 PM
The plural of anecdote is not data.
How about some physics. A significant component of resistance in water is total frontal resistance. The...
163 replies | 7148 view(s)
May 25th, 2012, 12:24 PM
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Since nobody is around I could get into lots of...
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May 25th, 2012, 11:21 AM
Just a question. Has ScubaPro made any changes (or will they) in their procedures to prevent this from happening again? If nothing else, this...
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May 25th, 2012, 08:32 AM
Nah....production goes up in the summer because it is more comfortable and more efficient working when you can feel your extremities......IJS
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May 25th, 2012, 08:21 AM
Unofficial? I say let's make it official and just call it summer. I'd be happy :D. Heck, even here in snow-igloo-dogsled land I am having summer...
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May 25th, 2012, 07:46 AM
Good morning folks. Tim, yes you are still asleep :D
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This BREAKDOWN is brought to you by idiotic traffic...
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May 25th, 2012, 07:28 AM
Aaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!
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May 24th, 2012, 10:09 PM
OK all you tank junkies and equipment hoors :D.......is a used J valve of any use to anybody (I am speaking in general terms asking.....not asking if...
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May 24th, 2012, 06:56 PM
Is this having fun?
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May 24th, 2012, 04:48 PM
This whole issue seems to boil down to this:
DM/Instructors - Should not do this unless it's an emergency.
Anyone else who has done before and...
147 replies | 3153 view(s)
May 24th, 2012, 03:21 PM
me too
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December 30, 1953 (58)
About SkipperJohn
Biography:
Fishing fanatic. Owner & Captain of the MEGABYTE, 31 foot rampage twin Volvo diesel engines. USCG Master Licensed. Cigar Aficionado & watch collector.
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Oceanside NY
Interests:
Fishing, Boating, cigars, Aruba, Cozumel.
Occupation:
Wall Street IT manager
Gender:
Male
eBay User Name:
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Certification Agencies:
PADI
Dive History:
OW Certified in Aruba on 8/10/2008. Nitrox mid-2009. I am 90% done with my AOW (which I did in Cozumel). Completed my AOW 4/9/2011
Certification Level:
AOW/Nitrox
# of Logged Dives:
25 - 49
Dive Classification:
New To Diving
Years Certified:
Two Years
Dive Equipment:
Aqualung Titen LX regulator
Scubapro Nighthawk (back inflate) BC
Snorkel, fins, mask & Sealife DC 800 camera
5 wetsuits
Sherwood Wisdom II computer
JBL 31" you-know-what
SB Challenge:
have fun & get more comfortable under water
Captain / US Master Licensed
Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn't have to do it himself.
Nobody walks on water. Some if us are just lucky enough to venture beneath it.
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