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    What I learned about Deco

    Well, tomorrow's the last day of my deco course. For now, instead of working my exams, this is what comes to me . . .

    Saturated Shakespeare

    Alas! Now hear my dive lament:
    Although I made a slow ascent
    I fear my S.I. was misspent.
    Of nanobots therefore I dreamt,
    To deconstruct each microbubble
    Before it grew to cause me trouble.
    But morning’s light finds me still bent!
    Harsh mistress 'twas that taught me this:
    Pushed limits can't make ignorance bliss.


    -Bryan

    PS No divers (and no goats) were harmed in the composing of this doggerel.
    If leading dives is herding cats, is leading training dives herding Schrodinger's cats?

    And the SB Politeness Award goes to . . .
    Doc Vikingo, for "I find this assertion not compelling."

    The measure of a good dive plan is its impermeability.
    Poor dive plans, on the other hand, tend to be water-soluble.

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    is dreaming of better viz . .
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    Too funny!

    I would suggest not applying the same creativity to your exams . . .
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    "we do what is recommended unless what is recommended doesn't make sense. Then we do something else." Anonymous GUE instructor . . .


    My dive journal can be read here, and a current dive blog HERE
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    Thanks, TS&M. Completed the course today. Had I known everything involved, I might never have undertaken it. So I'm quite pleased. To paraphrase Merle Travis and T.Ernie Ford . . .

    You breathe three thousand pounds, whaddya get?
    Another day colder and deeper and wet.
    Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't stop
    I owe my soul to the local dive shop.
    If leading dives is herding cats, is leading training dives herding Schrodinger's cats?

    And the SB Politeness Award goes to . . .
    Doc Vikingo, for "I find this assertion not compelling."

    The measure of a good dive plan is its impermeability.
    Poor dive plans, on the other hand, tend to be water-soluble.

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    Heh -- thats awesome! Congratulations!
    Kimber

    If you can’t be a good example, then you’ll just have to be a terrible warning.

    — CATHERINE AIRD

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    Hmmmmmmm
    Cheers,
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    Oh, behave.
    If leading dives is herding cats, is leading training dives herding Schrodinger's cats?

    And the SB Politeness Award goes to . . .
    Doc Vikingo, for "I find this assertion not compelling."

    The measure of a good dive plan is its impermeability.
    Poor dive plans, on the other hand, tend to be water-soluble.

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    I likes it.
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    "Never Never Never give up" , W.C. 1941

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    TDG - nice sigline! I'm a tad older than you, and I have come to believe that there's lots more CRS (can't remember ****) on the menu.
    If leading dives is herding cats, is leading training dives herding Schrodinger's cats?

    And the SB Politeness Award goes to . . .
    Doc Vikingo, for "I find this assertion not compelling."

    The measure of a good dive plan is its impermeability.
    Poor dive plans, on the other hand, tend to be water-soluble.

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    Fleetwood fans beware

    Oh, and Speaking of Buckingham’s (Fleetwood Mac’s) classic “Go Insane” (which we weren't) . . . Video at YouTube - Lindsey Buckingham "Go Insane" Acoustic Live 3/23/07 is AMAZING! So of course I’m immediately motivated to scr*w with the lyrics while waiting for a call from home. Ergo:

    Two kinds of DCS on this dive:
    Type I, Type II
    I lost my pony on this dive
    Because I did not use it
    So I go into deke
    Like I always do
    And I call the dive
    It's a lot like you.
    If leading dives is herding cats, is leading training dives herding Schrodinger's cats?

    And the SB Politeness Award goes to . . .
    Doc Vikingo, for "I find this assertion not compelling."

    The measure of a good dive plan is its impermeability.
    Poor dive plans, on the other hand, tend to be water-soluble.

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    Germain be very good

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