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  1. DennisS

    Philippine Airlines - Pony in checked luggage

    I was kind of disappointed after reading the title "Pony in checked luggage"
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    Two divers struck, killed - Isla Mujeres, Mexico

    I read the thread. Why were there so many posts on spools, and handling them if they had nothing to do with the accident?
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    Two divers struck, killed - Isla Mujeres, Mexico

    Were they dragged into the prop by the line on their finger spool?
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    Tom Mount

    He was the diving officer at RSMAS back in the early 70's. I went through the Miami Dade marine technician program where Rick Frehsee was the dive instructor. Tom and Ike would teach the chamber operations and certify us to work as divers on the scientific projects.
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    DIY Build an Underwater Robot ROV and remote control

    Not really DIY, just assemble, not cheap but a good source of info and thrusters Bluerobotics.com
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    US Navy SEAL Museum

    People don't realize that there was more than the UDT training facility out there. North and SouthHutchinson Islands were a huge base during WWII. Today you wouldn't even know the base existed The Fort Pierce Naval Amphibious Training Base was a 19,280-acre site that extended approximately 25...
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    Mini Season Shore Dive

    Bring a spare gauge, if you lose your gauge and have a bag full of lobsters, you will get a ticket
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    Changes that Senior divers make?

    I stopped doing beach dives. I was doing 40% nitrox for the hump up the beach and across the parking lot. Way too much huffing and puffing with my 130. I'm 73
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    Relocating to the Great State of Florida

    Doing good, not getting much diving in, hip replacement, pacemaker, moved up to Sebastian and then down to Fort Pierce, trying to renovate old boat to do treasure diving
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    Relocating to the Great State of Florida

    Better hurry 906 people are moving to the state of Florida every day. 330,605 people are moving to Florida every year. That's equal to adding a city slightly larger than Orlando every year, according to a report released online this week by state economist.
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    Losing weight when you don't have time to lose it

    A quick 10-15 lb loss is a good kickoff for a weight loss program. Take a break from the exercise. I've had friends that had to lose weight to get into the dive program. The one thing they do is go on the tuna diet. A can of tuna for breakfast lunch and dinner with an evening can. I've done it...
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    Douglas 'Popeye' Frederick

    I remember him from rec.scuba, he was a character, RIP Popeye
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    James Bond dead. Sad day Sean Connery RIP.

    I always liked Bond's underwater breathing device
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    Diver patch jacket

    an emblemism
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    IDEA!

    The Navy already has autonomous boats running around. They've always had a human onboard until recently
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    Magnet Fishing for Artifacts?

    A magnet will attach to old rusty iron and steel. Most of the good stuff is non magnetic
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    How did you discover ScubaBoard?

    Saw a reference in rec.scuba (all threads end up as guns threads) and decided to check it out. It's been awhile
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    Tell me all your Fiji secrets! (Best way to spend 7 days in Fiji prior to diving.)

    We did kayaking down the river It was pretty mellow. The only person to tip over was a woman who had worked as a kayak instructor in CO--go figure. I don't remember the outfit, we were mostly novices.
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    What gave you the itch or motivation to take up diving

    Reading and watching Jacque Cousteau, Robert Marx and William Beebe made me want to be an ocean explorer. Traveling all over the world, exploring the oceans and diving was something I wanted to do as long as I remember. Serendipity provided the opportunuty
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    Dumb scuba products

    The Farallon Shark Dart, it used a CO2 cartridge and a hollow spike to inject and inflate a menacing shark. The only problem was you had an irritated shark on the surface between you and the boat
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