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  1. Saucy Sailoress

    first pool session today and some questions

    Weird, but sadly not unusual. Lazy and inconsiderate is my opinion. Probably trying to rush through to get out on his Friday night date. Remember, when you hit the sea and go a little deeper, as vshearer says, the air in your wetsuit and BCD will compress. This means you will need to add...
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    Scubaboard copyright violation!

    Nope. Not confused. The picture I posted is the ONLY one bearing a resemblence on YOUR site, following YOUR link posted in YOUR sig. Not confused. But baffled now. Please send me the link to this particular image on YOUR site, please, out of curiousity :)
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    Scubaboard copyright violation!

    LOL!! Look at the above image again, and the one on your site. Not even close. Different position, different fins, and your photo is way darker than the one above!!! It must have been someone else diving at the same place, imagine that!! Here: we can play spot the differences. Or the...
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    Private certification

    Regardless of agency, you get good instructors and bad instructors. Not all instructors working out of a shop are great, and not all instructors who work independently are bad. However, (in my experience) most bad instructors are independent. I guess that's because if they start to let...
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    Diving in Kuwait

    I heard that more people kill themselves in the USA per capita than hgere in Kuwait. Hardly surprising, when they're living in the USA. Now that we're past the cultural crap - weather is great, temp is great - DeeDee and AbdulRahman are both out there diving, and the diving is great!!! And I...
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    Drinking & Diving

    It does seem to me that a little judgement goes a long way. Yes, increased pressure does increase the dose of any gases in your body, but I've never really understood how it will increase the dose of a shot!! Do tell... What I do understand is how bad vis, sting current etc can make your...
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    Diving in Kuwait

    Hmm... When did I say not too worry about wetsuits? Too bloody cold now - down to 20 degrees in some places - I ain't getting in water until my drysuit has been fixed!
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    Solo Diving: It's time to set the record straight

    I dive alone. I sail alone. I go swimming alone. I sit on the beach alone. I use my elliptical trainer alone. I walk the dog alone. I cook dinner alone. I drive alone. I even used to mow the lawn alone - when I had one! If the world tried to stop me doing all these dangerous things alone, then...
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    Solo Diving: It's time to set the record straight

    We used to allow any experienced divers who wished to dive solo. It happened quite a lot between dives, when DMs would take it in turns to have a dip. However, we made a decision that that was setting a bad example to the less experienced divers on the boat. We then said that any team...
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    Curvy in Kuwait

    Well, to cut long story short, our shop went into hibernation 3 years ago while the landlords (a govt management company who run marinas and leisure centres) had to get some licensing issues sorted. They're still not sorted. Our friends with 'wasta' can't get things sorted. They think it's...
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    Any divers here from Kuwait?

    LOL!! This (academic) year is the 20th ANiinversary of the invasion, and I haven't heard of any washed up mines going off in the fourteen years I've been here! There was ONE, eleven years ago, which a camel stepped on in the desert up north, but if you stick to the seaside you should be OK!
  12. Saucy Sailoress

    Diving in Kuwait

    If you're here for a while, check out Poseidon Divers, who are a newly established training centre with great staff. They do lots of training, and charter Dive Caroline's boat. If you only want to dive, go with AbdulRahman at Bubbles Diving. They go regularly at weekends, and have a trip most...
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    Pony Bottle mounts

    Lost count of dives, and not once dropped a single pony bottle. Use clips attached with jubilee rings. Simple, cheap, effective.
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    I wish I didnt buy...

    The bloody horse.
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    Scuba Instructor?

    Oh, what does "hard ass" mean? I'm hoping it's good, but in England when we say "He's an arse" it's not good....
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    Scuba Instructor?

    Aww, Bless; hubby and I have tears in our yes. You're so sweet. But WE have been lucky (Marc calls it "not lucky, selective. Skill you know") with the instructors and DMs who have laboured and toiled for us over the years in return for abuse, sarcasm and free diving. Diving is about people...
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    Diving Dead Sea???

    LOL!!! I couldn't even get my boobies to sink!
  18. Saucy Sailoress

    TDI Deco Procedures Course Update?

    The new manuals are, without exeption, quite lovely! Beautiful. Glossy. Modern llustrations. The powerpoints, however, are terrible! We teach our instructor candidates that if they want to prepare powerpoints (ie, for specialties) they should keep them simple - and generally only the course...
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    LOB passenger killed by exploding cylinder

    :cool2: Just a few things, ZenDiver.... 1 - I'm pretty sure you sent your husband to fill tanks this weekend - and isn't he currently accepting sympathy for hurting his back doing it ...??? 2 - Check the hydro date - I believe the filling bank tanks were done in 2008 - and look at the state...
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    Curvy in Kuwait

    Hey there I'm Kate, I've been diving 14 years, and am now semi-retired. I'm an IT for SDI & TDI, and gave up ratings for PADI & BSAC. I still teach a bit, but mostly just instructor and technical courses. Used to have a centre - you know 5* ratings, eqpt sales, tons of trips and training -...
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