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After such a long, long time away the Geek (for those who may remember me, so many new names on the board) has returned to Houston.

After months and months of delays I have officialy started my DM training. I got my PADI Member number, and have two test down. I have my first official class assist this weekend and I can't wait! I don't think I've been this excited over a class since my open water.

What do you all think about this. I think it's a bit cartoonish. Wonder what kind of training and safety will go along with it before people rent them out. http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/28/36781.html "Fans of the Segway scooter now have a way to look just as silly traveling...

Local IHOP Discriminates against US Armed Services Personnel My 18 Yr old son has talked about joining the military for a couple of years now. Being from a long line of Combat Vets I have been supportive in this. He ultimately made a choice to join the US Army reserves. This morning he left...

OK, I just got my march issue of Rodale's Scuba Diving and on page 40 there is a full page add layout, It goes like this Support your Local Dive Retailer Pic of happy dive store owner selling new dive gear to touristy looking Fam of three. (They don't look near as happy as the dealer)...

Is anyone going to the Sea Sports Pumpkin Hunt at the Blue Lagoon this Sat evening? Oct 25 5:00 PM

Ok, I've been doing alot of training this month, Deep, Nitrox, and Rescue. I finnished up Rescue this weekend. It was a great class, had alot of fun and learned alot. The best part of this weekend was that I got to tie in my rescue class and help "unofficialy" assist my Inst with a very...

Boat Ramp at Windy Point, Lake Travis Awhile back ago we had a thread concerning this topic. http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=33145&highlight=boat+ramp+and+lake+travis This kinda droped off the radar scope after much discusion and lots of info from Richard of Windy...

Austin area swampers I'm look for some info and hope you can help I have to be in Austin this weekend for a class. I need to make some dives in the 60+ range and was wondering what the current temps are and what depth the thermos are at. It been a while since I've been and after checking my...

With all the talk of sharks and attacks I wonder if anyone ever thinks of dolphins or whales as a threat while diving. While I was in Mexico I got a chance to encounter a pod of spotted dolphins. I never thought about just how big and how fast they are until then. I got to thinking that...

Has anyone dove Stillhouse Hollow I grew up around this lake it's near Ft. Hood/Temple/Belton area. I saw this description and though it may be a fun dive for a weekend. http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/fish/infish/lakes/stilholw/lake_id.htm FISHING COVER/STRUCTURE [B]Stillhouse Hollow...

Some dive caves to explore the unknown and see what no one else has seen before. Some dive wrecks for treasure or for historical reasons. Some dive deep to get to sites that interest them other to push the limits. Some of us just dive to look at the fish or take photos. There are some who dive...

Ok this has nothing to do with diving but since we have a wide range of both female and male divers from all over the world I though it would be a good place to ask. I thought about posting this in the women only section but want thoughts from both side of the house and I don’t want the ladies...

A couple from Minneapolis decided to go to Florida for a long weekend to thaw out during one particularly icy winter. Because both had jobs, they had difficulty coordinating their travel schedules. It was decided that the husband would fly to _Florida on a Thursday, and his wife would follow Him...

Well today at my Job has been tough today. I had to say goodby to several longtime friends and co-workers. With the economy and everything else my company had a layoff here in my area. From what I can tell we lost over 50 people. I still have my Job but it's not very comforting to see so many...

Now that the good Dr. has passed on how many have used his diet, lost and kept off the weight? Here is the impact the Good Doc has had on my life. When I got out of the Army in 92 I was in good shape at 170 lbs. I even lost weight and droped down to 150lbs. But as alot of people in a...

I have been thinking on getting Nitrox training and have a couple of questions about fills and tanks and what is required. I have read through PADI's nitrox book. I have read several posts on the board and some say yes you need an O2 cleaned dedicated tank and some say only the Nitrox wrap is...

Four diving instructors and their classes were on a ferry that struck a rock and began sinking .... The SSI instructor told his class; "Inflate your BCs and surface locator sticks, jump off and wait for the Coast Guard" The YMCA instructor told his class; "You all had to swim 20 miles to...

Dear Technical Support: Last year I upgraded from Girlfriend 5.0 to Wife 1.0 and noticed a distinct slow down in the overall performance - particularly in the cooking and cleaning applications, which operated flawlessly under Girlfriend 5.0. In addition, Wife 1.0 uninstalled many other...

Dear President Bush: Take all American women who are within five years of menopause - train us for a few weeks, outfit us with automatic weapons, grenades, gas masks, moisturizer with SPF25, Prozac, hormones, chocolate & canned tuna - drop us (parachuted, preferably) across the landscape of...