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Hey all....it's been quite a while since I last posted, I recently got an e-mail from a member expressing concern about my health. I recovered from my incident and ironically came back to the states for a non-related medical problem. Got an infection in my knee from a splinter that I picked...

I'm in the Bahamas right now (Grand Bahama Island) finishing an Instructor Class. Price of a work permit for an instructor is right around $3000-$4000. As for the captains license, I know there is a special class put on by the Port Authority that you must attend, they will no longer accept US...

Forget the long hours in the pool, get them out in the "real water" and have them do some "real diving". I think that's where the reality of "holy crap, I'm out here doing this for real and better pay attention" comes into play. Anyone who wants to can learn the basic skills in a pool in about...

What the heck are you talking about? He isn't carrying liquids in a carry on. He is carrying an empty pony bottle with the valve taken out. What is there to leak??? Mike Rushton

That's a real easy one........take the cat out for a "dive". Great, now all the damn PETA divers are gonna yell at me! Mike Rushton

Hey BKP. I invent useless gadgets. Perhaps we could start a company together? As for the Air2, I was just voicing my opinion. If it works for you and serves you well, all the power to ya! I just don't like it. Ford, Chevy, Honda, Nissan...it still all gets you there (usually). Mike Rushton

As long as the plane doesn't crash into the ocean no water is going to get into the tank to do any damage. When you get to your destination, just screw that valve back in. Mike Rushton

And your gear will smell "minty fresh" :D

Hey Mobster, funny you should mention the Lyme Disease. The symptoms were very similar! Being in the medical profession I thought of that myself, how strange that the symptoms were alike. As for your stings, we have fire coral and fire sponge here in the Bahamas. The fire coral is a nuisance...

I'm with you on that one Dennis! I suppose were are lucky here in Grand Bahama because they chlorinate the $H!T out of our water. We have a 100 gallon rinse tank that I clean my stuff in after our 3rd dive each day. The water actually smells like a swimming pool when the tank is first filled...

Not sure which DIR type you were referring to, but from the tone of your post I assume (silly me) that it was me. Yes, I have thousands of dives, but sorry to burst your bubble, but I am a PADI certified diver and and SDI Assistant Instructor. Never done the DIR thing, although I have nothing...

Oh I see octos dangle all the time. However if you and others had read my post as it was written, I said I don't see them drag on the bottom. I never said I don't see them dangle. But they don't seem to get caught on the boat, or hit the sea fans and gorgonians like the SPG's seem to. The...

I too am an active DM with almost 3000 dives. I have never seen a loose octo dragging on the bottom, but what I DO see is SPG's dragging. The SPG hose is longer than a second stage hose, it weighs more than a 2nd stage, so if it's not clipped to something it hangs lower. Not sure where you...

That must have been one BIG jellyfish if the tentacles were that long. I have never been "entangled" by a jellyfish before, but have been stung many times. Hope your friend is okay. Mike Rushton

Just following up......saw a physician yesterday due to the following symptoms: SEVERE joint pain....arms, shoulders, legs.... SEVERE lethargy (feeling of tiredness) He prescribed me with 2 meds, one is what they give people to neutralize the effects of a Tylenol overdose. The 2nd is what...

Not sure why this thread is such a big deal. Of course you can change a tank underwater, and quickly purging the second stage will blow out any water that get's between your reg and the tank. When you really think about it, it's nothing more than 1/4 teaspoon of air space anyway. Not much...

The only thing that will need to be serviced is the first stage. The hoses can just be taken off, rinsed with fresh water mixed with a TEENY bit of Simple Green, and then blown dry. The second stages obviously don't need anything done to them as they get wet anyway. Blowing it out right...

You are so right! We are all just a buch of fat, lazy men and women who do nothing all day but sit in front of the computer like teenagers in a chat room, hoping one day to be as cool and sucessfull as you! Get a f-ing clue dude! A good majority of the people on SB (correct me if I'm wrong...

I do not wear a wetsuit or skin of any kind. Water temp is around 88 and much too hot for me. As for "protection" I usually only wear something on wreck dives. Not an urchin, I went back and looked at the coral head and saw none. There were also no spines in the area I got hit. I have gotten...

We thought that might have been it as well. I didn't actually see what got me, as I had just picked a bunch of crap off the coral head and was using a fin in my hand to fan it all off. Just a big cloud of crap and then.............wham! There are scorpionfish here, so that is a possibility...