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http://scubatoys.com/store/location.asp I don't know Texas very well, but the above linked map makes it look pretty close. As mentioned above they offer a 10% discount to Scubaboard members (which I'm *assuming* applies to in-store purchases) and are regularly raved about all over the...

As one who may've made it appear a waste, I'd like to make sure you know it wasn't. You posted while I was typing mine (my three month old son was in my lap, leading me to type very, very slowly), though I subsequently went back and read yours with great interest. I'm even more convinced...

Right there, in my opinion, is the problem. If these funds are being seized and are therefore unavailable to be used for their DEFENSE, they've been seized PRIOR to a conviction. When our government (at any level) is able to seize a person's assets BEFORE they've been convicted of any crime...

I'm pretty sure it's somewhere around 25% of adult Americans. While most people here probably wouldn't think of diving as risky behavior, I'm sure plenty of non-divers would. I wouldn't be at all surprised if the tendency toward "risky", thrill-seeking activites translated into a higher...

That *looks* like the one I saw Christian using too... For whatever it's worth.

I love Hawaii. That's where I went on my honeymoon, where my wife and I got our OW cert, and where I got my AOW cert. It was an amazing and beautiful place. I look forward to going back. I look forward to bringing my (currently two month old) son there someday. I wish everyone on...

I have no idea whether or not this is a good one. For that matter, I don't even know if it's a good price. But it's a starting point, if nothing else... Gray Portable Sonar System It's from Target, sold through Amazon. I've had nothing but good results buying all sorts of things through...

but it sure looks to me like that's surgical tubing in the picture, which is what I've often heard will rot/crack over time. Personally, I prefer the double slipknot mentioned above to passing knotted ends under the ziptie holding the mouthpiece to the second stage. I'd rather the mouthpiece...

In Bora Bora I went on what was advertised as a "Manta Dive" and spent pretty much the whole dive watching a dozen or so of them either pass slowly by or circle around us. It was amazing!

We're very lucky to have as many helpful medical professionals here as we do. They're quite the resource and and I, for one, am grateful. I'm not one, so I look forward to hearing their their opinion(s), but can only share my personal experience. I quit smoking at dive #five, using nicotine...

I'm sure they did. However, you left out the part of my post where I elaborated on exactly what I meant there. The signs for 1-5 were what I was describing as longstanding. I'd be willing to bet (most) anything I've got that people have been holding up fingers to indicate numbers and/or...

Isn't it funny how different people are? I'm glad there are enough different systems that we can all find one that works for us and the people we dive with. I've even read someone here (Thalassamania <sp?>?) referring to signaling in binary. I'm not going to try to convince anyone to use a...

You couldn't be more welcome. I still have trouble believing just how much I've gotten from this site and am thrilled to get the chance to get to help. Keep having fun.

This link here shows what I consider to be the easiest, least ambiguous system for conveying numbers underwater. There's no counting involved (as in flashing fingers repeatedly where it's easy to miss a "flash" or two and see a totally different number) and you can do it with one hand which...

can be seen here They're very reasonably priced, lower profile than the Suunto SK7 compass boot (the only one I've personally compared them to), and just great in every way, at least as far as I'm concerned. Perhaps best of all is the customer service that comes with them. Tobin is a member of...

Hoping you're having the happiest of birthdays John, Adam

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I know that some people have said we should consider the mask rinsing beaten to death, but I've got to ask the following because I'm lost and this thread seems like the place to ask since I've never heard this mentioned before. How are you suggesting masks SHOULD be rinsed? I don't use...

In my opinion, the best thing you could do right away would be to head over to the SoCal section of the California Kelp Divers forum. This is a particularly active area for diving. We have shore dive/BBQ gatherings (Wrinkles Dives) every month as well as a monthly boat dive (Mo2vation...

I too gear up at the car and simply walk to the water most often. Sometimes though, if I'll be in the same spot all day and diving multiple times (like a local Scubaboard dive/BBQ gathering (a Wrinkles Dive here in sunny SoCal)) I will bring everything to the area we've layed claim to. The...