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  1. norcaldiver

    A Close Call - Long Story.

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    Shark fatality Northern California

    Not that I want to bring that back up for anyone that new him, but I just found this on antoher web site. I wish there was an easier way to put this, but the rest of him was found. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/09/08/state1707EDT0119.DTL Maybe this puts it to...
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    Scary DM

    A couple things. -A DM has a student? All I can do is guide tours for already certified divers. Is this a new rule that I missed. -Hard call on the buddy team. Teams are just that, not 2 solo divers. BUT, I might have had to stay and watch the "student" also if the DM was not paying attn...
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    20/20 program about the Lonergans.

    I thought it was a good show. The represented all sides, showed all the theories...staged it, suicide, etc, but didn't lean one way or the other and certainly wasn't in it for the alarmist factor that so many media types would do. Finally came back to the fact that it was probably an...
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    New World Record

    Anyone seen this, or better yet, anyone know this guy? http://cnn.aimtoday.cnn.com/news/story.jsp?flok=FF-APO-1120&idq=/ff/story/0001/20040905/0153257027.htm&sc=1120
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    Canon video suggestions?

    I too would recomend looking at Sony. DV is DV is DV. You can't tell the difference between the canon eulras and the new HC models of Sony. Where the difference comes in is in the underwater housings. Sony has the LANC link that allows some housings (light and motion for one) to control the...
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    PADI hands over all diver records to FBI

    Oh, and it's started here....my post was deleted...no explaination....hmmm.
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    Opinions of video cameras

    Want to upgrade do DV. Have looked at the Cannon Elura 65/70 and the Sony DCR-HC65/85. Was wondering if anyone has either of these and can give me some feedback. Or even another brand that you think is better - in the same price range $500-$700. I'm not really concerned with effects, digital...
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    PADI gave member info to US Government

    Had the gov't been on the ball in the 1st place, and done something about the threat that they clearly saw-yet ignored, we wouldn't be having this discusion. Personally I have nothing to hide, nor am I a conspiracy alarmist, but it does seem that we're being led blindly by being told it's for...
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    the horrors of an ESL/EFL student.

    Why does the word "lisp" have an "S" in it?
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    Dive gear VS Dirtbag. Dive gear wins.

    HA, Medic13, my brother is a paramedic and he says the same thing....metal clipboard is his best friend. An unconcious victim is a cooperative victim.
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    no O2 on boat - would you dive with operator?

    In theory, you shouldn't need it handy....but in theory, you shouldn't need a 2nd parachute either, and there's no way I'm jumping without a backup. So I'd have to insist on having O2 on board.
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    Volunteer diver @ Mystic Aquarium

    I dive for the Aquarium of the Pacific out here in Long Beach, CA and love it. Been there a little over a year now and at times it can get boring....scrub, scrub, scrub....but when you turn around and wave at a kid and their eyes get big and their mouth drops open, that's the coolest! It's...
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    The phrase - Near Miss

    Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage (1994), tracing the phrase to World War II, notes its ubiquity and concludes that "despite its apparent lack of logic, it is not an error." Fowler's Modern English Usage defines a near miss simply as "a miss that was nearly a hit." (That's from the...
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    Counterfeit Scuba Gear

    Heard the rumor, but have never seen one...except for my $5 Rolex from Tijuana.
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    The Human Cork

    Hi, I'm (state your name). I'm a cork. <i>crowd</i> Hi! Ok, it's all been said above, but don't worry about it. I physics don't apply to me in diving. My buddy and I are just about the same build, same height, (5'11", med build) only 10 lbs different. I've been diving for 3 years and...
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    Open Water - August 20th

    Yeha, I saw the commercail for it "The greatest shark movie since JAWS!!!" the voice over said......meh. The only other shark movie I've seen since Jaws, had Lou Diamond Phillips in it, so, yeah, I guess it would be pretty easy to be the greatest since Jaws.... Anywho, I didn't realize it...
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    Shutter Delay Comparison, Please?

    Here's what I'm looking at - Sea and Sea's DX3000 has a ricoh camera it and claims to have the worlds fastest shutter lag speed weighing in at a speedy 0.14 second. http://www.seaandsea.jp/products/digital/dx3000g/index.html
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    What can brown do TO you today?

    Actually, I prefer to use the good ol' postal service. Prioity mail is 2-3 day and is 1/4th the price of UPS ground. Faster AND cheaper...I can't see a down side.
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    mosquito compu......

    I have never had a problem with mine, but 3 other people that I know have had to send their in for 1 thing or another.
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