Different people get irked by different things. Mine.. especially as of late is having to deal with A LOT of people who got certified at one point or another and still consider themselves "divers". More often than not when I tell people that I dive.. they respond with "ohh... I dive too.... " and when I ask them when and where they dive.. answer is always the same... eyes roll to back of their heads, head slightly tilts, index and middle finger rich the chin and convulsively start scratching it and a little while later they respond with... "well I dont dive anymore".. so my follow up question is.. "well how long ago was your last dive?" (expecting to hear like 3 months-3 years). Answer is always in lines of... well me and my .... used to dive in the keys in 1982 and I have not dove since.
Maybe its just me... but how does 3-5 years compare with 28 years of not diving? I am 27 now and thats longer than I am alive... and weird thing is that I meet countless number of people who used to dive 20-30 years ago who still consider themselves active divers. Is it really that difficult to cut right to the chase and say.. well when I was in my 20s I used to dive.... or I used to dive 20 years ago.... ok ok ok I can see how older divers can lose sense of time but what about younger ones? I have co-workers who are in their late 20's who got certified and have not gone diving since age 12.
Today is a long long rainy day so I am venting. Just thought if anyone else fells that any diver who have not gone diving for 10+ years and is in no way associated with diving (ie industry or is a bubble watcher for various reasons)... should no longer be calling themselves an active diver?
Maybe its just me... but how does 3-5 years compare with 28 years of not diving? I am 27 now and thats longer than I am alive... and weird thing is that I meet countless number of people who used to dive 20-30 years ago who still consider themselves active divers. Is it really that difficult to cut right to the chase and say.. well when I was in my 20s I used to dive.... or I used to dive 20 years ago.... ok ok ok I can see how older divers can lose sense of time but what about younger ones? I have co-workers who are in their late 20's who got certified and have not gone diving since age 12.
Today is a long long rainy day so I am venting. Just thought if anyone else fells that any diver who have not gone diving for 10+ years and is in no way associated with diving (ie industry or is a bubble watcher for various reasons)... should no longer be calling themselves an active diver?