Herk_Man
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What are you talking about? Every time I post something I make an entry in my logbook.
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Does anyone else feel a little sheepish about being in here talking about diving when we could be out there actually diving?
Personally, I've been chained by work -- and I love the conversations -- but I still feel a little like a when I am typing instead of blowing bubbles.
Does your employer know of this?
I don't think the OP meant to imply this, but are there actually SB'ers who feel that participants in these threads need to "earn" the right to participate and contribute ideas by having "enough" dives, years of experience, or training? I sure hope not, because I doubt if I'd ever be able to "measure up" to those kinds of expectations, yet I certainly enjoy participating in the exchanges here. Granted, I try to make sure anything I post reflects only my opinion or are the results of whatever limited experience I might have. I strive not to project any kind of "machoism" and I certainly hope my posts don't come across that way. This is a great place to learn and even laugh, and I would hate to see any efforts made to curb that kind of free exhange, even from the inexperienced (such as me).
Yeah, sometimes I think if I posted less I would have more time to dive. When I drop down into the water sometimes I think, wow this is so much more fun than cyber diving.
With diving a 2 hour drive away, I'm fortunate to dive plenty but it's fun to hang out online with my sb scuba friends.
I have learned so much on sb, which has greatly enhanced diving ;-). It would be selfish to take all this information and run. Certainly real diving is better than cyber diving but I think it's better to hang around and give back to new divers & continue to learn from all those who have so much more experience than myself ;-).
Then you are living in the wrong spot. I'm in the water 4 or 5 days a week, mostly freediving now that I've found a spot that I can consistently have Hawaiian Spinners and Humpbacks (at least this time of year) for company, not to mention a large tiger shark and some pelagics (we saw a blue marlin on Sunday!).Does anyone else feel a little sheepish about being in here talking about diving when we could be out there actually diving?
Personally, I've been chained by work -- and I love the conversations -- but I still feel a little like a when I am typing instead of blowing bubbles.