Just got my fourth star!

[simbrooks]

When you get beyond the 4-star level they start thinking about shipping you off to the Pentagon.... i think either some of us got overlooked, or else we are secretly working from there, but shuttled down locally to dive and keep up the cover

When i got here i was all about badge collecting, one star and i thirsted for two, two and i wanted three, three and i was aiming at four, four and i was posting for five, now i have had five for a while i realise that i had moved through all my SB "training" too fast, i had arrived far too quickly at five little gold stars. I have five worthless stars - they werent supposed to be fake golden like my PADI card assured me of, they were supposed to be black DIR stars - i was so foolish and realise the star system means nothing, back to the basics of posting for me, just stick to humour and getting out to dive via arrangements on here, that will give you the most experience, far more than any stars ever could

 

[CBulla]

I have this bad vision of Speedo Ratings with stars on them, Greier..

 

[GrierHPharmD]

Don't ever say "keep it up" and mention my diving thong in the same post! Ya might jinx me!!!!

 

[Scubaguy62]

I have this bad vision of Speedo Ratings with stars on them, Greier..

and a butt ring

Congrats bro, you got there before I did...maybe you should go for hand surgery, but come to think about it, you now have something (or should I say some people) to keep you off the board and give me a chance to get from a Raddison to a Hilton

 

[GrierHPharmD]

I have five worthless stars - they werent supposed to be fake golden like my PADI card assured me of, they were supposed to be black DIR stars - i was so foolish and realise the star system means nothing, back to the basics of posting for me, just stick to humour and getting out to dive via arrangements on here, that will give you the most experience, far more than any stars ever could

Actually, I think PADI gives you a Master ScubaBoard rating if you get 5 stars (and pay a slight fee)...

 

[GrierHPharmD]

and a butt ring

Congrats bro, you got there before I did...maybe you should go for hand surgery, but come to think about it, you now have something (or should I say some people) to keep you off the board and give me a chance to get from a Raddison to a Hilton

And yeah, I've got my folks here and am pretty happy about it. I can't wait for you guys to meet my other family. We're going to try and get out snorkeling a few times this weekend. (Of course, Dad tends to "snorkel" with a tank on his back, 10-15 feet below the surface, as long as everything's going well!)

 

[Fitzy]

I guess 500 posts must be some sort of magic number, as I just noticed that my fourth star is filled in.

Wow, I feel special!

Great stuff, although it made me realise i have another 470 to catch up to you :11:

 

[GrierHPharmD]

Great stuff, although it made me realise i have another 470 to catch up to you :11:

Funny, I had never counted them at all till I saw the little star earlier this week. Now if I only had that many dives under my belt...

Just come to South Florida (Yes, I realize that it's a helluva swim!), and we'll make sure you get your quota of posts and dives!

Nice to meet you,
Grier

 

[CBulla]

Keep workin on that 5th star for your speedo there, buddy.. 430 more to go

 

[GrierHPharmD]

Well, if I keep getting on these long conference calls, I can get it pretty soon. I'm ready for my 5-star Salchichon Diver Specialty card.