LOL!! :wallywink Must be that "new math"!!icantdive55:
Know one of these guys?
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BigWhiteSquare
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Oh yeah, this guy owns a LDS in my area. I actually heard him tell one of his BS stories one time where a guy ran an inflatable boat down the throat of a shark and choked it to death. 
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Well, you know what their slogan is..........Mad River Glen, ski it IF you can. Mad River has great skiing. If you find yourself coming back this way to do some skiing, PM me and we'll do a few runs.NWGratefulDiver:
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NWGratefulDiver:
I have had a great deal of fun with some of those types of guys. I was a PSIA Level II cert ski instructor for about 10 years. Ran into a guy who was doing his best to impress the girls with his exploits and invited him on a few runs. He sucked - to put it bluntly. His excuse was that his edges were dull - so I pulled a file and diamond dressing tool out of my fanny pack and offered to fix him up. He disappeared so fast it created a vacuum.
Lot's of these guys in all sorts of sports I've been involved with: climbing, competitive shooting, paragliding.
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gcbryan
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I like the subtle ones as in "Hey everyone I have a SAC rate of .25 but the number isn't important it's just a tool for planning...but hey everyone you know my SAC rate is .25 right!
Or then there's the royal "We" as in, this is the way "we" do it as in you should do it this way to.
And then there's my favorite the born again diver. It can be an old school diver or a former public safety diver, or sometimes a commercial diver. These are people who spent most of their life walking around on the bottom. When these convert into dive guru's look out. Recovering alcoholics have nothing on them in the lecturing department. They've been there, done it all, and now that they have seen the light, they're going to help you see it as well
I like the ski analogies. I learned to ski on the east coast while in college. I heard one guy bragging about how great he was at the bar. I later saw him on a chair lift. He had a thousand dollars worth of clothing and equipment on however when I looked down to his feet he had 3 ft kiddie training ski's on
Or then there's the royal "We" as in, this is the way "we" do it as in you should do it this way to.
And then there's my favorite the born again diver. It can be an old school diver or a former public safety diver, or sometimes a commercial diver. These are people who spent most of their life walking around on the bottom. When these convert into dive guru's look out. Recovering alcoholics have nothing on them in the lecturing department. They've been there, done it all, and now that they have seen the light, they're going to help you see it as well
I like the ski analogies. I learned to ski on the east coast while in college. I heard one guy bragging about how great he was at the bar. I later saw him on a chair lift. He had a thousand dollars worth of clothing and equipment on however when I looked down to his feet he had 3 ft kiddie training ski's on
kalvyn
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My own favorite is guitar players. There's lots of guys who talk a lot of crap aboout how good they are, but when the pick hits the strings... not soo much. We (my early '90s original band) played this show one time with this other band, and the guitar player was just hounding me about having some sort of contest. After we played, he wasn't so excited about that prospect. 
I never say I'm "the best" guitar player. In my experience, there's always someone better than you out there. I do admit to being pretty good, but to brag about it? No way.
Most recently it's performance motorcycling. There's lots of morons who think that pulling a wheelie in front of Club 54 means you've "got mad skillz, yo". Any moron can buy an R1 and go fast in a straight line. The guys I've chosen to ride and mentor with don't brag on a damned thing. They just go to the track and win.
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I never say I'm "the best" guitar player. In my experience, there's always someone better than you out there. I do admit to being pretty good, but to brag about it? No way.
Most recently it's performance motorcycling. There's lots of morons who think that pulling a wheelie in front of Club 54 means you've "got mad skillz, yo". Any moron can buy an R1 and go fast in a straight line. The guys I've chosen to ride and mentor with don't brag on a damned thing. They just go to the track and win.
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CIBDiving::bang: :lol3: Almost wish I woulda said that
WOW NOW! I am under 30, not DIR but more of a "DIC" (Dive-It-Comfortably)... Yeah, I do think I can outswim anybody outhere (or anywhere), think my SAC rate is crap (Gotta give up smoking), do have mad skilz. On the other hand - I'll always listen, and always ask (Even though I have been diving for the past 14 years (not a pro, more of a shalow bottom cruiser)...
Never said that I can ski - even though grew up 30 mins from world class resorts - always hated it and thought it was stupid...
On the other hand there is one thing out there that I have total respect for - and that's the water
Have you heard my regulator when I'm breathing it?NWGratefulDiver:
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gcbryan
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daniel f aleman:
Just as an aside, isn't "DIR wanna' be" a misnomer? It's it really DIR don't wanna be?:05:
I mean anyone who wants to be DIR can. I hear the term used by DIR people to describe non DIR people who are using a necklaced second, BP/W, etc.
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