MarkH
Contributor
I think we should march on Ottawa and demand an end to diver discrimination. Maybe we could have a "diver pride" parade. You can take firearms, gasoline, propane and industrial oxygen on ferries, but not Nitrox? Maybe you could disguise your tanks as boxes of ammo. I could tell people that I mountain bike, snowboard or play rugby (although actually I don't. - Sounds like exercise) and they would say "that's nice". When people find out I dive, they often look at me strangely and say: "Wow. Isn't that dangerous?". I remember filling out life-insurance/disability forms for a company that used to do the military's extra coverage and they asked you to declare if you took part in "car racing, parachuting or scubadiving". I'm always paranoid that people with this attitude towards diving are going to introduce restrictive government regulations (like in Quebec)to keep us safe from ourselves. I'm going to have to forge a PADI Advanced Diver card and drag a blow-up doll dressed in dive gear as a "buddy", so I don't get arrested when I go diving. I guess this is starting to get off topic, but I've had a cold and haven't been in the water for awhile so I'm getting all jumpy and paranoid.