OW Certified!!

[martinjc]

I finished my OW dives this past weekend and am now in possession of my temporary cert card!! Woo woo!!!

I'm very excited about getting this accomplished - and I can't wait to dive in some 'real' bodies of water - as opposed to a central Ohio quarry!! (It was cool, but just not much to see besides what the have sunk in the quarry, some blue gill, a large catfish and some fresh water jelly fish.) I was happy to note that I only saw one 'bottle' fish (which we brought to the surface and discarded) and no 'can' fish.

Now I have to start saving my pennies for my own equipment - thanks to a lot of research on the web, at my LDS and here on the board - I know what I want - it's just a matter of affording it all!!

To play off Mario's tag line (and make it more appropriate for central Ohio):

"See you in the shallow green!" <S>

 

[large_diver]

Hey Martin -- congratulations. As you've already discovered, diving is addictive, expensive and tons of fun!

 

[joewr]

hooray!

And one word to you m'boy, PLASTICS.

If you do not understand that, I will let another cinema buff clue you in............

Congrats...and I have only one piece of advice (Oh yes, my grandmother used to say to me, "Anytime you feel like giving advice, take two aspirin and go to bed."): Enjoy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


And, catch me in the travel section...I can really help you slim down that IRA.

Joewr

 

[large_diver]

Joe,

If only George had taken Sam's advice.....

;-)

-LD

 

[joewr]

Large-Diver,

You are soaring on Joewr's List of Savvy Divers!

Joewr

 

[martinjc]

And here I thought I was one of the few people who WOULD get that reference!! I laughed out loud when I read it...I wish I had a college buddy who was opening up new markets to invest in....then again George was a pretty happy guy - not much money - but so many more important things! <S>

 

[joewr]

"Start without me!"

Martinjc, are you starting to wonder why you joined this zany group?

And LadyDiver, I will try to start behaving myself and keep these discussions related to Scuba--starting tomorrow.


Joewr (the incorrigible)

 

[large_diver]

Eeee-Haw!

 

[BetterLateThannever]

Feels great doesn't it. Now the next hurdle....finding dive buddies. Hopefully, you already have some in that great diving region of the country

 

[martinjc]

Actually my best friend from college who lives near by has been certified for awhile and has been trying to convince me to get certified for a few years (his wife dives as well, but it isn't really her cup-of-tea). We are now talking about when to get into an AOW class together in the near future. He and I actually went out for a while in the same quarry on Sunday - so he could get wet and I could practice some more.

"See you in the shallow green" <S>