You might be a dive addict

[MaxBottomtime]

In the same vein as the redneck jokes, how about if we list ways you might be a dive addict?

If you move close to the water just for the diving, you might be a dive addict.

If you lost contact with non-diving friends and family, you might be a dive addict.

If you're proud of your low SAC, you might be a dive addict.

If you equalize your ears in an elevator, you might be a dive addict.

If at least half of the books in your house are dive-related, you might be a dive addict.

If someone says the word table and you think of pressure groups, you might be a dive addict.

If you cringe at carrying a 50 lb bag of dog food but don't mind walking around with 100 lbs of gear on, you might be a dive addict.

If your garage looks like a dive shop and your wallet is empty, you might be a dive addict.

If you hear the word wreck and imagine portholes and marine life, you might be a dive addict.

 

[fisheater]

Guilty as charged, Your Honor.

 

[iztok]

If your wife asks you where you are and you respond it is Thursday afternoon and wife says oh.... you might be a dive addict. (thursday night dives at the local quarry

If you fly Saturday for a Monday meeting so you can squeeze a dive or two at that location you might be a dive addict.

If you haul 3 suitcases for a 3 day trip and small one is clothes other two are scuba gear you might be a dive addict.

 

[robint]

When you go to buy a new vehicle and the first thing you check is to see if all the dive gear fits... (guilty!)
If you are a member of more than one Scuba chat board and visit them all daily.... (guilty!)
If you have a spare bedroom that is used as a gear room....... (guilty!)

 

[RJP]

You might be a dive addict...

When you see something like THIS...

...and can only think about how much cooler it would be if it were on the bottom!

 

[CamG]

Greetings Max and SB faithful you are a dive addict when...........
Your non-diving friends wonder if you are dead!
Your living room is a dive shop!
Your wife and two kids have their own dive gear!
You think of all the scenery you drive by as underwater play ground!
Your co-workers stop asking any dive related questions!
The smell of neoprene makes you aroused!
The thought of cold, deep, dark water excites you!
Once crazy expensive gear sets in your trunk or living room in between dives!
All you think about, dream, eat, sleep, is dive related!
You as previously mentioned use capacity & mileage as criteria for a DIVE vehicle.
You have an account at your LDS!
You are a scuba slave and glad to be one!
But really all the greatest designation is your time spent on Scuba Board searching and seeking. All the others are just icing on the cake. It is nice to be among friends.
CamG Keep diving....keep training....keep learning!

 

[TSandM]

If you haul 3 suitcases for a 3 day trip and small one is clothes other two are scuba gear you might be a dive addict.

Oh, I know that one!

If you own one $1300 flashlight, you might be a dive addict. If you own five of them . . .
If you can field strip a SiTech dump valve faster than you can make coffee, you might be a dive addict.

If you own a backup drysuit, you might be a dive addict.

If you have ever participated in a discussion of what the appropriate sized bolt snap is for a given application, you ARE a dive addict!

 

[Abaco24]

If you're contemplating and waiting on Jan 1st to buy new dive gear to raid your IRA, so you don't have to pay taxes on the new gear until the following year

You don't mind the tax penalty on the above

You rationalize you can 1099 some other deductions to make up the difference

Your on SB on a Friday night

You have 4 work favorites and so many dive related favorites that you have to organize them into catagories like Bonaire, Abacos, Keys, Carribean.........

You stare at your Eileen Seitz painting and wish you were diving the same reef.........
http://eileenseitz.com/index.php/shop-page/?cat_id=4002&art_id=391&pd_id=685

 

[mselenaous]

Yep, Friday night and I'm on SB.

Guilty to all of the above (except the backup drysuit - just have 1).

If you buy a new suit for job interviews and it's made of neoprene...you might be a dive addict. <guilty>

If you own more wetsuits than pairs of shoes...you might be a dive addict.
<I used to be an Imelda Marcos. Very guilty>

If you rarely travel to non-dive destinations but when you get there you look for dive shops in the yellow pages....you might be a dive addict.

If more than 80% of your friends on Facebook are divers...you might be a dive addict.

 

[overkillphil]

If your wetsuit is rarely dry...you might be a dive addict

If your willing to dive 100' or more (freshwater lake) with no wetsuit rather than wait for your new suit to show up (old one was lost on highway somewhere)...you might be a dive addict

If you get depressed if you're out of the water for more than 4 days in a row...you might be a dive addict