You might be a scuba addict if...

[RumBum]

I thought this thread might produce some fun stories. Here's mine:

I went to Port Aransas last weekend, and while riding the ferry to Mustang island, we saw several dolphins in the boat channel. I started trying to convince my husband that we could backroll off the side of the ferry! "But all our gear is right here in the bed of the truck..." I said. Nevermind that we would have to abandon our car, the drop was about 15-20 feet, and there is dangerous boat traffic all over the place there. I wanted to dive with those dolphins!
This situation produced the epiphany that I truely am obsessed...

 

[Bo Danker]

If someone offers you a choice between Thankgiving with your family and diving in a mud puddle and you have to think about it minute!

 

[Jeff Toorish]

your wife leaves you with a scuba tank in the trunk of the car and you say..."I sure am gonna' miss that tank."

 

[Hoosier]

I saw the doctor after the surgery yesterday and then I asked if I can dive one week later with the cast that looks the water resistance! I tried to convince that I am going to wear DS and not to lift any heavy stuff. Everybody at the office regarded me as a nut.

 

[anth]

When I went for a dive in Maine, in February, in a wetsuit, I knew I had a problem.

 

[m3830431]

your regulator freezes before you get the whole in the ice.

 

[dkktsunami]

If you spend your idle moments mulling over the idea of "Nitro Box", a must for every upscale addicted diver. The box would be a large reinforced plexiglass cube complete with a high def tv, wet bar, and refrigerator. Also included is a luxurious lounge chair. The lucky occupant would dial in the nitrogen load (4 ata? 5 ata?), select one's favorite beverage, lean back and enjoy the game. Nitro Box is safely designed with a timer and a lock so the wife or girl friend can't dispose of you with an explosive decompression. Guess it will need a head to accomodate immersion diurisis. I need to find a place to go swimming before I actually begin building this thing in my living room.

 

[BabyDuck]

...the wife or girl friend...

:11:

how 'bout just 'an ill-informed or ill-intentioned person'? 'cause i'd love a box like that, but i sure ain't getting a wife or girl friend any time soon!!

 

[dkktsunami]

:11:

how 'bout just 'an ill-informed or ill-intentioned person'? 'cause i'd love a box like that, but i sure ain't getting a wife or girl friend any time soon!!

Good point Miss Duck.

 

[coach_izzy]

• The sound of compressed air hissing gets your attention, no matter where you are.
  
  
• The clanking of metal on metal is music to your ears.
  
  
• You will use ANY cheese excuse to head over the LDS.
  
  
• You will spend countless minutes browsing for accessories and other crap you don't really need.
  
  
• You agree there's no such thing as too much gear.
  
  
• You will iluminate the bedroom with your dive light.
  
  
• You've been busted putting your mask on in the shower.
  
  
• The smell of neoprene turns you on.
  
  
• The gear goes in the climate controlled closet. The clothes go to the attic.
  
  
• You've mastered the art of turning the shower into a rinsing station
  
  
• You know that Guanaja is not in Mexico.
  
  
• Your portable electronics are either water resistant, or in a water proof case.
  
  
• You get anxy for the next episode of "Deep Sea Detectives" and are buying the entire collection.
  
  
• You've read "Shadow Divers" at least 3 times.
  
  
• You agree that "Shark Week" sucks.
  
  
• When you get sick, the first question you ask your doctor is "When will I be able to go back to diving"
  
  
• Any medical procedure that you need done is preceeded by "How's this going to interfere with my diving?"
  
  
• Any body of water makes you ponder "I wonder what the visibility is down there, maybe I would need a light".
  
  
• You spent countless hour in this board

Ask my beloved wife, she can corrobarate any of the points