caruso
Banned
Do it your way. I'll keep test breathing while watching for a needle quiver.
I will too! Or, as you might say, I will not not not watch for the needle quiver while I take a breath during the predive check.
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Do it your way. I'll keep test breathing while watching for a needle quiver.
Funny how no one believed me
If he has been booted from other shops and boats, he had his opportunity to learn and grow. Now he can learn to shore dive solo. If he didn’t learn after the first ban, he not going to learn.
@Trace Malinowski , having just about finished raising a couple of teenagers, I feel I have met a few of this type of guy, young lion cubs that try to bite your tail, as the your the big lion to challenge. It is obviously immaturity, but also seems to include low end Asperger’s Syndrome, (very smart, but also refusing to pay for damaged rental:kid can ONLY see point of view most advantageous to himself). Normal immaturity you grown men can handle, but if it is Aspergers, you may be disappointed if that the kid relapses and reverts under stress. Does the kid have any friends his own age?
I've known several people like that fairly well. It's tough to be around them when the get engaged in that sort of "gaming." I can't explain it other than to say that they consider it normal. One of the guys I've called out on it several times, resulting in lengthy discussion. He considers me to be a naive fool for not doing the same thing.You might be on to something. There is something socially awkward about him. I only just met him and don't know much about the guy. But, he was giving me all kinds of advice about how you can take advantage of your credit card company, get the airlines to comp you a ticket to Asia, etc. All con artist type stuff. He was very proud to have figured out how to game the system for his advantage. Most of us would consider the advice he was giving me to be dishonest.