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It's time for me and not money but I'm not wealthy either. My wife and I have well-paying jobs, my daughter has moved out and I dropped other hobbies such as skydiving and choppers also known as motorcycles from my life. I just need more time... I still have my doggos though. :)
 
I am sure is way better chance to die driving to the dive site... than winning the lottery...
Interpretation #1 - all is good:
Should people stop getting lottery tickets then and drive to a divesite instead, hoping to die?

Interpretation #2 - all is bad:
Or is it so that I should purchase lottery tickets because it's easier to avoid winning that it's to die while driving to a dive site?

So many interpretations! So many options!
 
Interpretation #1 - all is good:
Should people stop getting lottery tickets then and drive to a divesite instead, hoping to die?

Interpretation #2 - all is bad:
Or is it so that I should purchase lottery tickets because it's easier to avoid winning that it's to die while driving to a dive site?

So many interpretations! So many options!

I think the moral of the story is, go diving,,,
You're going to die at some point, and not win the lottery
 
Cave diving isn't that expensive if you are "local." My yearly site access cost is about $500. My weekly dive cost is $30 to 40. My gas to get to cave country is the biggest expense now at $50 to 60 a week. But it used to be a lot less.

Maybe a class or equipment every couple of years. Add in the odd trip to Mexico, a trimix dive, or overnight trips.

Even if you’re not local (maybe within 4-5 hour drive?), cave country is still pretty affordable. The Midwestern divers I know all drive down. FL state parks have $4/day admission. Fills are cheaper than in the Midwest. Lodging is pretty affordable.

Just paid the $8500 bill for my first CCR. Had the $$ in the bank. I wouldn’t have been able to do this now I’d not been saving like a fiend recently.
 
I was lucky or unlucky depending on your perspective. I was blinded in one eye from an insured accident, payout figure was 150K. Over the following many years I spent it almost all on diving / diving related travel, the rest I wasted. True story! And I do not regret it one bit, although, unfortunately, its long gone now. :(

EDIT: I meant to add that my physical afflication is what I blame for being so 'one-eyed' on some many subjects. :)
 
I was lucky or unlucky depending on your perspective. I was blinded in one eye from an insured accident, payout figure was 150K. Over the following many years I spent it almost all on diving / diving related travel, the rest I wasted. True story!
No chance with Moskva!
Otherwise well within range of your Mk15.
 
https://www.shearwater.com/products/swift/
http://cavediveflorida.com/Rum_House.htm

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