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Businesses aren't driven out of business by their customers, they're driven out of business by their inability to compete in a given market. Granted, the online retailers may have an "unfair" advantage in that they can provide the goods at a cheaper price, but they can't provide that face to...

5-2=2 :confused: America's education system at its finest. :D

There is so much to see in DC, it would really depend upon what kind of stuff you're interested in. DA Aquamaster gave some great advice there, but personally, unless you're really into planes, or if you're flying out of Dulles and are going out there anyway, I wouldn't go out to the Udvar Hazy...

That wasn't directed at you, and I have no problems with cool DIR folks, you want to belong to a cult, have fun! :D (I'm kidding) But I do get rather tired of the "DIR/GUE is the only way" attitude that some like to display.

That may or may not be true. I think the key however is that the OP says all he has a computer and therefore does not meet this requirement: Now, if the OP wants to go out and drop a boatload of cash on either buying or otherwise securing the use of gear that meets GUE's requirements then...

I'm sorry, everyone else is doing a fine job of answering the OP, but I'd just like to point out that this is just 100% wrong. There are plenty of good PADI instructors out there just like there are plenty of moron DIR divers who seem to think the only way to get any decent training is to take...

You can drop as much cash as you want on a regulator, if the outside pressure is greater than the inside pressure, odds are its going to freeflow until the pressure is equalized. And that same regulator, if not properly cared for, can end up freeflowing just as easy as a cheap one...

That momentary and easily correctable freeflow when you stick the second stage in the water mouthpiece up isn't really a bad thing. For those who may not know, what causes that is the pressre on the outside of the regulator is greater than the pressure on the inside of the regulator which...

Of course, if all you're talking about is the momentary and very easily correctable freeflow you might get when placing the regulator in the water mouthpiece up then I have to respond with: Who cares? When that happens just flip the regulator over and that should solve the problem. If...

I'm sorry, I should have been a bit clearer. I didn't mean to imply that you were one of those "Ugly Englishmen" who run about the world doing things the way you like because that's how you do it back home. I was just stating that while we do seem to be an industry leader, Americans don't have...

Now, just a pet peeve of mine here. Tipping is a custom in quite a few countries, one of them being the U.S. Now I know, we are your uncultured, bastard stepchild, but we do have customs, and that is one of them. So, just like anyplace else you may travel, you should respect the customs of...

Despite the fact that tipping does seem to be an American thing, we didn't invent it. Tipping is actually a very old custom which may have started as early as the Roman Empire. Its modern form may have orginated in coffee houses of England in the 16th century and the word "tip" itself was...

I tried to address the comments of the sheriff to the press when I said they were stupid comments. The officers in this case did not in fact act as judge and jury, they acted to protect their lives. If it was discovered that their lives were not threatened and they had acted as judge and jury...

Why do I have to know the name of every guy who's ever fired a gun? I've seen that video before, but I'm really not all that interested in the "sport" of shooting pieces of paper really fast so I don't bother to remember names like that. Yes, in a controled environment someone who practices...

You found a video of a guy who probably practices for hours and hours a day in order to be able to perform that trick in a controled environment. What, exactly, is your point here?

Oh man, that's a tough one. I'm impressed. And you should stick to not flaming people, because you really suck at it and you just make yourself look like a moron and a jerk.

This is where I should probably point out that it is more expensive to execute someone than it is to put them in prison for life. I should also point out that we have a justice system that works pretty well in this country and therefore we don't need police officers who are also on the spot...

Dude, seriously, having trained some of them, I will say they really shouldn't be carrying firearms. As we've already discussed, a good number of your average cops are poorly trained at best and downright incompetent and dangerous at worst. I wish there was another solution, but sadly there...

:rofl3: Kind of like the kid who joins the Army and then says "no one ever told me I'd have to go to war!" ;)

Wow, so that must have sucked having to carry that musket and all that lead around with you back then. :D Yeah, it is pretty scary. Sadly enough I've had more than one officer on the range drop their weapon when the loud bang scared them. I'm not really sure what they expected to happen...