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A MannyDib2...what's the connection to the original MannyDib? Is this a teaser to the 11/23/2023 release of Dune:Part 2?

Maybe you just naturally lean to one side. At my first formal inspection in the Navy after my commissioning, after the inspecting officer corrected my tilt and lean, he asked me how many helicopter and car crashes I had been in, and I couldn't even begin to come up with a number. Embrace the...

Aw $...uh oh, we just never got to meet. We probably crossed paths a few times, but... This is happening more and more, and oh well, that's the nature of life. Good, solid , decent guy, and he had a great run.

Oh wow…. Cebu or Manila. Manila…I was there a lot during the Marcos years. One night I went out dinner with my wife who had flown in special to mess with my time off in Olangapo, and the entire city…4.5 million people…was blacked out for one reason or another. We had a great meal in a hotel lit...

Yeah, uh, tropical wounds. Feel free to just take care of it. What’s the worst that can happen? A long, slow lingering death with lots of sectional amputations? Well, yes…TAKE THE EFF CARE OF IT!!!

I have a Mack’s Ear Dryer, and it seems to be of benefit. The thing with the bulb and pointy tip…ah, it kinda sounds like a hoohoo doodad uh, “drying device”.

Years and years ago diving off Oahu with a bunch of military divers, I had trouble getting the outboard to start since the troops tended to over oil the fuel mixture. While I was tending to this, one of the helpful troops freed the anchor - we were anchored in 100' of water moving a little fast...

We used to go by that thing in the '60's going from Mystic to Block Island. With the currents and boat traffic, it didn't look like that great a dive so we never bothered.

Outside of the fire ants and maybe a late night drunken songfest, what’s wrong with Vortex?

Wow…a lot of oyster eaters here. I just never realized the vast fortune I threw away when I had colds and allergies and just casually threw away all those tissues. I love shucking and prepping oysters…but, ah, eating one. I’ve had people actively try to kill me, and geez, that was a whole lot...

Every now and then, I’d get someone on an intro dive who really wanted to go diving but just could not get pass the mask in the water drill. It was rare, but when it happened, that was it for them. After a few tries, they were always glad to get back into the boat and call it a lifetime. No...

I don’t get these deepest dive attempts. Lake Garda is gorgeous, but at 20’, it’s already cold and kinda dark, and these guys still have 900’ to go. Better to just windsurf for a couple of hours, then have a nice dinner, nice bottle of wine, and a shot of grappa from the cellar.

I’m kinda floored reading this. He really knew his twin hose stuff. Years ago, he cleaned up the ancient Broxton USD reg that I taught myself to dive with in 1961, and we stayed in touch off and on - that Kraken project was an incredible accomplishment. I got out of the twin hose vintage stuff...

Hey, finally an “R” word I can use!

Suex are good. I love my Blacktips with the Dewalt batteries. Can't beat 'em. There is no standard way of rigging one. Some add compass mounts, GoPro mounts, lights...it all depends and you'll most likely modify however you set it up initially. Get the tech down pat before you start screwing...

I wore out TWO drysuits in south Florida. I didn't wear 'em in the summer, but spring, fall, and winter, diving dry was great. I never bothered with an undersuit, although I had a bunch of them in different weights, but just pulling a suit on over shorts and a t-shirt was way easier than dealing...

Timeshare huh? My wife bought a timeshare years ago when I wasn't looking. When I found out what she had done, it was too late to undo it. I'm not gonna say what I did to get rid of it last year, but it was insidious, nefarious, >legal<, and pretty low cost on my part. Totally >legal< too...

They collected $4,000,000...that's over 200 students @$20,000 per. How'd they find that many people? Using GI benefit for scuba training always seemed like a specious venture at best, when those monies could be used for coursework towards licenses in HVAC, plumbing, electrical work, or...

This is a bummer. I never met him, but he worked on at least three of my drysuits.

Boy does this sound like a fun crew to deal with.