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Pre-dive briefs are not done in the water. When I lead a dive a site brief is given even before gear is unpacked. If I have to make "insta-buddies" I remind them to discuss their plans before the dive. Let me ask you this... did you verify each other's kit before you got into the water? Did you...

New buddy protocol is to make sure you are both on the same wavelength. Wether my buddy has 5 or 5000 dives, I still talk to them about what we would do if we are separated. Communication is the key. If you are diving with ~2m of vis and didn't specifically talk with your buddies about WHEN...

So you had a new buddy... besides the conversation with the dive master, did you actually make a plan with your buddy group? Calling the other diver an idiot is a pretty strong reaction to poor communication between a set of divers. Since you were still close to shore in shallow water, could...

nevermind... I'm just feeding a troll...

Seriously? I'm not quite sure you get the point of his post...

Welcome to the slippery slope of gun discussion on a scuba diving forum... Unfortunately the sign "take only memories, leave only bubbles" didn't work out when I got my house broken into...

I'm sure a battleaxe is very lethal in the right hands, so those of you in countries that doesn't allow firearms, you should feel well protected when ninjas or barbarian hordes lay siege on your home. Those of us in 'Merica, even those in the People's Republic of California, have the right to...

I love how the Yankee Marshall puts thing into perspective. With that being said, if your home protection plan is to use medieval weapons against a determined intruder, then you are not serious about your personal protection plan.

Overall, I think Tacoma Scuba... everything from Open Water to Rebreathers. What area are you looking at?

Apparently the class has changed since 1998. PSAI Narcosis Management® Diver Programs

Not at all. There's a difference between standards and dinging people with more classes. I remember walking into Hal Watts' shop in Orlando in the late '90s inquiring about deep classes. What it boiled down to was a new class every 10 feet... Apparently there was a different technique of...

And it all comes back to a GUE model... One of the main reasons I went to RB was to get away from those guys. I blame all of this on someone naming a rebreather 'JJ'.

Those must be quite the classes, and I'm sure very expensive. I guess I see training a different way, I'm looking for tools to handle multiple situations, not verbatim instructions on each. If you need training to handle EVERY conceivable issue, feel free to pay for all of that fluff. I'll...

Sorry, but any instructor worth their salt can figure that out after one class. What other skills need to be taught in 5-10 classes that can't be covered in 3?

I have to disagree with Aquavelvet, I have pockets on my Whites and they workout fine. With that being said, I have owned 2 DUIs, a Bare Trilam, a Whites Bullet and a Henderson neoprene drysuit. The DUIs are built to last, my first one was about 15 years old when it went to it's new owner...

Good stuff!

Yup, I like the emotional argument. It totally sucks to have to use logic and facts to prove your point... A-school in Orlando, Power School and Prototype in Charleston, then SSN-766, SSN-21, SSN-22.

I guess I should rethink my 14 years working with nuclear power then...

Ignorance is not always bliss... California Beach Radiation Not From Fukushima | Geiger Counter Bulletin

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