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:06: I don't get it. What's wrong with complaining about the guys downing a bottle of rum while diving? What kind of diving do you do in Gitmo? Maybe you shoud go back and re-read your diving manuals, particularly the sections that talk about alcohol and diving. I don't think drinking...

I'm glad Mike Ball's people responded. They sound fair and legit to me. As for examples of what is "fair" or not, in Vermont, New Hampshire residents can cross the Ct. River and buy a car, say for example, in Brattleboro, and not pay sales tax. Why? No sales tax in NH, so the VT dealers give...

I'll be visiting friends outside in Brisbane early August. For the GBR, what's the temp/wetsuit recommendations for August? Any recommendations for day-trip outfits there abouts? How much to rent gear usually? I'm travelling light (meaning with family so no way they'll let me take all my...

Oh well, with Abu K, that makes four of us. Himself, me, myself and I. Some things were just not meant to be. No problem...

Wow! Good luck on the triathlon. I don't think I could even make it in last. That would be so cool. Let us know. I'm sure you'll make it!!!:)

People seem to be doing quite well given the circumstances. It's not easy to avoid the calories/carbs sometimes. When I was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Sri Lanka, it was rice every day, standard food. When in Colombo for the weekend, beer came in 750ml bottles, and it was c-h-e-a-p. Somehow...

I, for one, do not hate Diet Pepsi. In fact, I'm having one right now. I'm not fond of Diet Coke, though, but will drink in a pinch. My personal pre/post-dive quirk is a diet pepsi. An average 12oz regular cola has the equivalent of 10 spoons of sugar. Therefore, the "new" Coke still has the...

I continue to do well in controling what I eat. While assisting my instructor/friend yesterday, I constantly declined offers of snacks with mega carbs in them, until I could get home. My problem is that it's a struggle for me here in Saudi to avoid getting depressed. On top of my family not...

So I can still satisfy my sweet tooth, I make copious amounts of fat free jello, and pour it into single serving-size bowls before putting in the fridge to set. 0 fat, 0 carbs, 0 sugar, so no worries. My breakfast usually consists of a small bowl of bran cereal, and a small plain skim yoghurt...

After reading Frankenmouth_tom's comment about coffee: For me, decaf coffee is like NA beer. I need the "vitamin c"--caffeine. I used to drink more of it in college. At my Peace Corps physical, the doc said I shouldn't drink coffee. I replied, "You shouldn't smoke." That stopped that...

I'm down 1 kg from last time I wrote in. I now weigh in at 95 kg, which is about what I weighed last June when my family evacuated from Jeddah. Now I'm finding the willpower to curtail the eating. I try to do a little exercise each day. If I'm lucky and have the time, I go to the compound...

Yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Mexican food is my favourite. Just don't tell my wife (She's from Sri Lanka.). :) Tacos, Enchiladas...mmmmmm

Funny! I've heard a similar joke, but this one involving a South African guy from Durban who dies and goes to hell. I'll try to find it and post. Not diving, but South Africans SB'ers should get a chuckle.

I'm Yoda. Say, do lightsabers work underwater?

I seem to recall reading about a sort of escape apparatus in Tom Clancy's "Submarine," a non-fiction account of modern submarines. It was called the Steinke hood. There was not a picture, so I don't know more than that, except to say that when the submariner gets into the escape trunk, he...

I can't speak to the hydrodynamics, but I bought a pair of Tusa X-pert Zoom splits recently, and love 'em. I had looked at Scuba Pro's, and thought them too flimsy. Tusa's did have very good reviews, and after borrowing my friend's pair to try, I was hooked. I like the difference in effort...

Thanks all. I have got used to no ice cream. I haven't been buying peanut butter either. Haven't got to where I can count calories exactly, but do try. I must look the sight at the supermarkets here, checking fat/carb quantities. Locals could care less. Anyway, hard to check labels...

I can empathize with you. I have had off and on back pain in the last several years. Something to do with the spongy stuff b/t two of the lower discs. It doesn't happen much anymore, but I try to be careful. Anyway, did you have an x-ray? If nothing shows up on the xray, but you hurt your...

This idea opens up many possiblities. Everywhere you go, there will be some local equivalent. Vodka, obviously for Russia and other CIS countries; Scotch for the North Sea; Tequila for the Carribbean, Wild Turkey or Jack Daniels for the U.S., the possibilities are endless. ;) Maybe another...

Hi there. I've been with SB since October last year. I live here in Jeddah, where I teach English as a Foreign language to officers in the Saudi Air Defense Forces. My wife and two kids had to evacuate last June due to Raytheon's fear of terrorist incidents, like the one that just happened in...