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Take a deep breath! Relax. Sorry, but I don't know any of my fellow Canadians who sound just like Americans. No insult intended, but we have barbs thrown our way because of the manner we speak English. Of course, the barbs have also been thrown in the other direction too. Step back and...

A wise response. Now, take a look at it from your perspective if your buddy has only one second stage. Are you prepared and sufficiently confident that you can get yourself and your buddy to the surface using buddy breathing? If not, would you dive with a buddy that has only one second...

I guess that it depends on how you define "three major sports." I do not classify tennis as a major sport. In every generation there seems to be a greatest ever. How about when Nickalaus was piling up major championships and Ali was the "greatest ever." There are many contrbuting factors to...

I don't service my own regs. I cycle it through a few times of pressurize/depressurize on a full tank then take it for a dive in the pool. I breathe off of both regs and check for cracking pressure at the surface. Also check to see if there is evidence of IP drop by watching the pressure...

Keep digging Don, the hole gets deeper and deeper. There is truth to you being "a gentleman and a rogue." Merry Xmas.

Our kids (24 and 22) came home a few days ago. My son and I took a bus trip to see the Bills vs the Giants on Sunday. Long drive to Kingston, long return bus trip, wet, windy, cold throughout the game. We could not have had a better day. My wife and daughter had a girls day in on Sunday...

Tobin, Do you also have UV bulbs?

What do you plan on accomplishing in 2008? 100 dives Do you have any special dive trips planed? Return to Bonaire next November. I would also like to do a couple of local weekend trips Gear you plan on getting or trying out? Don't tell my wife. I want to get a macro lens and port Courses you...

Sure can't beat that Liz. My best dive was with my wife last month on Bari Reef in Bonaire. We had already experienced the "Bonaire double" having seen both a frogfish and seahorse on the same dive. On this dive my wife caught my attention and pointed out the Southern Stingray gracefully...

Actually, I use the computer for planning too. Since the computer tracks the dive better than you can otherwise, and I have used the same computer for 300 plus dives, I do have some confidence in the decompression model it uses. The dive planning feature allows me to plug in a SI time and then...

I believe that the focus on air managment is not quite a full discussion of dive planning. Ber makes an excellent point about other aspects of the plan. Personally I use the following: DIVE PLAN D - dive site. Overall discussion of the dive site itself including entry, exit, current, etc. I -...

They can go all the way, as long as they don't cover the point spread! You folks in NE had better get extra security for the game this Sunday just in case a few of the retired Dolphins show up and try to disrupt things. You can never tell how sneaky they will be in their quest to keep their...

What is the expected life of the bulb? When you start to sell them I'll take one with a spare bulb.

Selfish: 60mm macro lens and port Not so selfish: take a Handicapped Scuba Association course to qualify as a dive buddy.

I believe that you are incorrect. New Brunswick is officially bilingual and both languages are widely spoken there. More than a few years ago there was a court case in Manitoba where an individual successfully challenged a traffic ticket that was in English only. If you visit the St...

I like to drink beer. Oh, and I am a fan of the OTTAWA SENATORS

To follow up on piiki's comments regarding o-rings. You may also want to take a look at the hydro dates on the tanks when you pick them up. We saw a few at BDA that were out of date. AFAIK, none of the tanks that we saw anywhere have an indication that a visual was done on them. Wise to be...

We bought it when we arrived. The booth was open and it only took a minute or so because there were no departures at the time. The coupons are not date stamped. Just hand over the money and get the coupon. Put it in your passport and lock the passport away in the safe when you get to your...

IMO Gear bags are not required. Load your gear in the rear of the truck or the back seat. Save a dive kits. We did not worry about this too much. The items in the save a dive kit are relatively inexpensive. You don't need too much. We had a small mesh bag that we took with us and left...

We just returned from two weeks staying at Den Laman. I guess that it was not quite as busy as described by the OP. We met a few people who took the redeye. They did not seem to have a problem getting a room. We flew in on Saturday evening. There was nobody in the office when we arrived...