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Thanks. I'm going for "ScubaRev" if it's available. (I may want to borrow that avatar of yours, Colin!):crafty:

Nice! The kind of satire I would expect from a fellow Chicagoan raised on Second City Theater. Can't wait for the sequel. wmc

Great advice, all of you! Thanks. Much more than I expected when I posted this thread. I especially appreciate all the offers by test out equipment and to discuss DIR with me over the phone. You guys are terrific. Bill

I've been lurking around SB for a few months and decided to take the plunge with a DIR post. I'm a novice diver (OW - Aug 2006) with 14 logged dives. I came to diving a little later in life; I'm 49 going on 50. I was trained by a friend who is a PADI instructor. He's an excellent diver and...

Is there a way to change your screen name without losing your post count or identity? I'd like a bit more creativity.

Amen to that! We'd be much better off as a society if we had more fathers as engaged in the lives of their sons and daughters as this guy. The last thing we need is for our children's lives to be governed by the village idiots. I can't believe this thread is under the New England banner. I...

From the article: That's a lot more pool time than I had before I hit the open water! He gets the "cool Dad of the year" award from me. May there be plenty more of them.

Those rays seem to be copping a bit of attitude of late. Probably has to do with global warming. They don't call it "wildlife" for nothing.

Nice! I've been preaching this for years. Used to be that a 12 year old boy was called away from his mama and took his place with the men of the community, and a 12 year old girl was preparing for marriage in 4 or 5 years. Now they don't leave home at 35. Prior centuries would not have...

This is a great suggestion! I'm doing the same thing. Underwater nav and land orienteering are different. This is a great way to learn to "fly" by instrument. You do get some strange looks from the picnic crowd, but when they figure out what you're doing, everyone wants to get in the act...

I set up two 30-gallon plastic garbage cans filled with water in the back or front yard (whichever needs the water most). Everything gets two dips and a rinse with the hose, then hang to dry. Here's the order: 1. regs - 2 quick dips; be sure to have the cap securely fastened 2. mask, fins...

When you've gotta pee and have to intentionally remind yourself you're not in a wet suit.

Try Googling "diving safer than bowling" and you'll be amazed at the number of sites where this "statistic" is quoted. By the way, for you logic fans, this is a great example of an inductive fallacy wherein two dissimilar groups (bowlers and divers) are compared on a point (mortality) without...

Excellent piece! Thank you for taking the time to write it and post it here. I especially appreciate the concept of "task loading." I've noticed how a task that is simple when isolated quickly becomes confusing when added to everything else you have to keep track of when diving.

Well, here's one for starters: http://ozreport.com/ On the topic of freaking out, here's the lead story: "Paraglider tangles in power lines" So it goes. My advice is to embrace the danger, don't deny it. That freaky feeling is your intuition telling you to fight or flee danger. Diving...

From one noob to another: Yeah, it does freak you out. And it should! We're land based, air-breathing mammals. We're not designed to breath underwater or in outer space. But we figured out how to do both, and man oh man, what a rush. I can only speculate about outer space, but inner space...

I got so excited about figuring out that abs buckle that I forgot to say thanks, Zak. I hadn't noticed that I got a manufacturer's response to this question. What a cool forum! Customer service direct from the manufacturer! Awesome! Love those Volo Power fins, btw.

Got it! I finally figured out that "abs" clamp thing. (Never quite understood what that red lock/unlock switch was about, anyway.) Here's the deal: Put the red sliding switch in the "unlock" position. Open the "abs" clamp to expose the post. Turn the strap mechanism 90 degrees so that...

This is a great article, Phil! Well written and informative. You might consider pinning it as a "sticky." Thanks.

I'm seriously considering retrofitting a pair of those nifty spring straps on my Mares Volo Powers. Question: How do you remove those "abs" buckles from the posts without damaging anything? I've seen replacement buckles from Mares, so I know they must be removeable. I just want to use as...