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I've had an absurdly frustrating experience trying to order a simple Oceanic part through my LDS, and after 3 months I've given up. It's a simple part--a console boot--but it's for a Veo 200 and so doesn't appear in Oceanic's online store. Can anyone tell me how to place such an order? I even...

Splitting hairs, wouldn't you say? And if this is PADI's intent it is rather disingenuous, not to say misleading. "Advanced" means "advanced," not "designed to advance."

Thanks--I see that now. What I was hoping to find was a way to actually record the number of dives I've done in my life, including those done before I got my current computer. Just as I do in my written log. Evidently that's not possible.

Doug, After downloading the new version I'm still not able to make changes to data such as the PDC Dive# - a small thing, perhaps, but it's annoying since this number only goes up to the number of dives I do in a day, and I can find no other way to record the total number of dives I have. Any...

Tim-I absolutely hear you. Last June, on the first really stinky hot day of that year, I did a shore dive in Marshfield, south of Boston. By the time I was suited up and dragging my ton of gear and weight to the water I really thought I was going to have a heat stroke. I was never so happy to...

Doug-- What is the overall length of the Regular? Thinking about packing, as always.

You might take a look at the Royal Puerto Real, a very nice all-inclusive where we spent a great week in April. (www.realresorts.com.mx/Royal_Porto_Real) It's actually in Playa del Carmen itself (some others mentioned are further removed) and so right in the center of Playa's very active day-...

Oh, no, I’ve been happily using a mesh bag for three years to haul my heavy cold water gear, without even realizing that it BLOWS. Now that I’ve seen the light, maybe you can recommend a good sturdy wheeled bag—it just needs to be the kind that pulls easily through sand and over large...

So, are you suggesting that, prior to heaping tons of abuse on the town of Gloucester and boaters and lobster fisherman, threatening pathetic economic boycotts, and generally reaching for the pitchforks, we should have taken the time and effort to make sure we knew what we were talking about...

Here you go: http://www.leisurepro.com/Prod/CategoryID_968/Sort_Stock/DescSort_0/Filter_2%3d148/SQTKSL.html?Hit=1 It's the right one--I got one myself.

Question about jurisdiction--to whom does the town by-law apply, exactly? Does it apply only to shore dives within the Gloucester town limits? When and how would boat divers come under its rules?

Excellent idea.

There’s a thread going around that begins with a post, possibly true, that recounts a divemaster telling his divers that they absolutely need a minimum of 80lbs. lift in their BC (www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?t=149822). I find that fairly ridiculous, but I am wondering why we always...

Here is a link from the New England Aquarium Dive Club to several local charter ops. (Ignore Captain Rob's, which recently went out of business): www.neadc.org/divecal_neadc_b.html

I decided that I really didn't want my snorkel hanging off my mask anymore, but wanted to have one with me, and so I picked up an Aqualung Snap. I like the way it folds up but I'm finding its clip difficult to attach to my mask strap--and I can't even imagine trying to do this at the times when...

I've had mine in for 60 dives now without a problem. No slipping, no need to reapply, no problems with defogging. A Godsend. They're the only way I'm able to examine any critters close up, let alone read my gauges.

Saw a baby at Folly Cove last August, and saw four on Thatcher Island last Sunday.

Sure. Look, it's a small book of tips, unorthodox but sound. A little unorthodoxy is always a good thing, it seems to me.

Not too likely, unless you were on Fred's boat Easy Diver out of Gloucester, MA--and I would have noticed you, as I was on it. ;) Fred is a character and a disciple of the school of self-reliance, and a survivor of the days when DIR meant DIY. There is a lot of stuff in the book you'll...

Let's cut to the chase: Here are links to the instruction pages of two very professional Boston area shops. Either one would be fine for you. Either one would be very happy to discuss all your questions about training and equipment costs. East Coast Divers (Brookline and Framingham)...