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It's not just the weight on the surface. I used to dive a neoprene drysuit. So I needed more lead to get off the surface. This was coupled with a Aluminum 80 tank. I'm 5'10" tall and lean so I sink, just slightly 'cause I'm female with only a bathing suit on in a pool. A new female clerk in...

I have no idea how much the stuff I use costs. He's an IANTD and PADI instructor. He has everything. So when I want to change something, he just goes to the back bedroom and out it comes. The only thing diving that I bought is my new drysuit. The old one really wore out. So my stuff looks...

I'm the Assistant Chief Auditor for a State Transportation Department. And I'm retiring in ONE MONTH. Yep - lots more diving in my future. I just need a snuggle buddy that's retired too but I will have to wait about 6 years for that :(

My Snuggle Buddy and I are going to arrive in Cancun on May 7, late and need a hotel recomendation for one night. We will be using that hotel again on 5/13 to fly back (early) We don't need anything lavish. Comfortable with air conditioning and a queen bed will be fine. Since it's a...

I have an Oceanic Veo 180. I had it mounted on a console but since I'm tech diving, I'm switched to a wrist mount. It is Nitrox programmable but only for one gas. You also need an expensive cable to download your dives. I had a problem downloading my dives because the disk that came with it...

I'm a slim 5 8 female and the standard size dive rite fits me.

I have a 2009 Toyota Rav4. The seats fold down flat. I can load my doubles, his rebreather box, my gear box (black bottom and yellow top - so I can sit on it to don my undergarment and drysuit) his gear box and all our DUI bags with drysuits and undergarments. Burried in there are his...

It's your final destination that determines the 1 back checked for free. Just gently remind the gate agent of your final destination. If you booked the flights separately, just show the gate agent your full iteniary, again gently. I've found you get a lot more with honey than vinegar. As...

Try a cruise. That way you can dive and your S/O and or kids can do their own things. Then in the afternoon and evening you can all join up and have fun together. I know, cruise diving is like the cattle boat. All the stops are listed and you can arrange your own diving. The only problem...

Or you can do it my way. I met my boyfriend on line. My profile reeked diver. So he emailed me - rec or tec? I emailed back rec. He emailed back tec but I'll rec. Well, that first dive he stuffed me in a transpac. Now I'm going for full cave in Mexico in May. He's an IANTD instructor...

I'm on my second DUI suit. It's not the material that I admire, it's the valves. Set it and forget it. My first drysuit was a Harvey's "Aquacapcule" and you didn't dare put any air in it because you couldn't get it out. About 15 years ago I was on a photographic trip and a DUI rep was on...

This trip doesn't fit the locales you are wanting a report about but I want to point out one of Monterey's best dive boats. It's the BeachhopperII. The great thing they did was when my snuggle buddy was so sea sick it hurt him to move. Between dives Mary Jo returned to the dock to let him get...

First - thank you for offering this service. Here's my question. My Mother died on 2/12/10. (She was end stage Alzheimer's so it was a relief to all but my Father.) My Father is a qualifying widower this year (tax year 2010). But I believe this is the only year he can claim that. Is that...

Thirds will not apply with dissimilar tanks. There is a special computation when that happens and I just barely can do it. That's why I always take that formula with me. I cave dive with twin steel 84's with a cave fill. My buddy is on a rebreather. I brought up that his 40 bail out tank...

Film or digital? You can pick up a film camera for that $$ but digital? Very hard. I do have a film camera I'll sell you for that money.

My new drysuit and it's dry - whopeeee. I also like my BP/W. It is so comfortable underwater I don't even realize I have twin HP100s on my back. And the BP/W make it hauling that out of the water easier.

I use a BP/W with 2" webbing. If I don't use the chest strap, either one or both of the shoulders fall off. Yep - with doubles and 2" webbing you need a chest strap. I also use a crotch strap. It's no fun in a cave when you go head down to get through a small place and the whole rig slipps up.

I'm going to address the original post - why I like a BP/W. When I bought my last BC, I noticed BP/W's on the next dive. It seemed a lot more reasonable but I didn't do anything until I met my snuggle buddy. On our first dive he put me in a transpac. I wasn't hugely accepting of that...

I started diving a drysuit 18 years ago. I don't think there was a specialty taught then. But I did miss something in my self teaching. When all is going wrong, go into a fetal position and dump the neck. I was wearing a rental DUI suit because the one I ordered didn't come in on time. That...

I second the why go to Belize. The Yucatan has caves that will last a lifetime of one week trips there. We are going in may - YAHOOOOOOOOOO