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Walter, you're splitting hairs with me. Not switching to lighter regulators is a perfectly acceptable example of not adapting, whatever the reason. JB

Thanks, damselfish. I don't know why it didn't come up in my searches... What a great thread. Thanks, JB

Nothing? Really? You guys usually jump all over stuff like this. JB

Oh. I read your question to mean that you wanted an example of someone not adapting to equipment or techniques. Instead you want an explanation of why this would be so bad, I see. Sounds like we’re in agreement. Sorry for the confusion. JB Also, if it weren’t for older divers I...

Seriously? How many 18 year-olds to you see at the vintage dives? Not a ton. The older divers I know aren't fooled by every new dumb@#$ regulator and BC "system" to hit the market. Whenever I get a chance to dive with two of my original mentors both will have shiny metal regulators and...

This is a good example of the news-end of an interdepartmental "favor." Let’s hope our G-men received in return something worth the time and effort. You can be sure they weren't helping out because they were bored. JB

Oh, my gosh. That's too great! Thanks a ton, Catherine. I'm going to have to really work at a straight face. That's some good stuff. :) Absolutely, if I find anything I'll post back up in here. But honestly, I don't think it exists in a form where it's integrated with other scuba...

Oh yeah, Catherine... One of my good buddies is stationed in Hawaii and is coming back to IL in June for a month with his wife and kids (kids, plural! I can't even wrap my mind around the first one). He does some fishing and spear fishing out there when he isn't on a tour and I want to baffle...

Yeah, exactly. The free divers I know are married to their heart rate monitors. The physiological changes in them after a couple of minutes wet are very tangible. MDR jumps off the screen of the monitors on their wrists. I’m not sure what more experimentation in that department is...

Thanks Catherine. My brother swears by the Pulsar. Do you dive with it? JB

This is mainly a hold over habit from my days training in high school and college. I keep good tabs on it. Fairbanksdiver, yes, sometimes an athlete will target a specific "zone" of acceptable heart rate in order to keep their workload up. Heart rate "ceilings" are also used as an...

Yeah, it seems like it but I'm kind of shocked. Obviously, taking the current design of standard heart rate watches, it wouldn't work on top of neoprene. It would have to be warm water. It just seems like the kind of thing serious divers might want (I do, anyway). I'd rather not be...

I’m looking for a basic air dive computer that includes a heart rate monitor. Does this exist? I’ve been scouring the planet for one for about a year (off and on, of course ;) ) and can’t find it. Does it exist on any of the higher end computers? Thanks, JB

Fellas, I've got an old "junk" wetsuit that is still pretty serviceable. I want to do a camo job on it, if possible. Can I paint it, and if so, what kind of paint will do the job? Can I dye it, and if so, what kind of dye should be used? One of my buddies suggested patching...

If the shark touches me first...GAME ON brother! Playground rules apply.

Every once in a while I do the same thing with either The Abyss, The Big Blue, or one of my wreck diving bootlegs. And now I've pretended not to have watched Ocean Men twice now... Look what diving has turned me into. Look away! :) JB

True dat. True dat... JB

I've often wondered just how tasty I look when I'm paddling on my back in all black with split fins. I imagine something like T-Bone to a Great White. May as well just make seal sounds... And for the record, if you dive in the ocean (which is a much smaller portion of the population than...

This is a thread I started that produced, at least what I think is, a ton of great info. Be sure to read Johnoly's post. http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?t=133409 On a side note, from what I understand, the only shark that might mistake you for a seal and also think of that as a...

At least you tried...