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I believe in your commitment to a truely great institution and I respect your opinions. What could anyone find wrong in barley and yeast.

I am interested in certifing for use of trimix. Who are the certification agencies, and what are the requirements? Thanks, Stan

The truth of a thing can only be one answer. Either 1 + 1 = 2 or it doesn't. If the definer of MOD says it shall be judged in terms of 1.6 po2, then there you have it. Now another agency can coin their own term and define it as it decides, but don't steal someone elses acronym. That is not...

All I can add is WOW. Stan

It was't BS then and you better believe it ain't now. Stan

First, you do not get anything for nothing. By that I mean, you must resupply your body's O2 consumption with . . . O2. So the real question is maximising your rate of O2 / CO2 exchange. Lung capacity is meaningless. A slow steady respiration rate gives your lungs time to exchange the new O2...

There are 'hangers' for regs, but somewhere I read the best way to store them in flat in a cool dry place. I have always loosely looped my hoses and wrapped the whole assembly in a large towel. In forty years I've never had damage to hoses of regs. Stan

Dan's report on dive injuries puts cave diving 5th in accident rating. It appears to be less than 10% of all injuries (2005), but does represent 15 % of all fatalities. I guess that you could read this as - cave divers are generally safer, but when they get in trouble, it represents a higher...

This thread confirms my believe in this site. My partners and I are planning to buy an off-shore boat for diving this summer. At one time, I dove oil rigs off the Louisiana coast and spearfished. My partners are interested in this type of diving. The 'planned dive' goes out the window when...

I ask. how many founding members of any 'agency' can honestly say they never dived solo? Stan

That's a good plan!!! I like the four seconds in and four seconds out. You do not feel an oxygen deprivation and you conserve air at the same time. I think the most important aspect is to use more of your lungs than you do everyday in normal breathing. Any attempt to restrict breathing...

Hey, if it fails at 655 Ft, let me know and I'll file the warranty claim for you. I love watches. Have a bunch made before Winston Churchill was born. ( by the way, don't dive with a 1888 Elgin pocket watch, real mistake - big mess ) I use a Casio Sea-Pathfinder, but it's only because it...

What happens is that you 'crack' your valve to reduce the chance that you SPG will explode ( by the way, has any one had that happen ) then you dive and at about 15 feet you get the big hard SUCK. Saw it happen to friend. He ascended at twice the speed of sound and got his valve turned on all...

First, always use cash, never a credit card. Second, eat the receipt. Third, when asked "How much did you pay for THAT," divide the actual cost by three . . . oh - four. Stan

The problem is that after diving since 1967, I'm not prepared to make a reasoned choice between the two. That is why I posted the question. A more precise question might be which tactic is more likely to reduce the possibility of taking a hit. I know many of you could not imagine a situation...

If the water temp is below 45, don't dive, just add a shot of scotch to a half glass of said water and let nature take its course . . .

While preparing for another summer of diving, I was looking through my PADI OW manual and noticed that in a section on required stops, that if you exceed your maximum by 8 minutes on a no decomp dive, you need a stop of 15 minutes at 15 feet. My question is if your air supply will not allow a...

1. He isn't at sealevel, so the pressure isn't 1 bar on the surface. 2. Who cares if he gets bend, dumb stunt. Only in America...

You must live on a different planet. No one in my area will give you compeditive prices if you didn't buy your equipment from them. E. G. $20.00 for a one day rental tankor refill. $55.00 for a basic snorkel.

The problem is cost. If you only service a small slice of the local pie, (or if the local pie is small) you must make more money off each of the fewer people. The problem comes in when the local shops are mostly gone. Where do you find dive buddies? Where do you find air? If you think about...