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  1. vtxkev

    Just fun, inquiring divers wanted to know..so

    Thank You!
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    Diver drowns in golf course pond at Las Colinas Country Club

    I think this is the worst part of it all....
  3. vtxkev

    Q&A for Dive buddy

    I just want to say that this is possible and sometimes the only way to get cretified. I didnt have and still dont have money to go on a dive vacation to some exotic paradise. I dive the cold waters of PA and North East USA. If I didnt get dry suit certified when I took my open water course I...
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    Close calls with alligators

    Just found this injteresting and related to this thread so here ya go: Do Alligators Breathe Underwater? Alligators can’t breathe underwater. But they can stay there for an hour or more. When an alligator submerges, or goes underwater, its heart slows down. The alligator doesn’t...
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    Fear of Water

    I am going to offer up something no one has said yet and if they did I apologize. The cost of scuba is crazy so why being afraid of the water regardless if it is pool, ocean, lake, quarry or bathtub would you want to spend the money on mask, fins, snorkle, bboots and the class. That has to be...
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    Does Nitrox kill brain cells?

    To be honest I do not remember the formula off the top of my head, but I know where I have it written down so I can use it for fills. I dont trust anyone or anything other then myself because if something were to happen only I can be blamed. Maybe I am paranoid or maybe I am just very cautious...
  7. vtxkev

    Like new Regulator & BCD $400

    PM sent.
  8. vtxkev

    Overcoming fear

    I would have to agree that I had no fear BEFORE it happened. My reg started to free flow at 56 foot in a cold quarry. Although I came out of it fine and was told that with a good reg and not a non sealed rental reg it shouldnt really happen, I noticed on my 2 dives since then I get nervious and...
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    Nomad Setup = Single / Double & Sidemount! Really??

    Thank you Kathleen, this is kinda what I thought, but no what some others were trying to sell me on. I applaud your honesty and not using yes it all works sales tatics.
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    Captain Zero, Joe Terzuoli, Skipper of the John Jack, RIP

    Very sad, very sad, my thoughts to his family.
  11. vtxkev

    equipment for rental advice

    My shop has 2 of the BP&W units in their rental gear. One for adults and the other for children. I am also glad they do because as a bigger guy this is the only piece of equipment that would fit me. I recommend at least 1 & 1. FWIW they also rent with weight pockets but usually just the weight belt.
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    Nomad Setup = Single / Double & Sidemount! Really??

    I have a question about the Nomad setup. I am being told you can dive it with a single tank or doubles or sidemount. That sounds like it isnt entirely true as I see so many posts about needing different wings for different set ups. I am looking to purchase gear and I am just torn as to what to buy.
  13. vtxkev

    Double tank vs. doubles with manifold....

    I am a new diver less the 25 dives and just for fun I dove sidemount at a demo day with an instructor. Needless to say we were only 40' deep just havin some fun so I can not state about deep water, but I can say management of independant tanks was cake even for a new diver. I also felt more...
  14. vtxkev

    Watson Murder Case - Discussion

    I havent really followed this story until recently as I wasnt even thinking about scuba back when this happened (don't know what I was thinking), but anyway 4-1/2 years with possibility of parole after 12 months (if I understand it correctly) sounds like a crock of you know what to me. You get...
  15. vtxkev

    FS New never in the water, Faber Steel LP 95's

    interested in the other. shipping to 08846. Thanks
  16. vtxkev

    Seeking Opinions on Troubling Incident

    If I was the OW student as I was a month ago I would have waited for this instructor to surface and get out of gear then approached him in a nice manor and asked to speak with him in private. I then would have asked why he did what he did and being new did I do something wrong? Then...
  17. vtxkev

    Free Flow at 56 Feet

    Thanks Steve
  18. vtxkev

    Free Flow at 56 Feet

    The water was about 42 and the reg was a rental and it also wasnt sealed (if I am saying that right??) So, I will be buying my own reg before the next dive.
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