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There will be condensation on the outside of a tank when it bleeds down in a high humidity environment. Since the OP is in North Texas it's basically guaranteed. There may be condensation inside the tank if the tank ends up with humid air inside. That could be due to bad fills or - perhaps...

I pretty much go along with Grumpy point for point, and I don't see where any harm would come from either the cold or leaving the tanks full. Maybe if they were steel tanks and you suspected the air from the last fill wasn't really dry, but that's a long shot. Darrel.... if you take a full tank...

As someone fairly new to the BP/W, I have a slightly different perspective to offer. I think there was something very educational and perhaps the word is empowering about buying from a shop that assembled my BP/W while I watched. As in, I picked a plate and wing, they cut a length or webbing...

I would call it social learning. It is an ability shared by pretty much all animals to some degree or another but humans seem uniquely able to learn socially. It's extremely useful, and somewhat dangerous (it's also how fads get started)...but it is not mentoring, any more than a picture book or...

IMO.... Mentoring is an explicit relationship between individuals to transfer knowledge during the actual practice of an art. In other words, if I was to hire a junior engineer, I would partner them with a senior engineer and tell the senior engineer to mentor the junior. The junior would be...

If I plug my nose and blow ("valsalval maneuver" ) a steady stream of air flows from the corner of my right eye. With greater pressure air also leaks from the left. The leak happens whether I have perfectly clear sinuses or a head cold. At times it is a bit annoying for reasons your daughter is...

There are, but I don't see how you can describe what they do as guaranteeing. When it comes to preserving ecosystems, I think either everyone contributing to the problem (when fighting man-made problems) or everyone with an interest in the ecosystems (when we are fighting nature) should chip...

That hardly guarantees anything except employment for the people collecting the fees. To really guarantee anything like what was mentioned in the first post you are going to need to build a big aquarium.

Oh hell no I'm not diving in an aquarium.

It's interesting how different people prioritize gear choices. I went with a critical vs. available model. Critical equipment varies depending on conditions and even activities you plan to engage in. A dry suit may be critical in one area, and a wet suit totally non-critical in another. In my...

I had a brand new octo keeper (one of the silicone double-ended loop style with a big square loop for the mouthpiece) during my OW dives and the octo dropped out several times. When given the choice I did back roll entries in an effort to keep it from popping out on entry but it also popped out...

Personally I bought the BC first and rented regs for awhile. The BC is the "most personal" of what I bought just in that it was the first fit-critical bit of gear (after mask and fins). The regs usually had computers built in and honestly the "known good" argument seemed to favor the rentals for...

Laziness is not a danger of computers. Laziness isn't even the danger. The word is carelessness. As in, "I don't care enough to put any effort into this." Carelessness exists regardless of computers. If you think the people who stop planning dives only do so because they have computers you...

I haven't observed that. I have seen children go from excited by a thunderstorm to terrified because mom was scared and giving off signals without knowing or meaning to, and I've seen a lot of moms that were scared when their kids went to play in the surf. I think that path is far more likely...

Never eaten great white. Probably never will. Sure, and you must consider it whether you eat yellowtail, bonito, or any other fish. Still, on the whole they taste good and in terms of water quality no place in the us is as bad as most places in Asia. But is that because of jaws or is jaws...

Always do. :-) The mercury levels of shark fins in bankock don't really have much to do with me. Now if that was about shark caught locally off southern California it might possibly be relevant. Even then I never are the fins.

I haven't seen any of the Jaws movies. I guess they were before my time or I was living in a parallel universe. As a former surfer I am well aware that sharks can and do mistake humans for their normal prey. Usually in special circumstances like when you are floating on your board with...

They absolutely can coexist. They are not connected. The existence of either does not depend on, or indicate, the existence of both. IMO.

My first post in this thread stated: I think it's great. I don't think its the same. Here, the shop, emails/PMs, reading. I have never dived with anyone using gear even close to mine, and I've had face to face conversation (where the person could actually see my gear) with someone familiar...

Sure. I have no real problem with the idea that some people are boorish. I have a problem with the idea that being boorish is an attitude people should just think about and change. Yikes! You do realize that how you do brakes starts with: 1) get a copy of the service manual. Right? I mean...