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    How to get 38's hydro'ed?

    Any hydro shop that services CO2 fire extinguishers should be able to do it.
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    Well, this is interesting... Triple tank vintage rig

    This is a set of triples I made several years ago for Bryan Pennington at Vintage Double Hose. I used 3 Luxfor aluminum 30's and fabricated a manifold from one US Divers double manifold and one US Divers single J valve.
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    RSTC Swim Test and US Navy Swim Test Questions

    Hi James, I have 11 more years than you. I try my best to stay in shape, weight lifting and elliptical three days a week. Because I am trying to preserve what little meniscus I have in my left knee I stopped the running several years ago. Looking at an L4/L5 fusion in September. I need to get...
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    Question How old are you and how long certified? Poll- please take part!

    Age 79 Started diving in 57, certified in 70, number of dives, thousands.
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    FOR SALE: US Divers Golden Royal Aqua-Masters Regulator

    I had the opportunity to buy one when I was a USD dealer in the 60's, I passed, do not regret it.
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    Double Hose tools

    So does a 3/8" fine thread bolt 6 " long.
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    Titanic tourist sub goes missing sparking search

    Any thoughts on the heat of compression. Never mind.
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    Titanic tourist sub goes missing sparking search

    Actually American John Goddard invented the liquid fueled rocket that put men into space.
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    Titanic tourist sub goes missing sparking search

    As an esoteric exercise I ran a Boyle's law calculation on the change in volume of the air in the sub at implosion Assuming the inside of the sub was 5 feet in diameter and 15 feet long the interior volume would have been 785 cubic feet. Pressure in the sub was 14.7 psi ( normal atmospheric...
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    Titanic tourist sub goes missing sparking search

    Carbon fiber may have been shredded in the implosion and drifted away in the current due to its light weight rather than falling straight down like the end bells.
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    Video: West Palm Spring Break Lobster Trip with DumpsterDiver

    He posted doing dives the scuba gods didn't approve of.
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    Robert Couvillon (Couv)

    Robert was from New Orleans and worked for local scuba legend Roland Reviere at Roland's New Orleans Skin Diving school in the 70's and 80's. Sorry to hear this.
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    Diving with stent in the heart?

    Angina pain after the quarter mile of running. It would stop when I stopped running and return when I started back running.
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    Bryan Pennington - Vintage Double Hose

    It was complications from diverticulitis, he became septic and the antibiotics were ineffective. It was his second time in the hospital in the past several months.
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    Bryan Pennington - Vintage Double Hose

    Bryan Pennington, owner of Vintage Double Hose passed away after a brief illness. Bryan was a driving force in the vintage diving community by providing new and better replacement parts for vintage double hose regulators and also developed the Kraken, a modern version of the double hose...
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    Forgetting to turn on computer before the dive

    I also wear a watch and depth gauge along with a computer so no problem.
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    Dr. Samuel Miller, III

    Me, Sam and Bryan from Vintage Double Hose at Portage Quarry, OH 2006 vintage weekend.
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    Dr. Samuel Miller, III

    Sorry to hear this. We met in the mid 2000’s at Portage quarry vintage weekend and shared stories f the early scuba years. RIP Sam, it was an honor to know you.
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    Question Identification and help for these old tanks

    At my work place I ran across an oxygen cylinder dated 1898. Of course that was about 30 years ago so no telling if it is still in service.
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    Diving with stent in the heart?

    Running was how I found out I had a problem, Never had an HA, because the blockages were caught in time.
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