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They are also a place to socialize, I think I spend more time talking diving, football and other things at the quary then I do actually in the quary. Also, the quary is a lot closer than most of the good diving spots in the Great Lakes, particularly if you are in Southern Ohio. For me Alpena...

CoCo View has a Television, its upstairs. Of course the one night we wanted to watch it a bunch of Brits were watching a US Political debate or something like that. As for night life, they have a bar, but its very quiet. Most of us either did a night dive, sat around and chatted, or went to...

It was a November dive that convinced me that I was going to get a dry suit. The diving wasn't bad at all. And I was pretty comfortable between dives with the suit on. But when it came time to take all that wet stuff off and get dressed, I don't think I have ever been that cold. It took me...

Saturday morning the vis was 40+ feet on the platform. Nice part about the platform is its real easy to get a good estimate. By Noon Saturday it was half that. I caught a bunch swiming under the plane, man the cloud they kicked up was horendous. For a momement, I considered pulling a James...

No, but a beer doesn't sound half bad right now.

The water was 66 on the shallow side this weekend. I didn't put on the heavy undies to go down to the tubes or the deep side so I can't tell you what the temp is there. I think someone said it was about 50 at the tubes which is about normal. BTW, there was an emergency on Saturday. I only...

Hopefully, both teams will be undefeated going into the game, ranked 1 & 2 and we can have the National Championship without bothering with the BCS. :D I actually hope OSU is ranked #1, its so fun when Michigan ruins their season. Unfortunately I can't be down there on Saturday, its my...

I was finishing up a twilight dive on Saturday and everyone I had been diving with was heading out. Oh, and none of them except Polly was from scuba board. I had some stuff that needed doing at the house, so I decided to just pack up and sleep in a real bed. I had a nice time on Friday...

Plan A Sleep in Avalanche, short of a tree falling on it, weather won't bother me too much. It works out pretty good, fold down the seat, leave the panels in and I'm nice and dry, just spread out a foam mat and sleeping bag. Probably warmer than a tent too. Plan B Too nasty on Saturday...

Sounds like I need to check around, we've noticed this LDS is high on some stuff, but this sounds quite high. I think I'll check the yellow pages.

That was my guess, thanks.

I'm thinking of selling my AL80 cylinders, and some of them need their first hydro in the spring. Any idea what I should ask for them? General condition is good, some are Nixtrox cleaned, but I expect they will need to be recleaned after hydro so that probably doesn't matter. In case you...

I'm thinking about it. It depends on how things are going at work on Friday and if I can sneak out reasonably early.

Paul, I know from previous posts you are looking at getting your own boat, and yes I plan to send you pictures (its rained or been cruddy every free day this week). Maybe I can find the brouchure and bring it to the Meet and Greet assuming you will be there. If you have your own boat, you...

I've been debating coming. I've been weighing the pros and cons. I'm also trying to get a few of my regular dive buddies to come down for it. One big con unfortunately is the weatherman is forecasting rain all weekend. What is everyone doing about the rain, with the exception of keeping on...

I generally store my cylindars at 500 PSI, but for no particular reason. If there is a fire, the fire department will appreciate that there won't suddenly be 6 x 80 CF of air suddenly feeding the fire, the tank exploding, or even having the s**t scared out of them when the pressure disk goes...

I have an InstaDry hood for my dry suit. Basically it has rubber on both sides that prevents it from absorbing water. As a result it drys much faster than most other suits. However, I wouldn't agree with most of the claims I've heard from it. If you can hang it up and let it dry in a way that...

A couple of other things to keep in mind: Sounds like you plan to trailer the boat a lot. Keep in mind where you will store it when not in use. I don't know if you have a garage, if you do that will generally limit the size you can store. Most boats can handle a fair amount of wave action if...

Go out into the sunshine. Take a deep breath of fresh air, or better yet strap on a tank of compressed air and go diving in warm salt water filled with tropical fish. Repeat until you come back to your senses. In all fairness, in NY you can dive sunken subway cars, that's something I don't...

There appear to be at least two kinds of shell suits out there now. Those that are very tough, and those that use a thinner material. The tough suits will probably last longer because the material is really strong. The downside to them is that they don't have much if any stretch. So when...