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So... You're saying that you're not a master diver. Yet. Keep working on it, you'll get there. Someday. Maybe.

Paying by bank transfers seem to be as common in Europe as paying by debit/credit cards is in the USA. It seems that bank transfers in Europe are free. In the USA, bank transfers are complicated by anti-terrorism laws. You need a ton of information about the recipient, including name, home...

You are a master divers when you stop counting your dives because it doesn't matter anymore

One winter I showed up in the Keys with a drysuit. Everyone laughed at me. Almost everyone came up from the first dive shivering, and almost everyone sat out the second dive because they were too cold. I was warm and happy the entire time. If the water temp is below 75 degrees F, I'm dry.

I get it. Once I did a solo night dive off the Kona coast of Hawaii. I went in the water at dusk, and as it became dark I decided to leave my light off as long as possible. I didn't turn on my light, and I swam for about 45 minutes in total darkness. I could see dark shadows of the reef, but...

Nah I cleaned the system well every year, and as long as the CO level was <5 ppm I was happy.

We stayed at Ramon's. They cater to newbies. You MUST stay with the DM, and the dives are 60 feet max and 40 minutes max. I was regularly surfacing with about 1,200 p.s.i. The Blue Hole dive is NOT worth the long ride out there. The place is swamped with newbies who kick up the sand in the...

Trim is a matter of experience and skill, not gear. Don't beat yourself up, a lot of new divers try to compensate for lack of skill with different gear. You will solve your trim issues with more dives and more time in the water. That being said, Jet fins have been around for a long, long time...

That's why I only use AMEX for travel. Never had any problems with denied transactions. Visa and Mastercard have repeatedly left me stranded without being able to pay for anything. Those cards insist on sending you a text message to approve the transaction, which doesn't work when you're on a...

How is that? Last autumn I booked 5 flights directly with the airlines from the USA online with the Batik and Lion. No problems. Simple. Change a flight? Simple. No problem with the Batik and Lion apps.

I become a baby again every time I pee or poop in my wetsuit. That's why I like diving.

Ah, perhaps we have a misunderstanding. "Visual Inspection" to me in this context (Scubaboard) is a scuba inspection. I can imagine that hydro facilities have their own protocols for checking a cylinder before performing a hydro test, but their inspections are completely unrelated to a scuba...

Learn to feel subtle pressure changes in your sinuses. Use your dive buddy for safety, close your eyes while hovering about 3-4 feet off the bottom, and try to stay level in the water column with eyes closed. If you're in a group, one person can act as the primary depth monitor. The rest of the...

Nope Never once have I ever had to do a "visual inspection" before dropping my cylinders off at AirGas for a hydro. NEVER

False. Hydros are done by commercial gas facilities that deal with all types of commercial gasses and cylinders. These facilities are not scuba businesses, and they wouldn't know anything about a scuba inspection. Scuba visual inspections are specific to the scuba industry and are performed by...

NEVER use a third party (e.g., Booking.com or Airpaz) to book travel, hotels, airline tickets, etc. When something goes wrong, you'll have to deal with the third party instead of directly with the airline, hotel, etc. DO NOT ever use a third party for anything travel related.

WILD Indonesia is incredibly poor and filthy, but the diving is incredible when you get away from the ocean trash near land. I don't enjoy muck diving in a sea of discarded diapers.

I thought of that, too, when I first started in tech. But every time I seriously made the effort to contact real estate agents, head hunters, etc., I reminded myself that in Florida I would have to deal with 3 unacceptable things: 1. Hurricanes 2. Bugs 3. Floridians

Hydro, if done the old way of filling the tanks with pressurized water in a water bath, is going to get the inside of your tanks dirty. After hydro, tanks need to be cleaned and inspected to ensure there is no debris, gunk, or corrosion inside. Whomever says tanks don't need inspection after...

Doesn't cut through steel Can't get the sparker to work underwater The flame won't even stay lit underwater I wonder what I'm doing wrong