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Puerto Rico Late March 2009 West and Southwest

I had problems with the drysuit boots (which would require ankle weights for real buoyancy control) and had the suit modified to remove the boots, and substitute trilam socks instead. I LOVE the combo - more posts will be coming

the intricacies of placebo, and placebo-controlled double-blind crossover studies with a priori determined p < .05 significance notwithstanding, I feel better with after nitrox. Just my opinion.

AOE, Nitrox, 61 y/o mostly dive a commercialized quarry in Pelham, AL, but go to the gulf whenever I can -This weekend - Vortex Springs, Orange Beach, and the Oriskany on Monday. An pursuing NAUI Master Scuba Diver and may be doing a week-long tech course in August. Fisher

Nah - 52 isn't cold for a 3 mil shorty, a 3 mil body, and a 3 mil hoodie - have dome it a number of times Of course, I have a significant amount of natural insulation to help me out ;)

I'm a fairly new (25+ dives) old f*rt diver from Tuscaloosa. Always looking for dive buddies. Regularly dive ABWA in Pelham but go to the ocean whenever I can. Would like to find a regular dive buddy - wife is out, she doesn't even like to get her face wet in the shower! ~John

I have blue ones size large, with spring straps. In fresh water thay are barely negative - fins up with the spring strap down. can tell you about salt water in a couple of weeks

Also 61 - OW (SSI) Nitrox (NAUI) planning next weekend to do drysuit qual, underwater navigation qual, lift-bag qual and night/restricted vision qual --> Advanced OW diver (NAUI) possibly followed by a couple dives in the Gulf (from Destin). YaHOO! ~John

Age 61 Location: Tuscaloosa, AL Dive Spots: Destin and the Gulf when I can - annual pass holder to Alabama Blue Water Adventures in Pelham Certified: OW (SSI) summer '08. Nitrox (NAUI) Winter '08 Currently working on NAUI Advanced Diver Dive Shop: Marcus at the Reef (only dive shop in...

Awww... come on everybody. Any basic trainee knows that the only knife really designed as a weapon is a bayonet. Remember such touching shouts as "Sergeant: the red, red blood makes the grass grow green!" and "what is the spirit of the bayonet? to KILL, to KILL, and TO KILL WITHOUT MERCY". If...

I have had 3 eardrum ruptures. The first was dur to falling off water skis and landing on my right ear - got maybe 6 ounces of lake water out of my ear - exquisite pain and total vertigo - if I hadn't been wearing a PFD, I'd probably have drowned - had no idea which way was up. Second was while...

Army - Counterintelligence Special Agent - 111th Military Intelligence Group 1968-71

I've become less and less impressed with d-dimer for very much of anything. It just has such a poor positive predictive value. Of course, my dealings with it have been in the context of pit viper envenomations, and all it does is shake the treatment team up. If I had my way (which I don't, in...

My wuss of a doc (who doesn't want to be stuck running the poison control center all by himself) insisted on a cardiac stress test before he would sign my SCUBA medical release. The cardiologist got me up to 174 beats per minute with no sign of abnormality - disgustedly showed me the door "you...

From the perspective of a long-time spelunker (1968-2003) and recent (8/2008) OW diver, it's hard to overestimate the hazards associated with cave diving. The most compelling evidence I can come up with is, that if you're going into a cave that is going to involve a dive; the diver(s) do the dry...

Hi all! 61 y/o M SSI certified in August, NAUI Nitrox certified in October. Located in Tuscaloosa, AL, seeks dive buddies

Hello Everybody. I'm a newbie with SSI open water cert 8/15; Naui Nitrox Cert 10/2/08; a total of 9 dives at the moment. Age 60 Occupation: Clinical Toxicologist Location: Tuscaloosa, AL

I got open water certified on August 15. A couple of weeks later I celebrated by not paying good attention to clearing, and producing a pinhole rupture in my right TM. Stopped my dive buddy - did a "look at this" sign, and proceeded to blow bobbles out out my right ear. He was sort of...

Nasonex is ok for chronic use, but remember that from a standing start, it takes 2 weeks of continuous (that is, as directed) use before the effects maximize. If you're gonna use topical steroids, that's perfectly fine, but they are no replacement for decongestants if you haven't used them for...

Yay! It wasn't as hard as they made it out to seem, right?