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  1. famfubar

    Bonaire - Frog Fish

    got this one two days before the one under the pier. as the other responder said, let the guides help. he pointed this one out and i still never saw it. checked on the way back to the boat and he pointed it out again and i could finally see it. pictures make it look like they are easy to...
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    Bonaire - Frog Fish

    got this one under the town pier
  3. famfubar

    Quirks with the DC 600?

    Don't really know if this the right place for this, but really just wanted to say what great support I received with a problem with my DC-600. Maybe I was pushing it, but I bought the camera in December 2007 to use on my first dives after being certified. Fortunately, the dives were a week in...
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    Where should I stay?

    We stayed at Happy holiday Homes in Belnem twice, once last Christmas and once Sept of this year. It is very inexpensive, but very functional and clean. You can visit their website. They can arrange a package with a dive shop, reserve a rental truck for you and recommend just about anything...
  5. famfubar

    Hello from D.C.

    Sorry no info on panama, but welcome to scubaboard. I'm about 40 miles south in Fredericksburg. Yes, I'm a fredneck. You may want to check virginia is for divers subgroup for diving opportunities when it warms up.
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    Show us your Sealife weekend diving pics!

    here are a couple of dc600 pics from bonaire
  7. surgeon

    surgeon

  8. drum larvae and squirrel

    drum larvae and squirrel

  9. cuke

    cuke

  10. PICT0097_edited

    PICT0097_edited

    not sure what this is
  11. famfubar

    How do I convince my overweight friend that it's ok to dive?

    I'm 5'8" 275 lbs. and am not the biggest diver in my family and nowhere near as big as divers that I have dived with. A dutch man we dove with in Bonaire was "around 200 kilos" as he put it. Neither I nor any of my family have had any difficulty getting gear off the rack. We have never had to...
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    Hello from Virginia

    Great to have you aboard, so to speak. I am a Fredneck. Have a daughter at VCU and the offer scuba also. Have tried to get her certified, but she didn't make it through the closed water course. Of course, she took it the day after finals and was completely spent from cramming. Good luck in...
  13. famfubar

    Hi All from Stafford VA

    Welcome aboard from the next exit south on 95. Yes, I'm a Fredneck.
  14. famfubar

    aruba diving

    The cruise ship we were on arranged dives for us to do our cert dives in Aruba. They used Red Sail. I am sure it was only because the were the lowest bidder. Colorado Fred has it right "cattle boats". They set up everyones equip for them, so there were several tanks that were loose. They...
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    Why did I wait so long?

    Why so long? Probably like me (47) just prioritized things ahead of your own pleasure. At 23 I had my own short track car, Harley, moto x bikes, ski boat, Redskins season tix, etc. By 30 I had replaced them with a wife, three kids, 12% mortgage on a house, mortgages on three rental properties...
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    Shark tooth diving in Potomac river?

    wonder if you guys got any of the aforementioned dives set up in the pot-o-mac or not, would be interested also, sorry just saw the thread
  17. famfubar

    What did you learn from your very last dive...

    My last dive was the town pier in Bonaire. My brother and my two autistic sons spent a week diving and had scheduled the dive for Wednesday evening and were approved by the harbormaster. However, when another group tried to be added to the permit, the harbormaster denied the permit because a...
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    The controversial topic - diving with (slightly) congested nose

    I have been to GPs and ENTs for sinus problems for years, some allergies some infections. They will give you some sort of decongestant spray that is geiven to them fred, but requires a prescription. I have used several and got varying relief. As with the others, if I never dove with any...
  19. famfubar

    I'm finishing OW today!

    hope it wnet well, just RELAX!!!!, that is the key
  20. famfubar

    Newbie needs help with breathing.

    great tips from all. had a lady in my cert class with same probem. instructor, had her snorkel in the shallow end in full gear, not moving until sherelaxed, took about 30 minutes, then exchanged the snorkel for a reg and let her just float face down for about 30 minutes then eased her to the...
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