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    Dry to Fly - or - Booze for Bonaire

    Hi all, as many of you know making one's goals public is a great motivator and can really cement the effort in the mind of the one changing his or her habits. To that end I invite you to hear my goal: My girlfriend and I have decided to drastically reduce our level of alcohol...
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    Tired of naysayers

    Hi folks, I've been reading and taking courses and learning a lot lately about SCUBA gear. Combined with a sound idea of calculated risk management, I've really been finding the DIY naysayers to be ignorant and unhelpful when I ask questions in the more general fora. How do you deal...
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    Shooting a SMB: Left hand or right hand?

    Hi folks, when orally inflating the SMB and when shooting, do you manage, inflate, and deploy the bag with the left hand (so you can still deploy the long hose if necessary) while the right hand removes the reg from your mouth? OR, do you manage the the bag and deploy with your right...
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    OOA at 75'

    Hi gang! I was a participant in an incident at a local wall the other day and I am struggling to find lessons learned. Location: A deep wall, night dive, temps 46F. Visibility was quite good >40'. The bottom is 160+ and planned depth was 100'. The divers: a group of 3 AOW level divers...
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    NiMH Battery Life?

    Hey gang! I have a chance to get a used Green Force canister light. It's been well used: >200 dives at depths to 400'. What's the expected life in charge cycles or years? FTR it's 2 x flexi II batts, a 10w HID lamp w/Goodman handle, cord, and charger for asking price $800 CDN. Thanks, VI
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    Tek 3 vs DS4 for doubles

    So. Tek3's are more expensive, DS4s may be better routed for single tanks. Is the slickness of the Tek3 in a doubles setup really worth the cost? Are they that slick? I'm looking to upgrade my regs, piecemeal, to something that will work on doubles and - until i get the doubles - single tanks...
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