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Excellent info in the NOAA Diving manual. The info in Jill's video is just plain wrong. O2, especially under pressure, is an oxidizer and not a combustible itself. She should know this with her level of training. I do recall once having my O2 regulator make a "pop" when I opened the valve. I...

I've been out of the water for several years. Actually servicing some gear now so I can get back in the water soon :) In any event I took a discover scuba in St. Thomas from a cruise ship and that's how I got the diving bug. I recall it being a very "rushed" process as a whole to get everyone in...

Been away from diving for awhile myself and I'm saddened to learn of this. Lynne was awesome. A nice, helpful person and diver. Condolences....

I've not been in the water for quite some time nor on Scubaboard. Hoping to change that soon and decided to logon to SB. Not good news I hope this turns out OK. Prayers......

Until the shops are able to charge more for classes there just won't be enough money to pay anyone what they're worth. Most shops are just trying to get the rent paid. Unless something changes I just don't see it getting any better. Tech training demands a bit more $ but that's even tight given...

Divemaster - Been there done that. I really enjoyed it for awhile and the knowledge gained (not sure of the latest course) and experience helping new divers was worthwhile. But my local shop eventually closed and people moved on. I made a few $ on the big classes, got some free air and meals...

While one could use an H or Y valve for that type of setup it's really overkill for single tank diving. Not sure of your experience level but you should concentrate more on gas planning, a good buddy system and maintaining your gear so you are not worried about an OOA situation resulting from a...

That pretty much sums it up :)

Have a great trip! I was there diving with Atlantis May 20-23 and got in 8 dives and some great photos.

Interesting :) I plan most of my dives using Vplanner +2. I'm always trying to get the point across to just "plan the dive, dive the plan" to some of my dive buddies. Many "dive the computer" and use tables for backup. I could see doing that for a dive that had many variables, many depth changes...

I was being facetious :)

My personal limits are 30 feet on nitrox. Air is for tires :D Anything over 30 and I dive Trimix 18/45 no exceptions.

After seeing 2 dive shops go under in my area, and a friend's jewelry business, I feel that one absolutely needs to tune in to a new way of doing business. Old school business models just won't cut it today. Bottom line is that you have to move products to make any profits. You can't make a...

Hey Kurt I got your PM. Don't fret too much. The club I'm in wasn't built overnight (many of us have been friends for many years through other shops etc.). It's tough running dives (we schedule a few trips through the club) and trips and working around peoples schedules, boat cancellations...

I think if that was to happen to me I would have insisted on X-rays asap. I went to the ER a number of years ago with pneumonia that developed after the Flu. I was very sick. The ER doc said "I don't know what to tell you" I was like :shocked2: . I started to feel like I was overreacting, bad...

If you dive a lot you will eventually be exposed to something. I've been diving 9 years. I highly value my past training especially Resue and Divemaster, CPR/EFR. So far this is what I've seen or dealt with: 1. Assisted a diver / "new" buddy back to the boat. At the surface he stated he didn't...

I just dove the Jodrey a few weeks ago. Wondering when I'll be able to do a dive like that again? Time will tell. We got lucky and scored some of the last remaining bottles on the East Coast. Or so we were told anyway. So much for my Trimix course :D

I put aquaseal where the teeth were pulling away from the fabric. I then sewed some heavy duty thread in between several of the spaces in between the teeth to out beyond the tear. This brought the fabric together and closed up the tear. After that dried I think I put another coat of aquaseal on...