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  1. Dirty-Dog

    what do you wear under your wetsuit?

    As mentioned, board shorts and conventional trunks bunch up and are really uncomfortable. I wear compression shorts. They're comfortable. And I can stick a pair of board shorts in my dry bag to change into on the way back to the dock without risking frightening other divers so badly that they...
  2. Dirty-Dog

    What Is Your Favorite Way To Spend The Rest Of Your Day In Coz After A 2-Tank?

    Eat too much and then lay on the beach with our feet up saying "Why yes, I'd love another drink. Thank you."
  3. Dirty-Dog

    Whiskers, when will they grow back?

    1 - Take a screw out of your other fin. 2 - Take the screw and head to the hardware store. 3 - Buy one that matches. In fact, they're cheap. So buy several.
  4. Dirty-Dog

    Dive shop recommendations for Cancun

    We have done 150-200 dives with Alvaro. If you are diving around Cancun, you won't find better.
  5. Dirty-Dog

    Time for Flu shots

    Ahhh, I see. Then I'm sure you'll be happy to provide some source that supports this statement. I'm sure you're as aware as I am that an anecdotal report from a couple of neighbors doesn't exactly equal science.
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    Frequency of advanced divers practicing CESAs ? [Poll]

    That final statement does not speak highly of the knowledge base of PADI instructors...
  7. Dirty-Dog

    Time for Flu shots

    And that is sooooooo much worse than spending 7-10 days laid up with the flu. That sort of reaction is possible with pretty much any vaccination, and your neighbors are very much in the minority. We just vaccinated our entire ED. One person told me they had that reaction.
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    Frequency of advanced divers practicing CESAs ? [Poll]

    Mine did. Oh my ghad! You're telling me we violated standards???? ;)
  9. Dirty-Dog

    Frequency of advanced divers practicing CESAs ? [Poll]

    Free diving classes will teach you to hold your breath and ascend rapidly. Not exactly the best training to fall back on when your lungs are even partially filled with compressed gas.
  10. Dirty-Dog

    Frequency of advanced divers practicing CESAs ? [Poll]

    Meh. That's more marketing hype than anything else, and there are tons of people who would say that what's marketed as "Advanced Open Water" should more accurately be called "Open Water Part II." I did OW, and AOW the very next day. So when I finished, I had (not counting a handful of dives I...
  11. Dirty-Dog

    Open water qualification dives

    If you're doing your certification dives at the Blue Hole, here's what you can expect. It's cold, dark, and there's nothing to see. Personally, I've always wondered how the Blue Hole qualifies as an open water dive in the first place. It's just an 80' wide, 80' deep pool. Generally, you'll hit...
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    Systematic use of oxygen analyzers by advanced divers ? [Poll].

    I do not verify air, as a general rule. If it's not air, I verify 100% of the time.
  13. Dirty-Dog

    Fatal accident in Fontanazzi Cave and protests towards IANTD

    From the IANTD site for the Advanced Nitrox course: As you can see, if you're IANTD AN certified, then DP is automatic.
  14. Dirty-Dog

    Multideco on Chromebook????

    Then.... there's your answer. No. Chromebook is Linux-based, so it's not Windoze/Mac compatible.
  15. Dirty-Dog

    First Coz trip - need help planning

    I don't know if anyone guarantees afternoon dives. Aldora will pick you up pretty much anyplace south of the port. The shore diving is meh pretty much anyplace, but most anyplace with an in-house shop will rent you a tank. (Edit) According to their page, Aldora has daily afternoon one-tankers...
  16. Dirty-Dog

    Redundant air with SM configuration

    Probably, yes. But it depends on how big a hoover you are. I once saw a guy blow through an AL80 in 12 minutes, and never get below 30'.
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    Redundant air with SM configuration

    Sidemount is inherently redundant. The way I was trained (and I think this is pretty much standard...) is that you don't breath down either tank. I generally switch about every 500 PSI. If you're staying within recreational limits, and diving double AL80s, you'd have to be one of the biggest air...
  18. Dirty-Dog

    HOG BCD

    I'm a warm water wussy. I don't dive dry, even in the cenotes. I generally dive in just a dive skin. Good for you, if it was intentional. I'm so sorry, if it was something like chemotherapy (I dropped 80 pounds in 6 months on the chemo diet...). Ditto. I just had that harness out, replacing...
  19. Dirty-Dog

    Camera suggestion needed!

    You can get a clip on macro lens for the Hero. I had one of THESE for the 3 for quite a while. Until Kim used that camera, forgot to attach the lanyard, and it popped off on the ladder. I found that I never used the macro lens anyway, just the filter, so I replaced it with just a red filter.
  20. Dirty-Dog

    Missed deco stop, lock out?

    In the "Features" list, the Petrel manual specifically says So it will allow you to be just as foolish as you want. Their "warning" page and the disclaimers are also entertaining.
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