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Very interesting. As a 27 year old I think full retirement is at 67 for people my age now...I'm following along to hear what other wiser divers think...

Hi everyone, It's been a cool minute since I was last on the board. I've had a TON of stuff going on simultaeneously (typo?). But in the end I am a LOT happier and actually came out with a decent gig of a job. I never knew that our local utilities actually have use for us Natural Resource...

Can you give some more info? Sounds interesting...who, what, where, when, why, how...?

That's crazy to hear! I'm not PADI but when I did my beginning class we had to do a 500 yards swim NO mask/fins, 15 min tread, and 25 yd u/w swim. It was hard because I was not a great swimmer. I ended up questioning if I could hack the cert. Where I got my cert in NorCal a 500 yd surface swim...

What RJP said.

Spoken like a true prophet. That pretty much summed up the situation. I found that 99% of the instructors I've worked with are either a) in their 20's or b) put off starting a family. Having a kid or becoming serious with someone is pretty much the nail in the coffin to your career as a...

Nice...

I need my NICOTINE!!!!!!:D How very odd...helpful and true yet so very odd. I worked with a few instructors who explained the exact same thing you are describing...I guess a buck-fifty pack of cigs can take you farther than a buck-fifty worth of chow?:blinking:

Really? At least it was in the Carribean. The last resort I worked at...after room and board I made around five and half bucks an hour based on a forty hour week...and it only went down from there because I maybe had one or two forty hour weeks...you know the saying "A DMs work is from dawn till...

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:rofl3: I can't wait to tell that one to all my buddies who just did their ITC! But on the bummer side...a DM makes even less...reality check:depressed:

Nobody talks about making a living as an AI because nobody can make a living as an AI! If you wanna be an instructor, don't expect to be sipping champagne and eating caviar too often...it's a hard living, especially in a non-vacation destination. Most instructors I know do it as a part-time job...

The USN?!?!?! As in "Accelerate your life" USN??? That's freakin' awesome! I've never heard anybody say that...at least they let you blow $hit up. Maybe I should try to get a c-card from them...do they offer a weekend course? :D knotical that is the funniest thing I've heard all week, I'm gonna...

Oh no...that question can start a bar fight! I am not going to mention any agencies or what I think of them. What I am going to say is it's not the agency that makes the course, it's the instructor. The agencies will set guidelines, some set strict guidelines (no more, no less) and others set...

I just got "The Silent World" by Jacques Cousteau as a gift from a friend. It seems like a good read from what I've heard. It's a little late to start reading...but I'm diving in tomorrow, with a BIG cup of coffee. I'll be sure to come back and post on it.

Ah yes...the venerable DMC must become a master taskloader. That's what my instructors would call that, "taskloading". As a DMC you shouldn't be leading a group of OW students on their first dive/tour...unless I misunderstood? There should have been an instructor/DM supervising, for safety sake...

An OW cert should really be called "a license to learn". You really learn a lot in OW but all those skills are really to teach you how to survive a dive. Before you move on to AOW I would suggest you get AT LEAST 30-40 dives in you logbook. There are so many things that you must master with an...

A 120 cu ft? Aren't those the size they transport gasoline in on the back of big rigs?:D No really, that's cool. I've seen them but never used them. Only 80's and 60's for me. 60's when I hike in or help teach/guide because I am not usually the limiting factor. I would love to try a 120 soon...

I too believe in Covediver's steady state theory of lost dive gear. I always called it take a penny. leave a penny with dive gear. I lost an abalone gauge and bar then the next week found a weight belt with 35 lbs in the same bay. I one time lost my mask on a newbie stride ten feet down into the...

Good form, Ken. D@mn good form!

Has anybody ever applied for a DFG collection permit? Outcome? Anybody have one?