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    recently certified, got lots of random questions

    Great responses from others, I'll add my input too so you can get as objective response as you can with a blend of the various answers. 1 - habit as someone else said. Why "would" you hold your breath? No reason to. 2 - despite there being no reason to hold your breath, even if you did...
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    Lost dive holiday whilst in the Maldives - do I have a case?

    Great attitude, and exactly the professionalism that deserves business; this was precisely what was lacking in the Velassaru dive centre. Great response :)
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    Article: Dive dry with dr. Bill #478: A courting we will go?

    How did I get from this to: Watching a Tom & Jerry cartoon, reading a Wikipedia page on banjos and watching Burl Ives and Tex Ritter (never even heard of those guys...?!) on YouTube... All because you mentioned "a courting" and something to do with frogs going a-courting :) (Loved the Tom &...
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    Lost dive holiday whilst in the Maldives - do I have a case?

    Exactly :) Spot on my opinion. Others on this thread have thrashed me saying it's my fault. Keeping in mind that at the time I didn't know a thing about the paperwork or process, and the dive centre did: I didn't know about medicals; the dive centre did I didn't know about that medical...
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    Lost dive holiday whilst in the Maldives - do I have a case?

    I guess the difference with me is that I did make the trouble and effort to contact them and exchange extensive and protracted correspondence with them. To piggy back onto this reply rather than make individual responses to others' queries: 1 - Someone asked if I'd been bothered to understand...
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    Lost dive holiday whilst in the Maldives - do I have a case?

    NO NO NO - this is *not* what I'm suggesting. What I do is send the form to people in advance and explain that they need to be able to answer NO to all the questions; if there's anything that they answer YES to then I explain they need to get a doctor's sign off (and I can also recommend a...
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    Nemo Wide - "Fast Ascent" on *every* dive - too sensitive?

    I summary: My question is "Is the Fast Ascent rate a bit too sensitive making it quite a useless indicator?" The detail follows: I've seen the thread from 2007 where someone complained that they've had their Nemo complain about Fast Ascent on every dive. Me too: Mine's logged 143 dives...
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    Lost dive holiday whilst in the Maldives - do I have a case?

    I live in the UK I wanted to do my PADI Open Water course with my kids - 2010. We decided to go to the Maldives. After some googling we settled on Velassaru I contacted the island and asked them to put me in touch with their onsite dive centre. I emailed the dive centre explaining precisely...
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    PADI paperwork: Can the ConEd Admin Document be used for Open Water?

    *I'm in the UK (therefore EU (*PIL) admin forms apply* The PADI Instructor Manual says for Open Water: Forms Required Liability Release and Assumption Of Risk Agreement (10072) Medical Statement (10063) Standard Safe Diving Practices Statement of Understanding (10060) The Continuing...
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    Drift Diving scares me.

    Yeah I think I also share your point of view too Bubbletrouble. I thought again about this and have another example that I think reflects what you've just said. When I was a DSD Leader (for those that don't know: this is a PADI Divemaster who has done the bolt-on to allow them to give DSDs...
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    Drift Diving scares me.

    Yes and no. Under the PADI system, all a PADI Instructor is is a facilitator of the PADI Training System; it is actually the PADI Training System that is training the student. And therefore as long as the Performance Requirements are met then the student can move on. Rightly or wrongly...
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    Newbie help for equalizing pressure in ears and buoyancy control

    All good advice - I'll add my comments as if I hadn't read other replies. Buoyancy is something you'll get used to over time so I won't bother with that subject: it's covered in your training. Equalizing: Have you ever been on a plane? Or been on a mountain road and come down into the...
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    Some Advice Required

    I'll answer this with two answers: 1 - my own personal trial diving experience (when I was at your level) 2 - my opinion now that I have >100 dives and am an instructor and have been in similar dives (in Sep11) with an abyss below me and just "the blue" all around. 1 - my trial diving...
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    Chest discomfort after pool portion of OW training - is it normal?

    My input: I get this / used to get this. I've now just a little over 100 loggable dives (in open water - I don't count the pool sessions). This is what was causing it for me: It a personal thing for me that I found myself rather being slightly negative buoyant so I didn't slowly drift up to...
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    Mask clearing problems.........

    Aha - I joined padi (DM) just recently in June/July so Q3 2011 was my first Undersea Journal; and in the shop I borrowed Q1. I've simply missed Q2 so I'll grab that from them when I'm next there after Christmas. Thank you for your advice!! I'm all for making it simple and stress free for...
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    Did mask removal feel like a punch for anyone else?

    Doesn't that wash away any defog you've done (saliva or otherwise) and you're then forced to constantly flood and clear just to keep your mask clear from fogging?
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    Mask clearing problems.........

    I think I might have read your post in this thread because at the weekend when I was assigned a very nervous student who had problems with mask clearing I mentioned this exact point. The student's issue was that during the head-tilt-back at the end, a tiny little drop of water would trickle at...
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    Mask clearing problems.........

    Instructors I've team-taught with, and myself, don't mind the student keeping their eyes closed. Under the PADI system, there is no Performance Requirement to keep your eyes open. So in summary: keep your eyes closed. I have seen people have their photos taken with their regs out, masks off...
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    Mask clearing problems.........

    In Reply to your post Mask clearing problems......... Hey :) You've had a lot of advice in the forum so this is just another breakdown for you - something, somewhere in this thread will help you. Sorry you live in Staffordshire and not Surrey otherwise I'd invite you to a pool session as...
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    Dive Computer: why they don't take into account your breathing rate?

    Thanks Thal. You're right: increased work load / increased blood flow is fundamentally what I was considering; increased breathing rate is just a symptom. So the questionable concept is this one...
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