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    best time/place for DIR-F?

    My advice is to take the class ASAP and to take it where they have an established setup. The drive to Brownies in Ft. Lauderdale shold not be too bad from Ft. Myers, but you might want to consider lining up a hotel for the night of the 1st diving day. You will probably be sore in places...
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    Trip report - Panama City August 28th

    I needed to get wet so I headed down to PCB. Got set up with Hydrospace and was able to get on 2 trips on Saturday. The first trip was a 6 hour offshore and the second was a 4 hour inshore night dive. ydrospace even agreed to let me dive my doubles. I had to treat them as if it were two...
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    Got my new SP XXL Jet Fins

    I wear a size 13 shoe and even with the larger Scubapro booties the XXL Jets were too big. My LDS ordered them based on my shoe size (Scubapro lists the XXl for size 13-14 US shoe sizes) and today was my first chance to get them in the pool. They work, but are too sloppy. I will be keeping...
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    Wreck training/gear?

    I think that cramming everything into one course would lead to information overload. To me it seems that part of the reason you should take the classes seperately and over time is to have time for all the information to sink in and for you to get some dives in using what you have learned. At...
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    Boycott eBay and PayPal

    Just a quick update. My wife called an attorney who was recommended by a business associate of hers. After she contacted the attorney she called paypal in 1 last chance for them to correct the situation, they brushed her off as per the Paypal operating manual. I think the attorney Fed-Ex'd...
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    Boycott eBay and PayPal

    My wife runs a discussion board for adult entertainment topics. I will not give any more info than that. I will say that there are no picture galleries on the site. We have several lawyers who are board members and a few of them are already looking into this issue. There is even...
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    Boycott eBay and PayPal

    Be very careful in any dealings with PayPal and their parent eBay, especially if you are a merchant. My wife had been using PayPal for several years for merchant processing for her website and on March 25th they decided to lock her account With No Notice. She called in to find out why and it...
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    Will this equipment be allowed for DIR-F

    I know there are a lot of equipment threads right now, but I think that this one will cover some new ground. I am looking to do DIR-f either later this year (have to see how the vacation situation works out) or early next year, probably in Ft. Lauderdale. I have already made some equipment...
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    Too many divers?

    The difference in the condition of the reefs in the Key and the reefs in the Dry Tortugas are striking. The Tortugas are pretty much considered to be part of the same reef system, but they are under far less diver pressure due to their remote location. I know that the Keys reefs are also under...
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    Longer BPs...a good thing?...

    When I was looking at ordering a BP from Fred he told me to measure form the 2nd vertabrae to the bottom of the belt on my jeans. I am 6'4" and my measurement was something like 21". This put me in his XL backplate. I now have both the AL and SS plates and so far have not seen any issues in...
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    T handles for installing hose protectors

    As I switch gear around I always seem to find I have a new hose without a strain relief or hose protector (sleeve on hose near 1st stage designed to keep hose from chafing) and need to install this item. I have used a T-handle to do this at my LDS, but cannot seemt o find a set of these for my...
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    Trans Pac II....or ... the Trans Plate w/harness...pls answer quick

    $596 is pretty steep for a TransPac II. If you look around some of the shops along the NC coast you can probably find it much cheaper. I dove with the TPII for over a year and have now taken the wing from my setup (the Rec wing) and bolted it to a FredT backplate. This packs much smaller than...
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    Stay Away from Ramada Inn in Key Largo

    The hold on the 2nd card was NOT corrected. Our bank has a process in place to have such holds released and when the manager called the bank he was told what the process was and gathered all the needed information from me. This manager apparently did not follow through with the bank's...
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    Health of reefs around Key Largo

    When my wife and I dove Saturday on Pickle Barrel and the Pillars I noticed that a fair amount of the coral looked bleached out, especially in the Pickle Barrel area. These are fairly shallow reef sites, but I was surprised at the amount of white I saw on the coral structures. Has anyone else...
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    Why an STA?

    Fred T makes a nice light 2 piece STA that does not stick up too far. I also have 1 of the DR STAs and it is not contoured to the plate at all so it sticks up more. I used he cam straps off of the DR STA with my Fred T STA, so not much loss there. I love my plate and STA setup. The cool...
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    Stay Away from Ramada Inn in Key Largo

    I already talked to Ramada customer service and there is not much follow up they can do since the hotel is part of a franchise. I have asked for this matter to be reported up the chain and am waiting for a call-back from a supervisor on this issue. It also seems that the hotel may have changed...
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    Stay Away from Ramada Inn in Key Largo

    My wife and I went down to Key Largo this past weekend and I want to caution everyone to stay away from this hotel. We had nothing but trouble there. Here are some of the details of our story: We booked the room on my debit/credit card on a joint account. We called the hotel and told them...
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    Dive operators in Pensacola

    If we all drive down together PCB is our best option and we already have a couple of operators there that we dive with. Pensacola was brought up as an option because an airline that we use pretty often flies in there several times a day. Given that my wife is not on a set schedule it makes a...
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    Dive operators in Pensacola

    OK, so I have 2 recommendations so far. Does anyone have any other operators they have dealt with? I am just trying to get some research info from the fine people on this board and did not want to start any scuffles so if anyone else has suggestions please give me the name, number, what type...
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    Dive operators in Pensacola

    Does anyone have a suggestion on a good Pensacola dive operator? My wife and I are wanting to give this area a try and need to find a boat to go out on.
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