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    Got my card.

    Funny enough, my wife is more accepting of this as a hobby than my shooting. hahaha. It will be cheaper, that's for sure.
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    Got my card.

    Will do! :D Already looking forward to figuring out my next diving trip.
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    Tell Dive Store Owners How You Feel

    I don't care, really. Just be able to provide the knowledge I need at a price I will pay. Too short, the OW cert was almost like a really light overview of what one might need to know... and really didn't give a lot of in depth knowledge that would be helpful, like a more in depth module or...
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    Got my card.

    For sure. I hunt, so I'm already handy with a compass, and in almost zero vis I got my little group back to shore on compass only with us coming out about 10' from where we entered. I can do better though. Between all the edible animals, and the feeling of being under water, I really wish I did...
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    Cert. cards can't be revoked for cause?

    That is precisely what you are advocating. "Teeth", or some sort of regulatory force to remove freedom from another who has been deemed "naughty" in some respect or another.
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    Got my card.

    Thanks. I want to get a few dives under my belt, and then look into something supremely useful like navigation or search and recovery.
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    Got my card.

    Over the weekend I got my SSI Open Water dives completed and took home a shiny new card. I was pretty amazed at how easy it was, I think the hardest part of the process was finding the time to read through the book a few times, and keep boyle's law straight. Total of 80 minutes down between the...
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    Damselfish and Lionfish

    and don't forget the cane toads.
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    Kicking styles.

    I don't know whether to worship you, or hunt you to display you over my fireplace.
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    Rescued the Out of Air Newby today

    Well Mr. Bond, I use hunting as my excuse for wearing several knives on me at any one time. ;) Right now, working, I have two on. Which makes sense, as I work in the exceedingly dangerous and hostile office environment. DandyDon - with no air, he still has a snorkel to switch to, providing a...
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    Rescued the Out of Air Newby today

    I was wondering about this, at the surface, if he didn't blow up his bcd, would it have been prudent to pull his weights? That would ensure buoyancy at the surface.
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    Kicking styles.

    Understood. Thanks for the link, I'm going to read through it over the next couple days here. With rental gear it might be a beast to get proper weighting, unless I rent from a single shop only, which wouldn't be impossible. Revolving kit will make it a pita.
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    Kicking styles.

    Well, I was asking more if it was the correct video, it was the correct skill. ;) I think I might have to try it. Going skin diving this weekend, might be able to work up to a few seconds of safe downtime to try it.
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    Kicking styles.

    Was it this one Bob? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLcITiZYUdA&feature=fvst It looks like something to try out, the power stroke looks awkward.
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    Fear of deep water

    Bah! I replied to a necro. :D
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    Kicking styles.

    Yes, 18#. Even with that I found myself "caught" a couple times at the surface - I'd claim that as operator error though. 7mm suit, and a few more pounds of fat than I need made me think that's why I was carrying the extra lead. Now that I think of it, I kept falling forward whenever I tried to...
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    Kicking styles.

    Finally decided to make my first thread here. I didn't find much in my forum searching but that could be because I'm not sure about search terms. Something we didn't cover in my OW training was methods of propulsion. I have the flutter kick and dolphin kick down from swimming, but I see people...
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    Isn't scuba supposed to be fun too?

    Yeah, hence my previous comment about zealots and echo chambers. :) Granted, I'm new, so I've only seen the DIR/GUE stuff so far. I'm sure with enough time I'll see a more balanced representation. It begs to be said though that it's not that bad. That's what I think is attracting me to diving...
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    Rescued the Out of Air Newby today

    Crass. By far better to help him learn from his mistake, so he can make more creative ones in the future.
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    Isn't scuba supposed to be fun too?

    Specifically who do you mean by "you"? If you meant me, then naw, just an observation. I saw the point of the thread and left it alone, spending my time trying to learn about fins and how to stop some cramping. See, the neat thing is, there is only one way to shoot a gun, shoot a deer, shoot a...
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