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I've dived with seriously less experienced buddies. That's fine, that's one of the reasons I got to where I am today (by diving with and being mentored by more experienced buddies), and I'm more than happy to pay that debt back by mentoring n00bs. But to me, the plan/pre-dive chat is holy...

A mole is a small mammal who likes burrowing in the ground. Alternatively, a melatonin-rich small patch of skin, usually roughly circular (if it isn't, DO check in with your GP ASAP) A mol is 6.022e23 molecules. They are not the same (insert meme here)

I took my RD with PADI, one of the most US-American agencies you can find. Even there, they taught us the Good Samaritan clause. Wouldn't a lawsuit against a Good Samaritan be thrown out directly?

The first thing they teach you in Rescue class is not to make one fatality into two. IOW, unless you can rescue the distressed person without unacceptable risk, don't. A DM should know that. "I tried, but in my evaluation the risk was too great". As you said, there are limits.

Well, there's a lot of diving practices which are noticably more controversial than that. Personally, I wouldn't dive with you (but that's my choice), but I can't see that your opinions are particularly controversial. I've heard those opinions quite a few times. Just be open about your...

A prudent person would read the updated ToS

Maybe - just maybe - you're a sensible person. Just spitballin' here, mind you

That comment is grossly sexist. Really unnecessarily grossly sexist. What the heck has looks to do with the subject discussed? Depends totally on your type of diving. You're making the error of assuming that everyone's diving experience equals yours.

I'm mostly browsing the 'net (including SB) on Android Opera. Never had any issues.

There has been several reports about posts in this thread. On Scubaboard, moderation is deliberatley scarce. Only personal attacks, above-PG13-content and unsafe diving practice are actively moderated, any other topic is left to the members to refute. If SB members believe that posts are...

Like you say, 30m is 3 barG, 4 BarA. 3 bar water pressure, 1 bar surface pressure. For DCS calcs, you have to consider barA. I have serious problems understanding how this can be confusing. Perhaps we should start being consistent about using barA (or psiA) instead of messing with barG (or psiG)?

Whenever I dive, there's a dive leader. For club dives we have a club DL (mostly to ensure that # of heads surfacing = # of heads submerging and making sure folks don't stay below much longer than planned. If any of those fail, call Emergency Services). In every buddy pair or threesome, one...

If you dive independently (that is, without a DM from your commercial dive op to hold your hand under water), dive leadership skills are quite valuable. Even in an independent buddy pair. My CMAS 3* cert (Euro non-com DM) is perhaps the most valuable cert I've ever taken. And I have a day job...

Over here on the right side of the pond we have this thing called club diving. As, in, non-commercial clubs. Every club dive has a dive leader. The dive leader should as a minimum be able to check certs to ensure that every member is formally qualified for the dive, and ensure that # heads...

Well, stuff happens and sh*t managers are found all over the world. Even in the land of the free and the brave, which to many non-US folks sometimes present as a developing, not a developed country. If you're surprised that sh*t managers exist also in AUS, I'd recommend that you update your...

And at least one of my tank boots has a slot to secure that handle

It most definitely isn't. I'm not dissing solo per se (to each their own), but solo is very much not for me. If not for anything else, I at least want the emergency services to have a decent idea about where to find my body so my family can get some closure. All my posts are written by a...

I guess that alleviates some of my concerns with the 50 bar/500 psi dichotomy. Now, it's more than 10 years since I got my OWD cert, but I'm pretty sure we were taught "safety stop, 50 bar". And if SHTF you don't have to stay at the safety stop, you go straight up to that big, wonderful supply...

When I got my OWD cert, I was taught to surface with at least 50 bar left in my tank. No matter whether I dived a 10L, a 12L or a 15L. I gotta admit, I stretched that "rule" a little bit. As long as I arrived at my safety stop with 50 bar left, I was good. Or at least, I thought so. Now, 50...

I guess it's up to the instructor (again). But my RD class was one of the most useful diving classes I've taken. It taught me how I respond to a stressful emergency situation, and subsequently how I can improve that response. Sure, the scenarios were quite contrived, but still. It got my...