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Hi, All, Please, I would appreciate it if this would not devolve into an argument about regulator types. Please! I’ve been looking for DATA about first stage failure rates, and have not found any. if anyone has DATA, I’d appreciate it. Confession: I’ve always used piston-type first stages...

Hi, All! About 20 years ago I joined this merry band of ocean aficionados, and never met a more delightful or more interesting crew. It looks like that tradition continues. Anyhow, I thought I’d say “Hello,” renew a few acquaintances (Net Doc was just a Net Intern when we first met!), and...

Ladies and Gentlemen, A few years ago I posted the note below. I am back for a short visit and thought some of you newer members might like to see how this all started. Note the names and dates of the early Board members. And note that NetDoc was really not a Doc back then--in spite of his...

Hi, When dirt was still young and I was getting certed for EAN, the basic line was EAN allowed divers with good bottom times to extend their dives at a given depth by reducing the nitrogen content of the "air" source. However, a few days back, I stated something along those lines and was...

Folks, After a prolonged absence due to, well, just due to..., I decided it was time to come home and look around. My goodness, the NetDoc has transformed this once sleepy site into an incredibly valuable tool for all divers, experienced and inexperienced, adept and inept, cool and fool, old...

In the Wilderness... Hi, All, Way back in 2000 I joined this Board and had a blast with the likes of folks like warhammer, Mad Mario, Iguana Don, Dee (of headrag fame), got4boyz, fishkiller, Texas Mike, keraluca, DameDykker, Rick Murchison, herman, and (even) the infamous NetDoc. And I...

Hi, Gang! After being away since just before Wilma, we headed back to Cozumel for two weeks of diving. We have been going there for well over 10 years and have felt that it was the best diving in North America; and we were more than curious about the diving after a year-and-a-half of...

For those of you heading for Truk or have been to Truk, you might try to see a re-run of the History Channel's program about Dogfights that covers Truk. It does not cover the sinking of all the ships, but does discuss Truk and some of the aspects of Operation Hailstorm. joewr

Hey, Gang, If you have been looking for a site to help you id critters, give this a try: http://www.shrimpcrabsandcrayfish.co.uk Although designed for aquarium lovers--and probably a little offensive to those of us who deplore fish collectors--it is useful. And fun... joewr

Folks, Last year my son gave me a book by the late Peter Maas called "The Terrible Hours" and it came to the top of my "To Read" pile just before my most recent trip. I could not put it down until I had finished it! It is nominally a story about the sinking of the new, state of the art...

Folks, We are now in the midst of hurricane season in the Caribbean and I thought it would, once again, be useful to put this website on our Board for your use: http://www.usatoday.com/weather/wfront.htm There are others including: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov For the Caribbean the...

Fellow (and Fellowette) Divers, Sometime ago we discussed the value of carrying a snorkel whilst scuba diving. I confessed to having abandoned mine due to the discomfort of having it attached to my mask strap (as well as having experienced having my masked stripped off by a diver...

Back home and trying to catch up on Mainland life! But before I get too deeply into the mundane stuff or everyday living, I will file this report on Kauai and Hawaii. We started our island trip with a week on Kauai and had the good fortune to hook up with another Board Member, Kauai_Diver...

But, we are not going to OZ! Instead we are headed for a week on Kauai and will dive with the very appropriately named, Kauai_Diver of this Board. Then we hop a plane to the Big Island for 3 weeks of unalloyed pleasure there. I will only be able to duck in and out of the Board in the...

Fellow Fans of Photography, For years I have been an admirer of Norbert Wu's u/w photography. It shows up in every scuba magazine and is frequently recognizeable in the art work of "normal" magazines. However, I have so many books on photography that I never grabbed his of the shelf and...

Jay D'Bee, I just heard that Johnny(sp?)Cochrane(sp?)(Remember Oj's Dream Team?) is representing the gentleman who was attacked by a shark recently in the Bahamas. The site was Freeport on Grand Bahama. Who will be the defendant(s)? Dive shop(s) that offer shark dives in the Bahamas...

Well, there I was, waiting for the grandson to arrive, munching some couscous and skimming through my newly arrived "Scuba Diving" magazine when I damn near put my spoon in my eye. WARHAMMER HAS BEEN PUBLISHED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YEP, LOOK ON PAGE 44--RIGHT AT THE...

Friends, Romans and Scubadivers, Chantal is now a full fledged tropical storm and that prompts me to post these two sites that I use when trip planning: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ and http://www.usatoday.com/weather We usually avoid the Caribbean from late July to late October, but...

Hi, gang, Today's paper had an article about a shark attack in the Bahamas. I thought someone mentioned this on the Board. But I cannot find the thread. The attack was off Freeport, Grand Bahama Is. and the victim was a swimmer, not a diver. Because I have dived many, many times in the...

Hello all you guys who have dived Guam! We are heading to Micronesia next March and will stop in Guam for several days. We will be at the Royal Orchid Hotel (near the A/P) and wanted to dive with a shop that was nearby. Any recommendations? Does anybody know anything about the Guam...