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There was this time that I went diving in the Keys with some friends who only dive once a year. I was excited about the diving and so paid only nominal attention to my gear while checking out my tanks. Once I set up my first tank (after the boat had left, of course), I realized that it had...

I dive on USD Conshelfs that are 20-25 years old. They work fine in about every situation I've dove them in. I also have a couple of old backpacks and an old Parkway horsecollar that I drag out occassionally. Again, this works fine since it has been well cared for. Jay hit the nail squarely...

I always thought the due process clause was in the fourth ammendment. I guess I should stick to being a biologist and leave law to the lawyers. :rolleyes:

I have a set of USD Conshelfs that are about 20-25 years old. I got them used so there is no warrantee for me. They're great regs, even if I upgraded, I would still keep them and use them for basic dives and as back-ups. Given that I have no warrantee, if I could do the annual service myself...

I think that you confirmed what several of us were saying when you talked about CA being too cold. There's nothing wrong with being a warm water resort kind of diver, just understand that not everyone is. ;) Well, let's see: The NE coast has German U-boats and other historic military wrecks...

Now THAT would be a cool dive, especially if you encountered some of the freshwater seals that live there. :thumb:

For those of you who service your own gear, where did you learn how do to it? Are you just the tinkering sort who taught themselves or did you go get some formal training? Or did you have a friend who showed you or what? I am the tinkering sort who would eventually like to learn how to...

I think you mean the Fourth Ammendment. The Fifth Ammendment protects defendants from self-incrimination. :)

I agree that we shouldn't feel coerced to support anyone. However, to spend so much time in a LDS and then just buy online without even giving them the opportunity to make you a deal is simply acting in bad faith, IMHO. It's fine to hunt for bargains but you still need to give the LDS a chance...

If a log is needed, it will be the dive op asking for it when the trip is set up. By the time you get on the boat, this stuff should already be ironed out. I never take my log on the boat anyway as I don't want it to get wet and ruined. Sometimes dive ops (especially resorts) will ask to see...

If you are having problems with your sinuses then there might be some sort of blockage. This might be caused by some feature of your sinuses or by some slight swelling that you may not even be aware of. The best thing would be for you to visit an ENT who knows something about diving and get this...

You would probably get a more thorough answer in either the Dive Medicine or Dr. Deco parts of the forum. Walter is right, there is no such thing as a "lower altitude" flight as anything over 1000ft is considered "altitude" and all comercial airliners are pressurized to 8000ft anyway. As for...

I do get stamps from dive ops when available. If you wanna keep that stuff in a new book, why not just cut out the pages and paste them into the new book? That way you will have the sigs and stuff as well. Or you could just make photocopies to put in the new book. It is a good thing that...

Way to go, Bob. I bet that guy will think twice before complaining about not being able to sell anything. ;) I remember being told that it's ok to buy cheaper gear when you get started out and then just upgrade it later as you become better at diving. :rolleyes:

That sounds about right. :D

I was actually told that as something that PADI tries to say. I thought they were just pulling my leg to get me to sign up with NAUI. :rofL:

We all know that. The point is that you choose all "warm water resort" type locations with one "token" locale in the U.S. :rolleyes:

has great diagrams of the major types of regs (first and second stage) as well as tons of theory on how they work.

would certainly be interesting. ;)

That's baaaaaaaaad. ;) :rofL: