Dear Dork Divers Advice Column – Ask us your questions

[Queen]

Dear Dork Divers,

At the dive platform on Monday I got snickered at due to my ill fitting 3/2 wetsuit. Since it is a guys suit the sleeves are too long so I turn them back at the cuff, this was apparently funny to the uber-tec fella standing next to me. I looked at him and in my best Dork Diver fashion said "COWABUNGA" and did a flying back entry into the water...grinning like mad the entire time.

Did I uphold our credo well enough??

Sincerely,

Queen

 

[Teamcasa]

Dear Dork Divers,

At the dive platform on Monday I got snickered at due to my ill fitting 3/2 wetsuit. Since it is a guys suit the sleeves are too long so I turn them back at the cuff, this was apparently funny to the uber-tec fella standing next to me. I looked at him and in my best Dork Diver fashion said "COWABUNGA" and did a flying back entry into the water...grinning like mad the entire time.

Did I uphold our credo well enough??

Sincerely,

Queen

Now THAT'S what a true Dork Diver does! Welcome to the club!

Dave

 

[merxlin]

Dear Dork Divers,

At the dive platform on Monday I got snickered at due to my ill fitting 3/2 wetsuit. Since it is a guys suit the sleeves are too long so I turn them back at the cuff, this was apparently funny to the uber-tec fella standing next to me. I looked at him and in my best Dork Diver fashion said "COWABUNGA" and did a flying back entry into the water...grinning like mad the entire time.

Did I uphold our credo well enough??

Sincerely,

Queen

Extremely well done!

:wave-smil :wave-smil

 

[Land Locked]

Dear Dork Divers,

It has been two long weeks since I've been diving. I'm planning a four dive weekend and I'm wondering, should I take a refresher course?

One of these I'm hoping is going to be a night dive, what is the current HOT color for glow sticks these days?

Thanks in advance,

 

[tedtim]

Dear Dork Divers

One of my favourite foods is jalapeno peppers. A friend told me that if I eat them within six hours prior to going diving that my stomach expand so much on ascent that it would explode. Is this true?

Ay carumba

 

[markfm]

For night dives, I've heard that at least two, if not three, strobes (not those wimpy tank lights) are recommended, two attached to fins and the third on the tank.

That will let the other divers keep their eyes acclimated for when they surface.

(If passing another pair at night, be sure to point your flashlight at their masks, too, to check for signs of stress.)

 

[Land Locked]

So much for the carnival necklass' glow sticks I had been saving.

I guess I better start charging some batteries!

Thanks.....

 

[Teamcasa]

So much for the carnival necklass' glow sticks I had been saving.

I guess I better start charging some batteries!

Thanks.....

Oh no.. glow necklesses are fine for night dives. Just don't loose them in the water!

Dave

 

[RoyN]

Can I change my title to DDHF in place of Senior Member? I want to be one of the few Dork divers in California instead of those arrogant idiot D.I.R.

 

[dontaskme]

Dear Dork Divers
Im new to SB, and some of the abbreviations confuse me, especially LDS. I live here in Vegas and LDS stands for Latter Day Saints ( a religious org.). Is that what everyone means when they say support your LDS ?