DIR-Why Black?

[lamont]

I guess JJ must not know how to use his light

Since GI3 uses a clear mask skirt, doesn't that mean JJ knows how to use his light?

 

[riguerin]

Well, its a lot better than black or green... And around here we usually don't have ambient light and have to rely on light from HIDs, so all the available light is fairly white anyway...

Understood, now. Thanks for the explanation.

 

[Don Burke]

Are you serious about this ???

Yep, there were even bicentennial fins made of red white and blue rubber

You have to let TekDiveGirl know were she can find a pair ! She would kill for a pair of pink jets size XL. :laughing:

She might have to. I have seen some pretty big money bid for them on eBay.

 

[Snowbear]

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[MXGratefulDiver]

GI3 went on a rant ...

'Nuff said ... that's pretty much all anybody will remember anyway ... :browsmile

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

 

[MXGratefulDiver]

Just curious, why the push for black gear when diving DIR?

Well, mebbe a little song will help explain it all ...


I see a red wing and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the strokes walk by dressed in their neon clothes
I have to turn my head because their snorkel glows
I see a line of fins and they’re all painted black
My drysuit came in blue I have to take it back
I see people turn their heads and quickly look away
Like a rant from GI3 it just happens ev’ry day
I look inside my mask and see the skirt is black
I see my red wing and it has been painted black
Maybe then I’ll fade away and not have to face the facts
It’s not easy to find your team when their whole kit is black

No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue
My gear will be black till they invent a darker hue
If I look hard enough with my Halcyon HID
I’ll spot the blue H on my buddy’s BCD

I see a red wing and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the strokes walk by dressed in their neon clothes
I have to turn my head because their snorkel glows
Hmm, hmm, hmm,...
I wanna see it painted, painted black
Black as night, black as coal
I wanna see the sun blotted out from the sky
I wanna see it painted, painted, painted, painted black
Yeah!


... (ducking quickly for cover) ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

 

[Mo2vation]

Just curious, why the push for black gear when diving DIR?

The seemingly innocent query, yet the subject matter is ridiculous enough that if your brain isn't engaged you may actually think there is a "push for black gear when diving DIR..."

Nicely played.

I wear black because I like it. Land or sea. I wear black.

I have a Black DS. Everything else is black because that's the color it comes in (can light, wing, hood, rock boots, fins, etc...) Except for my blue gloves, the rest is black. Oh - my tank is the lovely dull gray all tanks aspire to.

I leave the colors to the Sandal's billboards. And the dive mag covers.

Black is the new black.

---
Ken

 

[dlwalke]

That is too #$%&ing funny!

Well, mebbe a little song will help explain it all ...


I see a red wing and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the strokes walk by dressed in their neon clothes
I have to turn my head because their snorkel glows
I see a line of fins and they’re all painted black
My drysuit came in blue I have to take it back
I see people turn their heads and quickly look away
Like a rant from GI3 it just happens ev’ry day
I look inside my mask and see the skirt is black
I see my red wing and it has been painted black
Maybe then I’ll fade away and not have to face the facts
It’s not easy to find your team when their whole kit is black

No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue
My gear will be black till they invent a darker hue
If I look hard enough with my Halcyon HID
I’ll spot the blue H on my buddy’s BCD

I see a red wing and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the strokes walk by dressed in their neon clothes
I have to turn my head because their snorkel glows
Hmm, hmm, hmm,...
I wanna see it painted, painted black
Black as night, black as coal
I wanna see the sun blotted out from the sky
I wanna see it painted, painted, painted, painted black
Yeah!


... (ducking quickly for cover) ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

 

[lamont]

Well, mebbe a little song will help explain it all ...

OMG, ROTFLMAOKLIA...

 

[Snowbear]

Well, mebbe a little song will help explain it all ...