Do those moments start coming at 34?
Dumbest Thing You Have Done...
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Laurence Stein DDS
Medical Moderator
Diverbouy,
Hey, I saw your picture...34...looks to be a little light don't you think (or get a better picture) Perhaps you were referring to the lobster which is also to the right of your buddy.
Larry Stein
Hey, I saw your picture...34...looks to be a little light don't you think (or get a better picture) Perhaps you were referring to the lobster which is also to the right of your buddy.
Larry Stein
It's sad being a 34 year old living in a 40+ year old's body.
I very (I mean very) rarely drink (on the cruise ship I had 3 Pina Coladas, prior to that it had been like 6 months), I've never smoked, never done drugs (ok there is Claritin), never did the party-life thing. I developed all my grey hair in my mid 20's now the sides are peppered - my wife likes to make me feel better, she says "makes you look more distinguished" <rotfl> I explain it all away to a high stress job, poor diet, and children!
Here is my strapping self over 10 years ago in a wedding photo:
I very (I mean very) rarely drink (on the cruise ship I had 3 Pina Coladas, prior to that it had been like 6 months), I've never smoked, never done drugs (ok there is Claritin), never did the party-life thing. I developed all my grey hair in my mid 20's now the sides are peppered - my wife likes to make me feel better, she says "makes you look more distinguished" <rotfl> I explain it all away to a high stress job, poor diet, and children!
Here is my strapping self over 10 years ago in a wedding photo:
Laurence Stein DDS
Medical Moderator
Diverbouy,
Woah, I'm too judgemental--perhaps you are younger. Nice picture.
You really gotta get a lower stress job. You're current one is killing you! Perhaps it IS the children!
Try some Oil of Olay!
Regards,
Larry Stein
Woah, I'm too judgemental--perhaps you are younger. Nice picture.
You really gotta get a lower stress job. You're current one is killing you! Perhaps it IS the children!
Try some Oil of Olay!
Regards,
Larry Stein
Gman0520
Guest
How's this.....
Swam to the anchor line, realized I forgot my speargun, swam back to the ladder, climbed back into the boat, realized I also forgot my gloves, put my gloves on, went back in the water, swam to the anchor line and realized I forgot my speargun again.
I also have had a remora stuck on the back of my thigh. I'd shoo it away only to have come back a few minutes later. It actually followed me all the way back to the boat.
Swam to the anchor line, realized I forgot my speargun, swam back to the ladder, climbed back into the boat, realized I also forgot my gloves, put my gloves on, went back in the water, swam to the anchor line and realized I forgot my speargun again.
I also have had a remora stuck on the back of my thigh. I'd shoo it away only to have come back a few minutes later. It actually followed me all the way back to the boat.
Dryglove
Contributor
Diving with a cold.I was so desperate to go diving that i took some cold decongestant and went diving with a stuffy head cold.I had a heck of a time equalizing on the way down.I tried every method i could think of and managed to get down to 35'.I thought i was cool till it was time to ascend.I was unable to equalize on the way back up.The results were one blown ear drum and an ear infection on the other side.Not so cool.
Thats what i call learning the hard way.....hehe
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Thats what i call learning the hard way.....heheut:
I have never broken anything yet, but I have done a few stupid things.
After almost two full weeks in Grand Cayman, we got some tanks from Divetech at Cobalt Coast and decided to go a little further down the road and find a dive spot.
We find a likely stretch of deserted beach and get all our gear out and start setting it up. Which is when I realize that I left my regulator assembly and dive computer back at the house. :bonk:
I went back to the diveshop and was just going to rent a regulator for the dive, but changed my mind. Figured we had more than a weeks worth of diving logged already, and planned to do more that day. If I dove without my computer for this dive, it wouldnt be properly tracking my nitrogen load and therefore throw off my subsequent dives.
Better safe than sorry, so I skipped that dive. While my two buddies dove, I ran back to the house and picked up my gear (as well as something one of them forgot) and met them back onshore just as they finished up the dive.
I am also in the habit of turning my air on to check my guage and regs then turning it back off if it is going to be a while before we get in the water (rental tanks are notorious for leaking around the valves and o-rings). I have jumped in a few times with air off, and once or twice with power inflator disconnected. Neither of these has ever been a problem tho, as I regularly practice valve drills and often orally inflate my wings.
After almost two full weeks in Grand Cayman, we got some tanks from Divetech at Cobalt Coast and decided to go a little further down the road and find a dive spot.
We find a likely stretch of deserted beach and get all our gear out and start setting it up. Which is when I realize that I left my regulator assembly and dive computer back at the house. :bonk:
I went back to the diveshop and was just going to rent a regulator for the dive, but changed my mind. Figured we had more than a weeks worth of diving logged already, and planned to do more that day. If I dove without my computer for this dive, it wouldnt be properly tracking my nitrogen load and therefore throw off my subsequent dives.
Better safe than sorry, so I skipped that dive. While my two buddies dove, I ran back to the house and picked up my gear (as well as something one of them forgot) and met them back onshore just as they finished up the dive.
I am also in the habit of turning my air on to check my guage and regs then turning it back off if it is going to be a while before we get in the water (rental tanks are notorious for leaking around the valves and o-rings). I have jumped in a few times with air off, and once or twice with power inflator disconnected. Neither of these has ever been a problem tho, as I regularly practice valve drills and often orally inflate my wings.
70 miles out in the gulf of mexico throwing up for 2 & 1/2 hours between dives and letting my friend set up my tank and bc and helping me load up. I knew at 30 ft I would be ok and I was but at 80 feet I figured out he set up my gear with the same tank I dove earlier! Well it was a good thing he was 20 feet away when I was out of air! Moral of the story no matter how long or how much you throw up always check tank pressure before water entry. Oh by the way the dingy we chartered that day ran out of fuel 12 miles out from Galveston TX.
Wreck/Tec
Contributor
I was just about all geared up when I dropped the key to the truck on the ground. I couldnt reach it with all the stages, and doubles on. I had to take it all off. I out streched my arm towards the doubles as they sat on the tail gate. You guessed it they fell. One of my Poseidon 2nd stages was crushed! I was p***ed! Then there was the time I clipped my lift bag off to it's self and launched it from 90 ft. I refused to let that go though. My partner held the float. I ascended, tied off at 20 ft. With my reel hooked to the float line, I let a hand full of mud go to check for current direction. I swam in the direction the current was going for a couple of minutes and lo and behold there was my bag bobbing on the surface. I snagged it, went back to 20 ft. rolled the bag up and stowed it. Reeled my self back to the float line, and submerged with my trophy to show my partner who was amazed.
The moral of the story! Most of your mistakes are home made and preventable.....................
Wreck/Tec
The moral of the story! Most of your mistakes are home made and preventable.....................
Wreck/Tec
I flew down to the Keys and dove the Spiegel Grove this morning. I went with Bob and SoCal Diver and a few church friends. The wind was pushing 30 knots (really, really) the seas were at least 6 ft. Nothing was gonna stop this dive.
I clipped all of my stuffola where it should go... my reel to the right lower D-Ring, my HID Light Cannon to the left lower D-Ring, my Cobra to the left mid-D-Ring and all the "other" stuff onto the SS rings that are secured in my pockets.
The dive went smoothly... we went to the sand on the keel side, and inspected the propellors as well. As we approached 45 minutes, I signal my buddy to start ascending... we hit the line at 50 ft. and start our s-l-o-w ascent. He is having a hard time with my slowness as he does not fully understand the regimen. That's OK, he is sticking with me.
So, there I am on the down line down doing a stop at 40 fsw Bob and SoCal just under me... as is my custom, I unclipped my Cobra, put my arm under the hose to pull it up to me so I could moniter it closely on these next couple stops, and then realized it was still clipped... but then, what did I just unclip??? I look down to see my HID plummet to the depths! I motion to my buddy to stick with the other divers, and off I go chasing after it (thank goodness I still had 1750 psi). I only caught up with it as it sat there looking up at me in the sand! DOH! So I did another s-l-o-w ascent and my then MANDATORY stops and finally made it out of the suds with only 850 psi!
BTW, a small octopus has made it's home on the side in a drain portal. It came out for a second, but disappeared back in quickly. It is probable 3/4 down toward the stern and about 6 ft from the railing.
I clipped all of my stuffola where it should go... my reel to the right lower D-Ring, my HID Light Cannon to the left lower D-Ring, my Cobra to the left mid-D-Ring and all the "other" stuff onto the SS rings that are secured in my pockets.
The dive went smoothly... we went to the sand on the keel side, and inspected the propellors as well. As we approached 45 minutes, I signal my buddy to start ascending... we hit the line at 50 ft. and start our s-l-o-w ascent. He is having a hard time with my slowness as he does not fully understand the regimen. That's OK, he is sticking with me.
So, there I am on the down line down doing a stop at 40 fsw Bob and SoCal just under me... as is my custom, I unclipped my Cobra, put my arm under the hose to pull it up to me so I could moniter it closely on these next couple stops, and then realized it was still clipped... but then, what did I just unclip??? I look down to see my HID plummet to the depths! I motion to my buddy to stick with the other divers, and off I go chasing after it (thank goodness I still had 1750 psi). I only caught up with it as it sat there looking up at me in the sand! DOH! So I did another s-l-o-w ascent and my then MANDATORY stops and finally made it out of the suds with only 850 psi!
BTW, a small octopus has made it's home on the side in a drain portal. It came out for a second, but disappeared back in quickly. It is probable 3/4 down toward the stern and about 6 ft from the railing.
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