Antient Marriner
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Readers; Just a few Lines of Introduction. This 71yr old bloke is getting back into S.C.U.B.A{that should tell you how long I have held a Certificate} diving. Now long retired, I find the Time, Money, & Desire to dive again. I have done the Refresher Course, and have the basic gear, as it were. Next stop, when the pay cheque comes to visit me; is the BCD and related equipments.
I am STUNNED beyond words- at the changes in the sport over Time. Gone are J valves, Co2 cartridges, and the double 'fire hose' in your mouth. I still read and use dive charts, BUT, the wrist mounted dive computers are a true wonder- till you bang it on a rock, and it 'runs crying to Mark Zuckerberg for help'.
Tank pressure gauge is a true blessing, for certs, along with the vast other improvements in equipment.
It is patently Plain that I am a New Diver, and will dive accordingly. I am NOT about to wreck dive on the Bismarck, or the HMS Hood; I will be most happy swimming in shoal waters, enjoying the scenery and floating wildlife.
I take up this Forum as a Means to Learn. My diving instructor once quipped, 'You can never have too much diving knowledge'. I think him correct in the Matter.
Any returns on this MS are welcomed, the more so, if you are a Maine-ee-ack.
Signed/ "Antient Marriner'
I am STUNNED beyond words- at the changes in the sport over Time. Gone are J valves, Co2 cartridges, and the double 'fire hose' in your mouth. I still read and use dive charts, BUT, the wrist mounted dive computers are a true wonder- till you bang it on a rock, and it 'runs crying to Mark Zuckerberg for help'.
Tank pressure gauge is a true blessing, for certs, along with the vast other improvements in equipment.
It is patently Plain that I am a New Diver, and will dive accordingly. I am NOT about to wreck dive on the Bismarck, or the HMS Hood; I will be most happy swimming in shoal waters, enjoying the scenery and floating wildlife.
I take up this Forum as a Means to Learn. My diving instructor once quipped, 'You can never have too much diving knowledge'. I think him correct in the Matter.
Any returns on this MS are welcomed, the more so, if you are a Maine-ee-ack.
Signed/ "Antient Marriner'