Hi... Can someone give me advise?

[Scuba Dooba 12]

Hey everyone! I just got OW cert threw Padi 3 months ago in Mexico. I have tons of questians about scuba diving. I turned 13 a month or so ago, and my dad seid "well now your old enouph to go to chat rooms". I wanted to become a member of this one. Can anybody give me advise on what to do and what not to do. I have a boat load of questians!. Thx for your help.

(Does your spelling have to be good. I write fast and have bad spelling)

 

[hodgson]

Congratulations on the cert

As far as what to do and not to do.... just be polite. Ask your questions (no matter how dumb you think the question is) There are a lot of very knowledgeable people here to help out.


And welcome aboard, from an old guy
:doctor:

 

[The Chairman]

A couple of things to watch for...

There have been a few kids on our board... you are not the first. To make things easier for everyone, try to limit your questions to one every other day or so. This will give members time to read and respond. Spelling is not that important, but your willingness to learn on your own is. AND... before you ask, click on the search button at the top of the page and type in the word(s) that you want to know about. There is a good chance that it has been discussed before.

 

[tholt576]

Hi great to have you on board. Feel free to ask questions, as my mother would say "that's how we learn."

 

[cdiver2]

Welcome to the board remember the only dumb question is the one not asked. Dont worry about the spelling there are a lot of people on the board that are not to hot at it including me.

 

[Padipro]

Dittos on the congrats for your new cert. I remember when I took my Open Water class, a whole new world awaits you.

I agree with what the others have said as far as there being no dumb questions, but one word of caution. There are a few people on the board that for some odd reason think that they, and they alone, are the sole source of knowledge in the SCUBA universe. If you ask a question about something that is second nature to them they will bash you for it. They will give you some smart ass answer to make themselves feel superior. Ignore them. I'm embarrassed to say that they are usually the more advanced divers on the board, Tec Divers, Dive Masters and Instructors. Instead of bashing someone for asking a naive question they are the ones that should be answering these questions to help the people that are not as advanced as they are. They are the ones that have forgotten that they were once newbees just like you.

Don't get me wrong, there are A LOT of good people on this board and if you're lucky, you'll get to dive with some of them someday.

Oh, as far as spelling goes, there's an edit button at the bottom of every post so you can go back and correct your spelling if you feel the need to. I use it a lot.

Congrats again,

Scott

 

[Ron Brandt]

Congrats on the cert Scuba Dooba 12

Lot's of good info here.We tend to control ourselves on this board more than others and there are some truely nice people on here too!

Bet you were a fast learner like most of the younger divers I have trained.

Congrats Again !

Ron

 

[szdavid]

Hi everyone,

sorry for my english but I'm a french student and I've got some problems in english...

I'm new here too but I am accustomed to the french forums....

Hoping I'll find some good advices here and so on...

Bye

 

[_Kurt_]

Welcome aboard from Gainesville, FL.! You are going to love this board. Lots of great folks here.

We share the same birthday! I just started celebrating mine a few years earlier than you (I looked at your profile)!

Kurt=-)

 

[Rick Christ]

The spelling errors are not that important, but you can multi task your system and open a window to your word processor so you can spell check your writing in your word processor. Write your post in your word processors and copy & paste it to the board editor. Do your understand all this stuff that I am saying to you?