I just joined today Jan 27/08. Yestarday I completed my1st 2 "Open Water"dives. It's actually snowing up here in Vancouver Canada ..so todays 2 dives have been rescheduled for next week...I have registered for the "Adventures in Diving" course with my Padi Centre...i got to get the ear equalizing down a bit sooner..man what a differance that makes...thanks for letting me on board