My journey into tech

[lowviz]

@guruboy , Steve is cut from a different cloth, I detect a solid 'click' with Marie13...

So I finally make my way up to the great white frozen north and am late for the first day of class as a snowmobile of pelts was blocking my car. Called in, 'No prob.'

Finally get there and was immediately carded. Jeez!!! Cards??? The only time I ever needed one was once and only once to get O2 neat. Technology saves the day, got a pic of a bunch of them sent by phone and shortly verified online.

Instructors (and cards) are different.

I particularly like my pic on the card I got:

 

[Marie13]

I'm 6'3", 230+ pounds. I have dived with aluminum 80s and 100s, steel 72s, 80s, 95s, 100s, 119s, 120s, 130s, double steel 80s, double 95s, and double 120s. I enjoyed every dive with them. Each configuration allowed me to make the most out of a dive. I wouldn't take doubles up and down the goat trails of Palos Verdes so the smaller single tanks served me well. I couldn't have seen some of the deeper reefs and wrecks of Southern California without double 120s. They're just tools. There is no such thing as one tool for every job. Double steel 80s might seem great now but there may be a time when you want more gas or lighter tanks. Furthering your diving career requires an open mind.

You know the saying, “Garbage in, garbage out?”

Did I say I was only ever going to dive double HP80s? NO. But I’m starting with them and I’ll go from there.

 

[rhwestfall]

I particularly like my pic on the card I got:

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OMG - We are identical twins!

 

[lowviz]

Dude, we HAVE to meet up! Any chance you can show up on 'you know which' course?

 

[rhwestfall]

a snowmobile of pelts was blocking my car.

That right there was just damn funny....

If you have been there, you'd come to accept it as commonplace......

 

[lowviz]

IKR!!! Don't park there, dummy.

 

[divad]

I think I have gout in my left foot.

 

[lowviz]

OK, took me a bit but I finally got it.

It may seem that this thread has wandered off-course, but I'll leave @Marie13 to make that call.

 

[Marie13]

OK, took me a bit but I finally got it.

It may seem that this thread has wandered off-course, but I'll leave @Marie13 to make that call.

Nope. It’s staying. My ignore list has grown by leaps and bounds!

 

[KevinNM]

You mean without the gear they’re teaching you can’t learn the gear they’re teaching?

Shocking.

I want to take your snowboarding course, but I hate snowboards. Can I do it with skis?