One year ago today I signed up on SB. I found it by chance while searching the internet looking for answers I had to a question about some dive sites someone was interested in taking me to. I received an overwhelming amount of responses. As a result, I have been doing a lot of diving ever since with people I have met on this board and divebuddy.com. I had 25 total dives (that included the dives needed for OW and Cavern) on Sept. 30, 2007, and as of today, Sept. 30, 2008, I have 207 dives under my belt. I'd have more, but sometimes I have to work, and other times the weather doesn't cooperate....LOL.
Anyway, I just wanted to take this opportunity to thank all of you for being such a great community where a new diver can come for support and information and stay for the fun and continued camaraderie. I have learned so much from so many of you, and have made many friends and dive buddies through this board. I hope to dive with many more of you as time goes by.
I just signed up to do my divemaster training, as I want to continue my training to be a better and safer diver to myself and others I'm in the water with. (Yeah, yeah....it's really to get free dives, but it sounds better to say it's for improvement....lol).
All this just because I happened to find SB when I had a burning question. This has been the most joyous year of my life; diving and making new friends (and gaining weight from the after dive "dives"), and having a place to come to for information or just laughs. Thank you, everyone! :kiss2::kiss2::kiss2:
Anyway, I just wanted to take this opportunity to thank all of you for being such a great community where a new diver can come for support and information and stay for the fun and continued camaraderie. I have learned so much from so many of you, and have made many friends and dive buddies through this board. I hope to dive with many more of you as time goes by.
I just signed up to do my divemaster training, as I want to continue my training to be a better and safer diver to myself and others I'm in the water with. (Yeah, yeah....it's really to get free dives, but it sounds better to say it's for improvement....lol).
All this just because I happened to find SB when I had a burning question. This has been the most joyous year of my life; diving and making new friends (and gaining weight from the after dive "dives"), and having a place to come to for information or just laughs. Thank you, everyone! :kiss2::kiss2::kiss2:
You caught that little rub, eh? LOL. Yeah, even getting flamed can be fun, if you can take it (and give it) with an open mind and turn it into fun bantering without intending to hurt anyone. Even the few times when someone starts a threat where hurting someone IS intentional, it opens the door for conversation to clear the air and straighten out misconceptions.
