our sport has grown up

[dweeb]

The original was a large plastic dart with a metal point that you throw up in the air and try to get it to land in a plastic ring placed on the lawn some distance away. Then they decided to make them with a weighted plastic point. Then they stopped making them. I remember them under the Christmas tree for my older brother the same year that I didn't get an anchor.....

We had the metal points, and we sharpened them with a file, until you could 'catch' them with a metal garbage can lid.

 

[dweeb]

BB GUNS, SLING SHOTS, BOOMERANGS, ROPE, SCOUT KNIVES,

M80'S, AND PNEUMATIC WATER ROCKETS.

This was all mandatory tree house inventory. Ops...forgot strike anywhere matches!

Those were the days, when Darwin ruled.

All the women were strong
All the men were good looking
and all the children were above average.

 

[Scubaguy62]

Does anyone remember Matell's Greenie Stickem Caps? They came with a six shooter that loaded spring tensioned bullets that actually fired from the gun! The caps were applied to the primer area of the shell for sound effect. That was one great toy! Looking back all of my friends, myself as well, should be blind.

Those were the days. Next...automobile dashboards of the 50's!

I can't say that I do Sage, but I do remember gas being $.23 per gallon and volkswagen bugs that floated on the water

 

[BIGSAGE136]

I can't say that I do Sage, but I do remember gas being $.23 per gallon and volkswagen bugs that floated on the water

http://users.rcn.com/ed.ma.ultranet/mattel.html

Your son would be the King of Kindercare!

 

[dweeb]

Does anyone remember Matell's Greenie Stickem Caps? They came with a six shooter that loaded spring tensioned bullets that actually fired from the gun! The caps were applied to the primer area of the shell for sound effect. That was one great toy! Looking back all of my friends, myself as well, should be blind.

Yeah, I remember them. The kid up the street whose parents bought him ALL the new toys had some. We never had the neat toy guns, but when there were neighborhood wars, we always won. Mom was a nurse, so there were always latex gloves handy, and we had a big dog, so the yard was always full of Weapons of Mass Destruction, if you get my drift.

 

[scubapro50]

Aloha Scubapro
I guess it depends on what boat you are diving from, if its mine, no problem. I go out lots of times when I have a day off from being an instructor/dive guide, and dive my vintage dive gear.
As for buddy breathing, well, it has gone from being taught optionally, to being mentioned barely.
Good diving, and hope to see you in the Sea Hunt Era Forum here.
Turtleguy

SEA HUNT ERA FORUM ... what a good idea.... Would you believe I was taught not only how (and did) to buddybreath with a doublehose but the instructor showed how to use a bare tank valve (w/o regulator attached). Now that was a learning experience. I know things have changed but some of the basic like buddy breathing still should be taught. Once diving off Florida a diver on board made fun of my old doublehose before we got wet. About 30 minutes later after surfacing he told me how his 2nd stag screwed up and he was forced to use his oct. I looked at him and said new is nice ... but my old double hose is 98% steel with no plastic parts (not counting the rubber hoses). I would rather have a well maintained older regulator that worked than that new one out of the box that just screwed up on him ....... Dan

 

[scubaranger]

whatever works and whatever is safe. If it's not broken why fix it. When I bought my car I specifically asked without all the upgrade no power doors or power windows. Sometimes the more complicated it is the bigger the chance for it to break. Don't get me wrong I have a dive computer and I have all new gear but for what I paid for it. Its going to be vintage by the time Im done with it.

 

[Mike Matthews]

I have concerns about the direction of the sport as I do with many sports and developments. Technology is no substitute for training and skills. We build things bigger, cooler, more advanced and rely upon the advanced technology to replace skill and practice. How many deep water sailors rely on GPS and loran to navigate? What happens if the system goes down and ou ar not capable of celistial navigation.

I think advancements are great but need to be taken with a grain of salt. It is not the gadget but the person weilding it.

Retro? The newest peice of gera i have is my knife. I bought it in 90 after using my last on off Fort Bragg. Someday I will need to replace most of the gear and will use what I feel best matchs my style and ability.

 

[scubapro50]

one thing nice about my doublehose ... if someone in the group runs out of air or have a problem I'm not their 1st choice ... they will swim for a singlehose person with an oct/rig. In fact with over 30 years diving and over 500 logged dives I have only seen one instance where a diver used his oct. while diving. It was in Florida diving with Panama City Divers and a diver with a brand new Sherwood rig had his primary 2nd stage screw up and he had to go to his oct. as backup. I've been lucky and never have needed one. I have been told by more than one instructor that 99% of the time an oct. is used not because someone ran out of air but because their equipment malfunction ... usually as a result of improper maintaince schedual (don't fix it unless it's broken (DUMB/STUPID !!!)