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paulwlee once bubbled...
I believe it will be easier for you if are negative the whole time. Although being neutral is pretty easy, it becomes different if you're doing that for days. If you are neutral, say you doze off for a few minutes. You will use up air and become postive, and not being able to vent air from your wings, break the surface, invalidating your record. I would much prefer being slightly negative all the time and not worry about bouyancy at all. Otherwise it requires constant care, 24hours.
Also, simple is better. If you decide not to soap yourself, the requirements for the sewer will be much more lenient. You are localizing the area where water has to be sucked out from. When you soap yourself, you essentially need a 'waterlock' of sorts to make sure you get most of the soap out.
That's my take anyway. The bladder thing is I guess more of a preference, but I do see a real problem with the soaping.. But then again, maybe it's doable.
Allen42 once bubbled...
But my curiousity's been piqued.
I take it from the posts above and elsewhere that SeaJay & RavenC are "an item."
Is this a long-distance thing?
The reason I'm asking is it seems like this board is often the two of you's primary method of communication.
Don't get me wrong, I'm having a wonderful near-voyeuristic time watching the love patter between you two, and see no need for you to stop. SeaJay is one of the most polite contributors here, even in the face of direct attacks (usually).
paulwlee once bubbled...
But as for the soaping, also note that at least 1/3 of the world live their entire lives without using soap, and just use plain water for their ablutionary needs. I think you can go 14 days without soap, as long as you keep the water well filtered.
Oh, and don't even think about backing down later whatever problems arise on the way! You've roused our excitement, so you need to follow through!![]()
Allen42 once bubbled...
But my curiousity's been piqued.
BTW, since I'm being so forward... RavenC... what year were you Mrs. SC? Which org's pageant?
Later,
Allen
RavenC once bubbled...
1999/2000 Mrs. America
Scubatooth once bubbled...
I have said i would help with your attempts and that offer is still in place. if you will consider i wouldnt mind helping on the support crew if and when the time comes.
What is the time frames (dates if you can ) for the first couple of phases ?
Scooter phase , now i definately want tohelp with that(hmm maybe you can get bill gavin and GI to donate a few :wacko: ) your going from were in florida to were in the bahamas ?
Dan