SCUBA Diving, Urban Legends and Mythbusters
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Instructors get all the chicks...
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CWSWine
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Instructor ask student Are you sure you have enough weight to maintain a 15 foot safety stop?
Student I think so but I throw a couple extra four pound weights in my BC pocket that way I can put them on weight belt if I need them.
Student I think so but I throw a couple extra four pound weights in my BC pocket that way I can put them on weight belt if I need them.
DaleC
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DIR was really started by the Hare Krishnas
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hmm someone mentioned the Urban Legend of not using Titanium reg for nitrox at 40% or above,
this is still listed in the latest edition of TDI - Advanced Nitrox but with no explanation why.
If this is an urban myth.....have the entire TDI staff been taken in??
Urban Myth spread by warm water divers ... (i currently work in mexico to give these context)
"There are no divers in England"
"But you cant dive in England its cold"
"its no fun diving in anything in cold water"
"Barracudas eat anything shiny, even if it is attached to something several hundreds times its mass
this is still listed in the latest edition of TDI - Advanced Nitrox but with no explanation why.
If this is an urban myth.....have the entire TDI staff been taken in??
Urban Myth spread by warm water divers ... (i currently work in mexico to give these context)
"There are no divers in England"
"But you cant dive in England its cold"
"its no fun diving in anything in cold water"
"Barracudas eat anything shiny, even if it is attached to something several hundreds times its mass
pittyyofool
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DIR is really better.
and
If you DIW you will die.
you need an safe second (octo).
"hot" fills make tanks crack.
the lead in non-coated dive weights, cause great environmental harm
and
If you DIW you will die.
you need an safe second (octo).
"hot" fills make tanks crack.
the lead in non-coated dive weights, cause great environmental harm
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Titanium is supposed to be susceptible to autoignition in the presence of high pressure oxygen. I proposed it as a myth to verify the actual % that combustion would take place at. I suspect it's substantially higher than 40%, but that figure is used since higher percentages of nitrox tend to fall outside the recreational diving range.
Plus, wouldnt you like to see a tank explode?
Saudi-Diver
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How about drinking 5 beers a night for 3 weeks before your Liveaboard Dive Holiday increases your tolerence to Narcosis
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