OP
Here is the most current version of the list. I thought I'd repost it at the end of the thread, so that people wouldn't have to hunt for it.
Go over the list and make sure that I don't have any mistakes on your entry. For instance, make sure that when I put links to each persons profile, I didn't accidently link your name to someone elses profile. I did this when I was a bit tired from a busy day, so you might find something.
I'm trying to keep the comments as simple as possible. I'm trying to not include any info that could be found in someone's profile or that changes frequently (like number of dives). I'll also try to go through and eliminate any references to time like "I'm about to do this or this winter I want to do that". I think it helps to keep the list from looking stale and dated down the road.
On the otherhand I don't want to eliminate the comments, because I think they add "personality" to the list. I want to keep it fun. After all, that's really the point of why we're all here!
So, based on that, let me know if any of you want to change your comment slightly or have anything corrected.
Also, some have expressed a concern about including a last name. If you want me to eliminate your last name from the list let me know and I'll do it ASAP. For some it doesn't matter and that's fine, but others started having second thoughts about it. Feel free to send me a PM if you prefer and I'll confirm that the change was made.
Thanks.
Christian
===== Total Members in SoCal (53) =====
- Santa Barbara County (1)
hoopa - Bruce - Palm Desert/Santa Barbara - apeks/omsiqpack/vytec, golden retriever
- Ventura County (1)
Neil - Ventura - instructor - Can my cat Speedy be our mascot?
- Los Angeles County (20)
Arnaud - Arnaud - Los Angeles - Kelpaholic OWSI with a dash of DIR
ChrisM - Chris......M..... - Torrance - Sorta kinda maybe DIR, uw photographer, married, no pups
dazedone - David - Westchester/Marina del Rey
Derby - Chris... (but everybody just calls me 'Derby') - Playa del Rey
divercooke - Greg Cooke - Long Beach - Hull cleaning is my life
headhunter - Christian - Altadena - Renaissance Diver 'cause I'm starting over with a vigorous revival of learning in the art of SCUBA diving!
hermosadive - Hermosa Beach
ICY ICE - I.C. Elguezabal - Eagle Rock
Max Bottomtime - Phil Garner - San Pedro
MikeT - Michael Thibeau - Los Angeles - Videographer
PhotoTJ - TJ - The Valley - Hunter/Photographer
sapphire - Jennifer - Claremont (As Ken would say, the "909") - Love to take pictures underwater, No longer only dive in the warm water :biggrin: as my drysuit is on its' way
Scottkl - Scott - The Valley (Tarzana) - Aspiring Hunter; Photographer; & hopefully Videographer some time soon.
sijtse - Mark - Manhattan Beach - OW for about a year -dives all cold water, am ready to start hitting PV again this winter. Tahiti in the spring. Love the water, frozen or thawed.
socaldiver - Dave - Norwalk - married to Summer99
So Cal Divin - Jeff Gray - Woodland Hills - Happily Married to a land loving warm water Princess. Two boys 5 & 7 my future dive buddies. Me landlocked til x-mas due to back surgery!
SoCalOffshore - Geordie - Westlake Village - Offshore performance boating
summer99 - Kath (Kathryn) - Norwalk
TeqP - Phil - Azusa - I need an UW camera. Recently moved back to LA form Atlanta. Looking to dive more now that I am buying my equipment.
Wrinkles - Ana - The Valley (Northridge)
- Orange County (14)
Ann Marie - Ann Marie - Mission Viejo
CA Diver - Tom Mury - Aliso Viejo
dgallo - (see Nay
)
JDog - Jim - Fullerton - single
jetfixer - Todd - Fullerton - Started in warm water and now enjoying the cold!
MyDiveLog - Phil - Yorba Linda - Instructor. 5 kids and a scuba addiction; who has time for anything else?
Nay - Renee - Santa Ana (barrio Santa Ana, not South Coast Metro) - married to dgallo, though he rarely posts
Robert Phillips - Robert Phillips - Rancho Santa Margarita - Dude, I TOTALLY dig Satan!
Rouky - Erik Merkez & Christelle (2) - Irvine - + 1/2 girl....coming in november....
saf_25 - Stacy - Single, 2 cats
Scott Riemer - Scott Riemer, of course. - Yorba Linda - Quick comment: Christian, you have time for this and greeting too?lol
scubacalifornia - Mission Viejo - Kevin - Wife, 2 kids, dog. Favorite cartoon: Spongebob ,of course! Next scuba acquisition: Prescription dive lenses, so I can see the heck where I'm going!
whalerkyle - Kyle - Advanced Lobster Snatcher
- San Bernardino County (3)
mccabejc - Jim McCabe - Upland - If you're looking for a weekend buddy, let me know.
new guy - Jim - San Bernardino - Taking my cert dives this weekend for OW, looking forward to some bugs next month.
xSandman3 -Dale - Calimesa - East of San Bernardino a ways. Screen name I've had for well over 12 years now. Middle School Music Teacher/Wannabe School Administrator.
Whole family was certified and dives together.
- Riverside County (2)
DjS - Dj or Donna - Murrieta
Scot M - Scot - Riverside
- San Diego County (12)
Abratty - Allen Bratty - San Diego
divebuddysean - Sean - San Diego
divinman - Terry - San Diego -Not an underwater photographer, just a diver with a camera
Gomer Piles - Brian - San Diego
lttleldydver - Becki - Coronado - Learning to like it cold
moonie - Amy - San Diego - Diving is intriguing, gets more interesting every day! Diving Dry Rocks!
Mr. Clean - George - Ramona - Single/Divorced
Peter McGuinness - Peter McGuinness - Poway, Club: Seadeucers, Age: Somewhere between wrinkly and crinkly
ryanarcher - Ryan Archer (another original name!) - San Diego
Sam_In_SanDiego - Sam Haley - San Diego - Video Editor - Basically Married (Happily) - Avid Shaka Zulu pic fan
ShakaZulu - Roy - San Diego
Turtle Diver - Mark - Carlsbad
- Long distance/honorary SoCal members (0)
(ie, live in Las Vegas but dive SoCal or visit us from Florida and become honorary members)
[I'm sure we'll add some soon]
Go over the list and make sure that I don't have any mistakes on your entry. For instance, make sure that when I put links to each persons profile, I didn't accidently link your name to someone elses profile. I did this when I was a bit tired from a busy day, so you might find something.
I'm trying to keep the comments as simple as possible. I'm trying to not include any info that could be found in someone's profile or that changes frequently (like number of dives). I'll also try to go through and eliminate any references to time like "I'm about to do this or this winter I want to do that". I think it helps to keep the list from looking stale and dated down the road.
On the otherhand I don't want to eliminate the comments, because I think they add "personality" to the list. I want to keep it fun. After all, that's really the point of why we're all here!
So, based on that, let me know if any of you want to change your comment slightly or have anything corrected.
Also, some have expressed a concern about including a last name. If you want me to eliminate your last name from the list let me know and I'll do it ASAP. For some it doesn't matter and that's fine, but others started having second thoughts about it. Feel free to send me a PM if you prefer and I'll confirm that the change was made.
Thanks.
Christian
===== Total Members in SoCal (53) =====
- Santa Barbara County (1)
hoopa - Bruce - Palm Desert/Santa Barbara - apeks/omsiqpack/vytec, golden retriever
- Ventura County (1)
Neil - Ventura - instructor - Can my cat Speedy be our mascot?
- Los Angeles County (20)
Arnaud - Arnaud - Los Angeles - Kelpaholic OWSI with a dash of DIR
ChrisM - Chris......M..... - Torrance - Sorta kinda maybe DIR, uw photographer, married, no pups
dazedone - David - Westchester/Marina del Rey
Derby - Chris... (but everybody just calls me 'Derby') - Playa del Rey
divercooke - Greg Cooke - Long Beach - Hull cleaning is my life
headhunter - Christian - Altadena - Renaissance Diver 'cause I'm starting over with a vigorous revival of learning in the art of SCUBA diving!
hermosadive - Hermosa Beach
ICY ICE - I.C. Elguezabal - Eagle Rock
Max Bottomtime - Phil Garner - San Pedro
MikeT - Michael Thibeau - Los Angeles - Videographer
PhotoTJ - TJ - The Valley - Hunter/Photographer
sapphire - Jennifer - Claremont (As Ken would say, the "909") - Love to take pictures underwater, No longer only dive in the warm water :biggrin: as my drysuit is on its' way
Scottkl - Scott - The Valley (Tarzana) - Aspiring Hunter; Photographer; & hopefully Videographer some time soon.
sijtse - Mark - Manhattan Beach - OW for about a year -dives all cold water, am ready to start hitting PV again this winter. Tahiti in the spring. Love the water, frozen or thawed.
socaldiver - Dave - Norwalk - married to Summer99
So Cal Divin - Jeff Gray - Woodland Hills - Happily Married to a land loving warm water Princess. Two boys 5 & 7 my future dive buddies. Me landlocked til x-mas due to back surgery!
SoCalOffshore - Geordie - Westlake Village - Offshore performance boating
summer99 - Kath (Kathryn) - Norwalk
TeqP - Phil - Azusa - I need an UW camera. Recently moved back to LA form Atlanta. Looking to dive more now that I am buying my equipment.
Wrinkles - Ana - The Valley (Northridge)
- Orange County (14)
Ann Marie - Ann Marie - Mission Viejo
CA Diver - Tom Mury - Aliso Viejo
dgallo - (see Nay
)JDog - Jim - Fullerton - single
jetfixer - Todd - Fullerton - Started in warm water and now enjoying the cold!
MyDiveLog - Phil - Yorba Linda - Instructor. 5 kids and a scuba addiction; who has time for anything else?
Nay - Renee - Santa Ana (barrio Santa Ana, not South Coast Metro) - married to dgallo, though he rarely posts
Robert Phillips - Robert Phillips - Rancho Santa Margarita - Dude, I TOTALLY dig Satan!
Rouky - Erik Merkez & Christelle (2) - Irvine - + 1/2 girl....coming in november....
saf_25 - Stacy - Single, 2 cats
Scott Riemer - Scott Riemer, of course. - Yorba Linda - Quick comment: Christian, you have time for this and greeting too?lol
scubacalifornia - Mission Viejo - Kevin - Wife, 2 kids, dog. Favorite cartoon: Spongebob ,of course! Next scuba acquisition: Prescription dive lenses, so I can see the heck where I'm going!
whalerkyle - Kyle - Advanced Lobster Snatcher
- San Bernardino County (3)
mccabejc - Jim McCabe - Upland - If you're looking for a weekend buddy, let me know.
new guy - Jim - San Bernardino - Taking my cert dives this weekend for OW, looking forward to some bugs next month.
xSandman3 -Dale - Calimesa - East of San Bernardino a ways. Screen name I've had for well over 12 years now. Middle School Music Teacher/Wannabe School Administrator.
Whole family was certified and dives together.
- Riverside County (2)
DjS - Dj or Donna - Murrieta
Scot M - Scot - Riverside
- San Diego County (12)
Abratty - Allen Bratty - San Diego
divebuddysean - Sean - San Diego
divinman - Terry - San Diego -Not an underwater photographer, just a diver with a camera
Gomer Piles - Brian - San Diego
lttleldydver - Becki - Coronado - Learning to like it cold
moonie - Amy - San Diego - Diving is intriguing, gets more interesting every day! Diving Dry Rocks!
Mr. Clean - George - Ramona - Single/Divorced
Peter McGuinness - Peter McGuinness - Poway, Club: Seadeucers, Age: Somewhere between wrinkly and crinkly
ryanarcher - Ryan Archer (another original name!) - San Diego
Sam_In_SanDiego - Sam Haley - San Diego - Video Editor - Basically Married (Happily) - Avid Shaka Zulu pic fan
ShakaZulu - Roy - San Diego
Turtle Diver - Mark - Carlsbad
- Long distance/honorary SoCal members (0)
(ie, live in Las Vegas but dive SoCal or visit us from Florida and become honorary members)
[I'm sure we'll add some soon
]
