The Assimilation Continues (part 2 of ?) Searching for 36# wing...

[Mo2vation]

Just picked up a new BP, harness off of eBay (yes Scubaroo, that WAS me... ) for $149.99. I love that place.

The guy who sold me the rig wanted $300 for the 36#....I'm gonna wait. I've been monitoring eBay and a better deal will come along soon for a wing. There's a 27# and STA on there now... nice, but useless to me in So Cal. I killed on the BP & harness, I can't see getting hosed $300 for the wing. Maybe that's harsh, $300 isn't getting hosed for a new wing, but I've seen better.

Busy week while I was away. Fundamentals book rolled into my hotel on Monday. Also grabbed some jets (eBay - $40) and a 7' hose this week, along with a Z1 2nd stage ($129..... eBay rules) for my Necklace rig.

Read the Fundy's book twice more on the way home tonight on the plane... Nothing excessively enlightening in the book - maybe because I've spent so much time with all of you and my intense research.

Check this - on the plane across the aisle (this never happens to me when I travel on business...) was this hottie reading the Naui OW book. She saw me reading the Fundys and we struck up a conversation. And it hit me.... if I was fresh out of my PADI OW churn&burn again, the stuff in that book would shake me up pretty good. As it is, most of you that are in that groove are way in that groove - so it was just confirmation of the approach, etc. It was amazingly well balanced and really a quick read. Aside from JJ pimpin' his companies (HAL, GUE, etc... - I would expect nothing less from a bright business guy) I don't get all the fuss.

I feel the pull of the collective strengthening...

Lastly - my Black Diamond and Airsource sold on eBay this AM (for about $40 more than I originally paid... gotta love eBay) I guess its sort of like burning the ships, huh? So there is no turning back.

Until I get the BP/W rig fitted and actuall get a "/W" I'll be diving my wife's Libra (a Balance with higher straps...) with the DIR hose set up and my new stubby fins.

This is about to get good. Next stop, wing, then set up, then DIR/F class....

more soon.

K

 

[Dryglove]

Also check with garys underwater technical supply for the 36lb wing.He has them listed from time to time.His ebay user name is gfh3

 

[Cave Diver]

Mo2vation once bubbled...
Just picked up a new BP, harness off of eBay (yes Scubaroo, that WAS me... ) for $149.99. I love that place.

Ahhh, Mo2vation Sniper strikes again! LOL, Glad I wasnt the target again this time!

Mo2vation once bubbled...
Check this - on the plane across the aisle (this never happens to me when I travel on business...) was this hottie reading the Naui OW book. She saw me reading the Fundys and we struck up a conversation.

I can see the new book now... The DIR method for picking up chicks. First, impress her with your skill and knowledge in using the long hose. Wait, scratch that. First impress her with the fact that you HAVE a long hose...

So dont just leave us hangin, did you get a a new dive buddy outta this deal too? You're not truly part of the collective til you start assimilating others on your own.

Man, I gotta start taking more plane rides. Now where did I put my fundies book

 

[Mo2vation]

I travel a lot on business. 2001 - maybe 160,000 domestic. 2002, maybe 140,000 domestic.

And as my luck would have it, I NEVER sit next to interesting people, let alone attractive ones. You know the drill - usually paired up with Johnny 300+ or Lucky Strike for breakfast straw haired single mom.

So me and this chick are talking about diving. She was very Reba-esque (narrow, red hair) without the cheezy smile. A little softer, more like Toni Collette. Anyway, she's a mathematician. :whoa:

Hot and smart. So far, this doesn't suck.

We're going through her tables card. Of course, she's got the thing nailed. She started training over the summer, but dropped out because of work - so she'd doing a refresh this weekend. Her big issue is mask clearing. She has one of those 6-window aquariums on a strap... I'm like, geeze - you need three breaths to clear those things.

We're laughing and having fun. I'm married to my best friend, she has "a significant other" (she couldn't bring herself to say boyfreind...too funny.) so this is going nowhere - but its nice to have conversation with a diver.

We're in the back row of the plane. Her Siggy comes back after we take off (no doubt heard the laughing and carrying on) to check things out.

:snore: "L" :snore:

I have nothing nice to say about this poindexter, so I'll keep quiet. Suffice it to say the rule still applies, 5's and 6's like us can pull 9's and 10's. Guys don't pull because they think they can't. Never settle.

OK - so we're in the air, still laughing and carrying on. She can't believe I dive in So Cal (its so cold.... Shucks ma'am, aint that bad...) She's sharing about her recent trip to the Bahamas with her girl friends (Coors Light commercial moment), etc. If you're getting a picture of the best flight ever, you're almost there.

Now the bevy cart is rolling back to us. I get up and hit the WC. I come back to my seat as the Flight Attendant is leaning over her and asks the following:

"there is a man in mid-cabin who is really sick. He'd like a seat near the bathroom...would you mind terribly much trading with him...?"

sadness. ;-0

Moments later, you guessed it, Johnny 300+ is now across the aisle from me. Call me Oliver Stone, but I know poindexter is behind this.

I folded my book and went to sleep until we touched down.

 

[Ghostdiver]

Mo2vation once bubbled...
"there is a man in mid-cabin who is really sick. He'd like a seat near the bathroom...would you mind terribly much trading with him...?"

sadness. ;-0

Moments later, you guessed it, Johnny 300+ is now across the aisle from me. Call me Oliver Stone, but I know poindexter is behind this.

I folded my book and went to sleep until we touched down.

There definitely was a conspiracy afoot. However, I think you identified the wrong culprit. Clearly Mr. Sick Guy wasn't so sick. He probably identified the attractive mathematician, compared her with Johnny 300+ and decided it was time for the magic bullet/vomit. There is your conspirator! :doctor:

 

[Lawman]

How can there be a God if things like
this are allowed to happen?:shaking:

 

[WJL]

There must be a lawsuit in this somewhere.