The great Mask Defog Thread

[Walter]

CheeseWhiz, translation please.

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[large_diver]

Ah, one of the many advantages to cold water diving -- NO FIRE ANTS.

 

[sea nmf]

They may have told you this in class, but:

Get over to Kona and dive with the Mantas!!!!! This is a night dive in about 30' - with lots of light!

 

[Walter]

I almost forgot to share this tip. Sunburn can be a serious problem while on surface intervals. As I've aged, my hair has continued to get thinner and thinner. I now face the danger of a sunburned head. For years, I'd put on a cap between dives, but I'd usually delay and not get it on soon enough from time to time which resulted in a painful scalp. Then there were those beach dives with long surface swims, I almost always got a nasty burn. There is a solution offered by our very own Dee. Now I wear a Dee rag when I dive. I put it on before starting my day of diving and remove it when I'm finished for the day. I don't have to remember to put it on between dives because it's already there. That long surface swim? No problem, my Dee rag is preventing sunburn. This is one tip I wish I'd learned years before I did.

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[neil]

Walter,
reductio ad absurdum
'reduction to absurdity'; proving a proposition by showing that its opposite is absurd; disproving a proposition by deducing from it an absurd conclusion

Don't be too impressed, my degrees are in music, but I sure know how to look up stuff!!

Neil

 

[Walter]

Neil, I think that would make it an absurd joke.

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[CheeseWhiz]

Good tip, Walter. I'm going to get one for my standard dive gear. All of us "maturing" male divers thank you.

I just wish I had thought of it myself...

 

[Walter]

CheeseWhiz, be warned wearing Dee rags becomes expected. I don't wear them on night dives as I don't need the protection at night. I've had DM's complain that they missed my Dee rag. Check out her web site, the selection is constantly changing.

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[scubabunny]

Wow...sounds like the fire ants we have here are mild to the ones in Texas! (hey...I'm from the mountains of maryland...never saw one before!) Don't think I want to mess with those "attack frenzied" ones down south!!

Another tip...have a full stocked "save a dive" kit..including LOTS of the 014 o-rings. They are the ones that blow from your tank valve. And know how to change them. If the o-ring blows when you turn on your tank, and you don't have a backup, your dive is ruined.

 

[jmsdiver]

Yeah, my sister found out about fire ants the hard way: she chased a relative's dog around the yard and happened to end up on a huge ant hill. She learned a valuable lesson that day.