Water as weight rather than lead?

[dweeb]

Doing without understanding is the opposite of wisdom, and I'd dare say the gap in your knowledge does manifest itself in your buoyancy control, if not all the time, then eventually at the worst possible time.

 

[dweeb]

actually, we had just come out of Orange and were
getting ready to take our gear off, when I noticed
a diver had what looked like hot-water packs on the
table.

for some reason, they reminded me of weight packs, so
i asked her, "are you using water as weight??"
then almost at once, i said, "no, that wouldn't work."
she said right, it wouldnt' work... these are hot packs, you
squeeze them and they get hot.

dang, i said, i was a millionaire for about a second (meaning
by inventing the water weights). so we started to talk about
why it wouldnt' work. then submarines got into the equation,
and then BC's filled with water which you dump out,
and before i knew it, i was confused.

hence the question...

So, you DID know better, then talked yourself out of it?
Those lawyer's powers of persuasion will be your undoing.

 

[Afraid_of_Fish]

Doing without understanding is the opposite of wisdom, and I'd dare say the gap in your knowledge does manifest itself in your buoyancy control, if not all the time, then eventually at the worst possible time.

get a life, and learn how to quote. Hypocrite.

 

[H2Andy]

Doing without understanding is the opposite of wisdom, and I'd dare say the gap in your knowledge does manifest itself in your buoyancy control, if not all the time, then eventually at the worst possible time.

ok, i like, just read that like five times, and i ain't got a
clue as to what the heck it means... but i think you
are saying i am right and you are a dweeb, and, well...
what can i say? i knew you'd come around

 

[MikeFerrara]

ok, i like, just read that like five times, and i ain't got a
clue as to what the heck it means... but i think you
are saying i am right and you are a dweeb, and, well...
what can i say? i knew you'd come around

I think he's saying that he wouldn't be surprised if you skill in the water was on par with your knowledge of the physical principles involved.

 

[H2Andy]

yes, mike... i understood =)

my post was a joke

let's go diving sometime and you can judge for yourself

 

[MikeFerrara]

yes, mike... i understood =)

my post was a joke

let's go diving sometime and you can judge for yourself

I'd love to. I'll give you a shout the next time I get to cave country.

 

[H2Andy]

awesome!

say... we must invite dweeb along, but we won't let him dive
with us until he recites PADI Module 1 by heart.... he
gets 3 mistakes as freebies if he pays $10.00 extra, or ten mistakes if he pays $30.00 extra

dweeb, whatcha say?

 

[The Chairman]

Would you still have to use the lead pockets to hold it in?

 

[H2Andy]

well.. you could just carry SALT, since salt by itself must have a higher salinity
that salt diluted by water.

of course, you'd have to carry the salt in water-proof containers or the salt would
then leak out and stuff...

say... if you dump a lot of salt all at once, making the water around you WAY
salty, wouldn't you just immediately pop to the surface like a cork? maybe this
could work as an emergency system or something...

i just love science