Why I won't dive with you.

[Packhorse]

It'll have to wait until Lobster Season when I'm diving wet again.

Ken

2) I won't dive with Hunters

Ken

Huh?


I will not dive with people who will not dive with me.
I will not dive with people who do not chip in for fuel.

 

[DiveKitten]

After reading all these posts, it occured to me that someone should write a book on the subject - like "Miss Manners Down Under: How Not To Be an A-Hole Dive Buddy". Ok, maybe the title is a little long...

 

[shark.byte.usa]

- Divers whose computer beeps every 5 friggin seconds; shut that thing up!

erparamedic Being in a health related field, you'd have to admit you are probably the exception to the rule. When I think morbidly obese, I think grossly overweight AND extremely unfit.

I have flashes of Deep Decent which I just finiished reading where they had to pull the large man out of the water with the boat davit.

Garrett

 

[rottielover]

My appologies, but I must cease participation in this thread for now...

I'm on the internet from work, which is running on a generator... St. Louis has been hit pretty badly by a major storm. At my home, the power and the water are both not working. I heard on the radio that we'll be under a boil order when the water is working again.

Sorry, I had lot's more good stuff to post, but it boils down too I don't understand the predjudice against fat people.

Yes, I get the argument that "John Skinny" doesn't think he can help a 400 lb. diver out of the water.

Have to go for now, wish me luck!

 

[Mo2vation]

I will not dive with people who do not chip in for fuel.

Like it.


I'm also digging the computer beeping thing. There is a SoCal diver in the circuit who's computer is going off for most of the dive. This diver just ignores it. Everyone is always all "shut that thing off, or else pay attention to it..."

This diver says they like to company. Guess its like an underwater Furby or something...



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Ken

 

[Ber Rabbit]

Anyway, Bruce and I go the group going writing the users manual for the DIC, which involved instructions such as, "when you buddies DIC goes down you may be able to restart it by licking your fingers and stroking it." (Remember the wet-touch contacts?), I really wish we'd recorded that trip, we got to the mainland in actual pain from laughing so hard.

ROFLMAO! I dive an Orca Pilot with the wet-touch contacts. Sometimes I simply lick my computer before the dive to wake it up and make sure it's functioning. That gets a few looks :11:

Now Mo2vation is going to add me to his "no dive" list:

No diving with people who lick their computers
Ber :lilbunny:

 

[downdeep]

No diving with people who lick their computers
Ber :lilbunny:

Lickin puters???
EEWWWW.

 

[SangP]

Think I'm going to add:
Mr Diver who keeps licking beeping computer (God only knows what else he'll be licking underwater LOL!) Either that or he's licking the computer to keep it beeping LOL!

SangP

Btw, I'm John skinny and there's no way I'll lift anyone who's twice my weight. Cus you're going to end up with 2 incapacitated divers... Mr Big who still can't get into the boat and Mr skinny now with a hernia.

 

[realdiver7]

:shakehead

I completely agree with you. However, what do you do in the following scenario?

You've explained the plan and talked about possible thumb dive scenarios and both divers have agreed to the plan. One diver has issues and signals the other that they need to thumb the dive. The other diver doesn't want to. :shakehead

The thumbing diver spots another dive team, swims to them, is in obvious distress, yet contained, and signals for assistence finding the boat. What do you do if you are the other dive team? Do you help the distressed diver or take off?

Perhaps this should be explored as a dive etiquette topic?

L

Since it is absolutely impossible to address every possible scenario that may unfold while diving, I would suggest trying to help a distressed diver if you are able to, and if you don't endanger yourself to the point of no return. My first instinct would be to help a distressed diver to the absolute limits of my ability.

When you take a Rescue Diver course, you learn more about this, which includes a higher degree of self-reliance, self-rescue, diver assists, diver rescues, environmental conditions vs. your own physical condition and capabilities, and frequent mental anticipation of what could occur and how you would handle it. Bottom line is to use common sense and safely return home to your family at the end of the day.

Hope this helps.

 

[chickdiver]

Sang: Rebreathers are on my list because I have no idea what's going on with those things. If dude is having an issue, I have no idea what to do first, second, third. I don't know where anything is, how it works, or what to do. Too much science for me. Thats why they're off the dive buddy list.

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Ken

Ken-

I've always enjoyed, and generally agreed with your posts. So I have to pose a question to you- would you still feel this way if you talked with said RB diver prior and discussed:
a. major failure modes and how they will be handled
b. what to look for to see a failure mode
c. contingency planning taking the differences in equipment into consideration

As a realtively new RB diver, I have LOTS of friends on OC whom I enjoy diving with. I have, in the past, been opposed to mixed teams of RB and OC divers. Since being trained on the RB, I have come to the conclusion that mixed teams can work pretty easily, provided that everyone involved knows what is going on and what responses work in the event of an "issue" on either side. We have developed a pretty thorough breifing that puts pretty much everyone at ease- the biggest complaint I get is that now the OC divers "can't even hear me" when I am in my favorite "helicopter attack position (behind and slightly above my buddy).

Heather