You Know You are a Diver When....

[k ellis]

When you wrap your christmas presents in paper used from Sport diver, Dive trainer and any other diver books you can find.

When you carry your dive log to and from work with you JUST in case you have to use it.

When your idea of getting a new suit is to go to the LDS and try on wet suits.

also in colder water when you get out you have a tan ring around your entire face and white racoon stripes on your eyes and a a tan outline of a regulator around your mouth.

 

[Brishar]

When you hear a conversation about "reels" down the hall and you walk over, all set to give your opinion, only to find out they're comparing Shimano vs Diawa.

 

[TSandM]

You come home from a vacation to Hawaii, and the only parts of you that are brown are your face and the backs of your hands.

Your luggage consisted of three bags of dive gear, and a half bag of clothes.

When you wouldn't even CONSIDER paying $1000 for a dress, but own three dry suits.

When all the shoes you have bought in the last year are things to wear over your dry suit socks.

When your favorite set of jewelry is a pair of earrings and a pendant in the shape of a dendronotus nudibranch, and a pendant in the shape of a line arrow (this is TRUE!)

When you know the weekends with good tides three months in advance.

When your houseguests plan their arrival around those good tides.

When you think nothing of shopping at Costco on the way home from diving . . . in your undergarments.

 

[Venus]

you start wearing thongs because they take up less luggage space for your over seas trips

 

[Dtaine]

when the cost of dive equipment starts to equal some of your student loans

 

[Darcey]

you start wearing thongs because they take up less luggage space for your over seas trips

*sigh* Guilty!:ssst:hbrother:

 

[Cavs42]

When you think nothing of shopping at Costco on the way home from diving . . . in your undergarments.

oh, I've so done that...

when you buy a brand new SUV just so you can transport your dive gear and dog at the same time.

when you plaster a big "Divers do it Deeper" sticker on said SUV a week after you bought it.

 

[Dance4God]

the new Hero on Heroes can breathe underwater!!! He is my Hero!!!

 

[MaxBottomtime]

you start wearing thongs because they take up less luggage space for your over seas trips

 

[Twistedarts]

these were posted elsewhere, my personal favs....

BottomfeederBrodie - "lost my wife in Walmart last night so i searched for one minute then went to the main aisle.....grabbed one of those 6 ft long round yellow foam things from a display and waited patiently for her to "surface" from an aisle.....then gave the "oK"

JupiterMermaid - "When you look at dive catalogs as if they were porn mags."

Speedhound - "you're standing at the checkout holding just a tube of KY jelly and a pack of C-cells, and you're the only person thinking about drysuit seals and flashlight."