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Scuba Forum / General / November 2004PADI - Blood From Stones
Put Another Dollar In. We all joke about that, right? I went to get the new ex into an open water course. I know the instrokter, and he tells me to "tell the shop you saw an internet special" and you'll get a deal. Regular $179. Special $129. Rip off! But I sign her up anyway. Me: So, where are her course materials? Shop Monkey: Oh yeah. <goes and gets box of stuff> SM: That will be another $50. Me: The course materials aren't included in the course fee? SM: No. They're extra. Me: Do you charge students for air, too? SM: No, that's included in the course fee. Me: So, it's gonna be $180 to take the course? SM: Yeah. Me: Some deal. Land of the $40 dollar snorkle, I guess. > Put Another Dollar In. We all joke about that, right? I went to get the > new ex into an open water course. I know the instrokter, and he tells me [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Land of the $40 dollar snorkle, I guess. Go here: http://www.scuba-training.net/ It lets her do all the academics at home, no materials, no bullshit, no Seattle traffic. Then, get with me. Ade is doing the same thing; soon as we get her academics, we have an instructor lined up to do the pool and OW work for a cert. Then, we'll teach them how to dive. >> Land of the $40 dollar snorkle, I guess. > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Then, we'll teach them how to dive. Too late, she's already in the course. She came home all excited yesterday after her first day in the pool. She was talking in her sleep about it, bitching out all us drysuit divers. I'm bringing her your travel plate today. One of her many excellent attributes is her love of "rigging sh.t," as she so elequently puts it. I figure she'll have a ball rigging that thing. Also! I need to get a weighted STA from you. He of Many Hoses swiped the one I had. Bastard. 10-4 on teaching her to dive. She's smart. She just doesn't know that's how it works. I don't want to start trashing open water training standards while she's in the course. That'll come later. Sorry to hear about your experience. It's sounds like a poor operator and has nothing to do with a PADI, NAUI, SSI, YMCA, or any other organization. I do like site that another person posted about the http://www.scuba-training.net/ . Good luck to your wife. Nelson > Put Another Dollar In. We all joke about that, right? I went to get the > new ex into an open water course. I know the instrokter, and he tells me [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Land of the $40 dollar snorkle, I guess. > Good luck to your wife. This is the new ex, not to be confused with the old ex. If it were my wife, I'd tie her to the boat anchor, and drop the bitch over. But I do appreciate the sentiment. >>Good luck to your wife. > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > But I do appreciate the sentiment. Good to have some honest to god scuba content back on the list. > > This is the new ex, not to be confused with the old ex. > > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Good to have some honest to god scuba content back on the list. No scuba content there, newbie. We're talking about Jerome's ex. Pay attention, or have a seat. Oh, wait, we don't care. Have a seat.  Signature"We're going to rush the hijackers." -Jeremy Glick, aboard United Airlines flight 93, September 11, 2001 > € > This is the new ex, not to be confused with the old ex. > € > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Oh, wait, we don't care. Have a seat. Jesus Lyle, haven't you figured out who I am yet? > Jesus Lyle, haven't you figured out who I am yet? Nope. Give me a clue that even Popeye would understand. Signature"We're going to rush the hijackers." -Jeremy Glick, aboard United Airlines flight 93, September 11, 2001 > € Jesus Lyle, haven't you figured out who I am yet? > > Nope. > > Give me a clue that even Popeye would understand. Nope. > > > Jesus Lyle, haven't you figured out who I am yet? > > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Nope. OK. Then give him a clue that most normal people would understand , O Big 'n Happy one :-) > OK. Then give him a clue that most normal people would understand , O > Big 'n Happy one :-) Let him die. We're bored, and, therefore, no longer interested. Signature"We're going to rush the hijackers." -Jeremy Glick, aboard United Airlines flight 93, September 11, 2001 > ? OK. Then give him a clue that most normal people would understand , O > ? Big 'n Happy one :-) > > Let him die. > > We're bored, and, therefore, no longer interested. So Jammer, you are going to let a girl beat ya? I figured out who Whistler was long ago. Why can't you? I guess you aren't the god you say you are. > So Jammer, you are going to let a girl beat ya? > > I figured out who Whistler was long ago. Why can't you? I guess you aren't > the god you say you are. Non-believers. Jesus. Brian Edmonton, Alberta www.mossmanscuba.com > I figured out who Whistler was long ago. Why can't you? You have a significant advantage. Signature"We're going to rush the hijackers." -Jeremy Glick, aboard United Airlines flight 93, September 11, 2001 > ? I figured out who Whistler was long ago. Why can't you? > > You have a significant advantage. Indeed, it appears that I'm smarter than you. (wg) > We're bored...... Hearing those voices again aren't you? >>We're bored...... > > Hearing those voices again aren't you? If he's bored he's probably not hearing them. Some of the most exciting times in my life have been when the voices were talking to me. At least the times I did what they said, anyway. SignatureSteve The above can be construed as personal opinion in the absence of a reasonable belief that it was intended as a statement of fact. If you want a reply to reach me, remove the SPAMTRAP from the address. > If he's bored he's probably not hearing them. Some of the most exciting > times in my life have been when the voices were talking to me. At least > the times I did what they said, anyway. I hear voices in my head. They don't like you. >>>We're bored...... >> [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >life have been when the voices were talking to me. At least the times I did what they >said, anyway. Question on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personallity Inventory (MMPI): The voices in my head do not tell me to do bad things. (T/F question) Signaturedillon "When the French are against it, you know we can't be far wrong." - Adm. Bobbie Ray Inman Whistler <whiNstOler@sSan.rPr.cAomM> wrote in news:AETld.52265$hN1.21991 @twister.socal.rr.com: > Good to have some honest to god scuba content back on the list. You can always count on me in a pinch. Who are you again? And please, someone remind me if I care. > Whistler <whiNstOler@sSan.rPr.cAomM> wrote in news:AETld.52265$hN1.21991 > @twister.socal.rr.com: [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Who are you again? And please, someone remind me if I care. You care because you are a man of your word andyou promised me a spot on your boat and you still don't bloody well have one yet. Apparently you can't even keep a drysuit afloat. Don't make me write a limerick. I'm too tired. Whistler <whiNstOler@sSan.rPr.cAomM> wrote in news:5agmd.46708$jo2.18114 @twister.socal.rr.com: > You care because you are a man of your word andyou promised me a spot on > your boat and you still don't bloody well have one yet. Apparently you > can't even keep a drysuit afloat. > > Don't make me write a limerick. I'm too tired. Cliff, you sonofabitch! I LOVE YOU MAN!!! Where the hell have you been? You never write. You never call. I was beginning to think you didn't love me any more. The new ex wants a boat. It's got a spot on it for you, always. So what's new with you? > Cliff, you sonofabitch! I LOVE YOU MAN!!! > > Where the hell have you been? Two words. Dot. Com. You? > You never write. You never call. I was > beginning to think you didn't love me any more. Ah, here we go again. To love me is to berate me.. > The new ex wants a boat. It's got a spot on it for you, always. Given your skill with a drysuit, I'll be sure to bring a life preserver. > So what's new with you? I'm diving again. I'm diving in San Diego, which is cool. My drysuit sucks and it's pissing me off. I'm treating myself to a trip to Roatan. What's new with you, other than the news that you've traded a boat anchor for a navigator? > Two words. Dot. Com. You? Are those still around? I now work for an Application Service Provider. That's like, legitimate and sh.t. We even have customers. > Given your skill with a drysuit, I'll be sure to bring a life > preserver. Hey man, that seal blew at 60 feet on a night dive, and I still had time to stop, chase an octopus, check out the massive squid egg nest, and sprain my ankle hauling my a.s out of the water. I'd say it was a pretty good dive. Except for the neck seal blowing, and freezing my a.s off. The good news is that I have, right now, sitting in a box in front of me, a brand new neck seal, two brand new hard boots, a bottle of MEK, and a bottle of PB300. I'm ready to rock. Or get high as a kite on the fumes... > I'm diving again. > I'm diving in San Diego, which is cool. > My drysuit sucks and it's pissing me off. > I'm treating myself to a trip to Roatan. Excellent. > What's new with you, other than the news that you've traded a boat > anchor for a navigator? Well said! The new ex is doing her OW checkout dives this weekend. She wants a RIB, and loves Neah Bay. I forsee many happy occasions in my future. Since the ink on the divorce is still pretty fresh, I figure it'd be best if we just shacked up for a while. But I hate Bellevue, and I still have to sell my joint. So I'm in a bit of a bind. My son was diagnosed with autism a while back, but he's smarter than most of the doctors that have looked at him, so I'm not worried. Other than that, not much. Oh yeah, I'm still better looking than you. > Oh yeah, I'm still better looking than you. Open the windows. The fumes have got you. > My drysuit sucks and it's pissing me off. IIRC you had a Diving Concepts that you initially liked. If so, what's wrong with it? Brian Edmonton, Alberta www.mossmanscuba.com >>My drysuit sucks and it's pissing me off. > > IIRC you had a Diving Concepts that you initially liked. If so, what's > wrong with it? No, that was Udo. I got a DUI 450, but I have monstrous feet and they don't have anything but rock boots in that size. I got them, but with big misgivings and instantly my worst fears were realized. My jet fins (turtle fins) wedge themselves on to the rock boots so tightly it takes a travelling circus to get them off. Added to that, they put balloons where the feet should have been, so if I roll forward just a bit to look at something up close, they're heading for the surface. If I squeeze all the air out, everything's fine. Except that I'm freezing. And they snuck on one of those dang low profile valves that don't dump worth a sh.t, even when wide open. I used to rent a CF200 that fit like a glove, with booties barely big enough to get my toes in. Thing was easier to dive than a wetsuit. I'm considering going back and trading them. > It's sounds like a poor operator and > has nothing to do with a PADI, NAUI, SSI, YMCA, or any other organization. Silence, newbie. We'll let you know when you have something to say, or when there are tanks to be carried. Signature"We're going to rush the hijackers." -Jeremy Glick, aboard United Airlines flight 93, September 11, 2001 Thus spake "Jerome's Sock Puppet" <eatshitndie@spamming.bastards.com> >Put Another Dollar In. We all joke about that, right? I went to get the >new ex into an open water course. I know the instrokter, and he tells me [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > >Land of the $40 dollar snorkle, I guess. That's not PADI, that's the shop. Suck you in with a "low" price, then rape you over a barrel with the add-ons. Do they charge for equipment rentals? Signaturedillon "When the French are against it, you know we can't be far wrong." - Adm. Bobbie Ray Inman > Land of the $40 dollar snorkle, I guess. Nope. Snorkles take a Q course before they're safe. Signature"We're going to rush the hijackers." -Jeremy Glick, aboard United Airlines flight 93, September 11, 2001 "Jerome's Sock Puppet" <eatshitndie@spamming.bastards.com> wrote in message . > Me: So, it's gonna be $180 to take the course? > SM: Yeah. > Me: Some deal. I'm guessing the PIC envelope and passport photo isn't included either so add another $25 and $10. > Put Another Dollar In. We all joke about that, right? I went to get the > new ex into an open water course. I know the instrokter, and he tells me [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Land of the $40 dollar snorkle, I guess. Then, don't come to NY for dive training. That is a bargain! Some places asking $300 for OW. |
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