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Scuba Forum / General / September 2005For Limey Dave
Several days ago I accused you of sleeping on the hurricane season - I hit send before I comprehended the entire message - I did not notice that you were referring to So Fla - So sorry - I'll try not to let it happen again joe > Several days ago I accused you of sleeping on the hurricane season Um, you see this weekend's forecast? Curtis "Magilla" wrote: >>Several days ago I accused you of sleeping on the hurricane season > > Um, you see this weekend's forecast? > > Curtis once again - a little premature. I did. Hope all is well - it looks like a fast developer. My comments to Dave were made a week or so before anything had shown up - be safe! > Several days ago I accused you of sleeping on the hurricane season - I hit > send before I comprehended the entire message - I did not notice that you > were referring to So Fla - So sorry - I'll try not to let it happen again Zzzzzzzz, huh?....... wha?.........Katrina who? No worries, not necessary, really. I'm looking at the first feeder band out about four miles offshore, should be here in about 20 mins. Dave. > Zzzzzzzz, huh?....... wha?.........Katrina who? > No worries, not necessary, really. > I'm looking at the first feeder band out about four miles offshore, should > be here in about 20 mins. Be there Saturday morning, daybreak, for the beach dive near your place. ;-) Curtis >> Zzzzzzzz, huh?....... wha?.........Katrina who? >> No worries, not necessary, really. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Be there Saturday morning, daybreak, for the beach dive near your > place. ;-) Well, hopefully this'll at least bring some bugs in. btw Curtis, thanks for the call today, I'll drop you a line soon. Dave. > Well, hopefully this'll at least bring some bugs in. > btw Curtis, thanks for the call today, I'll drop you a line soon. Sounds good. We need to get Mike and Lee with 80s, you with your 120 and me with my dub 80s and see who can stay down the longest sometime.......be more than fair, same person to tank size ratios. :-) Curtis >> Well, hopefully this'll at least bring some bugs in. >> btw Curtis, thanks for the call today, I'll drop you a line soon. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > dub 80s and see who can stay down the longest sometime.......be more than > fair, same person to tank size ratios. :-) Yeah, except I'd say you might need to double some 120's to really keep it in proportion. LD. >> We need to get Mike and Lee with 80s, you with your 120 and me with my >> dub 80s and see who can stay down the longest sometime.......be more than >> fair, same person to tank size ratios. :-) Hey, when you're breaking, do you ask for tiles twice as think as everybody else just because you're bigger? Lee >>> We need to get Mike and Lee with 80s, you with your 120 and me with my >>> dub 80s and see who can stay down the longest sometime.......be more >>> than fair, same person to tank size ratios. :-) > > Hey, when you're breaking, do you ask for tiles twice as think as > everybody else just because you're bigger? You seen the guys he competes against??? LD. >>>> We need to get Mike and Lee with 80s, you with your 120 and me with my >>>> dub 80s and see who can stay down the longest sometime.......be more [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >> > You seen the guys he competes against??? OK, do they ask for tiles twice as thick? >>>>> We need to get Mike and Lee with 80s, you with your 120 and me with my >>>>> dub 80s and see who can stay down the longest sometime.......be more [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > OK, do they ask for tiles twice as thick? Twice as thick as what? Each others? >>>>>> We need to get Mike and Lee with 80s, you with your 120 and me with >>>>>> my dub 80s and see who can stay down the longest sometime.......be [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >> > Twice as thick as what? Each others? Yeah. After all, if Curtis gets to use bigger tanks than we do because he's a bigger person, he/they should have to break bigger tiles because they're bigger. It's only fair. Lee >>>>>>> We need to get Mike and Lee with 80s, you with your 120 and me with >>>>>>> my dub 80s and see who can stay down the longest sometime.......be [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > he's a bigger person, he/they should have to break bigger tiles because > they're bigger. It's only fair. Oh OK, I wasn't sure if I was missing something there. I mentioned his competitors because he competes in a particular weight class (Heavyweight IIRC) which means that none of us would even be close to him in a size class (I'm staying away from weight because I think I'd be heavyweight in most sports). So his analogy was pretty good in the first place......a little unfair on *him* if anything. ;0) LD. > Yeah. After all, if Curtis gets to use bigger tanks than we do because > he's a bigger person, he/they should have to break bigger tiles because > they're bigger. It's only fair. I'm usually among an average of 2 that peg the scale at over 300, so most are smaller, just most are far more experienced. Since all three of you can dwarf my 7 1/2 years, how about that angle? Curtis ""Magilla"" wrote > I'm usually among an average of 2 that peg the scale at over 300, so most > are smaller, just most are far more experienced. Since all three of you > can dwarf my 7 1/2 years, how about that angle? No angles required. Dive whatever makes the dive work. There's never been any other rule. We all had best be careful or Bullshark will bring his wife along. She makes us all look like air hogs. Lee > We all had best be careful or Bullshark will bring his wife along. She > makes us all look like air hogs. So, you're saying she makes you "stiff"? >> We all had best be careful or Bullshark will bring his wife along. She >> makes us all look like air hogs. > > So, you're saying she makes you "stiff"? I would never suggest such a thing in public. >> We all had best be careful or Bullshark will bring his wife along. She >> makes us all look like air hogs. > > So, you're saying she makes you "stiff"? That brought a memory of the Old Glory speedos that I didn't need. <shudder> > That brought a memory of the Old Glory speedos that I didn't need. > <shudder> YIKES!!! Curtis > No angles required. Dive whatever makes the dive work. There's never > been any other rule. I like that. Was really hinting we get more than the 50 minute dive time allowed. > We all had best be careful or Bullshark will bring his wife along. She > makes us all look like air hogs. :-) Curtis >> No angles required. Dive whatever makes the dive work. There's never >> been any other rule. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >> We all had best be careful or Bullshark will bring his wife along. She >> makes us all look like air hogs. Is that why you got those huge tanks? JF "What embitters the world is not excess of criticism, but an absence of self-criticism." - G.K.Chesterton >>> We all had best be careful or Bullshark will bring his wife along. She >>> makes us all look like air hogs. > Is that why you got those huge tanks? I don't have huge tanks. My largest tanks are my two HP 100s. I got them for deeper dives and because, at the time, Mike was using either 100s or 120s. I don't recall which. I have 6 Compact 80s, one standard 80 (my O2 tank), a 40 df deco tank and a 30 I carry on the boat. Curtis had large tanks because he was diving deeper too. He now uses twins and, if I'm not mistaken, he sold his 120s to Dave. I don't think I've seen Dave dive them yet, but I could be wrong. Rumor has it that Ms. Bullshark dives as long or longer on a 60 as we do on an 80, but you know how rumors are. I can tell you that I have not noticed her heading for the surface any earlier than any of the rest of us. The regulars, Mike, Bullshark, Ms. Bullshark, Gary O and me, all get our money's worth out of a tank of gas. Lee >Rumor has it that Ms. Bullshark dives as long or longer on a 60 as we do on >an 80, but you know how rumors are. I can tell you that I have not noticed >her heading for the surface any earlier than any of the rest of us. The >regulars, Mike, Bullshark, Ms. Bullshark, Gary O and me, all get our money's >worth out of a tank of gas. Sounds like Stardiver. She takes a little bitty tank and makes it last all weekend. I swear the only time she uses air is when she's blowing bubble rings. JF "What embitters the world is not excess of criticism, but an absence of self-criticism." - G.K.Chesterton >>>> We all had best be careful or Bullshark will bring his wife along. She >>>> makes us all look like air hogs. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >120s. I don't recall which. I have 6 Compact 80s, one standard 80 (my O2 >tank), a 40 df deco tank and a 30 I carry on the boat. I learned about the 100's the hard way. I almost strangled myself trying to stay with you and Mike with my 80's the first time we dived together. Actually they were your 80's now that I think about it. Nobody told me you guys were using 100's and I didn't look close enuf to tell the difference. I was really embarrassed when I had to surface early because I was low on air after what seemed like hours of bottom time. At least you let me off the hook afterwards and told me about the 100's. JF "What embitters the world is not excess of criticism, but an absence of self-criticism." - G.K.Chesterton >>>>> We all had best be careful or Bullshark will bring his wife along. >>>>> She [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > time. At least you let me off the hook afterwards and told me about > the 100's. I remember thinking the same thing.......and not knowing they weren't on 80's. Damn cheaters! ;0) LD. > Curtis had large tanks because he was diving deeper too. He now uses > twins and, if I'm not mistaken, he sold his 120s to Dave. I don't think > I've seen Dave dive them yet, but I could be wrong. You are not mistaken, you haven't seen me dive them yet. It's been a while......the tanks are great though. LD. > Curtis had large tanks because he was diving deeper too. He now uses > twins and, if I'm not mistaken, he sold his 120s to Dave. I don't think > I've seen Dave dive them yet, but I could be wrong. That would be correct. My 125s are doubled for cave diving, way too big for ocean use. The HP 120s I had (ones I loaned Greg) are no longer in my posession, I dive two sets of double AL80s now on my boat excursions. No longer own a single back gas tank, too happy with the doubles. Curtis "Magilla" wrote: > I dive two sets of double AL80s now on my boat excursions. No > longer own a single back gas tank, too happy with the doubles. Someday you will rediscover the niceness of only one AL80. It makes you feel almost naked. I like the wreck dives to 200+, but I love the reef, wreck or river dives to 90 or less. "How much is that gorilla in the window?" "Take our advice, at any price, a gorilla like Magilla is mighty nice" >> I dive two sets of double AL80s now on my boat excursions. No >> longer own a single back gas tank, too happy with the doubles. > > Someday you will rediscover the niceness of only one AL80. It makes you > feel almost naked. I like the wreck dives to 200+, but I love the reef, > wreck or river dives to 90 or less. Be quite some time, the dub 80s I consider to be the nice little ones. They disappear behind me when standing, overhead don with an 11 lb "V" weight is a snap (on land, few boats have the room and are stable enough to not endanger others). Guess there's a reason I got the nick of "Magilla"? Curtis >> Yeah. After all, if Curtis gets to use bigger tanks than we do because >> he's a bigger person, he/they should have to break bigger tiles because [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > most are smaller, just most are far more experienced. Since all three of > you can dwarf my 7 1/2 years, how about that angle? No angle there bro. I've only been certed for 9 yrs, only diving for 11. Limey. > No angle there bro. I've only been certed for 9 yrs, only diving for 11. Just for the "ancients", the guys who started diving while I was still in diapers. Made up for it in intensity though. ;-) Curtis >> No angle there bro. I've only been certed for 9 yrs, only diving for 11. > > Just for the "ancients", the guys who started diving while I was still > in diapers. > > Made up for it in intensity though. ;-) That, you have. See ya Monday! LD. >>> Hey, when you're breaking, do you ask for tiles twice as thick as >>> everybody else just because you're bigger? >>> >> You seen the guys he competes against??? > > OK, do they ask for tiles twice as thick? We gonna break these tanks or just breathe from them? <grin> Curtis |
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