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Scuba Forum / General / July 2009Rec Scuba OT
Hi All, I've been away for awhile, but I can see Rec.Scuba has really gone OT these days. That's too bad as I'm sure it has made a lot of folks just throw in the towel and say the hell with it. I've been looking at it for about two months now and I'm hard pressed to really get involved again. Anyway, some times I miss the good old days when all we did was talk about the Dive Industry. Enjoy & Aloha, ZamaTim On Jul 1, 12:29 am, "Zama...@teranews.com" <some...@microsoft.com> wrote: > Hi All, I've been away for awhile, but I can see Rec.Scuba has really gone > OT these days. That's too bad as I'm sure it has made a lot of folks just > throw in the towel and say the hell with it. I've been looking at it for > about two months now and I'm hard pressed to really get involved again. > Anyway, some times I miss the good old days when all we did was talk about > the Dive Industry. There are about 8 people left, thanks to offensive racist wackos like Scott Koplin and Lee Bell scaring away anyone normal with all their off-topic bullshit. Welcome back to Dead Rec.Scuba. RIP! Most of us do still dive. I'm leaving for the airport tonight in fact for a 14 day vacation in French Polynesia, where I'll be diving Rangiroa, Nuku Hiva, Bora Bora, Moorea, and Tahiti. At least check back in for the dive report. > On Jul 1, 12:29 am, "Zama...@teranews.com" <some...@microsoft.com> > wrote: [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > Rangiroa, Nuku Hiva, Bora Bora, Moorea, and Tahiti. At least check > back in for the dive report. Hey Greg, enjoy the S. Pacific. I'm leaving for the airport tomorrow to invade Lee Bell's back yard and dive off Pompano Beach for the July 4 weekend. I'll post a dive report and links to photos if you will. gc > Hey Greg, enjoy the S. Pacific. I'm leaving for the airport tomorrow > to invade Lee Bell's back yard and dive off Pompano Beach for the July > 4 weekend. > > I'll post a dive report and links to photos if you will. Ixnay on the photos. I barely managed to get all our dive gear into a single 49.5 lb bag, leaving three bags for our clothes/toiletries for 2 weeks on a luxury cruise. Janna's not happy, but the overweight charge is $70 and I hate to give the airlines more money for something they used to carry for free. If I usurped another bag for my camera, she'd really be unhappy. It's $100 if I want to bring a fifth bag and we're already paying up the nose for the lousy 8 dives we'll be able to get in, plus I have no idea what the camera facilities will be like on the ship, so I figured I'd treat myself to a real vacation and leave the camera at home. I plan to get out to Wakatobi next year for some real good shooting to make up for it. Dive report I can do, maybe even aboard the ship if I managed to get bored, but with an open bar that's not likely! Right now, I'm still looking for Janna's dang Uwatec wrist unit, which I probably washed and stored away in haste 9 months ago when we came home from the broken ankle dive trip and have no idea where it went. I can't even find my old Cochran. It looks like one of us will be diving sans computer unless I get lucky, but with only 8 dives over two weeks, I'm sure we'll manage to survive. I'll just give her my Suunto and mirror her profile - with the Suunto being so conservative, there's no way I could get bent. Enjoy Florida! >Right now, I'm still looking for Janna's dang Uwatec wrist unit, which >I probably washed and stored away in haste 9 months ago when we came >home from the broken ankle dive trip and have no idea where it went. >I can't even find my old Cochran. It looks like one of us will be >diving sans computer unless I get lucky, but with only 8 dives over >two weeks, I'm sure we'll manage to survive. Just follow the dm. You'll be fine. > On Wed, 1 Jul 2009 13:04:55 -0700 (PDT), Greg Mossman > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Just follow the dm. You'll be fine. What if we lose the DM? I have a habit of that :) On Wed, 1 Jul 2009 23:36:14 -0700 (PDT), Greg Mossman >What if we lose the DM? I have a habit of that :) Your motivation to follow him will be increased by your lack of dive computer. Or use dive tables. >On Wed, 1 Jul 2009 23:36:14 -0700 (PDT), Greg Mossman >>What if we lose the DM? I have a habit of that :) [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >Or use dive tables. Most dive masters are best lost [Default] Thus spake Greg Mossman <mossman@qnet.com>: >> On Wed, 1 Jul 2009 13:04:55 -0700 (PDT), Greg Mossman >> [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > >What if we lose the DM? I have a habit of that :) If you put down on red and one of the zeroes, you have pretty good odds of not losing him.  Signature- dillon I am not invalid "Jimmy, I'm sorry your girlfriend turned out to be a cylon." -Special Agent Tim McGee, "NCIS" > Ixnay on the photos. I barely managed to get all our dive gear into a > single 49.5 lb bag, leaving three bags for our clothes/toiletries for > 2 weeks on a luxury cruise. Janna's not happy, but the overweight > charge is $70 and I hate to give the airlines more money for something > they used to carry for free. If I usurped another bag for my camera, > she'd really be unhappy. Sounds like she has you quite thoroughly trained :-) > ... plus I have no idea what the camera facilities will be like > on the ship, so I figured I'd treat myself to a real vacation and > leave the camera at home. You're shooting digital. What more 'facilities' do you need than a power adaptor plug and a <1lb digital wallet? > I plan to get out to Wakatobi next year for > some real good shooting to make up for it. Which reminds me: just heard this week the good news that Reef Divers on Cayman Brac is back in operation. -hh > > Ixnay on the photos. I barely managed to get all our dive gear into a > > single 49.5 lb bag, leaving three bags for our clothes/toiletries for [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Sounds like she has you quite thoroughly trained :-) I'm trained to keep her happy. I know what the alternative is like! > > ... plus I have no idea what the camera facilities will be like > > on the ship, so I figured I'd treat myself to a real vacation and [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > What more 'facilities' do you need than a power adaptor plug and a > <1lb digital wallet? Rinse tank is nice, though we have a bathtub in the room. Camera table is nice, though I have a bed in the room. Basically, I want a liveaboard's camera facilities because I'm too lazy to carry the heavy crap all the way to the dive boat and I'm leery of fogging the lenses and ports. Between that, the fact that I'd have to pay for the extra bag and carry the extra bag and deal with the camera hassle when I'm trying to enjoy the non-diving portion of the trip and only get in 8 dives total when I'm still trying to get the hang of the damn angled- viewfinder that Vandit talked me into getting, I just figured screw it! On my next dive trip, I'll plan for 30 dives and shoot on at least 28 of them. > > I plan to get out to Wakatobi next year for > > some real good shooting to make up for it. > > Which reminds me: just heard this week the good news that Reef Divers > on Cayman Brac is back in operation. Let me know when Continental flies there direct and I'll be there. > > Which reminds me: just heard this week the good news that Reef Divers > > on Cayman Brac is back in operation. > > Let me know when Continental flies there direct and I'll be there. Cayman Airways (CAL) has an exclusive on the island, but as IIRC you've already done, one can fly Continental to Grand Cayman from IIRC Houston and Newark. Given that the FFM mileage earned on the CAL flight is negligible, its not too much of a loss ... just the relatively minor hassle to invoke the "One More Flight" rule. And for trips of longer durations, the typically lower hotel room prices can make it financially cost competitive, if not cheaper. -hh >> On Jul 1, 12:29 am, "Zama...@teranews.com" <some...@microsoft.com> >> wrote: [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > gc yeah, Greg have a safe trip - no hurricanes/tsunamis, no broken ankles/surgery, no stitches from a moray - just a normal safe and happy trip - keep Janna safe! > yeah, Greg have a safe trip - no hurricanes/tsunamis, no broken > ankles/surgery, no stitches from a moray - just a normal safe and happy > trip - keep Janna safe! Thank you, Joe. So far so good. Only liver damage! Completed two dives off Rangiroa and two in Tahiti. Only four more to go :( Greg Mossman <mossman@qnet.com> wrote in news:a1f70ea4-02fb-452d-b8f5- c8f1a3f729b5@c36g2000yqn.googlegroups.com: > Completed two dives off Rangiroa and two in Tahiti. Only four more to > go :( Seems a long way to go for only 8 dives... SignatureSee NNTP header field "X-Real-Email-Address" to reply by email. On Jul 6, 7:14 pm, "Grumman-581" <grumman581+usenet-2...@gmail.com> wrote: > Greg Mossman <moss...@qnet.com> wrote in news:a1f70ea4-02fb-452d-b8f5- > c8f1a3f72...@c36g2000yqn.googlegroups.com: [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Seems a long way to go for only 8 dives... We're in the middle of a 600 mile ocean crossing right now, just so I can make one dive off Nuku Hiva in the Marquesas Islands. Unfortunately this boat is flat-bottomed and while the seas are only 8', we're positioned on the top deck up near the bow and rocking like crazy. I'm trying to drown my queasiness in Capt's & Coke so we can make it to lunch. Hi, Lee had always provided good topic information over the years. I hope he continues to do so. Perhaps we can get the group back on "On Topic", but I have my doubts. I'm in Germany right now with the First Armored, a fare cry from my home in Hawaii and my last duty station in Japan for the past seven years. We have only been here six months and are going back to Hawaii "next weekend" for a month, with a slide trip to the US Army Missile range at Kwajalein Atoll for a week. Some of the best unspoiled diving I have ever seen in my 40 years of diving. No, I'm not that old, I started when I was ten. Anyway, I'll tell all about it with photo's when I get back for those that are interested. Looks like several people are doing trips this summer with stories and photo's. Is there a preferred location to put photo's for the group to view? Aloha, Tim On Jul 1, 12:29 am, "Zama...@teranews.com" <some...@microsoft.com> wrote: > Hi All, I've been away for awhile, but I can see Rec.Scuba has really gone > OT these days. That's too bad as I'm sure it has made a lot of folks just > throw in the towel and say the hell with it. I've been looking at it for > about two months now and I'm hard pressed to really get involved again. > Anyway, some times I miss the good old days when all we did was talk about > the Dive Industry. There are about 8 people left, thanks to offensive racist wackos like Scott Koplin and Lee Bell scaring away anyone normal with all their off-topic bullshit. Welcome back to Dead Rec.Scuba. RIP! Most of us do still dive. I'm leaving for the airport tonight in fact for a 14 day vacation in French Polynesia, where I'll be diving Rangiroa, Nuku Hiva, Bora Bora, Moorea, and Tahiti. At least check back in for the dive report. > Hi, Lee had always provided good topic information over the years. I hope > he continues to do so. Perhaps we can get the group back on "On Topic", but [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > a week. Some of the best unspoiled diving I have ever seen in my 40 years > of diving. No, I'm not that old, I started when I was ten. Tim my nephew just returned from a two year stay on Kwajalein - he loved the diving very much Enjoy the atoll Wow, a two year stay!!! You should have found an excuse to visit him. My wife and I were there in 2001, this time, wife and my two daughters 15 & 17 years old. They have only dove in Okinawa so this will be really deferent with all the wrecks and sea life right off the beach. It will be the first time they will dive in Hawaii as well. Aloha, Tim >> Hi, Lee had always provided good topic information over the years. I >> hope he continues to do so. Perhaps we can get the group back on "On [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Enjoy the atoll My brother got out there twice - me it was just too long of a trip and too much airfare - > Wow, a two year stay!!! You should have found an excuse to visit him. My > wife and I were there in 2001, this time, wife and my two daughters 15 & 17 [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] >> >> Enjoy the atoll > Is there a preferred location to put photo's for the >group to view? rec.scuba is a text only forum. Photos, videos, and such can go somewhere on the internet with a link posted here. Tim "Zama...@teranews.com" <some...@microsoft.com> wrote: > Hi, Lee had always provided good topic information over the years. I hope > he continues to do so. Perhaps we can get the group back on "On Topic", but [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > a week. Some of the best unspoiled diving I have ever seen in my 40 years > of diving. No, I'm not that old, I started when I was ten. Enjoy. Take pictures. Compare beers! :-) > Anyway, I'll tell all about it with photo's when I get back for those that > are interested. Looks like several people are doing trips this summer with > stories and photo's. Is there a preferred location to put photo's for the > group to view? Not really, but if you want to donate a pic of you to the <rec.scuba> "Strokes" (members) page, you can email it to me...just send it to hhuntzinger@ the above domain to bypass the anti-spam filters...and it will serve as a reminder that I need to do some major maintenance. -hh > Hi All, I've been away for awhile, but I can see Rec.Scuba has really > gone OT these days. That's too bad as I'm sure it has made a lot of > folks just throw in the towel and say the hell with it. I've been > looking at it for about two months now and I'm hard pressed to really > get involved again. Anyway, some times I miss the good old days when > all we did was talk about the Dive Industry. If you have a topic that hasn't been discussed to death already, feel free to bring it up.. Otherwise, we'll got back to our usual standbys -- politics and firearms... If you don't like it, feel free to go to aus.sport.scuba and join in the lively conversations that are going on over there -- just ignore the crossposted ones... SignatureSee NNTP header field "X-Real-Email-Address" to reply by email. >> Hi All, I've been away for awhile, but I can see Rec.Scuba has really >> gone OT these days. That's too bad as I'm sure it has made a lot of [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > aus.sport.scuba and join in the lively conversations that are going > on over there -- just ignore the crossposted ones... For that matter, if you have a topic that HAS been discussed to death already, feel free to post it anyway. "Chris Guynn" <chris.guynn@gmail.com> wrote in news:2aO2m.2431$j84.916 @nlpi061.nbdc.sbc.com: > For that matter, if you have a topic that HAS been discussed to death > already, feel free to post it anyway. Awh, you're just wanting something to distract you from the heat that we've been having here in Texas... At least it is supposed to be a *dry* heat over where you're at... SignatureSee NNTP header field "X-Real-Email-Address" to reply by email. > "Chris Guynn" <chris.guynn@gmail.com> wrote in news:2aO2m.2431$j84.916 > @nlpi061.nbdc.sbc.com: [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > been having here in Texas... At least it is supposed to be a *dry* heat > over where you're at... Grummie - we got relief Sunday what was 100+ and high humidity has been replaced with cool -very dry weather Today, though, will be near 90 with storms moving in tonight > Grummie - we got relief Sunday what was 100+ and high humidity has > been replaced with cool -very dry weather > > Today, though, will be near 90 with storms moving in tonight Check out this weather... http://www.intellicast.com/Local/Weather.aspx?location=USWY0183 There summer is about like our *winter*... Well, a *cold* winter for hear, at least... SignatureSee NNTP header field "X-Real-Email-Address" to reply by email. > Hi All, I've been away for awhile, but I can see Rec.Scuba has really gone > OT these days. That's too bad as I'm sure it has made a lot of folks just > throw in the towel and say the hell with it. I've been looking at it for > about two months now and I'm hard pressed to really get involved again. > Anyway, some times I miss the good old days when all we did was talk about > the Dive Industry. If you have something you'd like to discuss, post it. Dennis |
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