http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/08/15/dobbs.august16/index.html
NEW YORK (CNN) -- The Soviet Union, Marxist Leninism, the Evil Empire and
their ugly metaphor, the Berlin Wall, crumbled and collapsed almost 17
years ago.

Got a buddy who's in the market for a pair of steel 100's or 120's. Anything
in good shape can be considered. I will check out other avenues, but I know
some here still sell gear occasionally, and would rather it come from a
known source.

Finally looking to hit this site soon. Any recommendations for which
operator to use?

So, you know what happens when a POPEYE neglects his girlfriends? They
get pissed! Their party animal roomate moves out to preach the Gospel
of Sobriety                               ( GGGGGAAAAGGGG) (( we shall
see how long this actually lasts) and the sex twins jones for a night

My wife, a novice diver, wants to go on wearing her contacts when she
starts actively diving this summer.  Our instructors from our NAUI-
affiliated dive shop have recommended prescription masks since you could
easily lose a contact when your mask floods.  She wants nothing to do ...

May turn out to be more of a novella than novel.
Storyline:  "Persons of interest" start dying.
SPOILER SPACE BELOW
Turns out a rogue FBI agent gave the list to a Mafia family, who, in a

I was wondering about my certifications number. Will it change when I
go from fx OWD to AOWD or will I continue to have my number until i
become a instructor (I know they use a different number series).
Best regards

All - To anyone traveling by air with SCUBA gear over the next few weeks - I'd appreciate
any reports regarding experiences with TSA et. al in re: getting your gear through security,
given the "hightened" state of affairs. I'm going later this month and am now debating whether
or ...

The FDEP is about to renew the permit without having any remediation
other than finally having the sewer plant agree to do testing. This is
still a clear violation of the Clean Water Act, and the FDEP is pretty
much trying to sweep the issue under the rug.

Our trip is June 24 to June 29.  Can't wait.  So far, I have recommendations
for Looe Key Dive Center and Innerspace Dive Center.  Any other suggestions?

Integrated Weights Just fall Out ?
All:
- Just got a new Cressi BC with Integrated weight system.
On my first shore dive, checking this whole thing out, I loaded up the

Question for y'all...yinz...you guys...whatever.
I'm still a fairly new diver (25 dives since certification) and I have
an opportunity to do AOW classes in Florida next month.
There are a couple PADI specialties I'm interested in, and I know that

Ade finally got to dive her custom 1/4" plate and OxyCheq wing today, and it
was bliss. Now she knows why we call them poodle jackets.
We saw a flourishing reef, three mating pairs of wolf eels, got buzzed by a
ling cod that was about 4 feet long (in fact he/she/it followed us ...

Decompression sickness is a condition resulting from inadequate release of
excess nitrogen absorbed during a dive.  Decompression sickness is not the
same as decompression illness.  Decompression illness is a term which
describes both overexpansion injuries, including arterial ...