Thought you Florida guys might want one for the next hurricane.  Good
reason to bunker some more gas.
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2 stainless backplates, 2 sets of Jetfins with Jackie Smith spring
straps, 2 18W HId lights with 2 9AH battery packs each, 2 Nexcell
chargers, 1 10W HID, 8 regulator sets, Olympus camera and housing with
charger and 4 sets of batteries, 5 backup lights with batteries, 2

Hello all --
Below is my e-mail to the US Dive Travel Network and their response.  I
stand by my observation that their website is less than useful,
although I'm sure I'll take some shots for that.  Doesn't matter.  What

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Four Mexicans were killed when a dispute between two
Tzotzil Indian families over a pothole in the street escalated into a
full-blown shootout.
One of the families closed off the cracked concrete and mud road in the town

Northern Ireland ?
As for the failure of the current approach in Iraq in the fight against
Islamism terrorism, apparently it is something that even US

Question for you (or anyone else who travels a lot in the US).  My
parents have finally decided to do something fun in their retirement,
and are going on a huge trailer "caravan"-style tour of Central America.
   Problem is they have to make it from Canada to San Antonio, in ...

I am looking for a place to take the family over Christmas break & hope to
find a place that will entertain them as well offer some decent diving.
anyone have any suggestions on a reasonable resort down there? Thanks!

I'm going over at Christmas and while I have dived in the N Island I will be
down south this time. Any places I should think about if I want a dive?

I'm looking at getting my dive rating, and the local shops here seem to
be either PADI or SDI.  Is there much difference between the 2?  I do
quite a bit of traveling, and want to make sure I'll be able to rent
gear at most places.

Finally finished up my check dives in Brockville on the weekend and
learned first hand from my instructor why not to dive with a bad sinus cold.
After he ruptured his sinus the diving went down hill from there, we were
able to finish our open water checks though. I'd be more than ...

I need some honest help. Don't take this post as spam,as I really need some
opinions from divers.
My wife an I (michigan divers) literally sold our web hosting clients to
devote time to this new project.

So we're playing a game up by the pool.  Carol is ahead, but it's my
crib.  In my hand I kept 4 5's and turned up a 10 of hearts.  In the
crib I had the 6-7-8-9 of hearts.
And Carol puts down an ace on my thirty to go out.  The pool got quiet

First of all, I want to briefly introduce myself. I've been diving
since '87, hold Instructor certs with NAUI, TDI and DAN and work as the
Diving Safety Officer for the New England Aquarium in Boston, MA. I'm
also a tech diver (though that is the newest component to my diving)