I was diving at Stoney a few weeks ago and I was walking down to the toilets
admiring all the diving gear on the way when I spotted a watch on the
floor.. I'm surprised that I stumbled across it as there was allot of people
around at the time..

For various reasons I don't want to do the Advanced Nitrox course with the Deco
Procedures course and can't see myself doing Deco in the future.  I'd be
interested in the theory side of the advanced nitrox course but for that I
could just buy a book!  My question therefore is, is ...

Anyone used a Scubapro MK16? Is it an advantage over tge trusty MK2? or
close to performance of the MK20?
Never heard of it before. Can anyone help?

Thinking to book this for the UKRS Coll and Tiree trip at Easter 2004.
Anyone been on her?  Any comments?
Digs

Has anyone else a problem within the club over issuing club cylinders to
members?
The problem is this, the cylinders are locked in the kit room and issued no
problem then it goes pear shaped.  The cylinders get dumped near the

I'm leaving for scapa flow in a week and is wondering what the temperature
is at the moment on surface as well as on the bottom.
Thanks!
Jimmy :O)

Looking to buy a compass - what should I get?
console or wrist (or something else?)
Can anyone recommend something?

    Recently there has been a bit of noise from a couple of people in
our club who claim that long hoses are not compatible with "most" first
stages. I've dived with a long hose for a few years now, on apeks,
scubapro and mares regs, with no problems whatsoever.

Going to Sharm for the first time and just found out that my annual
insurance policy only covers me to 15m (egg).
Just want to check that most of the diving is done below this depth,
before I go and buy more insurance.

I have finally got off my butt and booked the boat.
Due to computer problems (failed mother board), I can't get to my web
pages at the moment, but details of the 2003 trip are at:
http://www.diving-delinquent.co.uk/ukrsclyde2003.htm

Ended up with a few days free in october.
Can anyone suggest a good dive trip (i.e organised, with buddy supplied etc)
for 2 or 3 days, nice and simple diving, with accomodation nearby.
Anywhere on the south of Manchester! - South Coast / Wales etc will do?

I am considering buying this camera and housing, does anyone have any
useful comments (+ve or -ve) on this setup?
Thanks Nick

Having had 1 good view and 3 not keen's I have decided not to arrange this
trip. Al, can you do the required please.
I still want to arrange a mix weekend for the littlehampton area, any ideas
anyone?

Has anyone had any problems with cylinders being mislabelled or the
labels not having been completed correctly? We've had a
problem with getting brand new cylinders we got from a company in
England filled. They're supposed to be 02 clean but the stickers weren't

Q1)
You have a jammed brass zip on a holdall.
It's got damp and frozen.
How do you unstick it without damaging the zip?