Oldest original C-card around

janusz_w@hotmail.com wrote:

> On 3 Mar, 12:51, "mat.voss" <spammat.v...@gmx.de> wrote:
>
>>Grumman-581 wrote:
>>
>>>On Mon, 03 Mar 2008 02:16:48 -0800, janus...@hotmail.com wrote:
>>
>>>>Sorry to disappoint you, but I'm not an Aussie.
>>
>>>Ooops... I wasn't paying attention and thought it was dechucka replying...
>>>Damn, I think I need to get some sleep...
>>
>>>You're from Poland, right?
>>
>>>Pretty simple flag to draw... Turn it upside down and you have the flag of
>>>Monaco...
>>
>>Chopin was probably not the first to make that mistake
>>
>
> Really?

Well when he saw the flag upside down, he shifted over to Mallorca

Matthias

Same for me PADI OW 1984. Sometimes it just gets a glance and other
times it gets an antique comment. For some reason the guy in the picture
looks much younger than me.

Dillon Pyron wrote:
> [Default] Thus spake Dan Bracuk <bracuk@pathcom.com>:
>
>> "dechucka" <dechucka@vomithotmail.com> pounded away at his keyboard
>> resulting in:
>>
>> :I just relaminated a c-card replaced in 1990 ( after losing the original ).
>> :Do people still have their original c-cards and does anyone like me use a
>> :very old one to dive with when ID is necessary ( quite a few " is this card
>> :for real looks " from the young'uns)?
>>
>> I have an ACUC Scuba Diver card from 1986. It's the one I always
>> present.
>>
>> Most people have never heard of ACUC, so that's ok, a card's a card.
>>
>> On my last trip, the girl at the dive shop knew that ACUC had renamed
>> their certs to be the same as PADI's, meaning that Scuba Diver was
>> below OW1. Still didn't matter, I got my dives in.
>>
>> I think there are cards on this ng old enough to be that ones daddy
>> though.
>>
>>
>> Dan Bracuk
>> Never use a big word when a diminutive one will do.
>
>
> Slackers. 1984 PADI OW. Although depending on my wants and needs, I
> usually pull out my PADI Rescue or my OWSI.

Same for me PADI OW 1984. Sometimes it just gets a glance and other
times it gets an antique comment. For some reason the guy in the picture
looks much younger than me.

Dillon Pyron wrote:
> [Default] Thus spake Dan Bracuk <bracuk@pathcom.com>:
>
>> "dechucka" <dechucka@vomithotmail.com> pounded away at his keyboard
>> resulting in:
>>
>> :I just relaminated a c-card replaced in 1990 ( after losing the original ).
>> :Do people still have their original c-cards and does anyone like me use a
>> :very old one to dive with when ID is necessary ( quite a few " is this card
>> :for real looks " from the young'uns)?
>>
>> I have an ACUC Scuba Diver card from 1986. It's the one I always
>> present.
>>
>> Most people have never heard of ACUC, so that's ok, a card's a card.
>>
>> On my last trip, the girl at the dive shop knew that ACUC had renamed
>> their certs to be the same as PADI's, meaning that Scuba Diver was
>> below OW1. Still didn't matter, I got my dives in.
>>
>> I think there are cards on this ng old enough to be that ones daddy
>> though.
>>
>>
>> Dan Bracuk
>> Never use a big word when a diminutive one will do.
>
>
> Slackers. 1984 PADI OW. Although depending on my wants and needs, I
> usually pull out my PADI Rescue or my OWSI.

Same for me PADI OW 1984. Sometimes it just gets a glance and other
times it gets an antique comment. For some reason the guy in the picture
looks much younger than me.

Dillon Pyron wrote:
> [Default] Thus spake Dan Bracuk <bracuk@pathcom.com>:
>
>> "dechucka" <dechucka@vomithotmail.com> pounded away at his keyboard
>> resulting in:
>>
>> :I just relaminated a c-card replaced in 1990 ( after losing the original ).
>> :Do people still have their original c-cards and does anyone like me use a
>> :very old one to dive with when ID is necessary ( quite a few " is this card
>> :for real looks " from the young'uns)?
>>
>> I have an ACUC Scuba Diver card from 1986. It's the one I always
>> present.
>>
>> Most people have never heard of ACUC, so that's ok, a card's a card.
>>
>> On my last trip, the girl at the dive shop knew that ACUC had renamed
>> their certs to be the same as PADI's, meaning that Scuba Diver was
>> below OW1. Still didn't matter, I got my dives in.
>>
>> I think there are cards on this ng old enough to be that ones daddy
>> though.
>>
>>
>> Dan Bracuk
>> Never use a big word when a diminutive one will do.
>
>
> Slackers. 1984 PADI OW. Although depending on my wants and needs, I
> usually pull out my PADI Rescue or my OWSI.

Same for me PADI OW 1984. Sometimes it just gets a glance and other
times it gets an antique comment. For some reason the guy in the picture
looks much younger than me.

Dillon Pyron wrote:
> [Default] Thus spake Dan Bracuk <bracuk@pathcom.com>:
>
>> "dechucka" <dechucka@vomithotmail.com> pounded away at his keyboard
>> resulting in:
>>
>> :I just relaminated a c-card replaced in 1990 ( after losing the original ).
>> :Do people still have their original c-cards and does anyone like me use a
>> :very old one to dive with when ID is necessary ( quite a few " is this card
>> :for real looks " from the young'uns)?
>>
>> I have an ACUC Scuba Diver card from 1986. It's the one I always
>> present.
>>
>> Most people have never heard of ACUC, so that's ok, a card's a card.
>>
>> On my last trip, the girl at the dive shop knew that ACUC had renamed
>> their certs to be the same as PADI's, meaning that Scuba Diver was
>> below OW1. Still didn't matter, I got my dives in.
>>
>> I think there are cards on this ng old enough to be that ones daddy
>> though.
>>
>>
>> Dan Bracuk
>> Never use a big word when a diminutive one will do.
>
>
> Slackers. 1984 PADI OW. Although depending on my wants and needs, I
> usually pull out my PADI Rescue or my OWSI.

"Don Gingrich" <gingrich@cs.rmit.edu.au> wrote in message
news:13snmch5csbek1e@corp.supernews.com...
> dechucka wrote:
>
>>
>> "ScubaZine" <news@ScubaZine.com> wrote in message
>> news:13smm1to9dbd1e4@corp.supernews.com...
>>> dechucka wrote:
>>>> I just relaminated a c-card replaced in 1990 ( after losing the
>>>> original ). Do people still have their original c-cards and does
>>>> anyone like me use a very old one to dive with when ID is
>>>> necessary ( quite a few " is this card for real looks " from the
>>>> young'uns)?
>>> Mine is currently dated 06/06/96 and is a NASDS Advance Diver Card
>>> issued by Southern Tasmanian Divers. If memory serves Jak Denny was
>>> the instructor. It contains the picture from my original Basic
>>> Divers FAUI CARD from 1986 I have hair in it which I don't have
>>> now.
>>
>> Not bad but mine is a 1990 ORIGINAL PADI Advance Diver replacement
>> card. Been using it ever since.
>
> I've got a YMCA card from 1971 if I could find it. I'm sure it's in
> my belongings *somewhere*. I remember seeing it when I was in a flat
> just after I left my first wife in 2003. Of course, it doesn't have a
> photo of any sort, so I'd probably have a problem with using it. I
> remember talking to people here in Melbourne (Vic, not FL) not long
> after I arrived. No one wanted to know about a YMCA cert.

Nobody In Australia wanted to know about my DAA ( Diving Academy of
Australia ) card either but it let me dive around Asia and America in the
late 70s early 80s. Iirc my mate and I didn't do a bad job of faking the
card up had a photo and everything, laminated using the Student Councils
laminator. Didn't need a card here in Aus as had our own gear and access to
free air but o/s they were picky about hiring tanks etc without a c card.
Haven't seen it for years unfortunately.

"Don Gingrich" <gingrich@cs.rmit.edu.au> wrote in message
news:13snmch5csbek1e@corp.supernews.com...
> dechucka wrote:
>
>>
>> "ScubaZine" <news@ScubaZine.com> wrote in message
>> news:13smm1to9dbd1e4@corp.supernews.com...
>>> dechucka wrote:
>>>> I just relaminated a c-card replaced in 1990 ( after losing the
>>>> original ). Do people still have their original c-cards and does
>>>> anyone like me use a very old one to dive with when ID is
>>>> necessary ( quite a few " is this card for real looks " from the
>>>> young'uns)?
>>> Mine is currently dated 06/06/96 and is a NASDS Advance Diver Card
>>> issued by Southern Tasmanian Divers. If memory serves Jak Denny was
>>> the instructor. It contains the picture from my original Basic
>>> Divers FAUI CARD from 1986 I have hair in it which I don't have
>>> now.
>>
>> Not bad but mine is a 1990 ORIGINAL PADI Advance Diver replacement
>> card. Been using it ever since.
>
> I've got a YMCA card from 1971 if I could find it. I'm sure it's in
> my belongings *somewhere*. I remember seeing it when I was in a flat
> just after I left my first wife in 2003. Of course, it doesn't have a
> photo of any sort, so I'd probably have a problem with using it. I
> remember talking to people here in Melbourne (Vic, not FL) not long
> after I arrived. No one wanted to know about a YMCA cert.

Nobody In Australia wanted to know about my DAA ( Diving Academy of
Australia ) card either but it let me dive around Asia and America in the
late 70s early 80s. Iirc my mate and I didn't do a bad job of faking the
card up had a photo and everything, laminated using the Student Councils
laminator. Didn't need a card here in Aus as had our own gear and access to
free air but o/s they were picky about hiring tanks etc without a c card.
Haven't seen it for years unfortunately.

"Don Gingrich" <gingrich@cs.rmit.edu.au> wrote in message
news:13snmch5csbek1e@corp.supernews.com...
> dechucka wrote:
>
>>
>> "ScubaZine" <news@ScubaZine.com> wrote in message
>> news:13smm1to9dbd1e4@corp.supernews.com...
>>> dechucka wrote:
>>>> I just relaminated a c-card replaced in 1990 ( after losing the
>>>> original ). Do people still have their original c-cards and does
>>>> anyone like me use a very old one to dive with when ID is
>>>> necessary ( quite a few " is this card for real looks " from the
>>>> young'uns)?
>>> Mine is currently dated 06/06/96 and is a NASDS Advance Diver Card
>>> issued by Southern Tasmanian Divers. If memory serves Jak Denny was
>>> the instructor. It contains the picture from my original Basic
>>> Divers FAUI CARD from 1986 I have hair in it which I don't have
>>> now.
>>
>> Not bad but mine is a 1990 ORIGINAL PADI Advance Diver replacement
>> card. Been using it ever since.
>
> I've got a YMCA card from 1971 if I could find it. I'm sure it's in
> my belongings *somewhere*. I remember seeing it when I was in a flat
> just after I left my first wife in 2003. Of course, it doesn't have a
> photo of any sort, so I'd probably have a problem with using it. I
> remember talking to people here in Melbourne (Vic, not FL) not long
> after I arrived. No one wanted to know about a YMCA cert.

Nobody In Australia wanted to know about my DAA ( Diving Academy of
Australia ) card either but it let me dive around Asia and America in the
late 70s early 80s. Iirc my mate and I didn't do a bad job of faking the
card up had a photo and everything, laminated using the Student Councils
laminator. Didn't need a card here in Aus as had our own gear and access to
free air but o/s they were picky about hiring tanks etc without a c card.
Haven't seen it for years unfortunately.

"Don Gingrich" <gingrich@cs.rmit.edu.au> wrote in message
news:13snmch5csbek1e@corp.supernews.com...
> dechucka wrote:
>
>>
>> "ScubaZine" <news@ScubaZine.com> wrote in message
>> news:13smm1to9dbd1e4@corp.supernews.com...
>>> dechucka wrote:
>>>> I just relaminated a c-card replaced in 1990 ( after losing the
>>>> original ). Do people still have their original c-cards and does
>>>> anyone like me use a very old one to dive with when ID is
>>>> necessary ( quite a few " is this card for real looks " from the
>>>> young'uns)?
>>> Mine is currently dated 06/06/96 and is a NASDS Advance Diver Card
>>> issued by Southern Tasmanian Divers. If memory serves Jak Denny was
>>> the instructor. It contains the picture from my original Basic
>>> Divers FAUI CARD from 1986 I have hair in it which I don't have
>>> now.
>>
>> Not bad but mine is a 1990 ORIGINAL PADI Advance Diver replacement
>> card. Been using it ever since.
>
> I've got a YMCA card from 1971 if I could find it. I'm sure it's in
> my belongings *somewhere*. I remember seeing it when I was in a flat
> just after I left my first wife in 2003. Of course, it doesn't have a
> photo of any sort, so I'd probably have a problem with using it. I
> remember talking to people here in Melbourne (Vic, not FL) not long
> after I arrived. No one wanted to know about a YMCA cert.

Nobody In Australia wanted to know about my DAA ( Diving Academy of
Australia ) card either but it let me dive around Asia and America in the
late 70s early 80s. Iirc my mate and I didn't do a bad job of faking the
card up had a photo and everything, laminated using the Student Councils
laminator. Didn't need a card here in Aus as had our own gear and access to
free air but o/s they were picky about hiring tanks etc without a c card.
Haven't seen it for years unfortunately.

On 3 Mar, 22:11, "mat.voss" <spammat.v...@gmx.de> wrote:
> janus...@hotmail.com wrote:
> > On 3 Mar, 12:51, "mat.voss" <spammat.v...@gmx.de> wrote:
>
> >>Grumman-581 wrote:
>
> >>>On Mon, 03 Mar 2008 02:16:48 -0800, janus...@hotmail.com wrote:
>
> >>>>Sorry to disappoint you, but I'm not an Aussie.
>
> >>>Ooops... I wasn't paying attention and thought it was dechucka replying...
> >>>Damn, I think I need to get some sleep...
>
> >>>You're from Poland, right?
>
> >>>Pretty simple flag to draw... Turn it upside down and you have the flag of
> >>>Monaco...
>
> >>Chopin was probably not the first to make that mistake
>
> > Really?
>
> Well when he saw the flag upside down, he shifted over to Mallorca
>
> Matthias

Really funny. I expected from you something more intelligent, but it
seems that education in Germany is reaching American level. Tip of the
day - the flag was adpoted in 1919. Chopin lived 1810-1849.

Janusz