Oldest original C-card around

"Grumman-581" <grumman581-usenet-2008@spambob.net> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 09:37:28 +1100, dechucka wrote:
>
>> OK I think you win. None of the blokes that I know who were diving in the
>> 60's had a C-card they just went diving.
>
> The 'need' for a C-card was directly related to the shops requiring one in
> order for you to get an air fill... Even into the mid-1980s, I was able to
> fairly easily get air fills without a C-card... I can even remember
> renting gear in the early 1980s without a C-card... I suspect that quite a
> few of us from the early days just didn't bother getting one until they
> absolutely *had* to... I managed to skate by until 1999... Was taking a
> trip to Cozumel and figured that I wouldn't be able to skate by down
> there, so I went and got rubberstamped...

That was more or less true in my case. My first training was through a YMCA
instructor that needed to keep his training certification current. That was
in 1962. No card was issued. By 1969, some local shops were beginning to
ask for certification cards for fills and, every once in a while, would
suggest they would no longer be doing fills for those that could not present
one. It was, then, and is now, simply a way to increase their own revenues.

I simply went someplace else until, in 1969, I had a chance to get certified
more or less for free. I was a lifeguard and swimming instructor for Dade
County. The pool where I worked, offered NAUI scuba training which we were
allowed to take for no more than the cost of the boat ride for check out
dives. It was a deal whose time was right. I took the course and got the
card.

Lee

"Grumman-581" <grumman581-usenet-2008@spambob.net> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 09:37:28 +1100, dechucka wrote:
>
>> OK I think you win. None of the blokes that I know who were diving in the
>> 60's had a C-card they just went diving.
>
> The 'need' for a C-card was directly related to the shops requiring one in
> order for you to get an air fill... Even into the mid-1980s, I was able to
> fairly easily get air fills without a C-card... I can even remember
> renting gear in the early 1980s without a C-card... I suspect that quite a
> few of us from the early days just didn't bother getting one until they
> absolutely *had* to... I managed to skate by until 1999... Was taking a
> trip to Cozumel and figured that I wouldn't be able to skate by down
> there, so I went and got rubberstamped...

That was more or less true in my case. My first training was through a YMCA
instructor that needed to keep his training certification current. That was
in 1962. No card was issued. By 1969, some local shops were beginning to
ask for certification cards for fills and, every once in a while, would
suggest they would no longer be doing fills for those that could not present
one. It was, then, and is now, simply a way to increase their own revenues.

I simply went someplace else until, in 1969, I had a chance to get certified
more or less for free. I was a lifeguard and swimming instructor for Dade
County. The pool where I worked, offered NAUI scuba training which we were
allowed to take for no more than the cost of the boat ride for check out
dives. It was a deal whose time was right. I took the course and got the
card.

Lee

> NAUI type written paper card 8/24/69. It's faded but in pretty good shape,
> been kept in a fishing license holder. I mostly use a plactic replacement
> card I got awhile back, nobody has to ask if its OK.
>
> Steve

Congratulations. You just took over the lead. My NAUI card is dated 8-30-69.
You beat me by 6 days.

Lee

> NAUI type written paper card 8/24/69. It's faded but in pretty good shape,
> been kept in a fishing license holder. I mostly use a plactic replacement
> card I got awhile back, nobody has to ask if its OK.
>
> Steve

Congratulations. You just took over the lead. My NAUI card is dated 8-30-69.
You beat me by 6 days.

Lee

> NAUI type written paper card 8/24/69. It's faded but in pretty good shape,
> been kept in a fishing license holder. I mostly use a plactic replacement
> card I got awhile back, nobody has to ask if its OK.
>
> Steve

Congratulations. You just took over the lead. My NAUI card is dated 8-30-69.
You beat me by 6 days.

Lee

> NAUI type written paper card 8/24/69. It's faded but in pretty good shape,
> been kept in a fishing license holder. I mostly use a plactic replacement
> card I got awhile back, nobody has to ask if its OK.
>
> Steve

Congratulations. You just took over the lead. My NAUI card is dated 8-30-69.
You beat me by 6 days.

Lee

On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:05:36 -0400, Lee Bell wrote:

> Congratulations. You just took over the lead. My NAUI card is dated
> 8-30-69. You beat me by 6 days.

Send me a high resolution scanned in image of your NAUI card and we can
fix that real quick...

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On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:05:36 -0400, Lee Bell wrote:

> Congratulations. You just took over the lead. My NAUI card is dated
> 8-30-69. You beat me by 6 days.

Send me a high resolution scanned in image of your NAUI card and we can
fix that real quick...

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On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:05:36 -0400, Lee Bell wrote:

> Congratulations. You just took over the lead. My NAUI card is dated
> 8-30-69. You beat me by 6 days.

Send me a high resolution scanned in image of your NAUI card and we can
fix that real quick...

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On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:05:36 -0400, Lee Bell wrote:

> Congratulations. You just took over the lead. My NAUI card is dated
> 8-30-69. You beat me by 6 days.

Send me a high resolution scanned in image of your NAUI card and we can
fix that real quick...

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