YOUPPI!!! PADI OWD certified

Yes, I'm certified and looking forward to go for the AOW...

STF

"STF" <stf_73@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:Zh_Qe.47549$A%2.668553@weber.videotron.net...
> Yes, I'm certified and looking forward to go for the AOW...

Remember one thing;

You have a learners permit.

OK, two things;

The enthusiasm you feel now is the best tool the dive shops have to sell you
all the shit you need to make a few bucks on ebay later.

Thus spake "STF" <stf_73@hotmail.com> :

>Yes, I'm certified and looking forward to go for the AOW...
>
>STF
>

Go diving, first. There's no real skills review in AOW, but I expect
everyone to have the basics down.
--
dillon

Pain is Nature's way of saying "that was stupid"

Dillon Pyron wrote:
> Thus spake "STF" <stf_73@hotmail.com> :
>
>
>>Yes, I'm certified and looking forward to go for the AOW...
>>
>>STF
>>
>
>
> Go diving, first. There's no real skills review in AOW, but I expect
> everyone to have the basics down.


Congratulations on your certification.

The above advice is good: get some experience now and you'll get
more out of the AOW later.

m

"STF" <stf_73@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Yes, I'm certified and looking forward to go for the AOW...
>
>
Congrats, now get wet and have fun......save the AOW for a while.

LD.

Why jump in and get your AOW? I read that most divers never dive in
water deeper than 60 feet. Your PADI OW should cover that.

Someone told me that PADI really stands for "Put Another Dollar In."
Get some dives in before you decide to put another dollar in.

If I were you I'd buy my own equipment or upgrade the gear I have and
start diving local shore dives. Go places, meet people, do things...

Nitrox might be a cert worth pursuing. I hear you can double your
bottom time. Now that is worth putting another dollar in. I don't
know if PADI teaches it though.

Dive safe!

Mike Jarrells

jarrells@jarrells.cjb.net wrote:

> Someone told me that PADI really stands for "Put Another Dollar In."
> Get some dives in before you decide to put another dollar in.
>
> Mike Jarrells

To be fair I would like to say that I received my Open Water Diver
certification through PADI. I had a positive experience and I
recommend PADI if you are considering getting your SCUBA certification.
I can't speak for all PADI schools, but the one I went to was taught
by an honest and experienced diver. He was so honest that he talked
his students into not buying pricey & useless equipment.

Dive safe!

Mike Jarrells

Thus spake jarrells@jarrells.cjb.net :

>Why jump in and get your AOW? I read that most divers never dive in
>water deeper than 60 feet. Your PADI OW should cover that.
>
>Someone told me that PADI really stands for "Put Another Dollar In."
>Get some dives in before you decide to put another dollar in.

Yup. I always tell my students to call 800 PAY PADI

>
>If I were you I'd buy my own equipment or upgrade the gear I have and
>start diving local shore dives. Go places, meet people, do things...

I'd start by renting. Find out what you like and don't like. Nothing
like spending $400 on a BC that doesn't fit.

>
>Nitrox might be a cert worth pursuing. I hear you can double your
>bottom time. Now that is worth putting another dollar in. I don't
>know if PADI teaches it though.

Most places require an "advanced" certification to do nitrox. But
that's still something for the future. Right now should be about
diving.

And it's not double. No where near.

>
>Dive safe!
>
>Mike Jarrells
--
dillon

Pain is Nature's way of saying "that was stupid"

"Dillon Pyron" <dmpyronINVALID@austin.rr.com> wrote in message
news:f73fh1l37321knshqt21badg83m2v5mqk1@4ax.com...
> Thus spake jarrells@jarrells.cjb.net :
>
> >Why jump in and get your AOW? I read that most divers never dive in
> >water deeper than 60 feet. Your PADI OW should cover that.
> >
> >Someone told me that PADI really stands for "Put Another Dollar In."
> >Get some dives in before you decide to put another dollar in.
>
> Yup. I always tell my students to call 800 PAY PADI
>
> >
> >If I were you I'd buy my own equipment or upgrade the gear I have and
> >start diving local shore dives. Go places, meet people, do things...
>
> I'd start by renting. Find out what you like and don't like. Nothing
> like spending $400 on a BC that doesn't fit.
>
> >
> >Nitrox might be a cert worth pursuing. I hear you can double your
> >bottom time. Now that is worth putting another dollar in. I don't
> >know if PADI teaches it though.
>
> Most places require an "advanced" certification to do nitrox. But
> that's still something for the future. Right now should be about
> diving.
>
> And it's not double. No where near.

I wonder what jarrells is trying to pursuade us idiots to do? ;^)

Chilly,

Why do you think you're an idiot? I don't think you are. You seem to
be a very articulate and intelligent person.

I don't think the readers of this newsgroup are idiots. I come here to
learn from them and share what little knowledge and experience I have.

I look forward to learning from the knowledge and experience you and
others share in this forum. I hope we can all learn from each other.

Dive safe!

Mike Jarrells