Oldest original C-card around

On Mon, 03 Mar 2008 02:55:26 -0800, janusz_w@hotmail.com wrote:

> Depends on version. The one with coats of arms is not so easy to draw.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Poland

Yeah, that one would be a bitch to draw from just a text description...

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Grumman-581 wrote

> Lee still has his original card... He definitely gets strange looks when
> he tries to use it... YMCA 1969 or so, IIRC...

NAUI, but you got the year right. I was first trained by YMCA in 1962, but
no card was issued. My first card, which I still have, and, sometimes still
show, was issued in 1969. It says I'm certified for SCUBA.

Lee

Grumman-581 wrote:

> On Mon, 03 Mar 2008 02:16:48 -0800, janusz_w@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

Matthias

Lee Bell wrote:
> Grumman-581 wrote
>
>> Lee still has his original card... He definitely gets strange looks when
>> he tries to use it... YMCA 1969 or so, IIRC...
>
> NAUI, but you got the year right. I was first trained by YMCA in 1962, but
> no card was issued. My first card, which I still have, and, sometimes still
> show, was issued in 1969. It says I'm certified for SCUBA.
>
> Lee
>
>

Ten years later, by 1972 (the date on my original card), the YMCA gave
out cards. They were likewise SCUBA certifications, and more-advanced
training did not, so far as I know, exist.

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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)?
>
>


I am a NEWBIE compared to many of you....my first...YMCA 1981 "BASIC
SCUBA DIVER" was the certification but the class taught the Navy Deco
diving tables to 160 ft with decompression and no repetitive dives, (no
Surface interval) just a continuation of the previous dive. Also have
a padi openwater 1986, and some newer cards.... padi nitrox 97, padi
rescue 2001, padi DM 2002, SSI DC 2004

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)?
Original C-Card, now where is it...

Oh yes, in my wallet...

Ah, here it is...
FAUI/CMAS SCUBA CERTIFICATION CARD
Signed M. Owen 370 Examiner
Date of Issue: 14/12/78

I've never bothered changing it for anything else, and it's been a bit
of a problem with the PADI people on occasion, but as Marty Owen is
still around, the more intelligent ones eventually realise that people
*did* dive before PADI existed. Those that don't, well, thinking about
it, they've all gone out of business!!! I'd like to claim
responsibility, but I suppose that the way they treat those of us in our
late youth is just symptomatic of /why/ they fail.

Cheers,
Gary B-)

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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)?
>
>
I still carry my old Divemaster card even though I hardly ever show
it. It was from PADI training facility 152 (my wife's old shop) is
dated 1984. I still have all the rest of my cards in storage somewhere
and my earliest "OpenWater" card was from somewhere around 1980.

I had an earlier card that was issued by a dive shop before
certification was required. I have since lost that one.

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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?

Janusz

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
>
> Matthias
Sometimes I have problem to follow your Teutonic sense of humor. Could
you explain what you meant?

Janusz

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