Face masks

On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 20:07:07 -0400, "Popeye"
<Popeye@Finalprotectivefire.com> wrote in rec.scuba:

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>"John Mason Jr" <notvalid@cox.net.invalid> wrote in message
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>> Check the fit with your snorkel in place
>>
>> John
>
> What's a snorkel?
>
http://www.yaskyatv.com/prod/in/snork.html

In article <128pcerrbna0kfc@news.supernews.com>,
Popeye@Finalprotectivefire.com says...

> What's a snorkel?

http://www.pussysnorkel.com/facts.htm

In article <128pcerrbna0kfc@news.supernews.com>, Popeye
<Popeye@Finalprotectivefire.com> wrote:

€ "John Mason Jr" <notvalid@cox.net.invalid> wrote in message
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€ > Check the fit with your snorkel in place
€ >
€ > John
€
€ What's a snorkel?
€
€

An accoutrement used for snorkeling, of course

"Al Wells" <al.wells@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1ef682f1eb4cadde989825@news.verizon.net.. .
> In article <128pcerrbna0kfc@news.supernews.com>,
> Popeye@Finalprotectivefire.com says...
>
>> What's a snorkel?
>
> http://www.pussysnorkel.com/facts.htm

Another Grand Slam from Al Wells.

On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 20:55:57 -0400, "Popeye"
<Popeye@Finalprotectivefire.com> wrote:

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>"John Hanson" <jhanson@northernlinks.com> wrote in message
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>> On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 20:07:07 -0400, "Popeye"
>> <Popeye@Finalprotectivefire.com> wrote in rec.scuba:
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>>>"John Mason Jr" <notvalid@cox.net.invalid> wrote in message
>>>news:128p248i8ed9i34@news.supernews.com...
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>>>> Check the fit with your snorkel in place
>>>>
>>>> John
>>>
>>> What's a snorkel?
>>>
>> http://www.yaskyatv.com/prod/in/snork.html
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> Cool!
>
> Scuba divers use ones kinda like those for OW class, I really ain't sure
>why, after that only chicks have them for giving blowjobs in hot tubs.
>

eh? if they've got a bit of plastic and rubber in their mouth, wheres
the meat go?

"Some Random Dude" <insane_at_large@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 20:55:57 -0400, "Popeye"
> <Popeye@Finalprotectivefire.com> wrote:
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>>"John Hanson" <jhanson@northernlinks.com> wrote in message
>>news:3udp82lt4gjf9no9cgrdvio61usodd5ei4@4ax.com. ..
>>> On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 20:07:07 -0400, "Popeye"
>>> <Popeye@Finalprotectivefire.com> wrote in rec.scuba:
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>>"John Mason Jr" <notvalid@cox.net.invalid> wrote in message
>>>>news:128p248i8ed9i34@news.supernews.com...
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>>>>> Check the fit with your snorkel in place
>>>>>
>>>>> John
>>>>
>>>> What's a snorkel?
>>>>
>>> http://www.yaskyatv.com/prod/in/snork.html
>>
>> Cool!
>>
>> Scuba divers use ones kinda like those for OW class, I really ain't sure
>>why, after that only chicks have them for giving blowjobs in hot tubs.
>>
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> eh? if they've got a bit of plastic and rubber in their mouth, wheres
> the meat go?

I never question technique when there's results.

"Popeye" <Popeye@Finalprotectivefire.com> wrote in message
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> "news" <news@tequila-stuff.com> wrote in message
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> > "P.S.Burton" <dlbits@gmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:1150021585.663418.209810@y43g2000cwc.googlegr oups.com...
> >> Just after a quick bit of very basic advice please. I'm interested in
> >> doing some snorkelling off the east coast of Scotland and I've got a
> >> wetsuit, fins etc but, like every one I've ever tried my mask leaks
> >> really badly (it's old and cheap). Can anyone recommend a good all
> >> purpose mask, or failing that some brands, and what i should be looking
> >> to pay for a mask that will let me enjoy a look around under water
> >> without constant adjustments and a steady trickle of cold water into my
> >> left eye?
> >>
> >> very many thanks.
> >>
> >
> > Your best bet with something like a mask is to go to a reputable dive
shop
> > and see which masks they have fit your face properly, usually it will be
> > more than one brand or style. After proper fit look for comfort, a mask
> > that gives you the best view, and then, style. If you buy a decent mask
> > and
> > take proper care of it, it should last you a long time.
> >
> > Jay
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> Well reasoned, polite, intelligent response.
>
> Correct, as well.
>
> hMhmm.
>
> !OFF Wiff HE'S 'EAD, MATES!

It's good advice. It doesn't always work though. If you can find a shop
that will allow you to test the masks in a pool, that'd be the best. My
shop didn't have a pool and it took me quite a few trips to find a mask that
worked (and I had to order it off the internet). My wife found the perfect
mask for her in one of those $15 snorkeling kits at K-Mart.

"Clifford Beshers" <whistler@san.rr.com> wrote in message
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> Greg Mossman wrote:
>> "Clifford Beshers" <whistler@san.rr.com> wrote in message
>> news:ob3jg.10402$Z67.1712@tornado.socal.rr.com...
>>> Alan Street wrote:
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>>>> An accoutrement used for snorkeling, of course
>>> And freediving.
>>
>> That's true. They're required in order to dive for free in Laguna.
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> Bullshit. You can't do anything for free in Laguna.

If you talk your buddy into driving and paying the parking meter and your
local shop owner into letting you top off your tanks off for free, it really
can be done. Just remember to bring your snorkel. I've even peed for free
at the Jack-in-the-Box at the top of Cress Street.

"Greg Mossman" <mossman@qnet.com> wrote in message
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> "Clifford Beshers" <whistler@san.rr.com> wrote in message
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> > Greg Mossman wrote:
> >> "Clifford Beshers" <whistler@san.rr.com> wrote in message
> >> news:ob3jg.10402$Z67.1712@tornado.socal.rr.com...
> >>> Alan Street wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> An accoutrement used for snorkeling, of course
> >>> And freediving.
> >>
> >> That's true. They're required in order to dive for free in Laguna.
> >
> > Bullshit. You can't do anything for free in Laguna.
>
> If you talk your buddy into driving and paying the parking meter and your
> local shop owner into letting you top off your tanks off for free, it
really
> can be done. Just remember to bring your snorkel. I've even peed for
free
> at the Jack-in-the-Box at the top of Cress Street.

Wow... I'm surprised they let you get away with that. Did you just sneak
right up to the buiilding and let it fly?

Chris Guynn wrote:
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> It's good advice. It doesn't always work though. If you can find a shop
> that will allow you to test the masks in a pool, that'd be the best. My
> shop didn't have a pool and it took me quite a few trips to find a mask that
> worked (and I had to order it off the internet). My wife found the perfect
> mask for her in one of those $15 snorkeling kits at K-Mart.

Our LDS let me take the entire collection (one each in my size) of fins
to the pool on one of their training days after I wasn't 100% happy with
the ones I bought. (I didn't ask for a refund. I just said I preferred
my old Rocket fins to the new ones.) So I was able to compare my
Rockets to all the ones they carried, return the ones I bought first,
and then buy the ones I like best.

(That *that* with a mail order outfit.)

John Eells