First Group Outing

I received OW cert about 3 weeks ago. A local dive club was at the shop and
I got on thier mailing list. I'm going on the first beach dive with this
group on Sat morning. A bit concerned cause I don't want to slow anybody
down or have someone take a shorter then normal trip since I'm sure I'll be
sucking air like it's going out of style. As long as I let people know my
exp / comfort levels should I be overly concerned?

"Chuck" <PANTS_thresher2@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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>I received OW cert about 3 weeks ago. A local dive club was at the shop
>and I got on thier mailing list. I'm going on the first beach dive with
>this group on Sat morning. A bit concerned cause I don't want to slow
>anybody down or have someone take a shorter then normal trip since I'm sure
>I'll be sucking air like it's going out of style. As long as I let people
>know my exp / comfort levels should I be overly concerned?


What Lee said, and, ask if there's anything particular you should bring,
i.e., gear (maybe rent a bigger tank, or extra weight), refreshments, lunch
(cooler), beach size towels, ect, or about dinner plans after, like that.

Our "beach dives", while at the quarry, turn into quite the social event.

Also, if you haven't done a beach dive, think about how you're going to
get yourself back into dry clothes, and your gear clean and stowed.

We're all new once, and for a while, don't sweat it.

If they're worth a damn, they'll help out.

If not, we'll be here.

Welcome to Rec.scuba.

(Some one will get around to insulting you).

--
Popeye
"Best thing for him, really, his therapy was
going nowhere." -Dr. Hannibal Lector.

www.finalprotectivefire.com

On Wed, 28 Jun 2006 03:23:12 GMT, "Chuck"
<PANTS_thresher2@earthlink.net> wrote:

>I received OW cert about 3 weeks ago. A local dive club was at the shop and
>I got on thier mailing list. I'm going on the first beach dive with this
>group on Sat morning. A bit concerned cause I don't want to slow anybody
>down or have someone take a shorter then normal trip since I'm sure I'll be
>sucking air like it's going out of style. As long as I let people know my
>exp / comfort levels should I be overly concerned?
>
>

I second Lee and Popeye. Go for it and have a great time. Remember,
everyone got certified 3 weeks ago at one time. One thing I've
learned: Most divers have empathy for one another.

Wayne

In article <ACmog.2515$NP4.886@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.n et>,
"Chuck" <PANTS_thresher2@earthlink.net> writes:

>I received OW cert about 3 weeks ago. A local dive club was at the shop and
>I got on thier mailing list. I'm going on the first beach dive with this
>group on Sat morning. A bit concerned cause I don't want to slow anybody
>down or have someone take a shorter then normal trip since I'm sure I'll be
>sucking air like it's going out of style. As long as I let people know my
>exp / comfort levels should I be overly concerned?

Proably no reason for concern, but I suggest you talk to the person from
the dive club that is organizing the dive. Let them know your concern.

Also, unless there are shower facilities -- or at least a hose at the beach,
you will return home with salty, sandy gear. Be prepared to rinse it as
soon as you get home. (You can ask the dive coodinator about this, too.)

--
Charlie Hammond -- Hewlett-Packard Company -- Ft Lauderdale FL USA
(hammond@not@peek.ssr.hp.com -- remove "@not" when replying)
All opinions expressed are my own and not necessarily my employer's.

Star wrote

> And if you really want to make friends fast, bring food to share.

Cookies works. I like double stuff Oreos or anything else with a chocolate
flavor. Cantaloupe also seems to do very well between or after dives.

If you bring beer, bring something else as well and watch to see what others
are doing before you pop the first top. Some clubs are fine with an after
dive beer, some aren't. Be sure you know which you're with before you open
the first one.

Lee

"Popeye" <Popeye@Finalprotectivefire.com> wrote in message
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>
>
> "Chuck" <PANTS_thresher2@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:ACmog.2515$NP4.886@newsread1.news.pas.earthli nk.net...
>>I received OW cert about 3 weeks ago. A local dive club was at the shop
>>and I got on thier mailing list. I'm going on the first beach dive with
>>this group on Sat morning. A bit concerned cause I don't want to slow
>>anybody down or have someone take a shorter then normal trip since I'm
>>sure I'll be sucking air like it's going out of style. As long as I let
>>people know my exp / comfort levels should I be overly concerned?
>

new guys are always supposed to bring beer

Lee Bell wrote:
> Star wrote
>
> > And if you really want to make friends fast, bring food to share.
>
> Cookies works. I like double stuff Oreos or anything else with a chocolate
> flavor.

Oreos have the added advantage of rendering one's saliva into a
particularly effective defog. A nice mask flood and clear as you
descend will rinse away any spare crumbs.

*

On Wed, 28 Jun 2006 12:46:23 -0400, "Popeye"
<Popeye@Finalprotectivefire.com> wrote:

>
>
>"Star" <lclee1@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>>
>> Lee Bell wrote:
>>> Star wrote
>>>
>>> > And if you really want to make friends fast, bring food to share.
>>>
>>> Cookies works. I like double stuff Oreos or anything else with a
>>> chocolate
>>> flavor.
>>
>> Oreos have the added advantage of rendering one's saliva into a
>> particularly effective defog. A nice mask flood and clear as you
>> descend will rinse away any spare crumbs.
>>
>> *
>
>
> That brings back horrifying memories....
>
>--
> Popeye
> "Best thing for him, really, his therapy was
> going nowhere." -Dr. Hannibal Lector.
>
> www.finalprotectivefire.com
>
>
bring a jar of peanut butter and some apples and celery, screw the
silver get the reposado, or a bottle of Herradura. As to the dive,
prepair and hit the water first, swim out to the drop point and then
wait for everyone else and your buddy, that way you can settle down.
Once you go under you dive your dive, you hoover your air, you bring
your buddy up with you. Ask his opinion of you bouency and style,
after the dive. In short, don't make them wait for you, and do not
appologise for being a new diver.

"Rod" <log_dog@verizon.net> wrote in message
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>In short, don't make them wait for you, and do not
> apologize for being a new diver.


Hear, hear.


--
Popeye
"Best thing for him, really, his therapy was
going nowhere." -Dr. Hannibal Lector.

www.finalprotectivefire.com

Star wrote:

> Oreos have the added advantage of rendering one's saliva into a
> particularly effective defog. A nice mask flood and clear as you
> descend will rinse away any spare crumbs.

Jeez. I'd forgotten about seeing the dive world thru an Oreo haze.

I miss Gilboa. I used to wonder about the everpresent oil slick in the
quarry till I realized every campsite had a turkey fryer going, or in
some cases a chocolate chip cookie fryer, or other stuff. I seem to
remember some things didn't fry well. Was it you insisted on frying
those disgusting white cake thingies with the gooey filling or was that
Wagner. I know he ate them but then he'd eat anything, especially if it
was hot and greasy. Triathletes are like that apparently.

JF