Puerto Rico Great place for diving !

blackbcdiver wrote:
> hey Reef Fish ? do you try to have a NewsGroup Certification ? ,
> because all the messeges that i found about you say .....
>
> "Reef fish is a idot"

It's wasting too many keystrokes to type Baaad Blackass Cretin for
your name and BBC sign every time, so I'll just call you "black"
henceforth.

Black, I see you must lost quite a bit of sleep, beginning at
1:23 am today (August 31) and have already made 6 posts in THIS
thread alone, most of time making some nonsensical statement,
without reference to any previous post ... to display you
complete ignorance about posting, diving, and netiquette about
SPAMMING.

At least I know you were talking to ME in the post in question.


> well i found that in a post from 1998 , that mean ..

You must have found it in some chat room or Board? LOL. In
the entire history of USENET nobody has ever called me an "idot".

Now if you do a groups.google search for "idiot Reef Fish",
you will indeed find 810 hits (of threads)!

But most of those hits pertain to posts by IDIOTS in rec.scuba
such as the Aldora IDIOTs, and other IDIOTs, and also MY posts
about these idiots.

BUt that's not all. The hits also found numerous posts that
had the three different words "idiot reef fish" in the posts,
such as,

" at alt.aquaria in the thread 'Idiot saltwater fishkeeping!'. ...
the catches of food fishes in most reef areas are ... "

and they were about food fishes and other kinds of idiots,
unlike yourself, "black"!

>
> Reef Fish NGC-I (NewsGroup Certified Idot) since 1998 ?

That citation doesn't exist in USENET!

Since 1998? Don't be ridiculous. Those IDIOTS are mainly the
rec.scuba.* idiots and mental midgets. But there are idiots
in other ngs too. rec.scuba.* has no monopoly and exclusive
rights to IDIOTS.

In fact, you already qualified for the Mental Midget title!
It takes a little bit more work to earn your IDIOT status.

So, I did a google search with the same "idiot reef fish" BEFORE
August 31 1995, and google found 84 hits!

Speaking of "certified Idiot", google actually found ONE certified
Idiot, named Nick Simicich, in a post in Nov 1990, because ...

NS> except that some idiot was backing ... the divemaster leads you
NS> onto the reef once you ... Found an octopus, a porcupine fish

See, it had all three words: idiot, reef, and fish.

Nick is a certified IDIOT, and also well-known in LISTSERV lists
as a psychopath who fancies himself to be fascist dictator and
censor.

You new found "buddy"(?) Hugh Huntzinger is also Nick's pal.
Hugh and Nick tried to censor and kick me out of Scuba-L, while
I was DIVING in Cozumel. It backfired. EVERYONE except those
two (and a few idiots) left Scuba-L.

Hugh (aka hh) is now well-known as the "Supreme Hypocrite",
for admitting that he holds a "permanent grudge" against me.

You've got a lot to learn, "black"! But first of all, you have
to learn NOT to SPAM, and resist the temptation of sticking your
foot in your mouth every chance you get!

Buenos tardes, senor loco.

-- Bob.


>
> "if you don't have a nice word to say , go dive "

Bob , spanish lesson #1 is Señor , with ñ . Lets start write correct
english and spanish .

any way , My friend Reef Fish , since when you are diver ? and do you
have dive certification more than OW?

"blackbcdiver" <BlackBCdiver@gmail.com> pounded away at his keyboard
resulting in:

:any way , My friend Reef Fish , since when you are diver ? and do you
:have dive certification more than OW?

Don't know about Feesh, but for me, since 1986 and no.

Dan Bracuk
If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure.

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blackbcdiver wrote:
> any way , My friend Reef Fish , since when you are diver ? and do you
> have dive certification more than OW?

Senor loco "black"! You're keeping us entertained better than the
beer-drinking goats I saw in Acapulco!

In English, we don't have to put funny wiggles on top of letters
or use letters that are always silent, like "h".

You have only one friend here, that's the Supreme Hypocrite, hh.

I have to give you credit for the originality of your question though.


Of all the idiots I've seen in rec.scuba.* since 1987, you are the
ONLY one who asked the stupid question of whether I have dive
certification more than OW, as if it mattered.

Just for you, I'll reveal the international Top Secret that I am
PADI Master Scuba Diver (which you may not know is the highest non
professional ranking) #9001244347 -- and the first 4 digits means
the card was issued in Jaunary 1990.

But I hasten to add, getting the Master Diver cert was not worth
the plastic it was printed on. My Master Diver cert was BEFORE I
leaned how to dive, as can be seen from this post, years later:

http://tinyurl.com/be87z

RF> In the late 1980s, I USED to be a Master Diver who was wearing
RF> 18 lbs of lead diving in Cozumel, was an AIR-SUCKING PIG, and
RF> drop to the sand bottom on descent ,

I should have recalled that when I was discussing the subject of
buoyancy control and proper weighting. My PROPER weight at that
time was 8 lbs, which was the upper limit of what I used in Cozumel
since the mid 1990s, even after I gained some body weight and fat.

So, "black", did you learn some lessons from the above? ;^)

-- Bob.

"-hh" <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> wrote in message
news:1125398890.341611.3870@z14g2000cwz.googlegrou ps.com...

> But Dan's question to you was: where have you dived that was *not* in
> PR?

Southern California (Catalina Island, San Clemente Island, Santa Barbara
Island, Cortez Banks, Oil Rig Grace, Laguna Beach, Redondo Beach, Malibu,
Lake Perris), Baja California (Ensenada, Cabo San Lucas, La Paz, Cabo
Pulmo), Florida, Mexican Pacific (Zihuatenejo), Mexican Caribbean (Cozumel,
Cancun, Puerto Morelos, Cenote Dos Ojos), Cuba (Havana Bay, Bay of Pigs,
Cayo La Visa, an unnamed cenote), Grand Cayman, Bonaire, Belize, French
Polynesia (Tuamotu Archipelago, Moorea), Hawaii (Maui, Lanai, Kona),
Galapagos, Cocos, Palau, Truk, Yap, Thailand, and Burma.

> My request to you would be for you to go do a shore dive from Hotel
> Normandy this next weekend. Hotel Normandy is on the north coast, east
> of San Juan. Afterwords, tell us how much you liked that dive and how
> it compared to your dives at Los Tubos and Mar Chiquita.

I never experienced that pleasure, but I did dive PR out of Fajardo,
Humacao, and Guanica. It ranks somewhere above Lake Perris but below
Zihuatenejo, i.e. really crummy. Even Cancun was better and it's a heck of
a lot closer and cheaper.

BTW HH, I'm home already. Nursing sore legs from Tuesday's 3,000' downhill
ascent into Davos and a sore belly from too much rösti und Calanda Edelbräu,
but it was a fun place. At first I thought I was the cause of the flooding
there in the same way that I was responsible for the tsunami, but then I
read about Katrina and realized that the Swiss got off pretty lightly. I'll
e-mail you some interesting pics if they turn out interesting when I review
them.

Greg Mossman wrote:
> "-hh" <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> wrote in message
> news:1125398890.341611.3870@z14g2000cwz.googlegrou ps.com...
>
> > But Dan's question to you was: where have you dived that was *not* in
> > PR?
>
> Southern California (Catalina Island, San Clemente Island, Santa Barbara
> Island, Cortez Banks, Oil Rig Grace, Laguna Beach, Redondo Beach, Malibu,
> Lake Perris), Baja California (Ensenada, Cabo San Lucas, La Paz, Cabo
> Pulmo), Florida, Mexican Pacific (Zihuatenejo), Mexican Caribbean (Cozumel,
> Cancun, Puerto Morelos, Cenote Dos Ojos), Cuba (Havana Bay, Bay of Pigs,
> Cayo La Visa, an unnamed cenote), Grand Cayman, Bonaire, Belize, French
> Polynesia (Tuamotu Archipelago, Moorea), Hawaii (Maui, Lanai, Kona),
> Galapagos, Cocos, Palau, Truk, Yap, Thailand, and Burma.

Is that all? You'd better accelerate your schedule.

Greg, I didn't realize you had added "black" aka BBC as your new alias.
;)


>
> > My request to you would be for you to go do a shore dive from Hotel
> > Normandy this next weekend. Hotel Normandy is on the north coast, east
> > of San Juan. Afterwords, tell us how much you liked that dive and how
> > it compared to your dives at Los Tubos and Mar Chiquita.
>
> I never experienced that pleasure, but I did dive PR out of Fajardo,
> Humacao, and Guanica. It ranks somewhere above Lake Perris but below
> Zihuatenejo, i.e. really crummy. Even Cancun was better and it's a heck of
> a lot closer and cheaper.

If you have gone as far as Fajardo, you could have found better
diving in Culebra -- which is not exactly world class, but hardly
as crummy as ... Cancun.

-- Bob.

"Reef Fish" <Large_Nassau_Grouper@Yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1125595365.703212.279250@f14g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...

> Is that all? You'd better accelerate your schedule.

I'm trying, but it's hard when you're not retired. I'll add Kauai and
Roatan to the list before year's end.

> Greg, I didn't realize you had added "black" aka BBC as your new alias.
> ;)

Not me. If I were to spam for any dive locale, PR would be the last place
I'd consider. Well, maybe Lake Perris would be the last place.

> If you have gone as far as Fajardo, you could have found better
> diving in Culebra -- which is not exactly world class, but hardly
> as crummy as ... Cancun.

Unfortunately the first ferry in the morning gets to Culebra too late to
dive and I couldn't find any mainland PR shops to take me there on the days
we were in the area. Maybe another time. The topside attractions aren't so
bad in PR, but the traffic is horrendous: like dropping Los Angeles on an
island.

Greg Mossman wrote:
> "Reef Fish" <Large_Nassau_Grouper@Yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:1125595365.703212.279250@f14g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
>
> > Is that all? You'd better accelerate your schedule.
>
> I'm trying, but it's hard when you're not retired. I'll add Kauai and
> Roatan to the list before year's end.

I gave up Roatan after four liveaboard trials. Decided it had no
redeeming value, among the other Caribbean locations.
>
> > Greg, I didn't realize you had added "black" aka BBC as your new alias.
> > ;)
>
> Not me. If I were to spam for any dive locale, PR would be the last place
> I'd consider. Well, maybe Lake Perris would be the last place.

That was my reference to you ANSWERING the question hh addressed
to "black".


> > If you have gone as far as Fajardo, you could have found better
> > diving in Culebra -- which is not exactly world class, but hardly
> > as crummy as ... Cancun.
>
> Unfortunately the first ferry in the morning gets to Culebra too late to
> dive and I couldn't find any mainland PR shops to take me there on the days
> we were in the area.

I would have thought they had better ferry connections by now. They
do have some corals that come up to the surface of the water, as in
Palau and Hunauma Bay in Honululu. We snorkeled there which was
almost as good as diving.

-- Bob.

Greg Mossman wrote:
> [-hh wrote]:
> > My request to you would be for you to go do a shore dive from Hotel
> > Normand[ie]...tell us how much you liked that dive and how it compared....
>
> I never experienced that pleasure, but I did dive PR out of Fajardo,
> Humacao, and Guanica. It ranks somewhere above Lake Perris but below
> Zihuatenejo, i.e. really crummy.

My Normandie shore dive had ~20ft viz and was very green. Since BBC is
a PR native and newly-minted OW diver, I was trying to encourage him to
go over there to see what is considered by those of us not from PR to
be a "sucky" dive...every newbie needs a reality check . FWIW, I
believe that I've previously commented that I'd prefer a shore dive at
NJ's Shark River Inlet because its not any worse and its a lot cheaper!



> BTW HH, I'm home already. Nursing sore legs from Tuesday's 3,000' downhill
> ascent into Davos and a sore belly from too much rösti und Calanda Edelbräu,
> but it was a fun place.

Welcome home. Edelbräu is a nice lager, comparable to Belgium's
Stella. Hope you quaffed some of their local white wines too...quite
nice.

BTW, any interest in maybe doing a guided hiking tour in CZ sometime
next year? As an optional extension (before/after), I have a friend
who lives in Prague who's a whiskey distributor


> I'll e-mail you some interesting pics if they turn out
> interesting when I review them.

No problem...just let me know if there's anything you want to share
with the gang and I'll put them online for awhile.


-hh