uk diving---what do i need?

Zak wrote:
> cheque book and pen (essential if you're diving with chiseller)...

I find credit cards tend to stand up to repeated immersion better than the
cheque book (unless you're using a gold Blankety-Blank one of course)...

Al.

Huw Porter wrote:
> "Nigel Hewitt" wrote
>> I have
>> memories of Huw holding onto one of my fins on the M2 (thanks)
>
> My pleasure!
>
>> as I
>> sorted out a blob with just a little air in it and a stripped thread
>> on the filler.
>
> A <whisper>DIR</whisper> technique that works extremely well (but that
> I'm still getting on top of) is a) to not fill the blob any more than
> necessary, and b) to be fully horizontal while inflating - this gives
> you the option of swimming down if you need a moment to sort anything
> out with yer blob and spool, meaning you can take everything at a more
> relaxed pace.

As I remember it we were virtually flat at the front end of the
take-off ramp and I unclipped it, unrolled it set the reel ready
to fly and cracked the bottle expecting the usual *blob exits
upwards* moment.

It blew a huge cloud of bubbles back in my face and gently
waved above me like a flag. Maybe a hundred grams positive
or less. I had a spare in my pocket with a spool but if I had let it
go I'm not sure we wouldn't have made it to the surface first.

I faffed about wondering what was up then realising it was lifting
me so I stuffed the auto air in it and sent it off manually.

Later we discovered that the thread in the inlet was trashed. I
still can't see how. I am gentle with mechanical things and that is
not a wimpy little thread (DIN) in brass.

This is one of the problems with the rebreather. I am neutral. That
was one of those moments when a good big breath out so I was
a kilo or so negative would have paid off.

nigelH

"John Hamm" <meteor@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 6 Feb 2004 16:34:30 -0000, "Budweiser"
> <bud.bottle@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >Hi folks
> >I am about to start diving in the uk,my previous diving and training
> >(currently PADI Rescue)has always been in warmer climates.From what i
have
> >read in various groups and articles there appears to be additional
equipment
> >that is considered the norm for a UK diver.
> >
> >At present i own the following equipment:-
> >MK 25T/S600T with R380 octopus
> >Glide 2000 BC (integrated weight system)
> >Oceanic Shadow Titanium wetsuit (2 piece system)
> >variuos masks/fins/knives
> >Suunto Stinger
> >Suunto wrist compass
> >
> >I just purchased a drysuit (Othree MSF500TB) and will be doing my drysuit
> >speciality course in early march,by which time i will also have aquired
my
> >own cylinder(s)--probably a 12 and a 15ltr
> >
> >I have no desire to look like a overloaded christmas tree,or to purchase
non
> >essential kit.
> >
> >So what else do i need?--dsmb?/pony?/reel? whatever
> >Please note "need" the rest can go on the wish list for a while--or
untill a
> >deal too good to pass comes along.
> >
> >thanks in advance folks
> >probably be ascending feet first in a lake near you soon!
> >
> >
> An understanding bank manager !

Thanks for all the input--I take it onboard--never realised the options of
dsmb could create such a varied opinion .
For those involved earlier in the thread--my appologies again for taking
umberance to some comments--i am old enough and daft enough to have known
better to have bitten.

safe diving folks
and maybe see you in the uk waters soon
regards
mark

On Mon, 9 Feb 2004 11:58:35 +0100, Anders Arnholm
<Anders+news@Arnholm.nu> wrote:

>To few brittish know the good Czech Premium lager, Budweiser Budvar.
>This beer is one of the better czech one, they also have a long
>history of there ongoing legal problems with some American company
>trying to get into there trademark. You can read about the history at
>the homesite of Budweiser, http://www.budvar.cz/ However the English
>is not that good in dringing czech lager, thay usally drink beer of
>more westerly parts of europe.

Budvar has been mentioned in thie thread before, Anders...
--
ferret
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Budweiser <bud.bottle@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> For those involved earlier in the thread--my appologies again for taking
> umberance to some comments--i am old enough and daft enough to have known
> better to have bitten.
>

You've forgotten the most important things you need to dive in the Uk....
a thick skin and a sense of humour

Nick

>
> You've forgotten the most important things you need to dive in the Uk....
> a thick skin

most of us use a drysuit...

CAS

On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 09:39:12 -0000, "CAS"
<calumscottTAKETHISBITOUT@yahoo.com> wrote:

>most of us use a drysuit...

Yours, of course, requires a sense of humour...
--
ferret
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"ferret" <ferret@cruelmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 09:39:12 -0000, "CAS"
> <calumscottTAKETHISBITOUT@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >most of us use a drysuit...
>
> Yours, of course, requires a sense of humour...
> --
> ferret
> Best before: see end

don't you also need beer money to shout your round at the pub after the
dive?

I've Heard stories about the natural habitat of BSAC divers :)

rhys

"rnf2" <rnf2@NOSPAMwaikato.ac.nz> wrote in message
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>
> don't you also need beer money to shout your round at the pub after the
> dive?
>
> I've Heard stories about the natural habitat of BSAC divers :)
>
> rhys

Habitat yes, but Round avoidance is taught as a compulsory module
in the Club/Ocean courses.

PeteS teaches the advanced course including 'not paying after ordering'
and 'hiding in plain sight when it's your round' although with this
course the cost of course materials can be expensive.

DaveA





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"ferret" <ferret@cruelmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 09:39:12 -0000, "CAS"
> <calumscottTAKETHISBITOUT@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >most of us use a drysuit...
>
> Yours, of course, requires a sense of humour...


Or possibly sunglasses...

CAS
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