Woo Hoo! After six weeks of classes and pools and exams, we just had our lake weekend at Balmorhea State Park in Toyahvale TX (nice place, 75 degree water year-round, crystal clear, and lotsa fishies---AND the weather was awesome!). Now all there is to do is the internship work so's I can get The Card.
Also, since my shop just became an SSI shop, they're going to help out with the crossover certification for DiveCon.
Just Finished my PADI DM Work
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hambergler
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Posted 05 March 2008 - 02:31 PM
I'm growing older but not up,
My metabolic rate is pleasantly stuck.
Let those winds of time blow over my head,
I'd rather die while I'm living than live while I'm dead.
My metabolic rate is pleasantly stuck.
Let those winds of time blow over my head,
I'd rather die while I'm living than live while I'm dead.
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Posted 05 March 2008 - 02:38 PM
Congrats...
Remember, email is an inefficient communications forum. You may not read things the way it was intended. Give people the benefit of the doubt before firing back... Especially if it is ME...! 
Tech Support - The hard we do right away; the impossible takes us a little longer...
"I like ponies on no-stop diving. They convert "ARGH!! I'M GOING TO DIE" into a mere annoyance." ~Nigel Hewitt
Tech Support - The hard we do right away; the impossible takes us a little longer...
"I like ponies on no-stop diving. They convert "ARGH!! I'M GOING TO DIE" into a mere annoyance." ~Nigel Hewitt
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Posted 05 March 2008 - 03:23 PM
Good Job
Never say Never! Its almost as long a time as always!
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Posted 05 March 2008 - 04:02 PM
Woo Hoo! After six weeks of classes and pools and exams, we just had our lake weekend at Balmorhea State Park in Toyahvale TX (nice place, 75 degree water year-round, crystal clear, and lotsa fishies---AND the weather was awesome!). Now all there is to do is the internship work so's I can get The Card.
Also, since my shop just became an SSI shop, they're going to help out with the crossover certification for DiveCon.
Way to go!!! Congrats and welcome to the club!! Cool that your shop is SSI now too. Now I need to get you into the TechXR program so I have another person to come dive the "O" with me - do you guys have a TechXR instructor there???
As for me, I'm feeling pretty scubalicious.
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Posted 05 March 2008 - 04:22 PM
congratulations
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Posted 05 March 2008 - 04:48 PM
Very 
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Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind! ~ Dr Seuss
Be yourself, everybody else is already taken. ~ Oscar Wilde
Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind! ~ Dr Seuss
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Posted 05 March 2008 - 09:18 PM
I'm in North Texas, Deb...my shop doesn't even offer a Wreck Diver specialty. I'm not sure I'm even really interested in Tech Diving, although the appeal of some of the deep wrecks is there...especially the Mighty O (and the Texas Clipper, even though she is on her side).
I'm growing older but not up,
My metabolic rate is pleasantly stuck.
Let those winds of time blow over my head,
I'd rather die while I'm living than live while I'm dead.
My metabolic rate is pleasantly stuck.
Let those winds of time blow over my head,
I'd rather die while I'm living than live while I'm dead.
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Posted 05 March 2008 - 10:27 PM
You don't need tech to dive the O (although it can give you more options), so tech or no, come on over! And let's go diving!!!!!!!I'm in North Texas, Deb...my shop doesn't even offer a Wreck Diver specialty. I'm not sure I'm even really interested in Tech Diving, although the appeal of some of the deep wrecks is there...especially the Mighty O (and the Texas Clipper, even though she is on her side).
As for me, I'm feeling pretty scubalicious.
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Posted 05 March 2008 - 10:44 PM
congrats on ur certification ...and by the way what is the big O?
It will all be a memory tomorrow
I BE DIVING
I BE DIVING
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Posted 06 March 2008 - 08:04 AM
Where have you been? Oh, wait---up there in the Great White North!
The Mighty O is the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany; it was sunk as an artificial reef off the coast of Florida near Pensacola a couple of years ago. The only problem for us non-techies is that the flight deck is at 130'...
The Mighty O is the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany; it was sunk as an artificial reef off the coast of Florida near Pensacola a couple of years ago. The only problem for us non-techies is that the flight deck is at 130'...
I'm growing older but not up,
My metabolic rate is pleasantly stuck.
Let those winds of time blow over my head,
I'd rather die while I'm living than live while I'm dead.
My metabolic rate is pleasantly stuck.
Let those winds of time blow over my head,
I'd rather die while I'm living than live while I'm dead.
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Posted 06 March 2008 - 01:10 PM
Congratulations Chuck!
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Posted 06 March 2008 - 01:21 PM
Congrats on your accomplishment!!
"Yesterday's gone, tomorrow never knows, today will never be the same again!"-Jibe
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Posted 06 March 2008 - 01:42 PM
But that's not a problem - the flight deck is the most boring part of the ship. You want to dive the tower which is only 68' at the top, so there's TONS to dive within recreational limits. The tower is the size of a 6 or 7 story building. It's huge!! You can have lots of dives on it without seeing it all.Where have you been? Oh, wait---up there in the Great White North!
The Mighty O is the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany; it was sunk as an artificial reef off the coast of Florida near Pensacola a couple of years ago. The only problem for us non-techies is that the flight deck is at 130'...
There lots of cool swim throughs too - very safe, all doors, hatches and windows have been removed. You can go into 3 different bridges and swim out through the windows. For some photos of the wreck go to the link below. (Sorry my quicklink won't work from this computer). But DON'T give me grief about the first photo! 
Of 200 or 300 pics Jesse had to choose that one - hey, there was a really strong current that day and he was making me stay in that spot for a really long time! LOL. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. 
http://www.cancelmop...v/THe Mighty O/
Now don't you want to come dive it???? I'm going on Sunday!
p.s. OR you can come to the dark side with me and we'll go BELOW the flight deck. hee hee hee.
As for me, I'm feeling pretty scubalicious.
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Posted 06 March 2008 - 04:46 PM
Congrats!
I wanna be the person that my dog thinks I am
Check out the SPREE...come dive with us!
charlies@singledivers.com
Check out the SPREE...come dive with us!
charlies@singledivers.com
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Posted 06 March 2008 - 08:00 PM
One of these days, hopefully in the next year or so, I'll get over to the Panhandle (FLA, not TX) and dive the O, but not this weekend, as it's my first OW class as a "DM In Training" (DIT, according to my instructor).
So far, dive trip-wise, this year is taken up with Cozumel in May (a week doing the reefs and some cenotes in the Yucatan), and Dry Tortugas & Flower Gardens with the singledivers crowd.
SO, "down below" may have to wait...
So far, dive trip-wise, this year is taken up with Cozumel in May (a week doing the reefs and some cenotes in the Yucatan), and Dry Tortugas & Flower Gardens with the singledivers crowd.
SO, "down below" may have to wait...
I'm growing older but not up,
My metabolic rate is pleasantly stuck.
Let those winds of time blow over my head,
I'd rather die while I'm living than live while I'm dead.
My metabolic rate is pleasantly stuck.
Let those winds of time blow over my head,
I'd rather die while I'm living than live while I'm dead.
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