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[uwfan]

I was recently reminded of a conversation I had with our P.E. teacher who also dives. Her husband must descend very slowly and apparently suffers from nose bleeds at 30 feet in depth. At 29 feet, he's fine and at 31 feet he's fine. The trick is getting past that one foot and clearing his mask... I'm told those who love to see sharks, love him.

Then there was a buddy of mine who acted somewhat funny underwater...gave the okay signal back when I started to worry...and told me later that it was all because she was sneezing!

So what kinds of peculiar behavior have you seen (careful... ) underwater?!

[WreckWench]

You mean aside from seeing a creature NOT designed to breathe underwater don all sorts of apparatus so they can???

[Landlocked Dive Nut]

Or aside from watching me feed the fish at 70 feet, the first couple of days of diving on every trip I take? I have an excellent regulator, capable of handling whatever I throw at it (or through it) !

[FritzCat66]

The Warhammer Maneuver.


'nuff said.

[Landlocked Dive Nut]

The Warhammer Maneuver.


'nuff said.

Well, now you just have to explain this one to me, 'cuz it went right over my head and it sounds interesting!

[uwfan]

The Warhammer Maneuver.


'nuff said.

Well, now you just have to explain this one to me, 'cuz it went right over my head and it sounds interesting!

Uh, yea, over my head....but do I want to know???

[uwfan]

The Warhammer Maneuver.


'nuff said.

Well, now you just have to explain this one to me, 'cuz it went right over my head and it sounds interesting!

Uh, yea, over my head....but do I want to know???

No.

No, you don't.

Trust me--you really don't want to know.

Remember that if you insist on proceeding, you have been warned.

PPM

Okay PPM, I think I get where this MAY be going...I do NOT want to know!!

Just to twist the topic a little (after all I started it)...what SURPRISES have you had underwater??

[dive_sail_etc]

Okay PPM, I think I get where this MAY be going...I do NOT want to know!!
Just to twist the topic a little (after all I started it)...what SURPRISES have you had underwater??

Warhammer Maneuver... gone wrong. MORE than 'nuff said.

[uwfan]

Okay PPM, I think I get where this MAY be going...I do NOT want to know!!
Just to twist the topic a little (after all I started it)...what SURPRISES have you had underwater??

Warhammer Maneuver... gone wrong. MORE than 'nuff said.

Okay I just can't get this topic going RIGHT, can I????

[Landlocked Dive Nut]

Heidi, sometimes these threads just take on a life of their own, don't they?

OK, surprises underwater.

I remember my very first ocean diving right after certification. I wasn't sure I was going to like this sport (after the horrible vis in Missouri doing my checkout dives, can you blame me?) so on my first trip I had not yet invested in my own gear. I was in Belize during rainy season and the seas were not being kind to me, so I was told to hang out at the safety stop, under the waves, until everybody else was on the boat. I'm hovering at 18 feet, and my rental gauge was telling me I had 400psi left, and all of a sudden I could not draw my next breath. SURPRISE! The gear was faulty, and I was OOA with everybody else already on the surface, and I had to remember my training and NOT just dash up to the surface. That was a long 18 feet!

Guess what I did as soon as I got home from that trip?

[FritzCat66]

Warhammer Maneuver... gone wrong. MORE than 'nuff said.

LOL! Now THAT creates quite a picture in the mind! Almost art...

Are you talking about something you've seen, heard of, or (gulp) personal experience?


OK, other more tame surprises... on one dive, my dive buddies suddenly were gaining my attention and pointing down to my legs, giving me weird hand signals I simply could not understand. I couldn't see anything, you know how the gear and mask can limit your ability to see parts of yourself.

So, one gal grabbed her underwater digital camera and snapped a picture near my crotch (uh oh, I thought the doc said that was all cleared up ).

She showed me the camera snapshot, and there was my upper left leg... with a two-foot remora hanging off of it! I had no clue! I guess he was just hitching a ride...

Later in the dive I think this same remora wanted to get friendly with the gals I was diving with. Hilarity ensued.

>*< Fritz

Edited by FritzCat66, 29 November 2008 - 10:51 AM.

[uwfan]

Thanks Fritz!

[WreckWench]

The Warhammer Maneuver.


'nuff said.

Well, now you just have to explain this one to me, 'cuz it went right over my head and it sounds interesting!

Uh, yea, over my head....but do I want to know???

No.

No, you don't.

Trust me--you really don't want to know.

Remember that if you insist on proceeding, you have been warned.

PPM

Yes we have been warned but this still does not answer the question but a quick google search reveals MORE than you want to see. Suffice it to say it is a form of expulsion that requires you to remove your wetsuit in order to facilitate. And apparently is only used when one can not wait to get back onto the boat to use proper facilities.

And yes...this would not be a surprise I would want to see underwater or anytime for that matter!

[dive_sail_etc]

Okay PPM, I think I get where this MAY be going...I do NOT want to know!!
Just to twist the topic a little (after all I started it)...what SURPRISES have you had underwater??

Warhammer Maneuver... gone wrong. MORE than 'nuff said.

Okay I just can't get this topic going RIGHT, can I????

For the record, the victim of the WM misfire I referenced was not, I repeat, NOT, me.

And no, methinks me doth NOT protest too much.