Northwest Dive Club

I've only got 12 dives under my belt, and they've all been in rented wetsuits from UWS. I've never been uncomfortable, even in 44 degree water, but I hate getting into and out of the damn things. That's my main reason for wanting a dry suit. I'm hoping to squirrel away enough money doing side work t...

Hey, Sasquatch, welcome to the board! These guys are great, good bunch of people to know. I'm in North Ballard, just about 15 minutes from Edmonds. Hope we can hook up with you for a dive soon!

Hey, looks like we share a first name, Joshua. Nice to "meet" you. I'm new to diving, so I mostly ask dumb questions around here, so I'm pretty usefull, obviously. Hope to hook up with you for a dive sometime!

Ahh. I see. I aspire, among other things, to become a hawk-eyed gear head. Have a great dive, you guys, and if you get a chance to take some pics of the sunken bridge, I'd love to see them!

Calvin wrote:

On another note, I just got a DUI Delta BC today

Really? What was wrong with your OMS?

boats cant be around the bridge and we are still relatively close to shore max depth of 80ffw.. its really errie diving on the sunken bridge deck lets do it who else wants to go?? say mabey around 10 oclock splash?? Wow- that does sound interesting. I'm working, won't be able to do that one, but I'...

Hmmm- *IF* the dive moves to the afternoon, I'll commit to the class, as long as it's after 2PM or thereabouts. I can wrap up my job early on Saturday and finish it on Sunday. Or possibly a Sunday dive?

I'd like to do it, but I'm working that Saturday.

Manage-a-tois, SCUBA style!

That was cool! Thanks for diving with me, both of you.

(Hey, Calvin, did you sleep with your new doubles next to the bed? Looked like things were getting serious between you and them!)

Hmmm. Doubtfull I can do one, but maybe I can play hooky one of these days.......Thanks for the invite!

Oh- OK, well, if you're sure I wouldn't be too much of a drag, I really would love to get a dive in. One thing I've been noticing is that, underwater, I can't hear my cell phone ring, and I really like that! Whoops- there it goes again!

Hmmmm- if nobody else is going, I might just bail out for this week- There's plenty of stuff I really should do instead; and I'm sure Calvin is dying to break his new doubles in right. Last thing I want to do is slow anyone down or make them cut their dive short.

I'll just carry the second one in my arms.... I'm pretty sure I can switch out tanks without surfacing. Anyway, I'll be there, and if there's nobody to pair up with, I'll just hang out and get some fish and chips, or see if there's another diver without a buddy to dive with there. You elitist double...

Calvin wrote:I saw that, good work Sparky! I already learned a thing or two from looking at that map!

I learned a LOT looking at it. Really cool to see it laid out like that. Thanks, Sparky!

Sweet. I just picked up tanks, see you all there tomorrow!

So, I'm planning on picking up a wetsuit and two tanks after work- we still on?

I'm down with movie night, Hood Canal, or Cozumel, but I'm interested in Belize, actually. Anyone ever been there?

It's truly worth the hassle of going to Seattle Center. I was really impressed- stuff really does look like it's floating off the screen into your lap! The footage wasn't exactly stuff I was expecting, there were some whacky critters I'd never heard of, like this California something something shrim...

Good idea, this thread is. Yoda, I'm talking like. Why, I'm wondering? ](*,)

Aside from the drysuit I'm coveting, I'm looking for a deal on a tank, if anybody has one they wanna let go of, lemme know about it, please!

http://www.imax.com/deepsea/ Anybody see this yet? I just checked it out, and it's pretty great. 3D has come a LONG way since the days when I'd go see "The Creature From the Black Lagoon" at the College theater near my house. The moon jellies and other critters really do look like they're ...

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I'll try to pay more attention to my smileys when I'm trash-talking

Yeah, no, I mean, I was sincere in saying how happy I was to meet all you guys, I should watch my mouth- I'm a long time member of several other forums where trash-talking is the rule of the day, and I shouldn't have just dug right in, I guess, because I'm new, but don't take it seriously, BJ- lemme...

Thanks a lot for the dive last night! I, for one, had a blast. It was great to meet all of you, and I really appreciate everyone's friendly, helpfull attitude. (Except for Maverick. What's the deal with him? He buy his way in, or what? Oh, well, it's not important, there's one in every crowd, I gue...