Northwest Dive Club

thelawgoddess wrote:expedia. (don't you watch tv?)

Travelocity.

="dsteding" One thing I noted is the 45 minutes of air left in the diver's tank. If at the end of the dive, sounds like doubles. I saw a pic on the news this morning, it said it was at constellation park, and it showed a picture of what looked like double AL80 Tanks w/ aqualung stickers o...

I'm always cutting, reattaching, retying, remelting something. Tonight it was the straps to attached tanks to the tank rack in my boat. I have an old soldering iron pretty much dedicated to nylon and/or polypropylene melting. 40W, works great, been working great for years and nothing wasted. I agre...

What would be interesting to do would be to put some sort of temperature recorder in the suit to attempt to see if the difference is tangible, or psychological.

The science makes sense, but it would be interesting to know the difference.

CaptnJack wrote:Soldering irons work great for melting the ends into the knot. The tip will be contaminated and not work so great without alot of cleaning though, use an old one.

I just heat up a utility knife with a torch, and cut the rope w/ that. You can just toss the blade when you are done.

OK time for the all important question what is the difference between the LP and HP tanks. I know operating pressure is like 2400 for LP and about 3400 for HP. Is there any good or bad to either. I am thinking of going with HP100's or so. http://www.scubaboard.com/archive/index.php/t-8382.html dece...

Jeff, Have you checked lighthouse? They used to rent steel 100's many moons ago. I do not know if they still do. They are still listed on their website. http://www.lighthousediving.com/rental.html $12 a day + 1st air fill. With that being said, lighthouse isn't really that highly reguarded for their...

rjarnold wrote:Hehe, don't I know it. $275 worth of over-weight fees in Australia :P

Crikey!

using less fossil fuels and shifting towards renewable stuff, or at least using compact fluorescent and solar tech? Why would that be bad? Most of our power is hydro, isnt that renewable? I guess what I am trying to say is that many people overlook the bigger items in a house that consume more foss...

lamont wrote:. Replacing all my bulbs with CFL dropped my power consumption by like 30% or so and I haven't had a single one burn out in a year.

Yes but when you use gas for heat hot water etc, what else is there to power?

Dishwasher, fridge, tv and a computer?

lamont wrote:
buy better CFL bulbs not cheap ones.

I did have some $14.99 each Par30 replacement bulbs in my recessed cans, and the light was unbearable. I think it dropped my power consumption by a whopping $10 a month.

Solar hot water in seattle? I think tankless gas is more prudent. The overemphasis on CFL bulbs is total crap. It's like putting a bandaid, on an axewound. One of the smallest uses of electricity in a household is your lighting. Most houses use less than 1500W at any given time. Besides, the light o...

Mmmm... sushi. I wanted to grab some of the spot prawns too and throw them on a grill... All I had after work was a small snack and they were making me hungry... I heard that some people evn eat them raw. i've heard about that... we were on 30/30 so i wasn't narced enough to try that... if there is...

Not to mention that it seems to be a very buggy technology, so carrying an spg would be prudent. If that is the case what is the benefit.

I have an oceanic geo, and other than the $100 download cable I have no complaints. It's very easy to use.

lamont wrote:

Sounder wrote:Mmmm... sushi.

I wanted to grab some of the spot prawns too and throw them on a grill... All I had after work was a small snack and they were making me hungry...

I heard that some people evn eat them raw.

Calvin wrote:
Oh, that avatar is from a photo I took of some local marine wildlife - shot at Cove 2 last week. Enjoy your dive!

Ahh the old pugent sound catshark. I am soo jealous to see one coming out of the water like this is very rare.

Say how close is the entry point to Alki beach??? I invited wifey and she said yes, but with son it would be nice for them to be able to go to beach while I dive. They never seen me in my gettup before. about a mile, but sometimes (on a sunny day) it can take forever to get there. The beaches at th...

Tom Nic wrote:that stroking your ego may also stroke someone else's pocketbook!

Agreed passing the OW course is essentially introduction to your wallet for the scuba gear retailers.

Double post.

It has nothing to do with chloride (ions of which are everywhere in seawater) Approximately 35% of PVC is phtahlates, a plasticizer. You want me to get into their toxicity too? . http://www.phthalates.com/pressrelease/details/index.asp?id=20 EU report on phthalates. Most of the countries that have ...

I have heard of reports from issues with plastics, but nothing definitive... . I'd really be interested in seeing some hard data on the rate of which chlorides leech chlorides into the water. Then again isnt salt water full of chlorides? Tap water going into the sound puts chlorides into the water....

I'll be in maui for a wedding thurs-sunday of next week.

Going to do boat dive on a cattle boat thurs then shore dive friday morning.

GillyWeed wrote:I was just in Mill Creek yesterday on job errand and was wondering if you could any closer to the middle of nowhere.. JK.. It is pretty far out there though.

Mill creek is the center of the universe. It has 2 of the best restaurants on the planet there.

Sushi Zen and Azul.