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by Desert Diver
Wed Oct 14, 2015 5:29 pm
Forum: Gear Central (Recreational)
Topic: New diver looking for gear recommendations
Replies: 19
Views: 5253

Re: New diver looking for gear recommendations

Is that the back zip model? Good buy!
by Desert Diver
Wed Oct 14, 2015 5:28 pm
Forum: Buy/Sell/Trade Dive Gear
Topic: Tanks for sale
Replies: 11
Views: 1981

Re: Tanks for sale

Hi, What is the HP100?

Brian
by Desert Diver
Tue Oct 13, 2015 4:26 pm
Forum: General SCUBA Discussion
Topic: Scooter Lines to the Valiant have been cut.
Replies: 17
Views: 4803

Re: Scooter Lines to the Valiant have been cut.

I'm waiting......it COULD happen.
by Desert Diver
Wed Sep 30, 2015 1:33 pm
Forum: General SCUBA Discussion
Topic: Parking Enforcement Cove 2
Replies: 18
Views: 4184

Re: Parking Enforcement Cove 2

Bring more people in your vehicle to split up the $44 parking fee!
by Desert Diver
Tue Sep 29, 2015 1:35 pm
Forum: General SCUBA Discussion
Topic: Parking Enforcement Cove 2
Replies: 18
Views: 4184

Re: Parking Enforcement Cove 2

So if these guys at Cove 2 are playing kayak polo what does that make Bob's head?
by Desert Diver
Mon Sep 28, 2015 2:43 pm
Forum: Dive Recaps & Trip Reports
Topic: 9/27 Alki Cove 2
Replies: 7
Views: 2048

Re: 9/27 Alki Cove 2

Classic way that happens is someone checks your air and turns it all the way off and 1/4 turn back on, cause they never learned "Righty tighty, lefty loosy"
by Desert Diver
Wed Sep 16, 2015 3:20 pm
Forum: Dive Planning
Topic: Deception Pass night dive 9-21-15
Replies: 21
Views: 3878

Re: Deception Pass night dive 9-21-15

Good job, Ryan. Be careful!
by Desert Diver
Thu Sep 10, 2015 10:15 pm
Forum: Gear Central (Recreational)
Topic: New diver looking for gear recommendations
Replies: 19
Views: 5253

Re: New diver looking for gear recommendations

+1 on going with a drysuit. There must be a million little used wetsuits out there.
by Desert Diver
Wed Sep 02, 2015 12:29 pm
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: 25 dollars for what????
Replies: 19
Views: 4042

Re: 25 dollars for what????

Recently there is a word out about a significant fee increase for a night dive at Keystone Jetty. They supposedly upped it to 25 bucks. It still remains unclear as to 25 dollars a person? A party? Or a car? The site is amazing and a great training and photography grounds. Well, there is a warm indo...
by Desert Diver
Fri Aug 28, 2015 11:16 am
Forum: General SCUBA Discussion
Topic: Deception Pass
Replies: 92
Views: 17345

Re: Deception Pass

Wow! This is a tough crowd! 500 dives makes you a beginner? 20 years ago 100 dives in the Northwest made me a better than average diver on a Mexican boat. I think I'm seeing more clearly what "Clicky" means.
by Desert Diver
Wed Aug 19, 2015 4:56 pm
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Parking at Three Tree North
Replies: 30
Views: 7096

Re: Parking at Three Tree North

Two no parking signs on the same post. Post ever so nicely cemented in. No city name in small lettering on the sign. Doesn't look like city work. But I have no idea. http://www.roadtrafficsigns.com/no-parking-within-30-feet-sign/sku-k-9378-30 http://www.roadtrafficsigns.com/parking-sign/no-parking-a...
by Desert Diver
Sun Aug 16, 2015 6:30 pm
Forum: Underwater Imaging - Photography & Video
Topic: Crab v Shark
Replies: 22
Views: 4248

Re: Crab v Shark

Wow!
by Desert Diver
Sat Aug 15, 2015 10:15 pm
Forum: General SCUBA Discussion
Topic: Jan K
Replies: 5
Views: 2278

Jan K

I've missed Jan's pictures recently. Are you out there Jan?
by Desert Diver
Sat Aug 15, 2015 5:35 pm
Forum: Diving Education (Recreational)
Topic: Hyperbaric trip experience/getting bent call for insight
Replies: 21
Views: 13559

Re: Hyperbaric trip experience/getting bent call for insight

I appreciate you sharing the experience and think it can be a learning experience for most of us.

Thanks
by Desert Diver
Mon Aug 03, 2015 6:53 pm
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: They walk among us.
Replies: 6
Views: 1500

Re: They walk among us.

Kinda archaic, the Bill of Rights. Today who really cares if the government wants to have a few soldiers live in your house. The government pays for the house anyway!
by Desert Diver
Mon Aug 03, 2015 7:24 am
Forum: General SCUBA Discussion
Topic: Question
Replies: 22
Views: 3397

Re: Question

Probably depends on what you want and who has it and what their price is. I don't think you will find a single best source. DRIS is a great supplier.
by Desert Diver
Fri Jul 31, 2015 7:57 pm
Forum: Diving Education (Recreational)
Topic: Hyperbaric trip experience/getting bent call for insight
Replies: 21
Views: 13559

Re: Hyperbaric trip experience/getting bent call for insight

We use nitrox almost every dive. I don't see any disadvantage of staying away from the no deco limits. It adds some cost but not so much in the whole scheme of a vacation. Hope everything goes alright now!
by Desert Diver
Tue Jul 28, 2015 12:03 pm
Forum: General SCUBA Discussion
Topic: How much have you spent so far?
Replies: 37
Views: 8150

Re: How much have you spent so far?

Echo wrote:I hear you're not a real scuba diver until you've spent more money on the gear inside the vehicle you haul it around in than you did on the vehicle itself.
That's easy with my vehicle! So I'm a REAL scuba diver!
by Desert Diver
Mon Jul 27, 2015 10:53 am
Forum: General SCUBA Discussion
Topic: How much have you spent so far?
Replies: 37
Views: 8150

Re: How much have you spent so far?

And some have been diving 30 years. And gear back then was almost as many dollars as it is now, but the dollars were bigger.
by Desert Diver
Sun Jul 26, 2015 7:06 pm
Forum: Gear Central (Recreational)
Topic: Worthington vs. Faber Tanks
Replies: 12
Views: 3255

Re: Worthington vs. Faber Tanks

Those little rust spots are annoying! If you have air that has a -65 deg dewpoint at atmospheric pressure the dewpoint at 3500 PSI is 43 degrees. Not hard for us to get condensation and I suppose the nitrox doesn't help things.
by Desert Diver
Fri Jul 24, 2015 9:44 pm
Forum: Gear Central (Recreational)
Topic: Worthington vs. Faber Tanks
Replies: 12
Views: 3255

Re: Worthington vs. Faber Tanks

Worthingtons are not built anymore. I don't think you will find any. Fabers work fine.
by Desert Diver
Mon Jul 20, 2015 9:40 pm
Forum: Diving Education (Recreational)
Topic: Weighting Question
Replies: 4
Views: 5815

Re: Weighting Question

If your wing has 34lb lift in fresh water it will have about 2 1/2% more lift in salt water. And your total body and equipment weight will be 2 1/2% more too with the extra 2 1/2% being lead.
by Desert Diver
Wed Jul 15, 2015 12:21 pm
Forum: General SCUBA Discussion
Topic: NITROX problems
Replies: 26
Views: 6744

Re: NITROX problems

Are these guys continuous blending? If so it is easy to miscalibrate the sensor by leaving it in the mixing stick. The O2 level in my stick stays a little high even several days after I'm done pumping. I've caught myself recalibrating to that level. Then it would take more O2 to get it to read the l...
by Desert Diver
Tue Jul 14, 2015 1:24 pm
Forum: Dive Planning
Topic: Port Townsend
Replies: 22
Views: 3889

Re: Port Townsend

I meant to put an exclamation point not a question mark. Keystone has similar good tides and we plan to dive there the 23rd and 24th and then be on a charter in the San Juans the 25th. It is unfortunate that I spend more time on NWDC than diving but I don't find much joy in the lakes over on the dry...
by Desert Diver
Sun Jul 12, 2015 7:40 am
Forum: Dive Planning
Topic: Port Townsend
Replies: 22
Views: 3889

Re: Port Townsend

We are going to take advantage of this at Keystone?