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by lurch
Fri Feb 06, 2009 2:35 pm
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Headless drysuit...
Replies: 6
Views: 414

Re: Headless drysuit...

Hold on to that one. Or any sig other that is cool with scuba gear repairs in the living room during tv time. Mrs Sunnyperson is a keeper. Good luck getting to sleep tonight before your first dry dive. -Eric Still suprised that my wife let me get away with this - http://s180.photobucket.com/albums/...
by lurch
Fri Feb 06, 2009 2:33 pm
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Long day
Replies: 25
Views: 1283

Re: Long day

<--- girlfriend is 2700mi away I second the skype. I however do not second the Logitec quickcam 5000. ](*,) She does too exist 'brewer! :violent3: Whatever dude. Why did you fold her and mail her 2700mi? :smt064 She mailed herself. Told me she had a package she needed taken to USPS to be mailed. Sa...
by lurch
Fri Feb 06, 2009 11:09 am
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Long day
Replies: 25
Views: 1283

Re: Long day

<--- girlfriend is 2700mi away

I second the skype.

I however do not second the Logitec quickcam 5000. ](*,)

She does too exist 'brewer! :violent3:
by lurch
Wed Feb 04, 2009 10:17 am
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Typical.....
Replies: 43
Views: 2397

Re: Typical.....

scottsax wrote: (That last one always knocks me down a few pegs...)
Nah man, if anything you've got my respect. :salute:
by lurch
Wed Feb 04, 2009 9:46 am
Forum: General SCUBA Discussion
Topic: Dive sites you have always wanted to dive.....
Replies: 13
Views: 955

Re: Dive sites you have always wanted to dive.....

A nuclear waste storage tank.
by lurch
Wed Jan 28, 2009 4:55 pm
Forum: Dive Recaps & Trip Reports
Topic: Three Tree N. night dive W/ Scuba Scott!
Replies: 26
Views: 2508

Re: Three Tree N. night dive W/ Scuba Scott!

Does it look sorta like a 119 hurled across a parking lot with stunning tack-driving accuracy, only slightly taller? :smt064

:evil4:
by lurch
Tue Jan 27, 2009 5:12 pm
Forum: Gear Central (Recreational)
Topic: Damp Feet
Replies: 7
Views: 1115

Re: Damp Feet

From what I know of wicking materials Silk, Smartwool, UA, Capaline (from patagonia), fleece, nylon (in various forms) and ragg wool all wick sweat. Smartwool fabric is designed to actually let the moisture your feet produce evaporate through the fabric. All I know is my feet used to soak my Target ...
by lurch
Mon Jan 26, 2009 3:03 pm
Forum: Gear Central (Recreational)
Topic: Dry suit Gloves
Replies: 5
Views: 918

Re: Dry suit Gloves

Lose 60lbs. Then you can simply flex your wrist and the tendons pop out enough to create a nice little channel between your skin and the latex seal.
by lurch
Fri Jan 23, 2009 6:37 pm
Forum: Buy/Sell/Trade Dive Gear
Topic: WTB: Al 80 post 1990
Replies: 22
Views: 1825

Re: WTB: Al 80 post 1990

Jeebus...

If those are my options I'll just go another route. :evil4:
by lurch
Fri Jan 23, 2009 2:58 pm
Forum: Buy/Sell/Trade Dive Gear
Topic: WTB: Al 80 post 1990
Replies: 22
Views: 1825

Re: WTB: Al 80 post 1990

'brewer you're not allowed to get a 130. 140's don't exist and If I can't get a 140 then you can't upgrade either :la: 140's do exist. 3190psi / 140cf / 8.03 outer diameter / 29.9length / 63lbs weight / buoyancy swing -18.04 to -28.4 They are or were made by Heiser. There are also 149cf and 190cf t...
by lurch
Fri Jan 23, 2009 2:44 pm
Forum: Buy/Sell/Trade Dive Gear
Topic: WTB: Al 80 post 1990
Replies: 22
Views: 1825

Re: WTB: Al 80 post 1990

'brewer you're not allowed to get a 130. 140's don't exist and If I can't get a 140 then you can't upgrade either :la:
by lurch
Wed Jan 21, 2009 2:59 pm
Forum: Dive Recaps & Trip Reports
Topic: Mukilteo 1/19/09
Replies: 9
Views: 1371

Re: Mukilteo 1/19/09

Sweet. My shot looking into the opening of the jar came out.

'brewer next time I'll try and be clearer that I'm asking for the camera ](*,)

Thanks for the dive guys!
by lurch
Wed Jan 21, 2009 10:15 am
Forum: Gear Central (Recreational)
Topic: I got the leaky mask blues
Replies: 24
Views: 1403

Re: I got the leaky mask blues

selkie wrote:I want to know who carries these masks in stock so I can try one on. I like the idea but want to know the mask fits me.
NWSD in Kenmore has both the subframe and the frameless.
by lurch
Sun Jan 18, 2009 4:02 pm
Forum: General SCUBA Discussion
Topic: 30 Second Book Review: "Submerged" by Daniel Lenihan
Replies: 4
Views: 442

Re: 30 Second Book Review: "Submerged" by Daniel Lenihan

I liked it. Reads like a Clive Cussler book. That he endorsed it is one of the reasons I picked it up.
by lurch
Wed Jan 14, 2009 2:57 pm
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Happy Birthday Scott Lundy
Replies: 9
Views: 495

Re: Happy Birthday Scott Lundy

Sounder wrote:Birthday Spankings!! Hold him down!! :naka:
I ain't goin first! :pale:

Happy B-day bud!!! :partyman:
by lurch
Tue Jan 13, 2009 2:00 pm
Forum: Gear Central (Recreational)
Topic: Salvo 200w HMI
Replies: 15
Views: 610

Re: Salvo 200w HMI

Phineas Gage wrote: Hey...wait a minute...I'm being duped into some evil plan here, ain't I?
I have no idea what you're talking about :smt051
by lurch
Mon Jan 12, 2009 9:09 pm
Forum: Gear Central (Recreational)
Topic: Dry Suit Leaks
Replies: 30
Views: 1469

Re: Dry Suit Leaks

I think laivindil filled his with water. where the puddle is is the leak. Yeah I just flooded it at depth, closed off the valves and when I got to the surface I could tell where the hole was by the mini-geyser coming out of the suit. Looked like my suit was peeing out of the foot it did. Works grea...
by lurch
Mon Jan 12, 2009 3:20 pm
Forum: Gear Central (Recreational)
Topic: Salvo 200w HMI
Replies: 15
Views: 610

Re: Salvo 200w HMI

I'm starting a petition to ban this light in Washington state waters. One hour-long dive out of Sounder and the sound will be three degrees warmer. Who's with me?

You want to be responsible for killing all marine life in Puget Sound?!?!?! :smt119
by lurch
Fri Dec 19, 2008 9:56 pm
Forum: General SCUBA Discussion
Topic: One way check valve?
Replies: 13
Views: 1266

Re: One way check valve?

In that case:
Pez7378 wrote: Anyone have any ideas?
You preformed a Joe Maneuver? (similar to a Warhammer Maneuver)

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by lurch
Fri Dec 19, 2008 9:51 pm
Forum: General SCUBA Discussion
Topic: One way check valve?
Replies: 13
Views: 1266

Re: One way check valve?

I had a good post but it violates the "no thread drift" and "no inside joke" rules. :dontknow:
by lurch
Thu Dec 18, 2008 7:03 pm
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Introducing...SCUBA SNOWMAN!!!
Replies: 13
Views: 1343

Re: Introducing...SCUBA SNOWMAN!!!

Awesome. =D>

Just make sure he doesn't end up like the snowman I made last year. :pale:

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by lurch
Thu Dec 18, 2008 6:24 pm
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Snow pics ....!! gottem..post them...
Replies: 44
Views: 2636

Re: Snow pics ....!! gottem..post them...

I took advantage of my snow day and broke out the skis and did a circuit of the neighborhood. http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/5264/1mediumjn3.jpg http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/6152/2mediumnn7.jpg http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/465/3mediumei7.jpg http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/8859/4mediumsn5...
by lurch
Mon Dec 15, 2008 1:20 pm
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Olympics
Replies: 15
Views: 1208

Re: Olympics

Some of my favorite days here in WA include those that are so clear you can see both mountain ranges from a vantage point that's high enough. Mountains to your left, mountains to your right and water in between seems like a good way to live life :rr:
by lurch
Mon Dec 15, 2008 10:32 am
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Am I nuts!?
Replies: 6
Views: 430

Re: Am I nuts!?

Nwbrewer wrote:Wait until tonight when you go out in the same weather, slide into a hefty bag, strap 75 lbs of gear to your back, and drop into 46degree water. Then your nuts. I'm just sayin'....
The very definition of "nuts".

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by lurch
Sun Dec 14, 2008 6:46 pm
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Am I nuts!?
Replies: 6
Views: 430

Am I nuts!?

Outside temp this morning at 8am was 24 degrees Fahrenheit with a slight breeze that wasn't helping things. Snow covered every exposed surface. I had trouble getting my truck's door open. The roadway - excuse me I meant ice-way was treacherous. And I went for my usual 6-mile run. Somehow my hands di...