Maggie’s Motivational Pic Thread v2.0 - - New Rules - See Post #1
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This reminded me of a friend... she dove recreationally and trained to do underwater recovery. Did it once. Found/recovered a family in a station wagon that had been underwater for however long (week or more?). She said "nope", never did it again. I think she gave up diving all together not long after.
NOPE!
Ship's Diver, US Submarine service. Commercial gold dredger at age 15. Cave explorer as a young man. There was a time I would cave dive, but NOPE!
Now a "victim" (enlightened man) of adult onset claustrophobia. Seriously, it's all I can do to stay on a plane knowing they are going to shut the door. First Class flying is a medical necessity.
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Understood. First Class is also a necessity for me, but for other reasons...
The other thing I also have to consider is what "Medicare" has to say about people who cave dive, and how it might affect my Medicare insurance. I was not on Medicare when I was cave diving. I have to hope that they won't raise a huge ruckus if I choose to go back. Otherwise, I might not be able to.
When bodies have been in the water that long you have to wrap them up in blankets or everything but the bones will just strain through the stokes litter or rescue basket, ask me how I know.
She said the river was so muddy it was all done by feel. And that's how she found the driver, by feel and when her fingers sort of went "in".
Whoever came up with the town slogan should be hung by the neck until dead, dead, dead. Something to the effect of " May you find it all the name implies" . WTF
I believe it because it is absurd
ETA: In case that's not enough
The Ancient and Honorable Order of E Clampus Vitus (ECV) 7-11 chapter or maybe 7-11 is a reference to Pair-O-Dice ... unsure
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I bet those thighs sounds like rubbing wet ballons together when she walks.
I got bent in 1986 after doing about a dozen bounce dives to 60'. We had about a dozen divers and used two in the morning and two in the afternoon. We would do 8 to 15 bounce dives from 40 to 130 feet on air, of course if we were diving deep our dive numbers were reduced. At the time the accent rate was 60'/min. Our unit had been diving like this for several years with no problems. As far as I know, I was the only one to get bent. After the adjustments to ascent rates were changed, they had to make some changes to the program.
For those days when you want to give a shit.
I’m 77. Was a PADI Master Instructor and IANTD Deep Air/Advanced Nitrox Instructor. Medicare, as best I can discern will not cover dive accidents. I’m going to start diving again later this year and will purchase DAN insurance. There are other companies that offer insurance and I believe will cover Technical Divers - Divemaster is one I believe.Understood. First Class is also a necessity for me, but for other reasons...
The other thing I also have to consider is what "Medicare" has to say about people who cave dive, and how it might affect my Medicare insurance. I was not on Medicare when I was cave diving. I have to hope that they won't raise a huge ruckus if I choose to go back. Otherwise, I might not be able to.
My deepest dive was to 201 feet on air in a mine in West Virginia In 1993. Fun. Same mine where Edward Suarez Jr died in 1994.
Everyone narc’s at a different point, I learned that early on……
If you dive out of the country, I would make sure emergency air ambulance service in covered. I know someone who has neuro problems, she was not able to hold her depth while diving on a coral reef. Her insurance would not cover the air ambulance, which would have helped dramatically.
Not saying there were not consequences then or now, just saying that some groups are cult like with forcing there is only one way to do it right.
I was lucky to learn from John Chatterton, same guy as book Shadow Divers. He would talk at equal length about people ignoring good info. Sometimes that got people hurt, sometimes it got people hyper focused on things that were not important.
And I don't know where you dive but I've seen plenty of out of shape and / or stupid tech divers. I've helped a couple of them cheat death.
Mine was to 141ft at Zuber Sink (aka - "Forty Fathom Grotto" - if you know what/where that is) but on EAN28. (Jersey Mix). It was for my ANDP class. But it was just a bounce dive. My instructor (same one as my cave instructor) was just wanting to see how I handled the deco and how "controlled" I was (neutrally buoyant, at each stop, etc.).
Yes, I had DAN insurance at the time and I could probably get it again. I'll look into that as my decision point approaches.
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My all time favorite NRA propaganda sent out to me will always be the one with, 'The MAN' , Charlton Heston.. I keep it pinned on wall above my reload bench.
..."I'll give you my gun when you pry it from my cold, dead hands"
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Looks like someone just unlocked the door to the buffet on freakshow night.
This statue is outside the new High School in Lemmon South Dakota. The artist is a local guy named John Lopez.It's a lot like John's
John Lopez Studio
"The anatomy and kinetics intermixed with curious choices of familiar steel objects speckled about the sculpture in randomly organized patterns..."www.johnlopezstudio.com
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There's a similar style metal Buffalo over by Agency Village south of Sisseton. Out in the country on an paved country road intersection. Used to drive by it on my route. Just a random field/pasture. You drove by the first time and your like wtf is that?!?
Found it on Google maps using the street view.
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It was in front of the old high school up on the north end of town before that.
I've known John and his family for many years as he grew up on a ranch that bordered a ranch we had up until the mid 90s.
John has done a lot for the small remote community.
Aw c’mon man! Get the grammar correct, will yah?
It’s, “When the Uber driver doesn’t need any directions to get to your mom’s house.”
A meme slip like that could cost you your crown man!
