Who is this guy???

[blobbottlebob]

Yea - I feel your pain on the dry suit. You can drown yourself trying to get your head out. I have one but I rarely use it. I feel warmer in the water with the wet suit. Undressing is another thing, though.

 

[adshepard]

ORIGINAL: blobbottlebob

That's a great boat. Really nice. I know what you mean about the water getting colder as you get older. Just a few years back here's me diving in January. My gear free-flowed after about a minute underwater. I climbed aboard this chunk of ice floating downstream and my buddy took the picture. As you can see, I was diving with a wet suit. BRRRRRR. This year, I'm not going under until the weather is a bit warmer.

My wet suit days are long behind me unless I'm in the tropics. In New England I stick to the dry suit. Now that I am at the half century mark the chill of the cold is too bothersome. I remember my first dive off Salem, Massachusetts in 50f water. That day I wore a hood, gloves and a 3mm john. I shivered at the end of a second 45 minute dive but all was okay, the charter operator thought I was an idiot. Nowadays I wouldn't think of entering water like that with so little coverage because then I'd be an idiot [].

Just got a new DUI FLX 50/50 in November that keeps me nice and toasty.

Alan

 

[southern Maine diver]

Hey Alan...

To each his own regarding suit preferences... most importantly, I didn't know that you were such a "young" pup having reached the half century mark...[][] I reached that a while ago myself... some people think I'm crazy for jumping in these waters wearing a "wet suit" but, I prefer a wetsuit because I need the flexibility... the movement. I work underwater, so I have a choice of several different suits to use. It all depends on the job... the water... the length of time I'm under. All the suits have plus and minuses... wet, dry, hot water... I use them all.

Anyway, congratulations on reaching the half-century mark and still diving!!! wetsuit or drysuit. I've been diving for more than forty years and I still love it. And I do want to get up your way to do some diving with you. []

I'll be the one in the wetsuit...[&:]

Wayne

 

[bottle34nut]

i just stumbled across this thread and figured i would keep it going. it is nice to have a face to go with the name.anyone recognize me from the post office wall?
greg

 

[bottle34nut]

and since some of you have put up pics of your wives i figured i would put up a picture of my EX-wife.

 

[bottle34nut]

ooops sorry wrong pic. here is the real one of her.
greg

 

[justadddirt]

Greg look behind you!!!! You have a bad accident happening on the top shelf of your bottles. Your exwife looks like my wifes mother!![][][]

 

[cyberdigger]

I keep this one handy because it's just so flattering..

 

[cyberdigger]

..and the missus.. match made in heaven... or somewhere...[]

 

[RICKJJ59W]

Ahhhh ain't she cute~!! lol

Since your a fisherman,did you ever hear of a motherinlaw fish? We catch um in Florida. One of the ugliest fish you ever want to see [8D]