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| Pete W.:
Hi there, all, I've noticed that several members of this forum and of other machining & Model Engineering fora make references to SCUBA-diving. I personally engaged in SCUBA diving in a small way from 1956 until the late seventies. I eventually gave up because my employers seemed unable to bear my absence at weekends so I couldn't dive regularly enough to keep in training. Looking back on those years, I have concluded that I took up the sport more because I was intrigued by the diving apparatus than because I couldn't resist the call of the dark, cold, heaving English Channel! I wonder what other Modders think - are our brains all wired in a way that attracts us to machines and ingenious mechanical devices? Or is it just a statistical thing that X% of people are drawn to workshop devices and Y% to SCUBA diving and there just happens to be some overlap? Best regards, Pete W. |
| Brass_Machine:
Hi Pete! I got certified when I was 15. Growing up in Maine, the water probably wasn't any better than the Channel. Cold and dark... year round. I have a tinkerer friend that built his own rebreather. Eric |
| Rob.Wilson:
Hi Pete I got into scuba to look at rusty lumps of iron on the sea bed :palm: , learnt to dive in the North sea , I did make quite a few stainless steel SMB reels and the likes . Rob |
| AdeV:
I've always fancied scuba diving, but never got around to trying it. Then again, I struggle to use a snorkel properly, so I'd probably be a disaster with proper diving kit... |
| yorkie_chris:
Yep! I'm fairly hooked TBH. Out as much as I can and have a load of parts on the way for a homebuilt rebreather :) |
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