thinking of giving up

Dave & Sandy · 4th May 2007, 01:05

Hi Clive,

People who know nothing or little about Rebreather's, make assumptions based on "what they hear" and have their feet concreted into the ground in terms of their ways are people who will contribute little to the progression of diving. They will also miss out on some fantastic dives which can't be done OC or are logistically challenging to say the least.

You have "thought outside of the square" to go CCR now "think outside of the square" to do the diving you want to do. Ditch your club, contact other local CCR divers, find Rebreather friendly boats. It's worth the effort.

If your in Melbourne, want to dive wrecks on Rebreather or OC then SCUTTLE on this list is the man to contact. The others are just cattle trucks and will always disappoint in terms of tec diving.

teksimple · 4th May 2007, 01:27

Giving up? What? Quit your gripin!

I had to buy my own little boat to do any tek diving. Unless I hop on a plane, all my tek diving is solo. In order to have a buddy to do rec CCR diving, I had to purchase another CCR as well as training for my buddy.

Add the above to the fact that I have to live on a little island surrounded by the monstrous Pacific Ocean. Terrible, I say!

marekm · 4th May 2007, 02:02

Quote: (Originally Posted by teksimple)

I had to buy my own little boat to do any tek diving... In order to have a buddy to do rec CCR diving, I had to purchase another CCR as well as training for my buddy

Teksimple: Same story here (but I'm still working on that second CCR)

-Marek

bendomatic · 4th May 2007, 02:07

why else did MHD buy his own boat? cos how else were we going to get to do the diving that we want to do when we want to do it. at the moment we have dive buddies galore chasing us for a spot on the boat.(mind you could be a different story next week, but hey, win some lose some

)
rachel

rdmmdr · 4th May 2007, 02:17

my primary buddy is still oc but i am the one that gets to laugh at him ,dragging doubles down the sand. I have about got him to change his mind, i happen to know that he keeps looking for a bp240 on ebay.

rick

spottydog · 4th May 2007, 02:28

Hey dude, Come to OZ sooner, and come dive in Sydney, There's a whole bunch of outcasts down here, There's plenty of breather divers in Sydney BSAC, and plenty in OZ.

On a side note Almity1 (Are you a shire boy, Looks like so from here, Bonnet bay) Fancy a beer sometime, I've never seen a Meg in the flesh, You can come and pull an evo to bits for fun sometime.

-Al.

**almity1** · 4th May 2007, 03:10

Quote: (Originally Posted by spottydog)

On a side note Almity1 (Are you a shire boy, Looks like so from here, Bonnet bay) Fancy a beer sometime, I've never seen a Meg in the flesh, You can come and pull an evo to bits for fun sometime.

-Al.

Cool, no worries, That's possible.

I live in Sydney's North West, but I head to the shire quite regularly, in fact I will be at Kurnell on Sunday.

silent running · 4th May 2007, 04:44

Quote: (Originally Posted by MrClive)

well lads, as my title goes, thats whats on my mind at the mo. not feeling sorry for myself but feeling quiet bad. ever since my thread, MOD1 COMPLETE WITH CEDRIC, well as all of you know how that one goes, things have gotten worse. now since i came back from trainning in thailand, my club dosent want to know, REBREATHERS, REBREATHERS, NO REBREATHERS, ive turned up at a number of dives since and was told, sorry clive have no one to dive with you, people look at me now like i have the pox.. in the last few weeks ive bought, a megaldon rebreather, an otter brittanic dry suit, vr3 amongst others and for what. i am heading away to OZ in august but christ i didnt think things would be like this before i head. my diving officer gave me a great appaulise when i gave a briefing on my unit to my club, " bail out ", and all so i thought it would be good. but no one wants to know, so im posting this to let people know thats all, best wishes, clive

Hello Clive, sounds like you're hanging with the wrong crowd, seems like there's plenty of CCR divers in your neck of the woods here on Rebreather World. Nothing like spending time with a bunch of scowling naysayers to make one feel out of wack.

That being said, you may also be dealing with a bad combination of coming a great distance very fast-non tech OC to CCR-and a case of monetary post partum depression. Don't worry, a few great dives will set you straight. I sat out diving for a year saving up for my CCR and training. I sometimes forget what I'm doing working OT and spending so much time planning my overseas trips. Then I hit the water and all the good stuff comes back in an istant.

Hang in there, -Andy

kkcheo · 4th May 2007, 04:59

Dude, come back out to Thailand and I'll dive with you

also, I'm sure the guys at SeaDuction will welcome us back with open arms

Getting, training and diving a Meg has been one of the happiest days of my life. Hang in there and chill.

Cheers
-Keng

***ScubaDadMiami*** · 4th May 2007, 05:00

Check the Rebreather World Map. There are at least 12 members (I didn't check to see if each was a rebreather diver versus a member that might now actually dive a rebreather) in Ireland. (There are lots of other divers if you expand your circle a bit in Europe, too.) Start to correspond with them, and arrange for dives.

Here in South Florida, we have formed the South Coast Rebreather Underwater Bounders Club (SCRUB), and we continue to grow with rebreather divers. We are getting to the point where most of us dive together on three out of four weekends. We are putting together a rating system (which we will put up here when finished) for shops and boats. So, if they are rebreather friendly, we will make sure to reward these operators with our business.

Someone has to be first at everything, and you are among the first in this case. There will be plenty of others coming soon. Don't give up, get started.

4th May 2007, 01:05	#11 (permalink)
Dave & Sandy New Member Current Rebreather/s: Inspiration Classic Other Rebreather/s: Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 99	Re: thinking of giving up Hi Clive, People who know nothing or little about Rebreather's, make assumptions based on "what they hear" and have their feet concreted into the ground in terms of their ways are people who will contribute little to the progression of diving. They will also miss out on some fantastic dives which can't be done OC or are logistically challenging to say the least. You have "thought outside of the square" to go CCR now "think outside of the square" to do the diving you want to do. Ditch your club, contact other local CCR divers, find Rebreather friendly boats. It's worth the effort. If your in Melbourne, want to dive wrecks on Rebreather or OC then SCUTTLE on this list is the man to contact. The others are just cattle trucks and will always disappoint in terms of tec diving. __________________ Cheers, Dave & Sandy Atvar shows Dave & Sandy testing their new habitat 101 and home build RBMK69's
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4th May 2007, 01:27	#12 (permalink)
teksimple Enlightened Alpinist Current Rebreather/s: Sport Kiss MK 15.X Other Rebreather/s: Sport Kiss Classic Kiss Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Back in Hawaii Posts: 495	Re: thinking of giving up Giving up? What? Quit your gripin! I had to buy my own little boat to do any tek diving. Unless I hop on a plane, all my tek diving is solo. In order to have a buddy to do rec CCR diving, I had to purchase another CCR as well as training for my buddy. Add the above to the fact that I have to live on a little island surrounded by the monstrous Pacific Ocean. Terrible, I say! __________________ ---- _____________ "I don't know the percentage of the Internet that's valid, do you? Jesus, it's scary." - Hunter S. Thompson
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4th May 2007, 02:02	#13 (permalink)
marekm Banned Current Rebreather/s: Not Bought Yet Other Rebreather/s: Not Bought Yet Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 196	Re: thinking of giving up Quote: (Originally Posted by teksimple) I had to buy my own little boat to do any tek diving... In order to have a buddy to do rec CCR diving, I had to purchase another CCR as well as training for my buddy Teksimple: Same story here (but I'm still working on that second CCR) -Marek
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4th May 2007, 02:07	#14 (permalink)
bendomatic Morgan's Mum Current Rebreather/s: Sport Kiss Other Rebreather/s: Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Brisbane Australia Posts: 201	Re: thinking of giving up why else did MHD buy his own boat? cos how else were we going to get to do the diving that we want to do when we want to do it. at the moment we have dive buddies galore chasing us for a spot on the boat.(mind you could be a different story next week, but hey, win some lose some ) rachel __________________ why deal with idiots on the net when you have to spend all day dealing with them at work.
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4th May 2007, 02:17	#15 (permalink)
rdmmdr designer of death Current Rebreather/s: Other CCR Other Rebreather/s: Other CCR Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: kerman,california Posts: 372	Re: thinking of giving up my primary buddy is still oc but i am the one that gets to laugh at him ,dragging doubles down the sand. I have about got him to change his mind, i happen to know that he keeps looking for a bp240 on ebay. rick
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4th May 2007, 02:28	#16 (permalink)
spottydog New Member Current Rebreather/s: Not Bought Yet Other Rebreather/s: Not Bought Yet Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Sydney Posts: 23	Re: thinking of giving up Hey dude, Come to OZ sooner, and come dive in Sydney, There's a whole bunch of outcasts down here, There's plenty of breather divers in Sydney BSAC, and plenty in OZ. On a side note Almity1 (Are you a shire boy, Looks like so from here, Bonnet bay) Fancy a beer sometime, I've never seen a Meg in the flesh, You can come and pull an evo to bits for fun sometime. -Al.
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4th May 2007, 03:10	#17 (permalink)
almity1 No Viz is BAD Viz Current Rebreather/s: Megalodon Other Rebreather/s: Evolution Prism Topaz Sport Kiss Optima Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 176	Re: thinking of giving up Quote: (Originally Posted by spottydog) On a side note Almity1 (Are you a shire boy, Looks like so from here, Bonnet bay) Fancy a beer sometime, I've never seen a Meg in the flesh, You can come and pull an evo to bits for fun sometime. -Al. Cool, no worries, That's possible. I live in Sydney's North West, but I head to the shire quite regularly, in fact I will be at Kurnell on Sunday. __________________ Cheers almity1 - http://www.almity1.com
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4th May 2007, 04:44	#18 (permalink)
silent running Mature mouth breather Current Rebreather/s: Prism Topaz Other Rebreather/s: Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: U.S.A. Brooklyn, New York Posts: 1,813	Re: thinking of giving up Quote: (Originally Posted by MrClive) well lads, as my title goes, thats whats on my mind at the mo. not feeling sorry for myself but feeling quiet bad. ever since my thread, MOD1 COMPLETE WITH CEDRIC, well as all of you know how that one goes, things have gotten worse. now since i came back from trainning in thailand, my club dosent want to know, REBREATHERS, REBREATHERS, NO REBREATHERS, ive turned up at a number of dives since and was told, sorry clive have no one to dive with you, people look at me now like i have the pox.. in the last few weeks ive bought, a megaldon rebreather, an otter brittanic dry suit, vr3 amongst others and for what. i am heading away to OZ in august but christ i didnt think things would be like this before i head. my diving officer gave me a great appaulise when i gave a briefing on my unit to my club, " bail out ", and all so i thought it would be good. but no one wants to know, so im posting this to let people know thats all, best wishes, clive Hello Clive, sounds like you're hanging with the wrong crowd, seems like there's plenty of CCR divers in your neck of the woods here on Rebreather World. Nothing like spending time with a bunch of scowling naysayers to make one feel out of wack. That being said, you may also be dealing with a bad combination of coming a great distance very fast-non tech OC to CCR-and a case of monetary post partum depression. Don't worry, a few great dives will set you straight. I sat out diving for a year saving up for my CCR and training. I sometimes forget what I'm doing working OT and spending so much time planning my overseas trips. Then I hit the water and all the good stuff comes back in an istant. Hang in there, -Andy
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4th May 2007, 04:59	#19 (permalink)
kkcheo New Member Current Rebreather/s: Megalodon Dolphin Other Rebreather/s: Dolphin Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Working in Laos diving in Thailand Posts: 69	Re: thinking of giving up Dude, come back out to Thailand and I'll dive with you also, I'm sure the guys at SeaDuction will welcome us back with open arms Getting, training and diving a Meg has been one of the happiest days of my life. Hang in there and chill. Cheers -Keng
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4th May 2007, 05:00	#20 (permalink)
*ScubaDadMiami* Moderator Current Rebreather/s: Optima Other Rebreather/s: Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Florida, USA Posts: 2,066	Re: thinking of giving up Check the Rebreather World Map. There are at least 12 members (I didn't check to see if each was a rebreather diver versus a member that might now actually dive a rebreather) in Ireland. (There are lots of other divers if you expand your circle a bit in Europe, too.) Start to correspond with them, and arrange for dives. Here in South Florida, we have formed the South Coast Rebreather Underwater Bounders Club (SCRUB), and we continue to grow with rebreather divers. We are getting to the point where most of us dive together on three out of four weekends. We are putting together a rating system (which we will put up here when finished) for shops and boats. So, if they are rebreather friendly, we will make sure to reward these operators with our business. Someone has to be first at everything, and you are among the first in this case. There will be plenty of others coming soon. Don't give up, get started. __________________ Howard Packer IANTD CCR Instructor Miami Beach, Florida CCRDiveTraining.com
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