Wednesday, September 01, 2004

Scuba doobie, two

We completed another pool session tonight. One more pool session and two open water dives (one fresh water, one salt water) stand between me and getting certified as an "open water diver" (beginning recreational diver). Not ready for cave diving or exploring the innards of wrecks, yet.

Here are two essential facts you will never know unless you take a Scuba course (or cheat by reading this):

1. A Scuba tank holds air equivalent to the air in an American telephone booth (80 cubic feet), but the deeper you dive the faster you use it up.

2. If you pee in your wet suit, it collects in your booties. To impress someone and make a new friend after diving, empty a bootie on his/her head.



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