Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] More youthful wetsub experiences

[Michael Holt <mholt@richmond.edu>]

Alec Smyth wrote:
> 
> We were limited in depth by the length of the hose, since we'd leave the
> tank floating along the surface. If I remember right, it was about 4-5 feet
> long.

I tried a 4-foot snorkel.  It worked fairly well for shallow depths.
It was really pretty good because instead of having the rigid
tube beside my mask, the flexible tubing was trailing behind me.

> Which is probably just as well since we had no idea one had to exhale
> upon surfacing.

That could have changed some of the rules.

> It was a friend's pool, hence no lifeguards.

Lucky!

> But my friend's
> mom was a real disciplinarian. That's because when she was young she'd been
> a bit of a nut herself... once she was pulled over by a motorcycle cop for
> speeding, and while he was writing the ticket she rode off on his Harley.

Was she Venezuelan?  I knew a girl like that.
 
> It was fun growing up in a place (Argentina) where liability lawsuits were
> unheard of and cops were too busy fighting terrorists to worry about crazy
> kids. I find safety nazis depressing.

When was this?

No one likes safety nazis, but they are their own worst enemies;
I don't worry about them.
 
> Damn, I'm rambling. Better get back to work.
 
Rambling is OK, but work sucks.




Mike