Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] More youthful wetsub experiences

["Tim Smalley" <TMSmalley@usinternet.com>]

I tried a 4 foot snorkel with a copper pipe stuck in a float, but I didn't
have enough lung power to suck the air down much deeper than a foot or so. I
guess that's why the diaphragm on a scuba regulator is right next to your
mouth so it knows how much air pressure you need.
Tim



----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Holt" <mholt@richmond.edu>
To: <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 3:20 PM
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] More youthful wetsub experiences


> 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