Life In 19x19

Joaz Banbeck wrote: I'm a "take only photos and leave only bubbles" type of diver. Unless it is tasty and slower than me. And not endangered.

I don't eat or hunt sharks, I will say. Spiny lobster or sheephead was more what I was talking about.

I haven't had a diving holiday yet this year, so I'm in.

(I've never taken anything to eat from any my dives. A fish has eaten me, though.)

The L19 scuba club had its first meeting yesterday. It was on dry land, in Santa Monica, California.

Short term plans are to dive locally, probably someplace between Redondo Beach and Ventura.

Long term, long distance plans were not discussed much due to a shortage of time.

Joaz, do your Termagants swim, or did you leave then in the Vale?

mitsun wrote:Joaz, do your Termagants swim, or did you leave then in the Vale?

They used 3XL BCDs and double 130cf tanks. Still haven't found face masks for them yet, so we just use duct tape.

I have finally got around to booking some diving for this year. I am doing the Deep Diver speciality in England soon, to let me get to 40 metres. (As I gained experience, I haven't had 100% success in limiting myself to 30 metres in the past...)

Then I play some Go in Japan in early November. Then I have a quick liveaboard in Thailand. Then home, with -1 days holiday left for the rest of the year.

Joaz Banbeck wrote:The L19 scuba club... plans are to dive locally, probably someplace between Redondo Beach and Ventura...

We're going on Saturday the 29th from Ventura. It will be the second day of lobster season.
If anyone wants to join, PM me soon. There were a few seats still open yesterday.

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shapenaji wrote:...In Curacao now, and uh, I'm pretty limited in my options to play.

Curaccao? That's on my list of places to dive. Maybe we can play a few games while I decompress.
How long are you there? Until the warrant expires?

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Joaz Banbeck wrote:

shapenaji wrote:...In Curacao now, and uh, I'm pretty limited in my options to play.

Curaccao? That's on my list of places to dive. Maybe we can play a few games while I decompress.
How long are you there? Until the warrant expires?

There's no statute of limitations on callous disdain for the morals and practices of polite society. I'll be here for a bit.

Seriously though, I have a job down here now, and I'm fairly certain they'd like to have me for at least a year. If you want to come dive at some point, and you need a couch to crash on, you should let me know!

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Joaz Banbeck wrote:

shapenaji wrote:...In Curacao now, and uh, I'm pretty limited in my options to play.

Curaccao? That's on my list of places to dive. Maybe we can play a few games while I decompress.
How long are you there? Until the warrant expires?

Didn't you have some proposal for a combination diving/go trip at one point?

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skydyr wrote:

Joaz Banbeck wrote:

shapenaji wrote:...In Curacao now, and uh, I'm pretty limited in my options to play.

Curaccao? That's on my list of places to dive. Maybe we can play a few games while I decompress.
How long are you there? Until the warrant expires?

Didn't you have some proposal for a combination diving/go trip at one point?

If so, try doing both at the same time and post pictures of it =)

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paK0 wrote:

skydyr wrote:Didn't you have some proposal for a combination diving/go trip at one point?

If so, try doing both at the same time and post pictures of it =)

I'm pretty sure I've seen pictures of something very similar to this the last time this topic came around, but maybe that was Chess and not Go.

Okay, found it: http://www.lifein19x19.com/forum/viewto ... =10&t=8501 -- and it was actually both (though the Go related one looks like it's in a pool. ).

And it's good to see you back, Violence. Remember watching closely a number of these Malkovich matches involving you.

skydyr wrote:...
Didn't you have some proposal for a combination diving/go trip at one point?

I was hoping to do something around the South China Sea. There are places like Surin, Sipadan, Bali, Puerto Galera, Koh Tao, Phuket, etc.
I'm thinking that there are a few pro-strength players in that part of the world who could be paid a modest fee to teach in the evenings after we dive during the day.

I'm half planning a trip to Bali in September 2015. It sounds like it could tie with Joaz's plan...

The attraction is, I believe, sun fish, sharks and manta rays. My last 15 or so dives have been in strong current and zero visibility in the UK, so it will be nice to do a warm dive with visibiilty again!

Bali is now booked in October for me and a buddy. If anyone is interested, pm me for details. We're going with World Diving Lembongan.

I'm diving the remains of the German First World War fleet a week or so after that at Scapa Flow in Scotland, so October should be a good month. (Scapa is a club trip, and is already fully booked, so I'd struggle to expand it to include go players as well.)