Dare to be D.i.F.F

[thewisestfish]

To all those who are curious enough to read this thread:

Welcome to the dark side - welcome to D.i.F.F - an alternate group for those of us who rebel at rules, bulk at black, like our big chunky reels in bright colours, Cry NO to conformity, smile in the face of critcism of the way we dive....welcome to the dark side.

D.i.F.F. is the brainchild of a recent drunken night / afternoon of general chit chat and debauchery - and all who embrace the above are welcome to join - I really think we should ask if we can have our own area to spread our idiocy.

There will be no elitism here - we rejoice at the variety of colours / makes / configurations of the kit of our fellow divers, and marvel at our diversity - and we revel in the reason we started to dive - to Dive For Fun.

To join D.i.F.F. you must adhere to the following rules.

1) You must always do a buddy check as follows. You "Oi. Are you my Buddy?" Buddy. "Yep." Get in water.

2) Log your dive plan - It should go something like "Get in the water, descend, swim to the brittle stars, turn left, swim about a bit, come up." You are welcome to insert "catch/stab/grab/ things" at any point in your plan. Anything more technical will be penalised by applying black stickers to your tank / suit / etc.

3) You must not ever think you are better than anyone else - the highest respect in the sea should be given to swimming things with tails, and the wet stuff we are in - no respect should be given to bad tempered things with claws. Any sign of hieracry or elitism between divers will be met with stiff punishment (to be decided at an appropriate time).

4) Be amazed at the bright orangeness of SMB's. Often.

5) Always be impressed with other people's shiney stuff.

6) During a days diving you must rub your cylinder boot and proclaim that you find it sexy - at least once. Twice is better, and three times is just weird.

7) On every dive, make the effort to make your buddy laugh so that they fill their mask. Points will be awarded during the year for highest success rates, and prizes awarded accordingly.

8) Always go into dark caves and get scared.

9) Stupid coloured Drysuits a must.


This is currently a 'work in progress' so, all who want to join are welcome to suggest and refine - our rules are temporarily transient. And who knows, maybe we'll go the whole hog and do t-shirts. So, welcome to the dark side - where it's much more fun.

Dare to be D.i.F.F. We do.

[Juz]

Originally Posted by thewisestfish

1) You must always do a buddy check as follows. You "Oi. Are you my Buddy?" Buddy. "Yep." Get in water.

See, elitism is creeping in already! Just because I dive solo means I can't be DIFF!!

Juz

[thewisestfish]

Originally Posted by Juz

See, elitism is creeping in already! Just because I dive solo means I can't be DIFF!!

Juz

You can check with yourself - infact, having a conversation with yourself should probably be a rule. You can be DIFF - it's a personality thing - and split ones are defo OK.

[Juz]

Originally Posted by thewisestfish

You can check with yourself - infact, having a conversation with yourself should probably be a rule. You can be DIFF - it's a personality thing - and split ones are defo OK.

Cool!!!

Juz

[gunsentry]

[Fathoms Down]

Ok, can I suggest the following solo buddy check procedure:

1, Enter water
2, Attach drysuit hose
3, Open tank valve(s)
4, Descend
5, At about 20m turn on argon bottle when the suit squeeze starts getting a bit too much and you are dropping like a ton of lead towards to wreck.

[SoggyFox]

Originally Posted by Fathoms Down

Ok, can I suggest the following solo buddy check procedure:

1, Enter water
2, Attach drysuit hose
3, Open tank valve(s)
4, Descend
5, At about 20m turn on argon bottle when the suit squeeze starts getting a bit too much and you are dropping like a ton of lead towards to wreck.

You forgot your fins........

[Juz]

Originally Posted by Fathoms Down

Ok, can I suggest the following solo buddy check procedure:

1, Enter water
2, Attach drysuit hose
3, Open tank valve(s)
4, Descend
5, At about 20m turn on argon bottle when the suit squeeze starts getting a bit too much and you are dropping like a ton of lead towards to wreck.

Not far off the weekend I had lol

Juz

[thewisestfish]

Originally Posted by SoggyFox

You forgot your fins........

and mask.

[Finless]

Originally Posted by thewisestfish

This is currently a 'work in progress' so, all who want to join are welcome to suggest and refine - our rules are temporarily transient. And who knows, maybe we'll go the whole hog and do t-shirts. So, welcome to the dark side - where it's much more fun.

Dare to be D.i.F.F. We do.

I note that tautology is obviously a requirement to be DiFF.

Look, I've spent years being a DiFF diver - I mean; FFM, gas switch a multitude of hoses ......... I mean, FFS ......... just come along and kick me out of the way why don't you ......................... well, I expect a good membership number!!