Inner Space meets Outer Space

[abucksdiver]

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Originally Posted by [b

Quote[/b] ]Having said that, it's well documented that an elderly Einstein... famously quoted &nbsp;as saying &quot;God does not play dice with the universe,&quot;

And I thought it was Terry Pratchett that was the expert on the gods playing dice....


abucksdiver (Also now a PADI Rescue Diver...)

[Jules]

<font color='#736AFF'>Andrew
Well done and congratulations. Hope you enjoyed the course as much as I did mine although I think I drank half the irish sea trying to drag my victim onto the shore through the surf, if he wasnt a victim when he started he sure was once I had finshed &quot;rescuing&quot; him!

Jules

[abucksdiver]

<font color='#000080'>Jules,
...and to you! Yep, we had a pretty good attempt at drowning our DM's, and our instructor in occasions! (We had two instructors, one very experienced, and the other it was his first RD course)

Because we were quite a large group (11 divers doing the course) we had many scenarios to do yesterday.. &nbsp;I think we did about 7 or 8 in total, each with differing roles.

I don't know what the viz was like where you did yours... but missing diver searches in Wraysbury can be quite interesting!

Anyway, well done you!

abucksdiver

[MATTBIN]

Well done to the pair of you.

Matt

[abucksdiver]

<font color='#000080'>Thanks Matt,
I'm sure that Julia will agree, it is a physically demanding course, with lots of kitting up and de-kitting.
One of the guys on my course had a reputation for taking ages to get his kit on before a dive... by the end of yesterday, he gound get it sorted and buddy checked in 2 and a half minutes!

Matt, I know that you are thinking of doing RD, I'd say &quot;go do it!&quot;

abucksdiver

[daz]

<font color='#000080'>Congratulations to both of you... &nbsp;I still believe it was the most worthwhile course I did.

Matt... &nbsp;Go on.. do it.. &nbsp;I would gladly volunteer to assist as a distressed diver &nbsp;

Daz

[Jules]

<font color='#736AFF'>I was just chatting to Bren about it and we were saying that the rescue course makes you think like a diver. I am glad I didnt do it too soon, I did my advanced a year ago at 40 dives (in Oban, first time in the sea in the uk) &nbsp;and I am now at just over 100, I think i have just the right amount of experience to make it useful to move me on as a diver.
Could now do with lots more diving just for fun!
Jules

[abucksdiver]

<font color='#000080'>Julia,
Although I don't have the diving experience that you do, I think that I tend to agree with you!
On my course, there were a couple of divers that had limited experience (one had only logged 17 dives...), and I think that in some areas they struggled.
(OK, I know that I am not a massively experienced diver, but I believe that I have got to the point where I am no longer a total newbie )
I have taken my time to get to where I am, have done dives between qualifications... over the weekend, I met up with somebody that was DITing for an Open Water course... I did my AOW with him, when I was on my 30th dive and he was on his 6th! I think he booked his Rescue course the day we finished our AOWs.
Overall, I am quite a fan of the PADI system, but I think that they should factor experience into their requirements but does it pay as well as a course?

Anyway, can you tell I'm tired and my mind is wandering today?


Regards
Andrew (abucksdiver)

[simonm]

Aye up

Sorry to butt in, but, the general acceptance of any equaton / theory &nbsp;is that it is believed to be true until such time as can be proved wrong, as was partially explained in an earlier message. &nbsp;A very funny quote, i think was given by Stephen Hawkin about the big bang theory. &nbsp;When asked about his theory of the big bang the interviwer asked
&quot;Does this mean that you are saying god didn't create the universe?&quot; &nbsp;To which Stephen Hawkin replied &nbsp;&quot;Absoutely not, I am just putting a time to when he crated it!&quot; &nbsp;not really on the E.T theme, just a little quantum phsyics annecdote one picks up now and then you know. ;-)