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Master Twig posted:Ashley furniture is very low quality. I worked in a furniture store for over three years and the Ashley stuff was our low end cheap garbage that we got to put in advertisements and to sell to lower income families. I don't know poo poo about furniture but at least now I know one company to avoid. thank you OSHA.jpg thread.
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bullet3 posted:If you look closely, you'll see that he gets crushed, and another guy lands directly on top of him and hobbles away. 2nd guy lands on almost the exact same spot so it's difficult to see at first
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zakharov posted:Cross post from the Everest thread. This is the most metal sign I have ever seen.
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May 8, 2015 06:27
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Bishop posted:that sign is designed to scare away divers not trained for caves. They are placed at the point where the light from outside ends. We go beyond those all the time, in popular caves there are miles of set guideline past them. The first time I went past the reaper I felt pretty metal though What involves cave diving training? I'm assuming knowing how to read a compass is one after that idk. I don't know how to dive to begin with except you gotta go backwards cuz it looks cool
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May 8, 2015 06:31
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Among other things, it's much harder to orient yourself in three dimensions than you think it is, especially in perfect darkness, so get turned around once and you're in that cave for good-- left-hand-to-wall only works on 2D mazes. You need a line to follow on your way back, and you need to know how to manage the line so it doesn't tangle and pin you in the cave or bind you in some way that prevents swimming. e: imagine a cave in minecraft except you can't leave markers of any real sort, and you're on a time limit that makes you think "  I have LOTS of time before I run out of air!"
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May 8, 2015 06:35
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cave diving seems like some dumb poo poo, there's not even anything cool to see in those holes.
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May 8, 2015 06:42
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Why would u dive in perfect darkness. I feel like lights are involved
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verbal enema posted:Why would u dive in perfect darkness. Lights that you bring with you, shoulder- or head-mounted, are pretty useless for orienting yourself since there's no point of reference. A single rock can look totally different coming and going thanks to shadows. Evilreaver fucked around with this message at 06:56 on May 8, 2015 |
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May 8, 2015 06:46
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verbal enema posted:What involves cave diving training? In training I've had to remove my mask, close my eyes, find the guideline, and follow it until I get out of the cave. It's definitely not a hobby for everyone
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May 8, 2015 06:54
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I'll just look at water than I guess
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May 8, 2015 07:05
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the solution is clearly to put something in that cave worth dying for
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May 8, 2015 07:11
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Just get a regular open water certification and see some sweet fish and coral. That's easy and safe Edit: there are some seriously beautiful things in caves Bishop fucked around with this message at 07:16 on May 8, 2015 |
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May 8, 2015 07:13
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I'll just drive those cool convertible car subs into the cave
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May 8, 2015 07:22
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verbal enema posted:What involves cave diving training? One of my colleagues is
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verbal enema posted:I'll just drive those cool convertible car subs into the cave https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtlwoX1YEmg No you won't
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May 8, 2015 07:48
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1iaa04rCf0 "Each survival principle that a cave diver applies today, was learned at the cost of someone's life."
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IFlyinPingu posted:cave diving seems like some dumb poo poo, there's not even anything cool to see in those holes. Actually, one of the most beautiful features of nature in the world exists in caves only Look up Haloclines. I would link if I wasn't on my phone.
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goodness posted:I Those are the "underwater lakes" right? I think they form when you get a pocket of lower salinity water trapped under water of higher salinity and, if left undisturbed, the water will stratify. They're common around/in caves because of the pressure and temperature differences or something.
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May 8, 2015 08:16
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Pingiivi posted:One of my colleagues is
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May 8, 2015 08:45
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Any hobby where you can be perfectly well trained, take tons of precautions, have decades of experience, and still have a very non-trivial likelihood of death is definitely not for me.
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C.M. Kruger posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1iaa04rCf0 Every survival principle in everything ever was learned at the cost of someone's life.
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May 8, 2015 11:36
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Bishop posted:rescue diver is the only class I've taken where I've been like, assaulted underwater by the instructor. In everything else what they typically do is signal to you and "break" a piece of your gear and you go along with it. Having a a guy break both my masks, one of my tanks, and all three of my lights was pretty lol though because I had no idea it was coming. you have a strange definition of 'pretty lol' have you ever panicked while cave diving or would you just be die if you did?
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May 8, 2015 11:41
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I scuba dive also, but I enjoy looking at the beautiful wildlife, not getting crammed into a small cave. I've always wanted to do those lagoon dives around the Caribbean though, they look so beautiful. I love scuba diving. edit: Even in basic open water training they take off your mask, make you take off your BC and put it back on underwater, take off your reg and BC and put it back on, just things that can go wrong so you don't panic if it does happen.
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May 8, 2015 12:21
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spacemang_spliff posted:I know it was 30 pages ago, but how the hell did Ashley Furniture rack up 1,000 reportable injuries? Having worked in a furniture plant that also made low quality furnishings, I'd take this with a grain of salt. We were told to report -any- injuries. You couldn't get a band aid from the first aid kit without filling out an official incident report. I understand where they're coming from, but it was ridiculous. We were working with unfinished wood and staple guns all day, so of course we'd get nicks and scratches all the time. The system didn't differentiate between someone having a piece of furniture fall on them and someone getting a splinter. Both incidents reflected negatively on your assembly line at review time and (I think) affected productivity bonus pay outs. So we just ended up bringing pocketfuls of band aids with us to avoid reporting minor bullshit.
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Enfys posted:you have a strange definition of 'pretty lol'
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Bishop posted:solo wreck dive...had to remove some gear to get through a small rusted hole That's some insane poo poo.
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Bishop posted:Im not some badass navy seal or anything but for whatever reason I just don't panic underwater, and I've been diving almost 20 years now. The most freaked out I ever got was probably on a solo wreck dive. I was going to the engine room and had to remove some gear to get through a small rusted hole, then put it back on once inside. On my way out I realize i had jammed some bolt snaps and could not get the stuff off, effectively trapping me inside. I worked it out but I was about to start sawing at straps with my knife to get out of my rig Under what circumstances would you decide to go solo dive a wreck instead of going with a partner? I am assuming solo diving multiplies your risk by a whole lot.
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Leperflesh posted:Under what circumstances would you decide to go solo dive a wreck instead of going with a partner? You got tired of playing Russian roulette?
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hell, you're supposed to do dry spelunking with 3 people
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Leperflesh posted:Under what circumstances would you decide to go solo dive a wreck instead of going with a partner? The most I've been injured was when the guy in front of me hit a hatch with his fin, which in turn fell on my head and kicked up enough silt to completely blind me for instance. It's still a big no-no to go solo but it happens a lot more than people think, I'm just open about it
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Why do you go solo?
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Enfys posted:Why do you go solo? Same reason you do anything solo: you're a repulsive nerd who has no friends and will never find love Well, that's my reason anyway
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Enfys posted:Why do you go solo? E: I'm not trying to make this thread about me. We have a scuba thread in a/t that covers all the safe and awesome stuff you can do with regular diving if you are interested, plus a few tech divers willing to answer questions about our insane death wish of a hobby Bishop fucked around with this message at 23:29 on May 9, 2015 |
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Bishop posted:eh, a lot of the time I'm either going on a whim on my own boat, or I'm on a commercial boat where I'm the only technical diver. I've never done a cave solo because I'm a much more experienced wreck diver than cave diver, even if the two have a lot in common. I also only do it on wrecks I'm very familiar with, or shallow reefs where basically nothing could go wrong. The one I've solo dove the most is a wreck tourists buy t-shirts saying they saw the outside of while I'm in the engine room with 300ft of line laid from the nearest entrance, and I stopped logging dives on it when I hit 100 a few years ago. Don't dive solo but I'm not going to lie either. You should feel bad for getting complacent about your standards, failing to practice what you preach, being completely reckless, and bragging about it in the OPERATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION thread. I hope nothing bad happens to you, but if it does I hope that is the last thought in your head.
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Wasabi the J posted:I hope nothing bad happens to you, but if it does I hope that someone posts about it here.
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My ex girlfriend was a certified cave diver and went out diving some relatively easy caves with her former instructor and another friend of theirs. We spread her ashes in the gulf 7 years ago.
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Skinny King Pimp posted:My ex girlfriend was a certified cave diver and went out diving some relatively easy caves with her former instructor and another friend of theirs. Pretty harsh of you dumping her back into the water after all that imo
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Skinny King Pimp posted:My ex girlfriend was a certified cave diver and went out diving some relatively easy caves with her former instructor and another friend of theirs. 
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peter gabriel posted:Pretty harsh of you dumping her back into the water after all that imo I'm caught between laughing and being utterly horrified at myself for finding this funny.
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