On Wed, 25 Jun 2003 13:26:13 -0400, Michael Doelle
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>>These Dive Masters are nothing more then Dive GUIDES.  The Dive
>Masters in Florida boats don't even get into the water!  Their
>tan and muscles are too pretty to get wet!  :-))<
>
>"Pretty" Florida DMs? Hehehe. Never met one. The body builders don't hang
>out on dive boats. At least not in FLA.

Then, you don't know as much about Florida diving as you think!  :-)
I was actually referring to one of those "pretty boy Floyds" on
the Eagle dive I did with Lady Cyana (supposedly one of the top
operations there).  One of the DMs looked like a miniature version
of Arnold Schwarzenegger.  Another wimpier looking one couldn't
even tell me which part of the wreck to dive boat was tied to!

I swear it's the absolute truth.  I asked because there was a
swift current down there that day.  Well, he GUESSED wrong about
which end the boat was tied!

Now you know ONE of the reasons why I would never go back to
dive in the Keys again.  :-)

>I remember some cute fems in Australia, though.

Some of those in Florida too, but who needs them for diving?

>
>In Fla they're usually guys who work for tips or free dives on weekends.
>Some of them even have teeth.

Don't recall meeting those.  They must be on the Gulf side.

That reminded me of the DM on the dive I did with Jeff and Scooter
in Redneck Riviera, Panama Beach.  Instead of tying up the dive
boat to a wooden boat as the captain indicated the position, he
tied it to a DUMPSTER.   It was only on second trial that he came
up with a sheepish grin to the captain that he found the "site". :-)


>But you're right, they don't usually dive - although some shops actually
>do offer 'guided dives'.
>
>M

They not only don't dive, I have told the story more than once about
the DM in Key Largo, who told some 20-odd divers on one boat to
pop their heads to the surface every 15 minutes on a 60-minute dive
on Molasses Reef, so that HE can keep track of where they are.  I
have yet to encounter a better true story for a STOOPID Florida DM.

ElPezNeuvo