Who did we meet?

Just curious to see how many folks we may have met from this forum on our recent trip to Florida. My buddy and I are from Missouri and we down Jan 3 - Jan 10. We were in a big blue Ford van. I wore a teal / black DUI suit and my buddy wore a green / black DUI suit. We dove Jackson, Peacock, Little River, Orange Grove, Ginnie, Manatee, and did gas fills at Edd's in Marianna and Bill's in Luraville. I'm sure we met some of you and thought it would interesting to put a forum name to those we saw.

Can't wait to get back. It's friggin' cold in Mo right now!

Well, I was at Jackson Blue on January 10. I look just like my avatar and am completely unable to stop talking for more than five seconds, so if you saw me, I'm sure you would remember.

Yep. Cooking hotdogs and talking a lot about food. :-) Some food tastes better after salt water dives and other food after fresh water.

You met me a few times...at JB, on I-10, and at CEE! And my boyfriend Bob, username Daedalus.

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Originally Posted by EGIB

You met me a few times...at JB, on I-10, and at CEE! And my boyfriend Bob, username Daedalus.

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Oh yeah, that's right. We did gas fills at CEE by Ginnie also. And your boyfriend is going to law school. Cool. Great to meet you guys. Never could get him to haul my scooter for me - not even for money (he must not be a starving student).

Saw ya at JB, think we parked next to ya. I look like my avatar too.

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Originally Posted by chilldive

Never could get him to haul my scooter for me - not even for money (he must not be a starving student).

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Maybe he didn't want to get in trouble with his girlfriend.... ;)

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Originally Posted by SuPrBuGmAn

Saw ya at JB, think we parked next to ya. I look like my avatar too.

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Yeah, but you look different with your mouth closed! :)
What were you driving?

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Originally Posted by chilldive

Yeah, but you look different with your mouth closed! :)

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Like Russell, I'm not sure anyone's ever seen Mat with his mouth closed! ;)

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Originally Posted by chimie007

Maybe he didn't want to get in trouble with his girlfriend.... ;)

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Hey he hauled mine that day, if he felt like hauling a couple of those monstrous Gavins too that's cool.

I am kind of wishing I had a superfast short body Gavin though, that would make my life easier. I'll give you $500 for that thing! ;)

How were your dives this weekend?

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Originally Posted by sskasser

Like Russell, I'm not sure anyone's ever seen Mat with his mouth closed! ;)

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I resemble that! :smt037

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Originally Posted by guru caver

I resemble that! :smt037

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You're right, how rude of me! Like Cheryl AND Russell.....:yawinkle:

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Originally Posted by chilldive

Yeah, but you look different with your mouth closed! :)
What were you driving?

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I was riding in a blue minivan. I was diving with a group of two cavern divers on Sunday(both in singles). On Saturday, I ditched JB, and caught a ride on with RN(he pulled into the park with his jonboat) so I wasn't around except for early in the morning. Sunday(1/4), I would have been the guy diving with the single-tank cavern divers in sidemount. Later in the day, I did get an actual cave dive in with another sidemount diver(short little girl) who I believe posts here as cmufieldhockey(she posts on other forums as that name for sure). She was diving with an Intro diver with a single tank and another Intro diver in doubles(her BF, who we teased would have to haul all her gear before too long).

The two cavern divers were taking pictures of everything, if anything caught your attention, their strobes should have :)

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Originally Posted by EGIB

Hey he hauled mine that day, if he felt like hauling a couple of those monstrous Gavins too that's cool.

I am kind of wishing I had a superfast short body Gavin though, that would make my life easier. I'll give you $500 for that thing! ;)

How were your dives this weekend?

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Yeah the old Gavin is heavy to haul, but it is fast. Got one the special wound motors. I've got the battery and housing to convert it to a short tube when just messing around - it's not enough burn time to go very far though. It's nice to scooter in Florida where you can see where you're going. In Missouri, many times I'm scootering in 20 ft vis and fairly tight passage. There you spend your time just watching the line and what's directly in front of you - not much sightseeing.

Our dives were excellent, thanks for asking. I'm back a work now, just wishing I was back there. We hit a lot of new territory, which is always fun. Made it to the Henkle in Ginnie, which was a fun dive. Also saw the Bat room and the Dome rooms. Took a camera for the first time, so we spent some time trying to take some pics - I've got a lot to learn there.

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Originally Posted by SuPrBuGmAn

I was riding in a blue minivan. I was diving with a group of two cavern divers on Sunday(both in singles). On Saturday, I ditched JB, and caught a ride on with RN(he pulled into the park with his jonboat) so I wasn't around except for early in the morning. Sunday(1/4), I would have been the guy diving with the single-tank cavern divers in sidemount. Later in the day, I did get an actual cave dive in with another sidemount diver(short little girl) who I believe posts here as cmufieldhockey(she posts on other forums as that name for sure). She was diving with an Intro diver with a single tank and another Intro diver in doubles(her BF, who we teased would have to haul all her gear before too long).

The two cavern divers were taking pictures of everything, if anything caught your attention, their strobes should have :)

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Yep, I recall all that. Sounds like a lot of people learning. JB seems like a good place for that.

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Originally Posted by EGIB

How were your dives this weekend?

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Good but I didn't mess with anyone's stage though. Left the scooter at home and did some nice swim dive. LR and Cow.

We saw you at Little River on the 6th I think. We were in a white van (imagine that) with big Heartland Scuba logos on it. We were climbing up the stairs just as you were heading down. We exchanged "hi's" but didn't really meet. We get down to Roubidoux once in a while; maybe we'll see you down there sometime?

Later,
Brian

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Originally Posted by outofayr

We saw you at Little River on the 6th I think. We were in a white van (imagine that) with big Heartland Scuba logos on it. We were climbing up the stairs just as you were heading down. We exchanged "hi's" but didn't really meet. We get down to Roubidoux once in a while; maybe we'll see you down there sometime?

Later,
Brian

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That's right. I remember seeing your van and thinking you guys were a long way from home. Takes us 14 - 15 hrs to get there, your time has to be quite a bit more. We're at Roub a lot, so maybe we'll see you there.

Chris

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Originally Posted by sskasser

Like Russell, I'm not sure anyone's ever seen Mat with his mouth closed! ;)

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Classic!!!!! That is the Mat we all know.

My buddy Duane and I were at Jackson the 2nd, 3rd, and 10th. We were in the white p/u parked by the sidewalk. I wore a black and red drysuit, his drysuit is black with blue piping. We spoke for a minute or two; I noticed the Missouri plates and commented on how far you had to drive.

Glad to hear you had good diving. Don't mind Russell, his effect on your sanity is usually only temporary.

We had an awesome time, as we always do. But it's also fun to meet the people who are always on here posting. I usually just read what's going on and don't post much. Great to meet all of you. If you're ever up in SW Missouri give us a shout and maybe we can hook up and dive the murky cold springs of the midwest. Many of you asked if us two Missouri guys were with the OCDA (which the answer is yes). You can keep an eye out for what's happening on OCDA.org if you're interested.

we met you several times - da aquamaster was in a fusion & i was in a yellow & black drysuit some & diving wet some (for class).

and we met outofayr & his cronies, too - and their dead pet deer.

and we met shirley & marbry, and nick leone, and i'm sure several others. it was a great week!