Binge Drinking? Alcohol related diving rituals?

[Brendiver]

Have you had any experience of alcohol related diving rituals? Some kind of "test" for passing your OW or for your 100th dive, that sort of thing.

I'm doing some research for an article that may or may not appear in the diving related media and would be interested in hearing about your experiences, positive or negative, as well as your views on alcohol and diving, can they ever mix?

Thanks and looking forwards to your replies,

Brendan

[tony J]

Have you had any experience of alcohol related diving rituals? Some kind of "test" for passing your OW or for your 100th dive, that sort of thing.

I'm doing some research for an article that may or may not appear in the diving related media and would be interested in hearing about your experiences, positive or negative, as well as your views on alcohol and diving, can they ever mix?

Thanks and looking forwards to your replies,

Brendan

1. New member
2. First post
3. Wants us to do his research

I hope no one responds, giving this guy material to write a sensational article.
I can not imagine anything good coming from this sort or article (except the writer getting paid) and the name of the BSAC being associated with drinking and diving (we will not have the ability to correct the article for accuracy)

Tony

[Brendiver]

I'm pleased you think it will be a sensational article, well, that's up to the editor of course.

If anyone does want to assist, then please do, I'm not looking for any kind of academic resiliance, or for long replies.

And this has nothing to do with dragging the name of BSAC through any magazine. I'm a fierce supporter of the BSAC having been a member on and off for 34 years, I may be a new member to this forum, but I'm quite sure that I was diving in my horse collar a long time before the "interent" was born!

best regards

Brendan

[ChristianG]

1. New member
2. First post
3. Wants us to do his research
Indeed Tony.

As soon as I saw the subject matter I thought "Troll".

[ChristianG]

If anyone does want to assist, then please do, I'm not looking for any kind of academic resiliance, or for long replies.
I don't usually pull people up for the written word but you profess to be a writer, so can you please tell us what you mean by "academic resiliance" (sic)?

And this has nothing to do with dragging the name of BSAC through any magazine. I'm a fierce supporter of the BSAC having been a member on and off for 34 years, I may be a new member to this forum, but I'm quite sure that I was diving in my horse collar a long time before the "interent" was born!
And I was diving before the horse collar got invented. Huh? Actually I (sob) was diving before the horse collar got invented.

So you're looking for all those BSAC scenes in ancient, gnarled old pubs, where the equally ancient, gnarled and old BSAC veteran, bushy bearded, clutching pipe in one hand and tankard in the other says something like "Errrrr, when I were a lad ...".

Sorry, can't help you. I don't do beards, I don't do anything other than prescribed medication, I very rarely do beer and besides, I live in Oz.

I am ancient though. :rolleyes:

[Eddie Clamp]

Indeed Tony.

As soon as I saw the subject matter I thought "Troll".

Rule number one - do not feed the trolls! :D

Suppose that is exactly what I have just done!:p

Eddie
Who started diving all those years ago with a life jacket that had a teensy weensy gas (CO2?) bottle. :cool:

[Ian@1904]

Alcohol and diving-do mix in moderation, whisky and water springs to mind
Never experienced any rituals. A couple of beers after a days diving is sort of ritual.

It appears that this article is going to be very brief.

[Matt-75]

It all depends on whether i have any dives the next day. If i dont then its pub time. If i do its soft drink time. If im on holiday abroad and diving everyday then its add more water time and keep myself hydrated to the correct level. But i usually get to the pub after the diving finishes.

Not very sensationalist. But then you did want the truth? LOL

[tony J]

And this has nothing to do with dragging the name of BSAC through any magazine. I'm a fierce supporter of the BSAC having been a member on and off for 34 years, I may be a new member to this forum, but I'm quite sure that I was diving in my horse collar a long time before the "interent" was born!

best regards

Brendan
I guess my cautiousness is due to a lack of transparency, according to

http://www.underwaterartists.com/PAL2008.htm#Brendan_O’Brien:

"Brendan O’Brien: senior correspondent and contributor for DIVER magazine UK."

"Nine years ago he was invited to write exclusively for DIVER. "

and it would have been nice to introduce yourself as such. DIVER is not known for its sympathetic attitude to the BSAC - but JB is honest about his association.

Also , I think the "interent" probably does predate your 29 years of diving, it can be dated back to 1969 with ARPNET, perhaps you mean the more recent WWW ?

Tony

ps I have a subscription to Diver, and don't mind the mag.

[Eddie Clamp]

DIVER is not known for its sympathetic attitude to the BSAC .

WHAT!! Where are you coming from? Triton -> Diver. That was when we had a BSAC mag for BSAC divers, unlike today. :confused:

Eddie

[Adrian Kelland]

WHAT!! Where are you coming from? Triton -> Diver. That was when we had a BSAC mag for BSAC divers, unlike today. :confused:

Eddie
I started getting Diver in 1987 when I started diving. I was under no impression that it was a BSAC mag then, even if it ever was. Was it owned by BSAC? Did BSAC have editorial control? AFAIAC neither Diver then or now, or the replacement, Dive, were or are BSAC magazines.

I think people ought to get over what a magazine was at least 20 years ago, and concentrate on what we get now.

Adrian

[northern_diver]

well this is probabaly going to upset some...due to my age and inexperience but....

the only drinking related 'passing out' thingy that proves your good enough is of the OD or 100th dive etc is ... your love this as its daft (;) )

have a drink then been able to function WITHOUT a hang over the next day...:eek: oh my shocking isnt it.

any monkey can be trained to drink takes a real man/woman/undecided (delete as suitable) to be able to handle it and not be a waste of space the next day. any one that has a hang over is lost it and isnt allowed near the dive site, for that matter or the range or the workshop or the court as they have shown a lack of self control.

i might have a slight problem with hangovers and people :) but not drinking-am a student after all

john

[Brendiver]

Thanks for your comments so far, some useful food for thought.

Here's a few things to think about:

For those who like a tipple the night before, if you were still over the legal drink drive limit the next morning and there was an incident, would that invalidate any insurance claim? (DAN appear to have strict rules on this).

If you were out diving at a resort and you smelt alcohol on your DM's / buddy's breath, would you say anything? Would you still dive with them?

Thanks again for the contributions - all good, even the uptight replies. I've posted the same on some other forums, and I must say, in comparison, some of you appear to take this forum far too seriously.

You really need to lighten up. :)

Relax, it's only diving!

And by the way - what an earth is a troll (apart from the obvious, I'm guessing this is some wierd "forum speak?")

[ChristianG]

And by the way - what an earth is a troll (apart from the obvious, I'm guessing this is some wierd "forum speak?")
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll

You haven't answered my question BTW.

[Nigel Hewitt]

You really need to lighten up. :)Oh but I so hate that phrase...

No we don't.

You will find the same people taking a much lighter attitude in other places but each forum has it's own mood and feel. Here we tend to be more serious and like to talk about diving. If we want to crack jokes we have other places to do it.

We don't want all the forums to be the same as without a distinctive why should we bother to support more than one?

[Odin]

I lighten up when I've had a drink...

er... I'm not helping am I ??

[Hickdive]

Same query was posted over on Scubabored.

Anyway, Diver has never quite forgiven us for dumping them, remember the 'Wooden Weightbelt' award?

[Eddie Clamp]

[QUOTE=Brendiver]Thanks for your comments so far, some useful food for thought.
Thanks again for the contributions - all good, even the uptight replies. I've posted the same on some other forums, and I must say, in comparison, some of you appear to take this forum far too seriously.
You really need to lighten up. :) Relax, it's only diving!
QUOTE]

Might I sugest it is you who needs to lighten up. :(

You appear to be a bounder sir, who is about to write an article for the gutter press belittling our fine sport. Go elsewhere you troll! :rolleyes:

Eddie
:p

[northern_diver]

if we either blank the guy or answer his question then we can get rid of him....if you want to do that that is. might as well send you away with some info BSAC divers looks ok afterwards.

breddiver, if i smell alcohol on a dive buddies i tell him and ask for a reason..then i get another buddy after i tell the DO/TO (the dive marshall anyway in anycase, be one of them). thats what my DO/TO etc tell me to do and what i will do.

john

p.s how comes when outsiders come in to the forum it tends to get a little warm...

[Ian@1904]

p.s how comes when outsiders come in to the forum it tends to get a little warm...The secret is join a forum, post mostly helpful posts for a couple of weeks to establish a presence. Then it can be time for fun. :)
There is a diving forum for our colonial friends where I have a number of moderator generated PM's :) Apparently poking fun at demoracy, Mr Bush, his brother, and the word "dove" can lead to Moderator messages coming my way. Oops shame on me.

[MattS]

if we either blank the guy or answer his question then we can get rid of him.I can tell you deal with the press a lot (not).

p.s how comes when outsiders come in to the forum it tends to get a little warm...Lot's of reasons. Quite often because a new arrival has sought the forum out as part of an agenda they think they are cleverly hiding. Hence when a forum participant spots the agenda, demonstrating the new arrival is not as clever as he thinks he is, the level of umbrage on both sides rises rapidly.