SE-> I learned to dive through a YMCA class almost 30 years ago, back when
 SE-> the instructors were still ripping off your masks and turning
 SE-> off your air during their "stress tests".  I'm not sure that it made
 SE-> me a better diver, but it did teach me to relax and think my way
 SE-> through a problem while underwater.
You must be about the same age as me although I've only been diving for 5
years.  I started diving late in life but it was always something that I 
wanted
to do. 
--- Ted's Castle 
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