What an incredibly informative article. It certainly left no detail to the imagination.

I SCUBA dive in Puget Sound, so I'm getting a... oh wait, I'm wearing a 5mm neoprene drysuit with gloves and hood, so it doesn't really matter.

God Seattle is boring.

Eddie Vedder called - he wants his town back, hipster.

que.guero: God Seattle is boring.

Then you'll LOVE Port Angeles.

The stupid jellyfish get in the way of my underwater billboards.

I've seen the jellyfish so thick in the James River that you could practically walk on top of them from one pier to another. They stunk to high heaven too.

Stupid jellyfish

iamrex: que.guero: God Seattle is boring.

I sunbathed today. In Seattle. It was glorious and gloriously boring.

Someone is going to need to explain why it's a problem to be boring. Better than being all freaked out all the time.

theMagni: I SCUBA dive in Puget Sound, so I'm getting a... oh wait, I'm wearing a 5mm neoprene drysuit with gloves and hood, so it doesn't really matter.

Honest question: Why 5mm?

Seems like a lot of excess buoyancy for nothing in return.

theMagni: I SCUBA dive in Puget Sound, so I'm getting a... oh wait, I'm wearing a 5mm neoprene drysuit with gloves and hood, so it doesn't really matter.

A real man would bare his chest at the sight of a jelly fish, like simpson's janitor fashion

iamrex: que.guero: God Seattle is boring.

I sunbathed today. In Seattle. It was glorious and gloriously boring.

Someone needs to explain to the people of Seattle that waterbathing is important too.

JimmyFartpants Quote 2011-10-17 07:55:03 PM
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The ocean enveloped me like a mother's woooooomb.

iamrex [TotalFark] Quote 2011-10-17 08:05:25 PM
que.guero: God Seattle is boring.

I sunbathed today. In Seattle. It was glorious and gloriously boring.

When in Seattle, I prefer to bathe in Maker's Mark at the Bang Bang in Belltown.

Obama floats? I did not know that.

Are they good on toast with butter?

blackmtnmantheonly: Are they good on toast with butter?

They are excellent on crabby patties

It's called a rubber tide.

Jetty Cat Army: iamrex: que.guero: God Seattle is boring.

I sunbathed today. In Seattle. It was glorious and gloriously boring.

Someone is going to need to explain why it's a problem to be boring. Better than being all freaked out all the time.

I thought they were all freaked out all the time.

/that's normal?

T.M.S.: theMagni: I SCUBA dive in Puget Sound, so I'm getting a... oh wait, I'm wearing a 5mm neoprene drysuit with gloves and hood, so it doesn't really matter.

Honest question: Why 5mm?

Seems like a lot of excess buoyancy for nothing in return.

When the water averages about 50° year around, more insulation is good. I'm sure he trades a lighter undergarment for the thicker neoprene. I had an Andy's drysuit, and just wore a heavier undergarment plus a fleece vest for core warmth. After about an hour you were glad you had it, especially at your safety stop when the air is all out of your suit!

Also, around here a lot of divers use steel 119s or 130s so being "too light" isn't often an issue. :P

/loved my 119s!

Is there some meme I am missing or is this the most pointless headline and article in recent memory?

"Did you hear? Washington State is suddenly being flooded with a listless species that stings anyone perceived as a threat!"

"Yeah, I know. #OccupySeattle has been in the papers for the last two weeks..."

zzrhardy: Is there some meme I am missing or is this the most pointless headline and article in recent memory?

You haven't heard about the jellyfish invasion (new window)

kalvyn: T.M.S.: theMagni: I SCUBA dive in Puget Sound, so I'm getting a... oh wait, I'm wearing a 5mm neoprene drysuit with gloves and hood, so it doesn't really matter.

Honest question: Why 5mm?

Seems like a lot of excess buoyancy for nothing in return.

When the water averages about 50° year around, more insulation is good. I'm sure he trades a lighter undergarment for the thicker neoprene.

Yeah but the neoprene is going to crush at depth. That would give you little insulation from the suit and make you wish you had more in the undergarments.

Not to mention how much weight you would have to carry to offset the neoprene at shallow depths.

I just don't know why anyone would go so heavy on rubber when you could make it up in fleece.

/dives a CLX450

I had an Andy's drysuit, and just wore a heavier undergarment plus a fleece vest for core warmth. After about an hour you were glad you had it, especially at your safety stop when the air is all out of your suit!

Also, around here a lot of divers use steel 119s or 130s so being "too light" isn't often an issue. :P

/loved my 119s!

I know! And it doesn't get any easier from here. There's the Tongue-Kissing Festival, Cinco de Ocho, the Hobo Oscars, days just made for lovers. Not widowers...lovers.

iamrex [TotalFark] Quote 2011-10-17 09:38:32 PM
que.guero: Bang Bang in Belltown.

Meh. I prefer Georgetown Liquor Co. Belltown is full of hipster douchebags.


Hipsters are a myth, a story parents tell their children, "Don't rat out your old man or some hipster will end up sleeping on your couch..."

T.M.S.: kalvyn: T.M.S.: theMagni: I SCUBA dive in Puget Sound, so I'm getting a... oh wait, I'm wearing a 5mm neoprene drysuit with gloves and hood, so it doesn't really matter.

Honest question: Why 5mm?

Seems like a lot of excess buoyancy for nothing in return.

When the water averages about 50° year around, more insulation is good. I'm sure he trades a lighter undergarment for the thicker neoprene.

Yeah but the neoprene is going to crush at depth. That would give you little insulation from the suit and make you wish you had more in the undergarments.

Not to mention how much weight you would have to carry to offset the neoprene at shallow depths.

I just don't know why anyone would go so heavy on rubber when you could make it up in fleece.



The water is 4-7C, which is...about 40-45F. It's cold, and that's in the summer. (The ocean doesn't change much in the winter.)

I wear a custom-fit Seatux made out of crushed neoprene. It doesn't change too much at depth. During the summer I wear spandex pants and a technical shirt. When it's colder out I'll wear a fleece on top of that. When it's a lot colder I'll put a couple of hand warmers in the pockets.

It's a really nice suit -- flexible, warm, and durable -- and custom-fit was $1300.

I wear 30# of lead, that's typical for this area. If I was wearing a laminate suit, I'd wear about the same.

Well at least someone wants to move to Port Angeles.