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- From: awright@gssec.bt.co.uk (Alan Wright)
- Newsgroups: rec.scuba
- Subject: Re: getting started
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.113047.19163@gssec.bt.co.uk>
- Date: 21 Jan 93 11:30:47 GMT
- References: <1993Jan20.4232.10828@dosgate>
- Sender: usenet@gssec.bt.co.uk
- Organization: BT, Software Engineering Centre, Glasgow, UK
- Lines: 26
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- In article <1993Jan20.4232.10828@dosgate>,
- andrew.comello@canrem.com (andrew comello) writes:
- |>
- |> LD> I have always been interested in learning how to scuba. I was wonder
- |> LD>e was someone out there with the patience to inform a novice about what I sh
- |> LD> do and get and how much it will cost me?Who should I contact and so forth s
- |> LD>. I would really appreciated it. Although I live in Boston it is not necess
- |> LD>to tell me about SWF novice scuba divers; I just need a little know-how to g
- |> LD>tarted effectively.
- |>
- |> Call up a few places and get some prices for lessons...
- |> When you call, ask what kind of certification you will be granted (NAUI,
- |> PADI, ACUC, SSI, etc...)
- |>
- |> BE sure that you certify under PADI or NAUI since they are the largest
- |> in North America...
-
- I thought the generally agreed principle was that getting a good instructor
- with whom you feel comfortable was more important than the certifying agency,
- as long as the agency is internationally recognised.
-
- -- Alan
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- awright@gssec.bt.co.uk (Alan Wright)
- BT, Software Engineering Centre, Glasgow, UK
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