actually, the blogging first:

   for some, blogging is an act of faith, a statement of belief that

if you write it, they will read it.

   for others, it's an act of hope: if you write it, who knows, they

may read it.

   and for others, is the act that matters: it's fun to blog, and who

cares whether anyone reads it?

   i find myself firmly in the third category (though it sure is nice

to get feedback, and i have been blessed with some great feedback).

  so what does that have to do with drysuits?

   well... first... i must fess up that i (a) dive in Florida; and (b) own

a drysuit.  shame... oprobium... alas...

   i love my suit, got it used for way too much money, and it came

with two leaks that took FOR EVER to patch.  i am 95% dry now,

with just a slow seeping, not enough to call it wetness, on the right

upper chest.  it is a DUI TLS 350, and i love it.

  (just today, i finished my 31st dry dive, and i love it)

that's not me.... just some dude modeling the TLS 350

    anyway... so what does blogging have to do with drysuits?

    well... some people dive dry because they have to (due to diving

conditions); and some dive dry because their friends dive dry and it's

a hassle diving wet and keeping up... and yet, others, dive dry....

because they want to.  that's right.  just because.

    i dive dry in Florida because i want to.  i like it.  i hate being cold

and wet. (i also hate being hot and wet, but that's another story).

i have no reason to dive dry.  my 3 mil. farmer john and hood is more

than adequate for Florida diving.

  so there... go ahead and mock.  i dive dry for no reason at all.

just because.  and try stopping me if you dare: you will have to pry

this drysuit from my wrinkly, shriveled fingers!