Holy shit Jupiter os the brightest ive ever seen it tonight. In fact it was so bright i could even see it while the sun was out but setting. Amazing.
Dive went great today, 71 feet max, an hour dive, 66% nitrogen loading, boyancy was good, ascent profile was very gradual and safe. All the hallmarks of a perfect dive. Picture below shows my nitrogen tissue loading about 45 minutes after the dive. Link below if you want to see the full dive details.
i also took some video, will be sharing that soon.
Got another 2-3 hours of practice diving in the pool in. Mostly practiced getting my bcd on and off and then tested what weights id need on an empty tank. I finally feel comfortable enough to do a real dive in the ocean so i scheduled one for tomorrow.
My end goal is to do the 70 meter diver at the blue hole in 5 weeks, but this first dive will be an easy shore rec dive at 25 meters with 32% nitrox and some doubles. Will be my first real dive since my spina cord injury and ive been out of the water for so long im a bit nervous, but all my skills were spot on on the pool so im sure ill be fine.
Spent 4 hours practicing my SCUBA diving in a pool, spent the last hour doing a practice dive at 10 feet. This was my first time since my injury diving at all and i cant express how happy it makes me to see my tissue getting nitrogen saturated again (see the bottom of thr attached picture). Link to the activity below for a yone who wants to see. I have to say my boyancy was pretty close to spot on.
I made 3 new kitty friends. The two pictured i got to feed. There was a third i met on my way out that i cant stop thinking about. He was really beat up, chunks of his ear missing, pat hy fur, but he was so sweet. Second he saw he me he started in on thr head rubs. I was late to my cab so couldnt stop off to get him food like i usually do....
Anyway now that i left him i cant stop thinking about him and how sweet he was and how hungry he probably is. Im thinking ill find some meat and go back tomorrow and see if i find him. If i do maybe i can bribe a local shop owner to feed him every day after i leave. I wish i could take him home with me but i know thats not an option :( Ill be thinking about him all night.
They are just out here parking camels in the parking lot like its perfectly normal.
I Tried several egyptian foods i havent had the chance to try yet. It was delicious but i have so many left overs.
The white dish is Rice Muammar, the brown looking rice is "Oriental Rice" which isnt very oriental by american standards, its rice with nuts and seasoning, the sausages are called Mombar and is lamb casing stuffed with meat and rice and spices, and finally the meat stuffed inside the pita is called Hawawshi and the bread is a bit crispy and amazing.
So some time back I was gifted with a Rolex from an investor friend who I managed to make a lot of money for. I never wear it, only time I do is if I'm wearing a tuxedo which is rather rare. Its kind of a wasted gift on me especially because I hear they can be rather valuable. I wonder what mine might be worth.
It is truly mind boggling that in a single persons lifetime we went from inventing the first plane and flying for the first time, to being on the moon. Could you imagine being the person who lived for those years and seeing that.
Now we are arguing with people who think covid and viruses in general dont exist and the earth is flat. Might be another few thousand years before we start progressing again.
Awl, i just got random spam from #trump asking me to join #TruthSocial. This guy is a joke, now i wont sign up just to spite him and show him spam doesnt work.
Jeffrey Phillips Freeman
Innovator & Entrepreneur in Machine Learning, Evolutionary Computing & Big Data. Avid SCUBA diver, Open-source developer, HAM radio operator, astrophotographer, and anything nerdy.
Born and raised in Philadelphia, PA, USA, currently living in Utrecht, Netherlands, USA, and Thailand. Was also living in Israel, but left.
Pronouns: Sir / Mister
(Above pronouns are not intended to mock, i will respect any persons pronouns and only wish pronouns to show respect be used with me as well. These are called neopronouns, see an example of the word "frog" used as a neopronoun here: http://tinyurl.com/44hhej89 )
A proud member of the Penobscot Native American tribe, as well as a Mayflower passenger descendant. I sometimes post about my genealogical history.
My stance on various issues:
Education: Free to PhD, tax paid
Abortion: Protected, tax paid, limited time-frame
Welfare: Yes, no one should starve
UBI: No, use welfare
Racism: is real
Guns: Shall not be infringed
LGBT+/minorities: Support
Pronouns: Will respect
Trump: Moron, evil
Biden: Senile, racist
Police: ACAB
Drugs: Fully legal, no prescriptions needed
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