To all the DB Dads

[maytag]

Happy Father's Day to all DB Dads!:king

A happy shout-out to Podge, Spaghetti, Marwan, BDurrett, Cigarlung, Jon, Pingene, OldSarge, JimDoe2Us, and... and... everyone.

Enjoy your special day. You deserve it!

 

[flyflicker]

Cheers Maytag - I'm just about to be taken out for a meal by my two boys - but I'm the one paying - I guess I taught them too well!!

 

[Lockedin]

Cheers Maytag! We're beach bound today! :king

Happy Father's Day to all the DB Daddy's!

 

[spaghetti]

Cheers Maytag. In my country the official father's day is the 19th of March, but however, everyday is a daddy day with my little curly treasure.
You're always so perfectly sweet!

 

[jimdoe2you]

Thank You, Maytag! :friday

(P.S. Here is a photo taken about two months ago. Too bad her little monofin wasn't face up.)

 

[Oldsarge]

Thanx, Maytag, I'm doing a half-dozen sirloins on the grill but everyone else is bringing everything else. I wonder what it will turn out to be . . .

 

[podge]

Thanks Maytag had a great day spearing and having a nice new cool bag from the kids to put my catch in was great.

 

[bdurrett]

I spent the afternoon cleaning my fish tank and trading off with the boss dealing with a cholicy baby Oh well, the occasional toothless grin makes it all worth while Like this one

 

[jimqpublic]

I took the 6 year old girl for a little freediving training yesterday. We met with Vaclav at Veterans Beach at Redondo, California to do some line practice. Water was quite choppy with about 2m visibility. The girl was pretty much unfazed while her dad (me) couldn't relax worrying about her.

As others have predicted, she is proceeding at an amazing rate. I make her wear a snorkeling vest but otherwise I'm sure she would be dropping to 50' and bringing lobster up for dinner.

 

[Jon]

All of you had a lot more fun than I did yesterday. :head

My father-in-law called me up an told me we had another salvage job. A 20'+ pontoon boat in Lake Koshkenog was totaled during a recent big storm. I expected to do a nice dive and play with some lift bags- until I saw the site. It turns out that storm washed this boat UP a hillside and left it there!

We spent the better part of the day digging a boat out of a swamp and moving it by hand- with the help of some plywood boards and PVC rollers. It was pretty much like moving a pyramid and we still haven't gotten her to the water yet- we ran out of daylight and the bugs started feasting.:crutch

By time we got back to my house my kids where asleep and everyone else had eaten. We still need to get back out in the next day or two so we can finish the job. In 27 years of diving this is the by far the strangest "salvage" job I've done to date. I'll post some pictures when I get them.

On a more pleasant note, we just got back from a three-day weekend of camping up in Door County. While we where there, we spent a whole day with the kids riding "Thomas the Tank Engine" and meeting "Bob the Builder". The rest of the time was spent swimming, hiking, and eating.

 

[maytag]

Thank You, Maytag! :friday

(P.S. Here is a photo taken about two months ago. Too bad her little monofin wasn't face up.)

What an angel. That picture is just adorable - thanks for posting!

 

[bdurrett]

OK, I had to add a photo too then....

 

[jimqpublic]

Now photos? As soon as I get the film back I'll post one from Saturday of my 6 year old getting mobbed by Garibaldi and Calico Bass as she fed them peas.

 

[Jon]

Here's a picture from the better part of my weekend.

Looks like we finish up the gardening, I mean "salvage", job on Thursday so I'll get some pictures then.:head

Jon

 

[Jon]

Finished up the last part of my "Father's Day salvage/landscaping" project today.

Here's a few shots from the big dive.:head

You'll notice my wife's father and uncle supervising my every move. rofl

Jon

 

[maytag]

Jon,
Cute photo of the kids!! How long does the cast stay on?

What are you guys going to do with the boat you salvaged? It looks like it is in pretty good shape?

Did they/you recover the medic transplant transport plane?

Great job,

 

[Jon]

Splint comes off on Sunday- she doesn't have to sleep with it on and gets to take it off for swimming.

The boat will be fixed up and used for inland lake side scanning- so we don't have to drag around one of the big boats.

Jon

 

[adolphin]

Thank you maytag .. how nice of you remembering the Dads ..
I didn't even feel the day except for the few congrats and salutes from here and there .. you know, with all that women rights things overwelming the media we the dads are totaly out of the picture .. (looking around so no woman might be listening and accusing me for being anti-semie or something) .. rofl
Thanks alot again .. :inlove

 

[adolphin]

Thank You, Maytag! :friday

(P.S. Here is a photo taken about two months ago. Too bad her little monofin wasn't face up.)

Naaah .. this picture is soooo natural, see, the monofin is hers not ours, this is how she would be hugging it naturaly, this is not an ad, I believe it's a perfect one the way it is .. sooo cute ! ..

 

[Jon]

Since we're talking monofins, I thought that I'd share these:

Jon