Hey I am just glad to be back in the water! This year will be my lowest dive count year in the last 15! I will finish the year well under a hundred dives! My average has been 107 per year over the last 10 years! But thank you for the kind words, it is like beating a dead horse, but all better than I ever expected!
I do have to tell you at Buddy Dive they have outlawed Reed's Rod because "Someone pocked a Sea Anemone with one" and so they don't allow Gloves or Reed's Rods! What you do on your own is fine! So I asked the DM why a lady could have a 17" Pig Sticker on her leg and use it anytime she wanted yet a Rod designed to Save the Reef from damage was not allowed? He sheepishly said I mad sense and didn't have an argument for that???? It is the person not the tool! You should be able to use whatever tool you want, but you should be responsible for your actions! I gave the DM one for his own use