ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO I DROVE DOWN TO NORTH CAROLINA WITH SOME DIVE BUDDYS I HAD BOOKED AND PAID WITH A CREDIT CARD OVER THE PHONE.DISCOVER DIVING. WE BOOKED A TWO TANK OFF SHORE WRECK DIVES.SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WELL FIRST DIVE WAS OFF SHORE SECOND DIVE WAS INN SHORE I COMPLAINED TO THE CAPT.. I WAS TOLD THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY EXTRA IF WE WANTED TWO OFF SHORE DIVES. I KEPT TELLING THEM THATS WHAT I PAID FOR..WELL WHEN I GOT HOME ..AND RECIEVED MY CREDIT CARD BILL I WAS CHARGED TWICE I DOVE ON A SATURDAY AND SUNDAY..AND WAS CHARGED FOR FOUR DAYS. TWO TIMES FOR SATURDAY AND TWO TIMES FOR SUNDAY I TOLD THEM I WAS ONLY THERE FOR THE ONE WEEKEND. ONE SATURDAY AND ONE SUNDAY WITH THE DATES I WAS DIVING HOW DID THEY COME UP WITH FOUR DAYS DIVING? I CALLED THEM IT TOOK ABOUT TWO MONTH TO GET MY CARD CREDITED.PHONE CALLS PHONE CALLS.I STOPPED USING THEM AND STARTED WITH OLYMPUS.GEORGE WAS A GOOD BUSINESS MAN. SORRY HE PASSED. FUNNY THING I WAS DIVING IN TRUK LAGOON IN 2007 ON THE LIVERBOARD ODYSSEY. CO. CAPT. FIRST DAY ASKED WHERE I WAS FROM I TOLD HIM JERSEY.ANY ONE CAN TELL WHEN WE TALK WERE FROM JERSEY HE ASKED ME IF I EVER DIVE WITH OLYMPUS IN N.C. ON GEORGES BOAT I SAID YES HE REMBERED ME IT WAS MIKE GERKIN. WE WERE 10 TIME ZONE AWAY.SMALL WORLD HE IS BACK WITH OLYMPUS.LIVING IN NORTH CAROLINA. I ALSO HAVE NOT BEEN BACK TO NORTH CAROLINA SINCE GEORGE PASSED AWAY. OUR WRECKS ARE JUST AS GOOD AS THERES MAYBE A LITTLE COLDER ON THE BOTTOM WATER. AND THE LOBSTERS AND MUSSELS TASTE BETTER.AND MOST OF THE TIME YOUR DIVING WITH GUYS AND GALS THAT YOU HAVE MET AND DOVE WITH BEFORE. AND EVERY BODY WATCHS EACH OTHER BACKS.ANY JERSEY DIVE BOAT I HAVE BEEN ON THE CAPT AND THE CREW CANNOT DO ENOUGH FOR YOU.WELL ALLMOST THEY MAKE ME CARRY ALL MY DIVE GEAR FROM MY TRUCK TO THE BOAT AND THEN BACK AGAIN AFTER THE LONG HARD DAY OF DIVING.AND THEY NEVER HELP ME WASH MY GEAR WHEN I GET HOME.AND MY WIFE KEEPS ASKING ME ? YOU SAY THIS IS FUN WAKING UP AT 5;00 AM . COMMING HOME LAYING DOWN TELLING ME LEAVE YOU ALONE YOUR TRYING TO OFF GAS. SPENDING A FEW MORE HOURS CLEANING AND WASHING YOUR GEAR THEN GUTING AND CLEANING FISH...YEA THATS WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT . JERSEY WRECK DIVING AT ITS BEST..
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