I would like to take this opportunity to give a warm Melvyn's Realm welcome to our newest follower, Alan. I hope Alan has a thoroughly wonderful time perusing through my posts.
As mentioned previously, Alan is one of my delightful SCUBA diving friends. For those of you who are unfamiliar with SCUBA diving, I will give you a brief introduction as it is one of my dreams to swim with dolphins (I have an embroidered dolphin called Nathaniel delicately stitched into my swimming trunks very kindly done-so by my Mother) and other such sea-life.
SCUBA aka (also known as) Self-contained breathing apparatus diving allows divers to breathe underwater and to become familar with the sub-aqua world. SCUBA originated during World War II for underwater warfare. From my extensive research, I understand that some of the equipment required include
- "Stab jacket" which is the armband for the body i.e. it is required for buoyancy
- "Demand Valve" which supplies oxygen to the body from a cylinder
- "Cylinder" which contains oxygen
- "Mask" which is equivalent to swimming goggles
- "Diving flippers" to manouvre through the water
- "Wetsuit" underwater attire which is sometimes made of "neoprene" aka (also known as) polychloroprene. For the scientifically minded it is a family of synthetic rubbers that are produced by polymerisation of chloroprene.
Welcome, Alan, from the Melvyn's Realm community and myself.
As I keep stressing, please subscribe, comment and interact with Alan and myself.
Kindest regards,
Melvyn P. O'Shea
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