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Amp Mad Scientist said:
It got up to 60F today, I was taking off my hoodie. 30 degree temperature swings.

Today I worked on a Mesa Triple Crown, brand new and already failed....(not surprised)
Fixed the hum in a Peavey Butcher, hum balance control fried out.
Worked on a smashed Yamaha keyboard.
Worked on a defect brand new Roland Jazz Chorus....
Fixed a Blackstar Unity Bass U 500 amp, burned up power amp.

The Helicopter Hanger:
Yes there is a Helicopter Hanger here on the property, and helicopter mechanics and crew.
Apparently, the CEO also owns one of the local airports.

Covered Outdoor Live Venue stage:
Steve Vai and Charlie Daniels were the most recent bands to play here on the Sweetwater stage.
It's a pretty impressive sizable outdoor concert facility with a huge canopy covering.

On Site Fitness Center: now open

Tomorrow I'm going back to California, my audition is over.
Well what can I say? It's an impressive place. Much more than I expected.
You gotta see it for yourself, it's hard to understand unless you come here.
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If they got sense, they'll have you right back out there permanently!
 
Amp Mad Scientist said:
Maybe.....at O'hare now in Chicago.
Flew over lake Michigan pretty awesome. Never seen the great lakes before.
More like an ocean or an inland sea than a lake.
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Before I ever got to see the Atlantic Ocean, Lake Michigan was as close to it as I had ever seen as a kid when we'd visit my grandparents in Michigan City, IN. Like you said, it looks like a sea.

( embarrassingly, i never sat foot on a beach or saw the ocean until i was 23, when my wife took me when we first began dating. I had flown over the ocean and still never saw it lol)
 
Clockworkmike said:
Before I ever got to see the Atlantic Ocean, Lake Michigan was as close to it as I had ever seen as a kid when we'd visit my grandparents in Michigan City, IN. Like you said, it looks like a sea.

( embarrassingly, i never sat foot on a beach or saw the ocean until i was 23, when my wife took me when we first began dating. I had flown over the ocean and still never saw it lol)
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Lake Michigan is pretty mind boggling size wise.
Now, on to Phoenix....... world tour continues...................................
 
Clockworkmike said:
Before I ever got to see the Atlantic Ocean, Lake Michigan was as close to it as I had ever seen as a kid when we'd visit my grandparents in Michigan City, IN. Like you said, it looks like a sea.

( embarrassingly, i never sat foot on a beach or saw the ocean until i was 23, when my wife took me when we first began dating. I had flown over the ocean and still never saw it lol)
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I wonder if lake Michigan is good for scuba diving?
It "looks" dive-able but probably cold as :poo: I'm guessing.
I'm in Phoenix now, 88 degrees lucky I wore wool socks.


Now, you can't just walk up to Lake Michigan anywhere in the city, squeeze into your wet suit, and start diving. That would be chaos. You can either enter the water from a boat, or from the North Ave. Beach Chess Pavilion, where you (and your buddy — you can't dive alone) register with a lifeguard and then dive in from a wall. Proof of certification and dive flag and float are required. We should warn you that it might not be the most exciting dive you'll ever do. In fact we're pretty sure it'll be downright boring and probably not even worth the effort. But, we suppose you never know what you'll find in the murky (albeit altogether too shallow) depths of Lake Michigan.


Which, incidentally, is shipwrecks. Yes indeed. Lake Michigan is apparently riddled with sunken ships, and many dive groups spend their time sailing out to the wrecks and exploring them. Not all of the wrecks are in Chicago proper, but there are quite a few chartered dives taking off from Burnham Harbor that head out to different dive sites in the lake. Dive Chicago, for example, specializes in shipwreck dives, offering different trips and charters for groups (you can even bring your own iPod to plug into the boat's sound system).
 
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Amp Mad Scientist said:
I wonder if lake Michigan is good for scuba diving?
It "looks" dive-able but probably cold as :poo: I'm guessing.
I'm in Phoenix now, 88 degrees lucky I wore wool socks.


Now, you can't just walk up to Lake Michigan anywhere in the city, squeeze into your wet suit, and start diving. That would be chaos. You can either enter the water from a boat, or from the North Ave. Beach Chess Pavilion, where you (and your buddy — you can't dive alone) register with a lifeguard and then dive in from a wall. Proof of certification and dive flag and float are required. We should warn you that it might not be the most exciting dive you'll ever do. In fact we're pretty sure it'll be downright boring and probably not even worth the effort. But, we suppose you never know what you'll find in the murky (albeit altogether too shallow) depths of Lake Michigan.


Which, incidentally, is shipwrecks. Yes indeed. Lake Michigan is apparently riddled with sunken ships, and many dive groups spend their time sailing out to the wrecks and exploring them. Not all of the wrecks are in Chicago proper, but there are quite a few chartered dives taking off from Burnham Harbor that head out to different dive sites in the lake. Dive Chicago, for example, specializes in shipwreck dives, offering different trips and charters for groups (you can even bring your own iPod to plug into the boat's sound system).
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My step grandfather worked at Bethlehem Steel at Burns Harbor and my uncle in law worked the docks there. They said there were tons of freighter wrecks all across that lake, mostly steel carriers. The whole great lakes is bad for that during the winter months when storms break loose. I guess thats why Gordon Lightfoot wrote The Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald, which was a true story
 
Amp Mad Scientist said:
I wonder if lake Michigan is good for scuba diving?
It "looks" dive-able but probably cold as :poo: I'm guessing.
I'm in Phoenix now, 88 degrees lucky I wore wool socks.


Now, you can't just walk up to Lake Michigan anywhere in the city, squeeze into your wet suit, and start diving. That would be chaos. You can either enter the water from a boat, or from the North Ave. Beach Chess Pavilion, where you (and your buddy — you can't dive alone) register with a lifeguard and then dive in from a wall. Proof of certification and dive flag and float are required. We should warn you that it might not be the most exciting dive you'll ever do. In fact we're pretty sure it'll be downright boring and probably not even worth the effort. But, we suppose you never know what you'll find in the murky (albeit altogether too shallow) depths of Lake Michigan.


Which, incidentally, is shipwrecks. Yes indeed. Lake Michigan is apparently riddled with sunken ships, and many dive groups spend their time sailing out to the wrecks and exploring them. Not all of the wrecks are in Chicago proper, but there are quite a few chartered dives taking off from Burnham Harbor that head out to different dive sites in the lake. Dive Chicago, for example, specializes in shipwreck dives, offering different trips and charters for groups (you can even bring your own iPod to plug into the boat's sound system).
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coldest dive ever for me -- was VORTEX SPRINGS -- in the Panhandle of FL. in FEBRUARY after a LIGHT snow had fallen the night before ....with (yep) a fever and -- the topper -- a SINUS INFECTION ---
40 degree outside air temp 68 degree water temp.......sounds warm right ??? WRONG -- we called the dive after a couple hours when the INSTRUCTOR ( retire Navy SEAL) cramped up and me and another guy had to HAUL HIM back to the dock ....................

in 51 years I have NEVER experienced that kinda bone chilling cold ..............and if I have anything to say about it, I NEVER FVCKING will again.
 
eSGEe said:
coldest dive ever for me -- was VORTEX SPRINGS -- in the Panhandle of FL. in FEBRUARY after a LIGHT snow had fallen the night before ....with (yep) a fever and -- the topper -- a SINUS INFECTION ---
40 degree outside air temp 68 degree water temp.......sounds warm right ??? WRONG -- we called the dive after a couple hours when the INSTRUCTOR ( retire Navy SEAL) cramped up and me and another guy had to HAUL HIM back to the dock ....................

in 51 years I have NEVER experienced that kinda bone chilling cold ..............and if I have anything to say about it, I NEVER FVCKING will again.
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Water dissipates heat from your body 70% faster than air. (get a wet suit)
When you are divemaster you know :poo: like that....yes I am divemaster.

Certainly diving in cold water is very dangerous because of hypothermia. That's why there is dry suits.

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I have just landed in San Luis Obispo.
Home of Ernie Ball, Music Man, Barf -ollini pickups. Not much diving here.

In Hawaii, the ocean water is 80 degrees F. But I still need a wet suit, due to same information above.
Even at 80 degrees, water will still dissipate heat from the body rapidly and the water will feel cold.
So I use a 3 Mil full suit and gloves / booties.
 
Biggest cold dive I have ever done, is getting into one of these babies... ;)

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Amp Mad Scientist said:
Water dissipates heat from your body 70% faster than air. (get a wet suit)
When you are divemaster you know :poo: like that....yes I am divemaster.

Certainly diving in cold water is very dangerous because of hypothermia. That's why there is dry suits.

Now
I have just landed in San Luis Obispo.
Home of Ernie Ball, Music Man, Barf -ollini pickups. Not much diving here.

In Hawaii, the ocean water is 80 degrees F. But I still need a wet suit, due to same information above.
Even at 80 degrees, water will still dissipate heat from the body rapidly and the water will feel cold.
So I use a 3 Mil full suit and gloves / booties.
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had wet suits......still was unbearably cold --- a DRY SUIT woulda been preferred but we didnt have access to those
 
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