Indeed! An being blood-injury phobic, I have trouble looking at my own knuckles. *shakes head at self*
I think I would never feel comfortable doing scuba diving. I mean, it sounds fascinating, but all that technical stuff would freak me out, I fear. ;)
I am probably the most mechanically inept person around. Honestly, the first time I tried to put gas in my car by myself, I messed it up and the attendant had to come out and reset the machine. *facepalm* As further evidence of this fact, all but the last time I had to do it, I put my regulator on my scuba tank backwards. Luckily, that is easy to notice since, when you turn on the tank, you can hear the air leaking. *facepalm again*
So despite the fact that it does sound very mechanical and scary, most of the stuff has been constructed to be idiot-proof. Not that I'm saying that you're an idiot, but some of us are. *points to self* ;) And it's one of those things like driving a car that seems so hard at first but gets easier each time after until it's automatic. Though I've had two divemasters now console me "not to worry about my buoyancy too much because it takes 20 to 30 dives to master that." Yeah, I've got a long way to go!
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Date: 2006-10-12 01:04 am (UTC)Indeed! An being blood-injury phobic, I have trouble looking at my own knuckles. *shakes head at self*
I think I would never feel comfortable doing scuba diving. I mean, it sounds fascinating, but all that technical stuff would freak me out, I fear. ;)
I am probably the most mechanically inept person around. Honestly, the first time I tried to put gas in my car by myself, I messed it up and the attendant had to come out and reset the machine. *facepalm* As further evidence of this fact, all but the last time I had to do it, I put my regulator on my scuba tank backwards. Luckily, that is easy to notice since, when you turn on the tank, you can hear the air leaking. *facepalm again*
So despite the fact that it does sound very mechanical and scary, most of the stuff has been constructed to be idiot-proof. Not that I'm saying that you're an idiot, but some of us are. *points to self* ;) And it's one of those things like driving a car that seems so hard at first but gets easier each time after until it's automatic. Though I've had two divemasters now console me "not to worry about my buoyancy too much because it takes 20 to 30 dives to master that." Yeah, I've got a long way to go!