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</HEAD><BODY onLoad="timerONE=window.setTimeout('scrollit_r2l(100)',500);" BGCOLOR="#0066FF" BACKGROUND="http://www.oocities.org/TheTropics/4385/seascapebg.gif" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" ALINK="00FF00" VLINK="#ff0000" > <SCRIPT> </SCRIPT><H1 ALIGN=CENTER>Mr.Scuba's Place</H1><P ALIGN=center><A HREF="http://www.oocities.org/TheTropics/4385/index.html">[Non-Frames Version]</A> This page Best Viewed with the <I>Browser of your </I> Choice! <a href="http://www.oocities.org/TheTropics/5636/CLT_Program.html"><IMG ALIGN=left width=174 Height=104 Hspace=2 Vspace=2 src="//www.oocities.org/TheTropics/4385/cl.jpg"ALT="CL gif"></a><IMG ALIGN="RIGHT" WIDTH=100 HEIGHT=71 HSPACE=5 VSPACE=1 src="//www.oocities.org/TheTropics/4385/finsmasktr.gif"ALT="FINS/MASK "><BR> <H2 ALIGN=CENTER><I>Come on in, take off your fins, get comfortable & set a spell!</I></H2> <H3 ALIGN=CENTER>For a Virtual Reality Dive just add water!</H3> <H4 ALIGN=Center>I now am a GeoCities Community Leader for the TheTropics/Shores 8500 - 8999 and TheTropics/Cabana 4500 - 4999.</H4> <BR> <center><table><TABLE WIDTH="100%" <FORM METHOD="post" ACTION="get" > <TR> <TD Align=Top><FORM METHOD=post ACTION="get"> <FONT SIZE="-1"><SELECT NAME="Topic" onChange="window.open(this.options[this.selectedIndex].value,'_top')"> <OPTION VALUE="" >Choose your destination<OPTION VALUE="http://www.oocities.org/TheTropics/4385/index3.html">Home <OPTION VALUE="http://www.oocities.org/TheTropics/4385/christmas.html"> Christmas <OPTION VALUE="http://www.oocities.org/TheTropics/4385/ringlinks.html"> WebRing Links <OPTION VALUE="http://www.oocities.org/TheTropics/4385/bio3.html"> About Me <OPTION VALUE="http://www.oocities.org/TheTropics/4385/cocoview.html"> CocoView <OPTION VALUE="http://www.oocities.org/TheTropics/4385/bluehole3.html"> Belize <OPTION VALUE="http://www.oocities.org/TheTropics/4385/hpage13.html"> Australia <OPTION VALUE="http://www.oocities.org/TheTropics/4385/munising3.html"> Lake Superior <OPTION VALUE="http://www.oocities.org/TheTropics/4385/coldwater3.html"> Cold Water <OPTION VALUE="http://www.oocities.org/TheTropics/4385/snorkel3.html"> Snorkeling <OPTION VALUE="http://www.oocities.org/TheTropics/4385/manatee3.html"> Manatee <OPTION VALUE="http://www.oocities.org/TheTropics/4385/links.html">Dive Links <OPTION VALUE="http://www.oocities.org/TheTropics/4385/v1.02.html"> Early HTML <OPTION VALUE="http://www.oocities.org/TheTropics/4385/v2b.html"> First "Frames" <OPTION VALUE="http://www.oocities.org/TheTropics/4385/photogal1.html">Photo Gallery <OPTION VALUE="http://www.oocities.org/TheTropics/4385/manateeqt.mov">1st QuickTime Movie <OPTION VALUE="http://www.execpc.com/~nskrenes/cocoview.mov"> Movie@ CCV <OPTION VALUE="http://www.execpc.com/~nskrenes/scubadog.mov"> 3rd Movie Scuba Diving Dog! <OPTION VALUE="http://cgi.dnai.com/~fillmore/"> UW Humor & Screen saver <OPTION VALUE="http://www.oocities.org/TheTropics/4385/awards.html">Awards <OPTION VALUE="http://www.oocities.org/TheTropics/4385/addbook.html">Sign Guest book <OPTION VALUE="http://www.oocities.org/TheTropics/4385/geobook.html">View Guest book <OPTION VALUE="http://www.oocities.org/TheTropics/4385/viewguestbook1.html">Old Guest book </SELECT> <noscript><!INPUT NAME="Go" TYPE="image" SRC="../images/button-go.gif" ALT="Go!" WIDTH="76" HEIGHT="26" BORDER="0"> <INPUT TYPE="submit" VALUE="Go!"></noscript> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <p align=center> Scuba Exhaust <A HREF="http://www.oocities.org/TheTropics/4385/scubabubbles.aiff"> [Sound file137k aiff] </A><IMG SRC = "http://www.oocities.org/TheTropics/4385/sounder.gif" align=bottom border=0 ALT="Speaker"><A HREF ="scubabubbles.ram">[RealAudio 20k file]</A></center><BR><small align=left> Download either file format, select an appropriate application, set play function to loop and experience a Cyber Dive while viewing my pages. <BR>Musican <b>Jimmy Buffett</B> sings about what I believe to be a common Tropics philosophy.</A> <IMG SRC = "http://www.oocities.org/TheTropics/4385/sounder.gif" align=bottom border=0 ALT="Speaker"><A HREF ="holiday.ram"> Holiday [RealAudio 198k file] </A> If you would like to listen to more of my favorite tropical tunes by <b>Jimmy Buffet</b> while you browse, download any of the following:<A HREF="http://www.liveupdate.com/macbeta.html">Crescendo</A> midi files: <A HREF="pirate.mid"> - A Pirate Looks at 40, </A> <A HREF="banana.mid" > - Banana Boat Song, </A> <A HREF="CILCIA.mid" > - Changes In Latitude Changes in Attitude, </A> <A HREF="cheeseb.mid" > - Cheeseburger In Paradise, </A> <A HREF="fins.mid"> - Fins,</a> <A HREF="jamaica.mid" > - Jamaica Farewell, </A> <A HREF="margvill.mid" > - Margaritaville, </A> <A HREF="volcano.mid" > - Volcano. </A> For more <b> Jimmy Buffett</b> music travel the <a href="http://www.oocities.org/TheTropics/4385/ringlinks.html"><i>Parrot Head Ring</i></a>.</small> <P ALIGN=LEFT>Hello, my name is <A HREF="http://www.oocities.org/TheTropics/4385/bio.html">Neal Skrenes; </A>these pages combine several of my interests in <I> R.L. </I><CENTER><IMG src="//www.oocities.org/TheTropics/4385/eyeballs.gif" ALT="EYEBALLS"></CENTER> <DIV ALIGN=Left> <table align=left border=6 cellpadding=4 cellspacing=0><tr><td align=center> <IMG ALIGN=TOP WIDTH=145 HEIGHT=114 HSPACE=5 VSPACE=1 src="//www.oocities.org/TheTropics/4385/btmine.gif" ALT="MINE PHOTO"><tr><td align=center><FONT SIZE=2><I> Bonne Terre Mine </I></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE></div> <P ALIGN=LEFT> As you may have surmised from my moniker, one of my pastimes is scuba diving. I have been diving since 1974 - my C card is so old it doesn't have a number on it! <BR>I enjoy all kinds of diving, and I have done my share of wreck, cold, deep, drift, and even <I>mine diving</I> (that's right - underground or "deep earth" as <I>Bonne Terre Mine</I> in Missouri describes it) in both fresh and saltwater. As a member of the ">"40 club (years as well as dives), I now do most of my diving in warm water, hence my home page location here in <I>TheTropics.</I> <DIV ALIGN=right> <table align=right border=4 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0><tr><td align=center> <IMG ALIGN=TOP WIDTH=172 HEIGHT=103 HSPACE=2 VSPACE=1 src="//www.oocities.org/TheTropics/4385/caribbeanreefoctopus.jpg" ALT="OCTOPUS PHOTO"><tr><td align=center><FONT SIZE=2><I>Caribbean Reef Octopus</I></FONT> </TABLE></div> <P ALIGN=RIGHT>I just returned from a three week dive trip to the Solomon Islands and Fiji on the 16th of August. This is the first chance I've had to write a report.We went in search of <b>Orca's, </B><a href="http://www.oocities.org/TheTropics/4385/hpage3.html">(read why)</a> and although we did not find find any the trip provided me with a wealth of "once in a lifetime" opportunities. <P> We flew into Nadi and stayed at <I>Seashell Cove in Mombi Bay, Fiji</I> for three days diving. There were great coral walls and lots of fish. I saw a bumpheaded bannerfish for the very first time. We dove a deep fast swim through which started @ 88' came out @ 153'. As it exited the reef it widened into a beautiful arch and there was a big nursie sleeping there right next to a sea fan that had to be every bit of five feet in diameter. The current on that dive was so strong that I couldn't swim from the back of the boat to the front, they had to string a tag line. I imagine we looked like flags flying in the breeze as we pulled ourselves down the anchor line hand over hand. (<a HREF="http://www.oocities.org/TheTropics/4385/solomon.html"> Read more </a>about my Solomon Islands trip.) <P ALIGN=left>In July of 1996<A HREF="http://www.oocities.org/Heartland/1364/">Canidlover</A> and I went to <A HREF="http://www.roatan.com/cocoview.htm"><I>CoCoView</I></A> in <I>Roatın</I>. We think that this place is Paradise, and this was our third trip in as many years. Andr*a did her first night snorkel and saw her first octopus in the wild! <A HREF="http://www.oocities.org/TheTropics/4385/cocoview.html">Learn more</A> about things to see and do at<I>CoCoView</I>. <P ALIGN=left>I traveled to <I>Belize, CA</I> and did the <A HREF="http://www.oocities.org/TheTropics/4385/bluehole.html"><I>Blue Hole</I> </A>thing in April of 1996. We went out on the <I>Manta 4</I>, which departed from the <I>Belize Yacht Club</I> docks just "across the street" from <I>The Hideaway Sports Lodge</I> where we stayed. <h3 ALIGN=LEFT>For<A HREF = "http://www.oocities.org/TheTropics/4385/menu.html"> more diving adventures</A> with Mr. Scuba!</h3> <h4 ALIGN=LEFT><A HREF="http://www.oocities.org/TheTropics/4385/interests.html"> One of my other interests</A> - computers and problem-solving.</h4><BR> <CENTER><I>Images © Neal Skrenes 1996, 1997. Please do not use without permission.</I><BR> <BR><IMG src="//www.oocities.org/TheTropics/4385/palmline.gif"ALT=" PALMS "></CENTER>   <H3 ALIGN=CENTER><IMG src="//www.oocities.org/TheTropics/4385/whiteball.gif" ALT="WHITEBALL"> <A HREF = "http://www.oocities.org/TheTropics/4385/links.html">Links to Dive Related sites on the Web</A></H3><P> <H3 ALIGN=CENTER><IMG src="//www.oocities.org/TheTropics/4385/redball.gif" ALT="REDBALL"> Links to other sites on the Web<IMG src="//www.oocities.org/TheTropics/4385/redball.gif" ALT="REDBALL"></H3> <P>  <P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE=3><I><IMG src="//www.oocities.org/TheTropics/4385/whiteball.gif" ALT="WHITEBALL"><A HREF="http://www.oocities.org/TheTropics/4385/awards.html" >Awards</A></I></FONT> <BR>  <P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE=3><IMG src="//www.oocities.org/TheTropics/4385/whiteball.gif" ALT="WHITEBALL"><A HREF="http://kusd.kusd.edu/">Where I work</A></FONT><BR>  <HR> <P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE=5><STRONG><I> Life's a beach - then you dive. </I></STRONG></FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=4>Remember to stop and <a href="http://www.oocities.org/TheTropics/4385/guestbook.html">Sign My Guest book</a><BR>You could receive Mr. Scuba's CyberDiver Award! <table align=center border=6 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 ><TR><TD><a href="http://www.awebtown.com/webring/index.html"> <IMG src="//www.awebtown.com/webring/gifs/rgscuba.gif" ALT="The Scuba ring" BORDER=0 WIDTH=53 ALIGN=LEFT></A><a href="http://www.awebtown.com/webring/index.html"></A></TD> <TD align=center><H4><I>This <a href="http://www.awebtown.com/webring/index.html">Scuba Ring</A></I></H4>site is owned by <A HREF="MailTo:mr/scuba@oocities.com">mr/scuba@oocities.com</A> <BR> [ <a href="http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=scubamt&id=2&prev">Prev</A>[ <a href="http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=scubamt&id=2&skip">Skip It</A>[ <a href="http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=scubamt&id=2&next5">Next 5</A>[ <a href="http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=scubamt&id=2&next">Next<BR> </A>Want to join the ring? Get the <a href="http://www.awebtown.com/webring/index.html">info</A>.</TD><TD align=center> <a href="http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=scubamt&id=2&next"><IMG src="//www.awebtown.com/webring/gifs/nextpage.gif" ALT="Next Page" BORDER=0 HEIGHT=69 WIDTH=53 ALIGN=RIGHT></A></TD></TR></TABLE></font> <FONT SIZE=4>My thanks to Andr*a Denninger<I><A HREF="http://www.oocities.org/Heartland/1364/">(Canidlover)</A></I> Êfor helping me by providing the raw scuba graphics. </FONT><BR><CENTER><FONT SIZE=4>This site has been visited by Ê<IMG SRC="/cgi-bin/counter/misterscuba" ALT="COUNTER">ÊCyberDivers since May 3, 1996</FONT> <BR>This page was handwritten no HTML generators were used! <BR>Last updated on January 31, 1998 <BR> <Center><A HREF="http://www.hwg.org/"><B>Member of</B><IMG src="//www.oocities.org/TheTropics/4385/lo-025.gif" HSPACE="4" WIDTH="64" HEIGHT="90" ALT="The HTML Writers Guild" ></A> <A HREF="http://www.webtechs.com/html-val-svc/"> <IMG src="//www.webtechs.com/html-val-svc/images/valid_html-wilbur.gif" ALT="W3C Wilbur Checked!"></A>  <HR> <CENTER> This page hosted by <a href="/"><img src="/pictures/gc_icon.gif" border=0 align=middle></a> Get your own <a href="/">Free Home Page</a> </center> </CENTER></CENTER> </BODY></FRAMESET> </html>