While cruising the net in search of ANYTHING underwater, I noted that except for a few forums (a LOT of forums actually), I never really found a site that kind of glued all the interesting underwater people into one place. In my commercial diving career (Canada), we used to have a yearly gathering of diver types at Underwater Canada - and we met in a bar under a plastic Banyon Tree (yes .. it did exist - and was a tacky as you would imagine.) Many an hour we would sit there, tell yarns (and lies) about our great exploits, deeds ... and laugh at the wet tales of woe from others. As the hours wore on, the bar tab got bigger .. the tales got bigger - and the tree even bigger (sliding under the table helps!).
Well ... that bar is long since gone and damn if I know where that plastic tree is. So - in effect - this is the electronic version of the Banyon Tree. The tales will be the same, the folks will be more varied (commercial, sports, military, etc.) but in the end - it is all about community and getting together.
So pour your own poison, don't wreck this place .. and welcome to MyBubbleBuddies.com ... the electronic Banyon Tree.
Best to all ..
Doug Elsey - Webmaster and keeper of the tree!
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