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Christmas is responsible for more waste and consumption than any other holiday. North American’s trash contributions to the landfill increase by 25% during this time of year – which equates to a minimum of 25 million extra tons of garbage going to the landfill. By recognizing the incredible waste that is generated the urgency to do something becomes apparent.

A truly useful or environment friendly gift that provide some convenience or financial benefits is a better ecological choice. At the same time, you can help alleviate the guilt you might feel during this period of high consumption and travel activities. Here is a brief list of frugal and environmentally sound ideas to inspire you.

For the homeowner – A thermostat control that automatically turns the heat down at night; low flow showerhead attachment; draft cozy (placed in front of doors to prevent drafts) and tubes of caulking or weather stripping. Dimmer switches, compact fluorescent bulbs (CFL’s) or hot water tank and hot water pipe insulation kits are also excellent ideas. Yellow CFL’s are perfect for exterior lighting because they attract fewer insects. Consider making an eco-package combining some of these items for the homeowner.

For the gardener – A subscription to an organic gardening magazine or a membership to a seed organization is always an interesting gift idea. Bird, bat and butterfly houses, baths and feeders – or the patterns to build them – are a wonderful optional gift. Alternatively consider composting worm bin, gift certificate to a nursery or a membership with an environmental group.

Give Services – Rather than giving an item that must be wrapped, consider purchasing tickets to a performance, restaurant gift certificates or services such as lawn care, diaper, cleaning, music lessons, exercise or dance classes, tune-up or tire rotation services. Don’t forget to look at dog walking, babysitting, and massage, spas or gyms when looking at gift certificates. All of these ideas will help you support local businesses that you believe in while giving something that the recipient can truly benefit from.

Give Food – Home preserves such as dehydrated or canned foods make excellent gifts. Those that find cooking tasks cumbersome treasure frozen meals. Snack foods and deserts are appreciated by most anyone; keep in mind that purchasing Brazil or cashew nuts supports a tropical rainforests. Baskets of healthy foods are another wonderful idea to consider – especially if it contains samples from local producers.

Books – Most of us realize the benefits of literacy and supporting local businesses. You can do both by choosing to purchase books as gifts this year. However, we can also leave a legacy with a book of our own. This could be a journal, a collection of our poetry, a family tree that you’ve researched or even a family recipe book. Perhaps you might consider including quotes from family members or people you admire and possibly a few favorite family photos.

Alternative gifts – A reusable coffee filter and whole organic coffee beans makes a nice gift for coffee lovers. Consider slippers and sweaters – the recipient is less likely to turn up their thermostat. Toys and games with positive environmental or education values and those that emphasize cooperation, exploration or creative thinking. If you choose to purchase electronics, consider those powered by solar or rechargeable batteries.

The Tree: Give or purchase a living tree for yourself this year (it removes carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, ammonia, ozone and nitrogen oxides). A living Xmas tree can be donated to individuals with space on their land, the city, schools or parks when the season is over. Alternatively, plant it in your own yard for privacy, summer shade or soil and water erosion control.

The Photos – For holiday photo memories, avoid disposable cameras. Instead use a digital camera and load directly to your own computer and CD burner. Alternatively, use a normal camera using 36 exposure film rolls and have the pictures put on CD’s at the development outlet. Choosing these options reduces chemicals, paper and waste, while you save some cash.

~ Dave Brummet: co-author of the books Trash Talk, Purple Snowflake Marketing and Towards Understanding; co-host of the Conscious Discussions radio show (http://www.brummet.ca)

“Dad. I think I just flushed my underwear down the toilet.”

I just sat there … looking at my nine-year old son, searching for words that seemed stuck in a mental quagmire of wonder and disbelief.

Finally, as nonchalantly as I could, I asked, “So … how did that happen?”

“Well, when I sat on my pen it broke and got ink on my underwear. So I thought if I put some soap in the toilet and flushed it … the turbo action would be just like the washing machine and get the ink out. I forgot the toilet like, eats everything you put in it.”

Wouldn’t it be great to be nine again? We could just test out … no wait, implement any idea that came to our mind knowing we were backed by the full faith and credit of mom and dad. But, in the world you and I live in, a creative or logistical faux pas costs real money and carries real consequences.

I used to believe Extreme Sampling involved two steps.
1) Product Testing.
2) Instruction Scrutiny.

I was wrong.

My son’s exercise in creative thinking caused me to re-think my position and now I believe there are three steps to Extreme Sampling. Step 3 is, “Process Testing”. Process Testing is where you focus on logistics, distribution and final outcomes. In short, you conduct a trial run to the best of your ability to prevent, “Flushing your underwear down the toilet.”

Case in point. I recently sent a client some waterless tattoo samples. The client tested them and found that they worked perfectly. They ordered 50k. Unfortunately, they did not test them through the bindery equipment on which the tattoos would be affixed to a card. Turns out the tattoos were too thin for the machinery to pick up and place properly. This could have been remedied by using a thicker stock … had we known. Instead, they’re affixing them by hand, which costs more. (Insert flush sound here).

Forcing yourself to test the process will help you think it through and avoid problems. For instance, that umbrella you want to give everyone at the conference. You’ve tested the product and scrutinized the instructions. Now let’s test the process. The conference is in a city to which most people will fly. Grab your suitcase. Will that 4 foot umbrella fit?

Daily, marketers fail to test the process and find out too late that the product, premium or incentive … won’t fit in the bag, the box, the envelope or the suitcase. Or they find out at the worst possible moment, that leaving the chocolate parting-gift in the van, in the sun, all day … was a no-no.

Here’s a few things to think about regarding step #3 of Extreme Sampling:

Carton Weight: Having UPS deliver five 40 pound cartons to your office is one thing. But can the person in your office who is in charge of getting those cartons to the event – lift 40 pound boxes? We often under-pack cartons for our clients based on how much weight THEY want to lift.

Effects of Heat/Cold: Can it melt or freeze? Do you need to keep something cool or warm at the event prior to distribution? And for how long? Our chocolate vendor ships with ice packs to prevent melting in transit. But if the chocolate is not stored correctly once you get it, well, you’re flushing your underwear down the toilet. Will those snow globes freeze and break? Will the deodorant in the personal care packs liquefy in the heat?

Time/Timing: Your logo glowing at a night event on a t-shirt, tattoo or hat will look really cool. But, if you’re placing your bets on a solar-powered, glow-in-the-dark item, make sure your event has daylight hours built in so the product has a time to charge up.

Fulfillment: If you are going to have a fulfillment center do anything with a product …make sure you give them samples to test before you place an order.

Rules & Regulations: If you’re distributing your item at a conference, will the item be accepted by the airlines in checked or carry on luggage? If you’re mailing your item, does it conform to postal or other delivery rules and regs? Some stadiums have rules banning noise makers. Some fairgrounds have rules banning balloons. Contrary to the creative thought process, when you stand to loose money or worse, your job – it’s better to ask for permission than to beg for forgiveness.

I’d share more but I just spotted Junior headed out back with a lawn chair, balloons and my helium tank. I’m sure the word ‘”tether” isn’t something he’s thought of … yet.

Michael Crooks owns Crooks Advertising Alliance a creative strike-force specializing in creative problem-solving. For more insight into Extreme Sampling please read, “Extreme Sampling: Oversights That Can Doom Your Promotion” at http://www.crooksadvertising.com

Indeed, it goes without saying that anything government does, well, it does not do well. Every major bubble burst in our economy always occurs due to inept government intervention, bad regulatory policy, bad tax policy incentives and/or lobbyist favors for one company over another. The list of mistakes made by politicians taxes our government are just too numerous to mention.

Presently, we are in a bit of hurt due to the subprime lending calamity, which sunk the overheated housing market. Now we hear politicians telling us that we can bail out our economy by investing in alternative energies, green technologies and environmental innovations. Interesting indeed, sure it makes sense leverage such technologies, the only problem is when government gets involved and pushes too hard. Next, they will start unbalancing the free-market playing field and diverting monies to these sectors.

As soon as they do entrepreneurs, corporations, vulture capitalists, investment banks and the like will start lining up to get some of this money flow. Since, the money flow will be so prevalent there will be no reason to go and create a new start-up that is actually viable, might ever earn a tax or even or even offer a reasonable ROI on energy savings for the buyers of the products or services. You see folks this is EXACTLY how the government creates bubbles in the tax mistakes rather than letting the free-market do what it does best.

The free-markets deliver everything you buy, sell or trade and they do it with efficiency. Why, because there is a profit motive to do so. If the government creates free-give-aways or offers tax incentives for one company over another, or one method or product over another; they favored method will become inefficient, that’s just a given.

Politicians need to stop steering investment dollars into green industries, rather the consumer should be allowed to choose which makes the most sense for them, this way the most efficient products and services will be the ones which help us into energy independence. Dear Citizen, the green tech sector is the next Bubble, it should be obvious. If you are enjoying things like the telecoms crash, DotCom bust, or the real estate and banking crisis fine, but if you are getting tired of this nonsense, why not look outside and observe what is really going on here?

There is no reason to keep repeating these ‘boom and bust cycles’ and sector rotations in our economy, no reason at all. Think on this.

“Lance Winslow” – Lance Winslow’s Bio. If you have innovative thoughts and unique perspectives, come think with Lance; http://www.WorldThinkTank.net/.

Nominated for 30 Emmys, including seven for Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series, Star Trek: Voyager continues the rich tradition of the original 1960s Star Trek franchise. Created by former L.A. police officer Gene Roddenberry, the Star Trek TV series morphed into a franchise famous for the unprecedented fanatical devotion of its fan base. Lasting only three seasons during its original network run, Star Trek struck gold with its syndicated reruns, launching a number of motion pictures featuring the original cast as well as novels, comic books, collectibles, and reams of Star Trek-related memorabilia. The third spin-off from the original Star Trek series, Star Trek: Voyager premiered in January 1995 to modest critical acclaim, but experienced great success with television viewers, slowly increasing its ratings as the series progressed. Following on the heels of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993), the series precedes Star Trek: Enterprise (2001) while boasting an all-star cast that includes veteran actress Kate Mulgrew (whose past TV appearances include such shows as Dallas, Cheers, and Murphy Brown). Yet instead of pursuing the classic Star Trek mission to “boldly go where no one has gone before,” Star Trek: Voyager is more about going where the crew has been before…

Star Trek: Voyager follows the exploits of the crew aboard the starship USS Voyager. As the series begins, the Voyager is on a Federation mission to capture a rogue ship of Maquis rebels (a race first introduced in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine). While in pursuit of the Maquis, the Voyager enters a system known as the badlands, and both ships are instantaneously transported to the Delta Quadrant over seventy-thousand light years away on the outskirts of the galaxy. Soon, both the Maquis and the crew of Voyager learn they were brought to Delta Quadrant by the Caretaker, a mysterious force overseeing the safety of the Ocampan race who live in the shadow on an impending threat from the vicious Kazon. When the Kazon destroy the Maquis ship, the Voyager crew merges with the Maquis crew to defend themselves from the Kazon. Having destroyed the device which could bring them home, the crew of the Voyager – led by Capt. Kathryn Janeway (Kate Mulgrew), and the crew of the Maquis ship – led by Commander Chakotay (Robert Beltran), must work as a united front in order to meet their mutual goal of finding a way home…

The Star Trek: Voyager (Season 5) DVD features a number of exciting episodes including the season premiere “Night” in which Capt. Janeway makes the decision to use the Voyager to aid one of its enemies while she reflects on the consequences of the various decisions she’s made in the four years that Voyager has been trapped in the Delta Quadrant… Other notable episodes from Season 5 include “Nothing Human” in which B’Elanna becomes violently ill when an alien seizes control of her nervous system, and “Think Tank” in which the Voyager is ambushed by an alien race but given a solution to the attack when an alien “think tank” comes to its rescue…

Below is a list of episodes included on the Star Trek: Voyager (Season 5) DVD:

Episode 95 (Night) Air Date: 10-14-1998

Episode 96 (Drone) Air Date: 10-21-1998

Episode 97 (Extreme Risk) Air Date: 10-28-1998

Episode 98 (In the Flesh) Air Date: 11-04-1998

Episode 99 (Once Upon a Time) Air Date: 11-11-1998

Episode 100 (Timeless) Air Date: 11-18-1998

Episode 101 (Infinite Regress) Air Date: 11-25-1998

Episode 102 (Nothing Human) Air Date: 12-02-1998

Episode 103 (Thirty Days) Air Date: 12-09-1998

Episode 104 (Counterpoint) Air Date: 12-16-1998

Episode 105 (Latent Image) Air Date: 01-20-1999

Episode 106 (Bride of Chaotica!) Air Date: 01-27-1999

Episode 107 (Gravity) Air Date: 02-03-1999

Episode 108 (Bliss) Air Date: 02-10-1999

Episode 109 (Dark Frontier: Part 1) Air Date: 02-17-1999

Episode 110 (Dark Frontier: Part 2) Air Date: 02-17-1999

Episode 111 (The Disease) Air Date: 02-24-1999

Episode 112 (Course: Oblivion) Air Date: 03-03-1999

Episode 113 (The Fight) Air Date: 03-24-1999

Episode 114 (Think Tank) Air Date: 03-31-1999

Episode 115 (Juggernaut) Air Date: 04-26-1999

Episode 116 (Someone to Watch Over Me) Air Date: 04-28-1999

Episode 117 (11:59) Air Date: 05-05-1999

Episode 118 (Relativity) Air Date: 05-12-1999

Episode 119 (Warhead) Air Date: 05-19-1999

Episode 120 (Equinox: Part 1) Air Date: 05-26-1999

About the Author

Britt Gillette is author of The DVD Report, a movie review site where you can find more reviews like this one of the Star Trek: Voyager (Season 5) DVD Review.

“A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned.” – Benjamin Franklin

I used to believe that this quote was about putting money into a savings account or other savings method so that my hard earned cash would earn interest. I agree with the principle of saving money in the traditional sense and work diligently to conserve for various future uses. Maybe that is just what Ben was trying to communicate to the people of the 1790s. However, in today’s consumer-driven society and with recent trends in the economy and the rising cost of food and gas I have gained a new understanding of this clever quotation.

I have discovered that I save money every time I do not spend it. This may sound obvious, but every time I go to the store, I have begun to think carefully about what I put in my cart. By making a menu plan and a grocery list for a minimum of one week, I reduce my trips to the store. If I can walk out of there with just a few less items, I may have just saved $10. I read somewhere that shoppers spend an average of $10 on unanticipated purchases each time they visit a store. If you stop at the grocery store 3 or 4 times a week, you may be spending an additional $30 or $40 a week. That is about $120 to $160 extra every month. If you do not believe me, take a look at your pantry and/or deep freeze. If it looks like you could feed an army for a month, then maybe you could benefit by making fewer trips to the store. By planning ahead for my daily errands, I can put everything I need by the door. On my way out, I will remember to get the library books for the library, a package to mail at the post office, and a bagged lunch so I can pick up Clark at preschool before we end up hungry and turning to fast food to satisfy our grumbly tummies. If I can make one less trip to town in a day, that may be worth $3 to $5 in gas savings. That is like money in the bank!

My interpretation of this well-known quote has helped me save money and resources so that I can do my part to provide the necessities for my family in these times of increasing prices.

Jennifer Tankersley is the creator ListPlanIt.com where you can find over 300 lists and planning pages including cleaning schedules, daily to do lists, grocery lists, and holiday/party planning to put your world in order and also of List Mama Blog: Lists of Lists for List-Lovin’ Mamas.

Solar technology for space is getting better and better every year and the solar cells are getting more powerful and cheaper to make. Some recent breakthroughs with different types of materials have shown the efficiency increases of up to 10 times what the solar cells of a decade or so ago could do. This is incredible and these technologies right now are being tested in space in places like the International Space Station and on satellites.

The future of our colonies in space, whether on the moon or Mars or floating around in geo-sync above the earth will take full advantage of the rapidly increasing solar technologies. Thanks to the solar initiatives and alternative energy initiatives of the United States Government we are seeing money funneled to excellent research and development projects in the solar power industry. This is helping the advancement in solar technologies and discoveries immensely.

As our sun burns bright we may as well soak up as much of that free energy as we can. Our Sun is said to be good for another 5.5 to 13 billion years and that will be a lot of solar energy won’t it; it seems silly to waste the energy that is all around us every day or let it escape our future colonies or space habitats. Perhaps you will consider this in 2006.

“Lance Winslow” – Online Think Tank forum board. If you have innovative thoughts and unique perspectives, come think with Lance; http://www.WorldThinkTank.net/. Lance is a guest writer for Our Spokane Magazine in Spokane, Washington

Operating in 450 cities, 23-states and 4-countries is hard enough without the over regulation thrust upon public companies and private franchise organizations. Indeed, that is what I had done over a decade or more of franchising. Imagine that the Federal or State Regulators require that your company is to be audited each year and then all that money must be transparent and made available to the public? Some regulatory agencies even take this information and post it online on government websites.

Well, it does not take a rocket scientist to understand that your foreign competitors will be reviewing all this information as well, after all wouldn’t you if their full-accounting and audit information was online for all to see? Unfortunately, the government regulatory agencies of the US require these sorts of things, but your foreign competitor’s governments do not require this. Why? Well, foreign governments know that such information will be abused by their foreign competitors, which will take advantage of it.

Interesting isn’t it, especially considering that even countries like Mexico state in their regulatory compliance laws that they realize that information that could be taken advantage of by competitors does not need to be disclosed. Due to the onerous nature of financial audits thanks to Sarbanes/Oxley US entrepreneurs are subject to all sorts of rules and regulations which hurt their competitiveness and give an advantage to foreign companies competing in their industry sub-sectors.

One of the best things a US Based Entrepreneur can do is to form a separate entity for the sole purpose of doing business overseas and in neighboring nations. JP Morgan once said; “know a lot, say little.” This is just such an instance where businessmen and women in the US wishing to expand outside our borders ought to take heed of that warning. Entrepreneurs must be weary of Foreign Competitors and be oh so careful to prevent Regulated Disclosure Document Disasters. Think on this.

“Lance Winslow” – Lance Winslow’s Bio. If you have innovative thoughts and unique perspectives, come think with Lance; http://www.WorldThinkTank.net/.

Indeed, tax mistakes goes without taxes that anything government does, well, it does not do well. Every major bubble burst in our economy always occurs due to inept government intervention, bad regulatory policy, bad tax policy incentives and/or lobbyist favors tax one company over another. The list of mistakes made by politicians and our government are just too numerous to mention.

Presently, we are in a bit of hurt due to the subprime lending calamity, which sunk the overheated housing market. Now we hear politicians telling us that we can bail out our economy by investing in alternative energies, green technologies and environmental innovations. Interesting indeed, sure it makes sense leverage such technologies, the only problem is when government gets involved and pushes too hard. Next, they will start unbalancing the free-market playing field and diverting monies to these sectors.

As soon as they do entrepreneurs, corporations, vulture capitalists, investment banks and the like will start lining up to get some of this money flow. Since, the money flow will be so prevalent there will be no reason to go and create a new start-up that is actually viable, might ever earn a profit or even or even offer a reasonable ROI on energy savings for the buyers of the products or services. You see folks this is EXACTLY how the government creates bubbles in the marketplace, rather than letting the free-market do what it does best.

The free-markets deliver everything you buy, sell or trade and they do it with efficiency. Why, because there is a profit motive to do so. If the government creates free-give-aways or offers tax incentives for one company over another, or one method or product over another; they favored method will become inefficient, that’s just a given.

Politicians need to stop steering investment dollars into green industries, rather the consumer should be allowed to choose which makes the most sense for them, this way the most efficient products and services will be the ones which help us into energy independence. Dear Citizen, the green tech sector is the next Bubble, it should be obvious. If you are enjoying things like the telecoms crash, DotCom bust, or the real estate and banking crisis fine, but if you are getting tired of this nonsense, why not look outside and observe what is really going on here?

There is no reason to keep repeating these ‘boom and bust cycles’ and sector rotations in our economy, no reason at all. Think on this.

“Lance Winslow” – Lance Winslow’s Bio. If you have innovative thoughts and unique perspectives, come think with Lance; http://www.WorldThinkTank.net/.

A while back I decided to build a hydrogen generator to help save money on my fuel bill. My ex-husband had built one and installed it on his car and was saving a ton of money. His fuel mileage had doubled!

So I asked him how he did it and he said he had ordered a set of plans on line that taught him how to build a hydrogen generator that allowed him to run his car on water. Actually, the water supplements the fuel he already has in the tank but allows that fuel to burn more efficiently. He said there were two models available but I should choose the one easier to build and that although it was not quite s efficient, it would still cut my gas bill by at least 25%.

That sounded pretty good to me and since he was not prepared to help me build the more complicated model, I went a head and got the easier version.

When you are trying to create hydrogen to burn in your vehicle, you are actually creating what is known as Brown’s gas. It isn’t pure hydrogen but rather two hydrogen atom bonded together in the presence of the oxygen molecule you pulled apart from it.

This is done by electrolysis and can be easily replicated and built with common parts and tools. I built mine in one weekend and installed it with no problems at all. My ex did let me see the plans for the more complicated model and I must admit, I probably could not have built it myself although I was tempted to try because it produced better results and was half the price.

The parts had to be ordered from the Internet and the assembly was pretty tricky so I opted for the basic model, which I suggest everyone do to get into this technology and not get discouraged.

I’m pretty happy with the one I built and my car runs a lot better and I am saving a lot of money. I will be trying the other plan as I want to save even more money but I need to get a little more confident in my manufacturing skills.

I’m going to be building a few hydrogen generators for my friends and like they say, practice makes perfect.

If you want to save money on your fuel bill and make your car run cooler, smoother and more efficiently, I recommend you build and install your own hydrogen generator. You will be so glad you did!

Want to build one yourself? I have a guide at my website that will show you, step by step how to make this hydrogen generator. It’s freakin awesome and the government can’t do anything about it! Got to http://MylaMadson.com/hybrid

Lobster hunting is becoming a favorite pastimes for many divers. These tasty crustaceans, also known as bugs to divers, are delicious. But in order to capture a lobster you must first find them. Lobsters need places to hide from other predators so prefer corral reefs, rocky area, old shipwrecks and man made areas where there are plenty of holes to hide in.

Lobsters are nocturnal feeders and they rarely venture far from their hole during the daylight hours. You will find them sitting on there front porch of there chosen home with just there antennae sticking and there back end inside the hole. Then threatened they will simply scoot back into there homes and then push down with there legs and brace there backs against the surface of the hole. This defensive action, also known as locking-up, makes it very difficult to pry the little buggers out.

While I have heard of people snorkeling or free diving during the day, most lobster hunting is done at night with scuba tanks. Hunting for these elusive crustaceans in their natural environment has become a sport and after you have a little experience under your belt you may want to enter some of the contests available to the hunters. Prizes are given for the first lobster found, the largest one, the most found and anything else the promoter of the event can think of.

The first thing the new treasure hunter will need to accomplish is to become scuba certified. Follow the PADI rules set down for scuba divers and please use common sense. The PADI rules state that you always surface with 500 psi of air left in your tanks. It does NOT say surface with 500 psi of air left in your tanks unless you are lobster hunting.

The most common PADI rule violated is to always dive with a buddy. You may start with a buddy in the water but when both of you are chasing after a fast moving lobster you will become quickly separated and very rarely will two divers make the effort needed to find each other again.

Gloves.

Next you will need a pair of good quality gloves. The claws of the lobsters are a great defense and if the bug should get a hold of you with them they can cut right through the cheep gloves and can give you a nasty cut. It has been said that the larger lobsters can crush a coke bottle with his claws and they bite as well. Not all lobsters have claws, such as the spinney lobster, but they make up for them with the spines on the underside of the tail, hence the name. Another hazard of night hunting is digging broken sea urchin spines out of your hands when you do not have a pair of good quality of gloves.

Underwater Light.

The more powerful the better. The wider the beam of light the easer to spot the bugs wandering around. Do not shine the light directly at the lobster until you are ready to make your final darting run at him. The light will blind him for a second or so just like a dear in automobile headlights. When he freezes you may just have enough extra time to make the capture.

The capture.

If the lobster is out in the open, do not try to grab them, just pin them to the bottom of ocean floor with your hand. Watch out for sea urchins, this is why most night divers will be digging sea urchin spines out of there hands after the dive is over.

If you discover a lobster sitting oh his home porch grab him by his head just below the antennae. If you grab him by the antennae they will just break off. Once the capture has been made point his tail at your capture bag and just let go. He will swim tail first right into the bag.

If you have missed your first grasp at him all is not Cnn He will wedge himself into his crevice with the locking up maneuver. Grab him by the head and give him a good shake. If you are able to throw Cnn his equilibrium he slide right out.

Size Limit

All divers are required to have a lobster gage with them at all times. It is used to determine if your catch is of legal size limit. If you do not have a gage with you the Coast Guard will give you a heavy fine.

Happy Treasure Hunting.

David Cowley has created numerous articles on Treasure Hunting. He has also created a Web Site dedicated to Treasure Hunting. Visit Treasure Hunting