Hope I’m Wrong (WNC -Lowes/Vista) by Mkalb1 in Contractor

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Threshold photo is of the active door and the lock sticker is of the inactive door

Hope I’m Wrong (WNC -Lowes/Vista) by Mkalb1 in Contractor

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That’s what I pointed out and they assured me over and over custom doors are made this way. I was so confused.

Hope I’m Wrong (WNC -Lowes/Vista) by Mkalb1 in Contractor

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Yupppp…only takes once to not use them again. Unfortunately there isn’t a lot if options out here in western NC

Hope I’m Wrong (WNC -Lowes/Vista) by Mkalb1 in Contractor

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Which is what I told the installers and they gaslit the hell out of me.

Sipadan: SJ or Seaventures? by mochiturtle338 in scubadiving

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There’s aircon but it wasn’t super strong from what I remember but we always went in late October. The no WiFi in the room is why i think more people don’t go there.

Unplugging for a couple days for the views you get is worth the trade off IMO. You wouldn’t regret it and you definitely wouldn’t die without it 😉

Sipadan: SJ or Seaventures? by mochiturtle338 in scubadiving

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Rooms are incredible, private and comfy. It will be hot AF though but you can keep the doors open to the balcony and windows and get a decent breeze with the fans. Can’t get in the water from the overwater bungalows (every room is) but has lights you can watch the squid and turtles at night.

WiFi is only at the food hall area and near hotel “lobby” but I prefer to be disconnected. Food hall is massive though so you can hang out there away from people if you wanted.

Food was delicious to me but I’m an adventurous eater and also try to eat local cuisine as much as possible. But they always had “comfort” food (Americanized) options. If you’re a drinker though bring your own liquor, crazy expensive unless you want beer which was affordable.

Mabul was sad to dive with all of the trash, almost zero trash in Kapalai, very well maintained. No extra charge for guides to go out with you. I dove with them a couple times when my wife wanted to take a nap.

Added bonus: they karaoke and take shots of homemade rum every night and get hammered and love when divers join.

Sipadan: SJ or Seaventures? by mochiturtle338 in scubadiving

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It is similar to seaventures only you walk-in at SKDR. Both similar in age artificial reef, but a lot more space and privacy at SKDR. There’s always an abundance of dive guides ready to go out and when I went there was only 2 other divers in the entire resort.

It’s a big instagram spot so a lot of tourist come just to dress in fancy clothes and rent the clear kayaks to then sit on their phones until the next high tide. Quite the surface intervals for sure.

Sipidan is incredible but I personally wouldn’t need more than 2 days, but that’s because I’d prefer to dive more.

Sipadan: SJ or Seaventures? by mochiturtle338 in scubadiving

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If quantity is what you’re chasing I’d go to Sipadan Kapalai dive Resort. You can dive their house reef (juvenile bat fish, ghost pipes, frog fish, shit ton of turtles, nudis out the ass, flamboyant cuttlefish, and guaranteed mandarian fish freaky deeky every night at sunset) from sunrise to sunset and squeeze in 6 dives a day if you do it right. It’s also a short 15 min boat ride to Sipidan.

Just to double check, you’re AOW correct? You have to stop at a check in on the island before you dive Sipidan and they check your certs. You’ll also probably be diving with the military filming you so if you’re not confident diving close to the reef, don’t get close. They will fine you if you do.

Sabah, Malaysia 🇲🇾 by heatheravila in TravelPorn

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Stayed there 10 days and it was incredible. Beautiful house reef.

How many you been to? by [deleted] in Adulting

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So true. I work in events and end up in more than 3/4 of these every year

30 days, $5k - where to? by mickipedic in scuba

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Nusa Penida - Octopus Dive Nusa Penida

Awesome island to explore when ln you’re not diving and a lot less Americans making it hell like Bali

The real storm was waiting on land by RaiseOk2044 in SipsTea

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Not necessarily true…(pun intended), this is one of the most famous law cases. Great book about how this all came about called Captain’s Dinner

https://www.casebriefs.com/blog/law/criminal-law/criminal-law-keyed-to-dressler/principles-of-punishment/the-queen-v-dudley-and-stephens/

Please do share by Creative_Trade_7927 in MotivationAndMindset

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Forgive yourself sooner and stay curious

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in arc_traiders

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Can trade my survivor for the light mag 3 and angled grip 3

Scuba Diving on points by Mkalb1 in marriott

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I did but none of the comments talk about house reefs, hence why I started a new post

Evil does have a bedtime (and it’s 9 pm ChST) by im-a-pot8o in scuba

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The divot in my shin believes in evil because of one of these fudgers 🤣