Where do you put your pencil?

[Mike126]

I have a guage console that has a small slate on the back. I've always mounted my pencil on a teather and wither let it hang loose (which I don't like) or rubber band it to the console. I'm looking for other ideas that people use to mount/store their slate pencil.
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<DIV>Thanks, Mike</DIV>

[cummings66]

Mine is banded to theslate itself.

[TAH 73]

What about a small piece of velcro on the pencil/console ?
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[CompuDude]

Velcro won't necessarily hold well once it gets wet, and the glue of the velcro itself may not hold, either. Most people I see have a length of surgical tubing attached to the slate, which you stick the non-pointy end of the pencil into and seems to hold pretty well.

Mine tucks into my wetnotes, but for a regular slate, the rubberband idea is probably best.

[MEL-DC Diver]

Put it in the pencil holder on the desk, where it belongs! Make funny faces and use excitable hand gestures to get your point across under water. Couldn't be easier.
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[jacewindu]

or just take the reg out and try yelling... my personal fave

[cummings66]

Originally Posted by MEL-DC Diver

Put it in the pencil holder on the desk, where it belongs! Make funny faces and use excitable hand gestures to get your point across under water. Couldn't be easier.

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<DIV>You must be the guy I thought was having a heart attack due to all the wild gesturing</DIV>
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<DIV>I've only used mine to show a search pattern I wanted to perform and the depths we're going to be at. Most stuff I seem to get otherwise and if I don't I nod knowingly</DIV>
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<DIV>Just kidding folks.</DIV>

[Mike126]

Ok maybe I'm a nerd... I use a pencil to write down mystart times, temps, etc. I'm still in the world of analog gauges! And, I have a short term memory problem....

[MEL-DC Diver]

Originally Posted by Mike126

Ok maybe I'm a nerd... I use a pencil to write down mystart times, temps, etc. I'm still in the world of analog gauges! And, I have a short term memory problem....

Serious Question - After doing all that stuff, is there any air left in your tank?[img]smileys/smiley17.gif[/img]

[cummings66]

I used to do all of that before I got my VT3. In my opinion the best reason for owning an AI dive computer is it will keep track of all of that stuff freeing me to enjoy the dive.
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<DIV>I hated keeping track of multiple dives the old way, by the time I got home with the rats nest of paper I couldn't remember what went where.</DIV>