Can anyone in Europe or England get one of these for me?
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Gentlemen:
These cost 39.99 Euros, according to their web page, but the U.S. importers want up to $199.00 for them. If my math is right, the 39.99 Euros is about $43.50 USD.
Even with shipping, the cost would be way less expensive if a good soul could find a blue one in L/XL for me.
Here’s their website: http://www.tribord.co.uk/content/easybreath-snorkeling-mask
A $100 markup is too greedy for me, and I’ll do without before I get gouged that bad! Contact me if you can help.
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He’ll have a glow that’s for sure
I still say your secretly planning a amphibious assault on your bitch neighbors chicken coup.
I must suggest buying a black wet suit. Between your orange, red, pink transparent transsexual speedos and your pasty skin tone, even in the darkness of night someone will spot you!
Dearest, Kindly Uncle Hoot, If only it were true. She who must be obeyed has been a royal nurse Kratchit for over forty long, long years. Life would have been much easier. I simple wanted Zonk to know that if he was looking for a Thong, I have several of your sisters gently used Thongs. She has gone Commando!!
Just let me know,Zonk, I’am here to help.
Regards
LarryW 😎
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Bend over Zonk….I do believe Larry’s in love with you!!!!
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Dear Zonk,
Please be more, specific, THE MASK, THE THONG OR THE BONE????
It seems there are many here, willing and able to help you fulfill your wish!! TAG members are here to help!!!!
Regards
LarryW 😉
I bet when Ville sees you in that thong of a swim suit he’ll have a bone for sure. Let me know how it works I want one also.
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Dear Frogman…
You don’t need to purge the snorkel as it has a floating valve stopper at the end. The tube should remain free of excessive water for most normal horizontal surface swimming, and vertical descent/ascent snorkeling.
As a former scuba instructor (N.A.U.I.) I never had luck with spit. Even with the heavy duty fog prevention salves, soaps, and silicone based greases, my mask would inevitably fog up over time. A nose clip would have solved the problem but was uncomfortable. I never could control the ability to completely close off my nostrils when breathing under water. I wonder if it was because I was raised as a Catholic???
Snorkeling is a bit different. It’s quite difficult to clear the mask by flooding it and blowing the water out when you are not using a tank. If you don’t get all the water out with one breath, you end up ripping the mask off to get more air, all the while flopping around at the surface like a ruptured seal.
HOWEVER, My friend Merou has obtained this mask for me from a sporting goods store in France. Therefore I shall be able to test it in the lake soon. Possibly right after my Leyla arrives!!! And, I shall do so in my International Distress Orange, semi-transparent, man-kini (which I special ordered from a LGBT web page so I could offend my nosy, ever-watching, bitch neighbor) …pictures to follow.
Kindly ‘Ol Uncle Hoot:
Interesting mask design. I have a full face pesticide respirator that uses the same principle. It’s important to have a couple extra valves on hand, My guess is the functionality depends on some small rubber/silicone disks which control air flow. Instead of European replacement disks, which will likely be 94 Euros, you might pick up the ones made by 3M and see if those fit or can be trimmed to fit.
The spitting-in-the-mask>rinse technique works pretty well for preventing fog-up. I use an anti fog compound made by Aqua Sphere.
Used to do a lot of snorkeling for lobster and fun. One question about that mask design: is it easy to dive, say 10-15 feet, return to the surface and blow-out/purge the snorkel? With those little disks controlling air flow, I wonder if they can remain in place with sudden, strong exhales.
Another issue common with full-face respirator systems is beards-they can ruin the seal. You might need a fresh shave to keep water out because you’re no longer sealing just the area around your eyes.
Let me know mate… Im in France as much as England .. Its no problem fella..
Thanks Gooner I’ll keep that in mind. I do want one for sure and probably two, one for the wife.
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Dear Goober….
My heart bleeds for you guys in jolly old England. Now you know why the United States had to part company on such bad terms with Britain. Your tea taxes were outrageous, and even back then shipping was too high for what we got. George Washington was said to so be angered by the shipping and taxes on tea…he said: “A Pound for a pound??? That’s horseshit! Pure horseshit I tell you.” and then promptly fell off his horse, landing face down in a hot steaming pile of fresh horseshit! He was then so enraged, THAT was what started the war for independence, not that Boston Tea Party thing. Now, that may just be urban legend…I don’t know. I was far too young in those days to understand what was going on.
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Outfitter Country charged me $47 to ship me 4x .25 Marauder mags to the UK… The mags only came to $50..!!!
I was then charged $100 to ship 2 Coleman camping ovens to the Uk.. They were only $30 each.. Then i got caned £40 import tax before they would deliver them in the uk to me.. Those £20 ovens ended being £73 each..!!
i regulary post stuff to the states… Its nowhere that feckin expensive..!!!
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You have to be careful with the price. On the Ebay.uk it varies from the MSRP of 39E to 69E, plus 19E shipping. That’s a LOT of difference in price. I don’t believe it costs $20 to mail a small package to the U.S.
Perhaps I am wrong…I was wrong once before, on June 17, 1967, at 11:00 am, by failing to get a pre-nuptial agreement on sex, and handling of money. Youngsters take note!!!
Anyway…I have friends in low places looking into this matter for me. At least I can get the mask at the regular retail price and honest shipping.
Kindly ‘Ol Uncle Hoot:
PS: Does the “E” in Euro go before or after the number? I was never good at math. I’m dead on until I get to “21”, then I run out of options.
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GOOBER!?!?????
You are fatter than I imagined from your typing….
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