New Dive Shop in Town

[eric myers 2]

Who cares about Nitrox stickers anyways!

If you have one...fine
If you don't have one...fine
If you want one...fine
If you don't want one...fine

I had an large OMS sticker, a Nitrox Sticker, and an American flag sticker on a tank that I have on loan from my father. I recently painted this tank, for rust proofing purposes. In preparation I removed them all.

The American flag sticker was pretty beat up and I felt it would be pretty unpatriotic to leave it there so I removed it in accordance with section 8k of the United States of America flag code which recommends I burn it. So I did just that. I burned it in the company of both a VFW president and a Head Elks Lodge member (note the dual coverage) and I gave a small donation to each as recommended, but not required, by the code.

When I finished painting it, and it really came out good, the tank looked so bare and lonely.  My thought was "hey this tank has been through a lot and it always had an American flag sticker on it, who am I to deprive this tank of its dignity now by striping it of its previous honor as keeper of old glory." 

So I went to Walmart and looked through their 50% 4th of July decorations but could find no such sticker. I gave it about a good 90 second box pattern search then switched to a jackstay but to no avail!  I did however find quite the plethora of buntings, which I considered for a moment but then I decided it would cause to much drag to be tied to my tank. I found no sticker. So I just gave up! Anyways, I got my cheap milk and pop and went home.

When I got home all I could do was sit down and cry...and the milk went bad!

-Eric Myers