To be fair, they refilled my shiny new one until it needed to be recertified. Then they swapped it. I was taken aback at first, but who really cares what the tank looks like? All I need it for is the gas.
Yeah, I always exchange mine. No worries about testing that way.
I was always really proud of my shiny scuba tanks, but it seemed that it made me look like a newbie. One of my friends said he always rolled his new tanks around on the driveway to make them look more used.
Sounds a lot like concert T’s. I have shirts that are 4 or 5 years old and I never wear.
I’d like to have the $$ I spent on concert Ts over the years. Probably put me in a Sabco, easily.
Shoot. I’ve still got some of those. I have an old Metallic shirt from the Ride the Lightning tour. Doesn’t fit me, but my wife wears it now and then. And she looks bad-ass. That shirt is ancient.
Somewhere, I’ve got Kink’s tour jerseys from the 1980s. Maybe a Pink Floyd shirt from the late '80s, too.
Correction - I have shirts that are 4-5 years old that I have never even worn. It’s just too soon. I have one from 2004 that is still perfectly black. Need to do something about that.
And back to the thread - I am a big advocate of exchanging tanks. Takes only a few minutes, and I will rarely need to deal with a hydro test. The Airgas where I get my exchanges always gives me a tank with same or newer date.
I’ve still got most of the cool ones, discarded the (in hindsight) not so cool ones ;) . Saw the Ride the Lightning tour myself, in a place with maybe 500 people. Got one from The Clash, Ramones, Replacements, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, many others. And a drawer full of Grateful Dead shirts. Now there’s some variety for you. Lost count of how many great shows I’ve seen. A few hundred.
Saw the Replacements several times. Those shirts were like cheese cloth, though. I doubt they survived the massive amount of wear they got in high school.
Concert shirts are cheaper than buying them online, I think. Most of mine around in the $15-20 range, where as online, you pay $20+ and then shipping. I only buy my band shirts at shows. It’s great when someone says, “Hey! Nice shirt!” I can tell them I got it at the show.
You guys are lucky to have seen the Ride the Lightning tour, that rules. I was only about a year old when that album came out and it’s probably Metallica’s best album, followed closely by Master of Puppets.
I must admit. I stole that shirt from my brother. But he’s not getting it back.
Does he even know you have it?
Think I’ll listen to Ride the Lightning now…been a few months.