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Hi LL I'm sure the guys are very helpful to you, I do not think I have ever been on a dive that there was not at least one or two men willing to help the females. It is just the way it seems to happen. have a nice day At 09:34 AM 4/9/03 -0400, ALobster@ao*.co* wrote: >After sitting on my hands for several days to prevent a keyboard meltdown, >this morning I finally gave up and decided to post some comments regarding >my experiences of diving with Mike and Joe and AUE. >First Regarding years of experience and dives:Let me see now, I have been >diving for 27 years, by my calculation that makes Mike Barnette either 3 >or 4 years old when I started. I'm sorry Joe, I think you were a bit >older but not by much :-). In the past couple of years that I have been >diving with these guys, and in fact any of the guys in AUE, I have learned >more about real diving than I probably learned in the previous 25. I have >never received anything but support good advice and encouragement. They >have frequently gone far out their way to help out, for example the times >when Mike R. let me tag along with his class dives because I didn't have a >buddy. Or the hours spent at Ginnie helping me prepare for my Cave 2 >class. I would take advice from either Mike or Joe any time any day, I >have never even bothered to ask them what is their deepest dive because >it's not relevant. Having a safe attitude and a bit of common sense are >the most important factors. >Regarding perfect dives & cover up's:Thank goodness that I don't dive with >a group that decides it's a good idea to focus on the mistakes that their >dive buddy makes, or blame any mishaps on the other person. Mistakes are >made by everyone, they are discussed and we all learn from them, there's >no need to publicly disparage anyone about it in a dive report. > Once when diving the Hydro, the hook went into a deep hole in the > wreck, Mike went in and spent several minutes picking all the fishing > line off it and bringing it out. When we reached the railing, he passed > it off to me and I immediately dropped it back down in the the next door > cargo hold! he fixed it again and we left the wreck, can you imagine how > stupid I felt? After the dive the response I got was the comment "hey > shit happens sometimes", and then "but did you see how I fixed it, it > works better if you do it this way"... I certainly didn't see him get > frustrated and knock his own mask off, and I didn't read about it on the > internet either!!! > I thought dive reports were supposed to be informative and entertaining > for the reader, not to catalogue everything that wasn't 100%. > Along the same lines, it is very funny how when you respect an > individual's right not to publicly discuss their injuries without their > permission, you are suddenly the perpetrator of a cover up? > Well I am sure that by now you will be thinking about calling me a > brown nose or some such rubbish, but I prefer to think of it as being > smart enough to find safe dive buddies who know what they are doing, and > friends that trust each other with their lives. > Mike and Joe sincerely believe you are dangerous to the diving public > at large, and in particlular the guys who are just starting out and are > not wised up to your antics. Neither of them would go after you > otherwise. If you want to get them off your case then I suggest you > review your public behaviour. >LL >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. "You can't learn to dive on the net, sooner or later you have to get in the water" Your Guide to Great Wreck Diving along the East Coast & more Web Site http://www.capt-jt.com/ Email captjt@mi*.co* -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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