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Lyle, two problems here" one is the usual respose to "hey stupid" , and the other is IANTD markings are complete nonsense, and what is being taught out there. If this "standard" were not so fuzzy and ridiculous, and if Tom did not spend so much time doing anything and everything but what the pros do, maybe we could get a little peer pressure going for doing it right instead of doing it like a complete stroke. The fact is that Tom and his gang will be watching videos of us diving - virtual diving - if they do not soon get the message. Jammer Six wrote: > > > Bottle marking isn't one of them? Of course it is. > > Of course it is. Hang him for that. > > But THESE bottles weren't marked by IANTD standards. > > IANTD had nothing to do with this incident according to Tom Mount and Bill > Mee. > > An improperly marked bottle is not automatically an IANTD bottle. > > I don't dispute that improper markings may have been what caused this > fatality, I leave it to wiser heads than mine to determine that. > > What I object to is going after Tom on this case, when we have so many, > higher quality charges to level at him. > > So hang him for marking bottles improperly, hang him for teaching improper > marking techniques, but don't hang him for THIS bottle, or THIS accident. > > Besides, if we hang Tom for this one, we might let the real culprit (TDI, > PADI, the buddy, whoever) off the hook. Let's go hang HIM. > > This one isn't on Tom, and I haven't seen anything that suggests it is, > while I've seen several posts, some from WKPP, that point out it's NOT on > Tom, or IANTD. > > You guys are worse than a bunch of drunken cowboys with ropes and torches... > > -- > "C'mon, you sons of bitches, you want to live forever?" > -First Sergeant Dan Daly
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