The writing on my "contents label" (duct tape) is 2 inches tall.  Extremely
easy to read UW.  How big can you write on an IANTD label?  Last time I saw
one, it looked like you could _maybe_ use half inch numerals if you went
outside the lines......

Nanci



At 09:15 AM 4/29/99 -0400, Tom Mount wrote:
>Ken
>It is not just color coding however as any photography can tell you and you
>can prove by looking there are colors such as green, yellow and pink that
>are still visible at depth regardless of ROY G BIV. They are less brilliant
>but still seeable but the point is not the color it is they state oxygen 0r
>deco gas I or Nitrox is highly visible wording. so they are readable to all
>and identify the gas type and in deco gas and Oxygen state mod on them,
>Second the contents tape is readable to the diver, third the MOD is readable
>to all, fourth the mountpeice wrap is completely noticeable as you cannot
>breat around it.
>
>Please remove me from your CC list
>
>Respectfully yours,
>Tom Mount
>CEO IANTD World HQ
>http://www.iantd.com
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ken Sallot <sallot@mi*.co*>
>To: kirvine@sa*.ne* <kirvine@sa*.ne*>
>Cc: bdi@wh*.ne* <bdi@wh*.ne*>; Tom Mount <TOM.MOUNT@wo*.at*.ne*>;
>William J Turbeville II <bturbo@ga*.ne*>; techdiver@aq*.co*
><techdiver@aq*.co*>; cavers@cavers.com <cavers@cavers.com>
>Date: Thursday, April 29, 1999 8:00 AM
>Subject: Re: Fatality at Die Polder III
>
>
>>Even your typical Openwater 1 student should be able to tell you that
>>color coding things is stupid if for no other reason then ROYGBIV. Next
>>we'll hear about how the students should sniff the gases to determin the
>>proper amount of oxygen in the mix.
>>
>>kirvine@sa*.ne* wrote:
>>>
>>> Billy , this is what happened with Jane ORensten - not only did they
>>> have no idea what was in the tanks by looking at them, they never even
>>> noticed she was breathing the wrong one based on the side bullshit that
>>> Mount subscribes to ( and actually REQUIRES instructors to do if you can
>>> believe that ), and they did not notice that the colored regs , poodle
>>> jackets and the rest of the claptrap was wrong.
>>
>>--
>>"What's terrible is to pretend that the second-rate
>>is first-rate."
>>                      -- Doris Lessing
>>                       (British writer)
>>
>>

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