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Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 13:01:20 -0400
From: Ken Sallot <sallot@mi*.co*>
Organization: WKPP
To: Tom Mount <TOM.MOUNT@wo*.at*.ne*>
CC: kirvine@sa*.ne*, bdi@wh*.ne*, William J Turbeville II <bturbo@ga*.ne*>,
techdiver@aq*.co*, cavers@cavers.com
Subject: Re: Fatality at Die Polder III

Tom,

The point of the matter is color coding and plastering with so many
stickers you can't see anything makes no sense at all and confuses the
matter (and the divers). Having nothing but the gas mixture percent does
nothing but confuse matters. We've been saying this over and over for
years, having the MOD for the gas written in plain letters on the side
makes the most simple solution that has proven itself over and over.

As for the sillyness of "poodle jackets", what happens when I screw up
and put the wrong poodle jacket on the wrong tank? If the tank's not
properly marked, but as long as I have the poodle jacket, I should be
OK, right? Come on, ask Bobby McGuirre how that worked when he had "TANK
1", "TANK 2", and "REG 1", and "REG 2". Oh wait, you can't, he's dead.

Tom, if I remove you from my CC list should I start sending you
invitations to the funerals that keep happening until people start doing
it right?

Ken

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

-- 
"What's terrible is to pretend that the second-rate
is first-rate."
                      -- Doris Lessing
                       (British writer)

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