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Is it possible, then, for example, to order a sticker that reads "120" in 3-inch high letters? At 10:01 AM 4/30/1999 -0400, you wrote: >Obviously you do not read all the post >the MOD sticker does have 3 inch high letters on it. > >Respectfully yours, >Tom Mount >CEO IANTD World HQ >http://www.iantd.com > >-----Original Message----- >From: Nanci LeVake <nlevake@pi*.co*> >To: Bill Mee <wwm@sa*.ne*>; Tom Mount <TOM.MOUNT@wo*.at*.ne*>; Ken >Sallot <sallot@mi*.co*>; kirvine@sa*.ne* <kirvine@sa*.ne*> >Cc: techdiver@aq*.co* <techdiver@aq*.co*>; cavers@cavers.com ><cavers@cavers.com> >Date: Thursday, April 29, 1999 8:52 PM >Subject: Re: A Dead Skunk: The growing stink of Bottle Marking > > >>I think Tom is missing a huge business opportunity. What if IANTD _made_ >>new IANTDish MOD stickers? They could be cool nitrox-y colors, oriented >>horizontally with 3 inch numerals, but the important thing is that ALL >>IANTD divers would be required to change their bottle marking stickers to >>the new IANTD standard! Those who couldn't dedicate two or three >>aluminum 80s as stage bottles would have to buy even more stickers so they >>could cover up the old stickers. It would make thousands!!!!! It's so >>simple. I don't know why someone didn't think of this sooner! I've solved >>the problem of IANTD tank marking!!!!! >> >> >> >>At 04:52 PM 4/29/99 -0400, Bill Mee wrote: >>>Tom, >>> >>>LIke a dead skunk in the road, the subject of bottle markings gets flatter >>>and flatter, but the stink just won't go away. I have patiently read >through >>>your bottle marking standards. Colored Regulator Jackets and flaky little >>>peel off MOD stickers just do not cut it. The argument has been made to >you >>>politely, impolitely, nastily, obnoxiously and just about every other way >>>possible, yet the most obvious solution to the problem still is missing. >It >>>is inconcievable that you don't understand the rationale and logic behing >>>the 3" MODs on either side of gas bottles. >>> >>>My question is the following: What gives? You must a have a very big >problem >>>with this method or otherwise you would have incorporated it into your >>>standards a long time ago. There must be a good reason for not doing >this. >>>Maybe the reason is a private one and cannot be answered in public for >>>reasons of liability or economics. Fine, then plead the fifth. Anyway, >I >>>think you owe everyone out here a reasonable explanation for what it is >that >>>you cannot accept about this method. >>> >>>I am not trying to be sarcastic and a wise guy here. I am just very >curious >>>as to what the extreme prejudicial reason is for your finding double sided >>>3" MODs less acceptable than scotch tape and colored regulator jackets. >>>This is a fair question and since you are already out here in the midst of >a >>>discussion on this public forum, in the capacity of director of the >largest >>>technical diving organization on earth, you are fair game. >>> >>>Best regards, >>> >>>Bill >>> >>> >>>-----Original Message----- >>>From: Tom Mount <TOM.MOUNT@wo*.at*.ne*> >>>To: Ken Sallot <sallot@mi*.co*>; kirvine@sa*.ne* >>><kirvine@sa*.ne*> >>>Cc: bdi@wh*.ne* <bdi@wh*.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 9:22 AM >>>Subject: Re: Fatality at Die Polder III >>> >>> >>>>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) >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >> >>*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* >>http://www.pipeline.com/~nlevake/ >
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