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Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2000 09:03:28 +0000
To: GHardigree@ao*.co*, mikebruic@di*.co*, jsncpa@ya*.co*
From: Samy Elashmawy <samelash@ix*.ne*.co*>
Subject: Re: Diving at Madison Blue
Cc: cavers@cavers.com
At 03:16 PM 4/6/2000 EDT, GHardigree@ao*.co* wrote:
>In a message dated 4/6/00 2:55:28 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
>mikebruic@di*.co* writes:
>
><< John- the $19.00 is the lowest membership, and you are correct, it is
just
> the electronic. All I want, and ask is that the people who want too dive
> here to be exposed to the "real deal" in cave diving and this form does it
> better than any other. It's not a cave diving comic book like some other
> guys put out >>

Its realy unfurtunate how much emphisis is put on wh the card comes from
and who the instructer was that issued it. That a crying shame. It seems to
have gotten like the padi c card situation , where you can sit throght two
evening fcalsses , the do two dive , and presto you have a card. 

I remmener a dive out of ling island , some where around 120 feet , cant
remeber what wreck. Any wat some of use were hanging on the line , and
there was one fellow who was hanging there for a while that went up.
after some of us got out we aksed him how his dive was , he said he realy
liked it , and asked us why we were hanging on the line. We explianded deco
and that some of the dive times required it , and some weere doing longer
safty stops. We asked him how long he was on the bottem , he answere thet
he just hung arount , and went up when he felt like it, m and that he only
was hanging on the line couse others were. , and just hung there for a while. 

needless to say , he got some very needed instruction on dive tables and
the use of them. He was also given a pony bottle and buddied up with
another dive for the duration of the trip. Amazing that he had a c card. He
did shape up to be quit a decent dive. This is true story.

You would be amazed at the shit that happens in the NE.


>True....not much to join but where does it go ? Does it line someones pocket 
>or does it go into a fund to promote safe cave diving and cave preservation? 
>Granted the CDS has a mountian of problems that need to be addressed but at 
>least i know when i send my check in each year where at least a part of the 
>money is going too.
>
>Gary Hardigree
>

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