I don't know his name - wish I did.  I just meant that I've seen him around
several times doing this kind of crap.  Older guy with brownish grey hair and a
moustache - not really overweight.  Someone with me at the time mentioned a name
and said that the guy was NACD.  I'll see if I can track down a name, but he's
probably one of the 'usual suspects' anyway, so it shouldn't really matter.


Trey wrote:

> Eric, who was this fine NACD instructor?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Erik C. Schmidt <cavedivr@uf*.ed*>
> To: lcarlson@n-*.co* <lcarlson@n-*.co*>
> Cc: Techdiver <techdiver@aq*.co*>; Cavers <cavers@cavers.com>
> Date: Wednesday, June 21, 2000 12:52 PM
> Subject: Re: Smoking and Diving
>
> >Your story gets even scarier...  I think I know who this guy is and he is
> also
> >an NACD Instructor.  I watched him give a pre-dive briefing to a class at
> >Madison one time.  They were standing in shallow water in full gear while
> he
> >was lecturing and smoking at the same time.  When he finished he flicked
> the
> >butt into the water (in front of his students) and started the dive.  That
> >shows a LOT of respect for the environment and really takes a lot of class.
> >
> >
> >Lance Carlson wrote:
> >
> >> Almost as screwed up as the time I overheard a guy at Cow saying how he
> >> couldn't take the deco there without a puff (He would go downstream on an
> >> "air break" to the air pocket, open his little ziplock and light up)
> He's
> >> the same one who takes a big lung full right before descending and "holds
> >> it as long as he can"........now you know where those butts come from
> >> floating around on the surface.
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From:   Mike Rodriguez [SMTP:mikey@ma*.co*]
> >> Sent:   Wednesday, June 21, 2000 9:58 AM
> >> To:     Bob Sherwood
> >> Cc:     klind@al*.ne*; Joel Markwell; Techdiver; Cavers
> >> Subject:        Re: Smoking and Diving
> >>
> >> At 10:14 AM 6/22/00 -0400, Bob Sherwood wrote:
> >>
> >> >Add to that  some prominent dive charter boats allow this practice as
> >> well.
> >> >Not only enabling the person who smokes to load toxins before their
> dives,
> >> >but also putting paying non smoking divers in an uncomfortable position.
> >>
> >> It also makes for an interesting time when an oblivious smoker walks
> >> near me as I set up my O2 bottles.  Yikes!
> >>
> >> -Mike Rodriguez
> >> <mikey@mi*.ne*>
> >> http://www.mikey.net/aue
> >> Pn(x) = (1/(2^n)n!)[d/dx]^n(x^2 - 1)^n
> >
> >

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