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At 1:50 PM 1/12/96, Jim Greenlee wrote: > Would you knowingly dive with someone who would not give you the > regulator out of their mouth? I wouldn't. The point that we're all > making is that this attitude is implicit in the way the "hose > stuffers" rig their gear. > > And what exactly is the big deal about taking a regulator out of your > mouth? As George has said before, "if you are afraid to take the > regulator out of your mouth, then you have no business diving". NOT that i'm arguing for breathing the short hose per se, but... i could ALSO say that if a buddy cannot be relied upon to discuss gas sharing ahead of time and then be relied upon to go for the agreed upon regulator then HE "should not be diving" either why MUST we assume that the distressed diver becomes an instantly unreliable, panicky liability? which of you has needed to share a partner's gas underwater? did YOU signal the need to share and get HANDED the regulator...or did you dash up and SNATCH the regulator from your partner's shocked lips? (as the scenario has been exclusively portrayed) perhaps it's all more about George's infamous rule #1 than it is about hoses what do you all think? w2
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