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> >Is it safer to take a good working regulator out of your mouth underwater
> >or to keep it in your mouth?
> 
> Well, the fundamental problem with that analysis is that YOU, the guy with
> the working regulator in your mouth, may OR MAY NOT be the guy who makes
> the decision about which regulator will be feeding the other diver.
> 
> As has been amply illustrated by a couple of "There I Was..." tales.
> 
> If YOU can make the decision, then obviously you would rather not take the
> working regulator out of your mouth.  If SOMEONE ELSE is going to make that
> decision, you would rather that whichever regulator he grabs has a long
> hose on it.  AS HAS BEEN AMPLY DEMONSTRATED, he is probably going to go for
> the visible, known working regulator that is currently clenched between
> your teeth, and he probably isn't going to be patient while you say "Wait
> while I had you my octopus"...
> --
	
	OK, I've heard this once too often now.

	I find it counterintuitive, which is kind of irrelevant, but it
also contradicts my experience, which is limited. So quote me...

	Who did the work, who's got the numbers. 

	My main is not visible *unless I'm looking directly at my
buddy*. My octopus is visible from every angle.

	You do *not* hand off an octopus, you carry it so it can be
taken - without you even knowing if the guy is worth his salt; or
accessed from any angle.

	Finally, if I'm capable of giving away my main reg and getting
my own octopus, I'm also capable of then swapping the regs to give a
good mobile configuration. As we're all aware, first air counts. After
that I don't count on anything. And I admit to breaking rule #1 more
times than I've had hot breakfasts *because some of these people
graduate from strokedom as a result of diving* so be
fucking grateful there are some people out here who don't believe that
good divers don't spontaneously come into existance on dogshit.

	I think you all assume far to much.

	Jason


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