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Date: Tue, 6 Feb 1996 22:52:12 -0500
Subject: Re: Up Reels
From: Jim Cobb <ir002538@po*.in*.co*>
To: "Roderick Farb" <rfarb@em*.un*.ed*>,
     "L. Allen Beard"
cc: "Tech Diver" <techdiver@terra.net>
I've heard that Texas divers use barbed-wire wrapped around a dead, 
bloated cow. When it's time to go up you just shove your inflator up the 
deceased cow's bum and off you go. The advantage of the barbed wire it 
that it encourages a slow ascent. Plus you can have a real Texas-style 
barbecue after the dive. The drawback is that the meat tends to be a bit 
salty, kindo like soggy beef jerky.

>When word about the accident spread 
>throughout the diving community, the practice of Jersey divers using 
>drum-and-chain up-reels was disavowed as "crazy"

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