>...If you can 
>endure the thick times (like now), I think you'll find the other times to 
>be worth the wait.

Thank you for the generous compliments! 

And yes, the discussions have been "lively" to say the least! But, in a 
way the similarities between the deep/tech/caver divers and the military 
"tacjet" (tactical) community that I'm familiar with is quite close (and 
that *IS* a compliment). 

All work "out on the edge" cheating death just a little or alot each 
time. Each is technically proficient and "at one" with either their 
aircraft or their rig and environment in the diver's case. All live out 
in conditions that the body was not intended (imagine what the 
circulatory system looks like to a heart valve when suddenly a column of 
blood weighs 7 times normal in a 7 G high bank turn...now speak of diving 
at 300+ feet under about 10 atm of pressure...both are "out there")

Strong personalities? I should hope so! It's one of your survival 
mechanisms that permit you to go where you go to do what you do. 
(otherwise you'd just stay in bed where it's safe and *read* about life 
like the all too vast majority of people...Aristotle once said, "Man was 
not made for safe havens"). Neither air or sea is an arena for passive 
type B personalities.

Put strong willed, opinionated people together in the same room and it's 
inevitable there will be... "discussions"...if you get my drift  ;-) 

I just wish that I knew enough of the tech/caver glossary at this stage 
of the game to follow  the threads! (I was starting to wonder why cavers 
were messing with sharks until I realized in context that a "cage" was a 
regulator shield!)

Hey! I did say I was a newbie!

Again, thanks for the kind words. It's been my honor to be able to 
contribute something helpful to you folks. I hope to be able to continue 
to be useful.

Mahalo!


Robb Wolov  

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