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Rich, as my second post to you indicated, most of my message was in jest. However, I vaguely remember you saying many moons ago- I don't have time to go through the archives- that you bought into the Cis-Lunar company. On Mon, 1 Jul 1996, Richard Pyle wrote: > I don't need any slack - my affiliation with them is almost exactly the > same as your affiliation with BioMarine (as far as I understand your > affiliation with BioMarine); that is, I have absolutely no financial > involvement, nor official position with them whatsoever. I've merely > used their rebreather for two years, have given them some suggestions for > improvement, and wish them the best of luck as a company because they are > my friends and because I want them to survive as a company. It's my > understanding that this describes exactly your relationship with > BioMarine. You and I are just users; we provide information when it is > available because we are in contact with the respective companies, and we > stamp out bullshit when it starts to flood the list. > > > > then Cis-Lunar has truly reached the level of > > astrovaporware. > > My friend on Maui sent in his deposit for a BioMarine something like 8 > months ago. He was just rained recently. He had to return his unit > because it was delivered with no power switch and incorect gas plumbing. > I don't know if he even has it back yet. That sounds like astrovaporware > to me. Hey, I'm hung out there on a limb if BioMarine doesn't deliver on the CCR500. As far as your friend goes, I never claimed it would have a power switch and correct plumbing. > > > I will say, in all fairness to you, that I have enjoyed > > the many safety features and ease of operation of diving the unit on > > techdiver- to date there have been no accidents with the unit on here. > > Likewise for you and the stiched together bailout bottles, Dive Tracker, > etc. > You know what Ben had to say, "a stitch in time, etc." The dive tracker is great because it is a full blown computer you take underwater. I've had problems with the modem below 350 feet, though. > > I > > did receive a press report about a merger between Cis Lunar and Oddessey > > to produce the Cisoddest Lunacy. Tell me that was just a joke. > > I'd like to see that one - sounds like it must have been pretty funny. > > Rich > > P.S. I thought my message to Kevin (below) was intended to be private, but > apparently it was forwarded to Techdiver. Did you forward it, or was it > my goof? > > > > On Sun, 30 Jun 1996, Richard Pyle wrote: > > > > > > > > Kevin, > > > > > > > Once in the water, you have to remember that these units are NOT like > > > > scuba tanks (i.e. nice and round) - they are big and square and FLAT on the > > > > back. This might sound like a moot (notice I got the word right) point, > > > > until you are in a current. You've now got a friggin sail on your back > > > > that the current just loves to plane off of. Now concentrate on keeping > > > > close to the anchor line, while making sure you watch no less than 4 > > > > gauges/displays (5 if you count a dive computer in there) while > > > > decompressing - all of a sudden, open circuit starts to look quaint... > > > > > > > > When you look at it that way, rebreathers start to lose some of their > > > > romance. > > > > > > Sell that antiquated contraption and buy the real thing - it will bring > > > the romance back to rebreather diving - even more than heliox does - > > > I promise! ;-) > > > > > > Rich > > > > > > -- > > > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@terra.net'. > > > Send subscription/archive requests to `techdiver-request@terra.net'. > > > > > >
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