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g eye-yi-yi sez: >I hear the deep caving team is conducting "scooter tryouts", and they >claim to >have one of our scooters - this better not be true. >This silliness has gone far enough. Nobody on the deep caving team is >qualified >to do these dives, and if they were, they would be doing them. >These people >have no clue what it takes to go "downtown" if they did they >would not be >questioning the WKPP. After 128 trips "downtown", it is >clear to me why I do >what I do, as it it equally unclear to these people. > >Anyone found violating the agreement under which I built this equipment >will >deal with me (don't bother ever showing up again). Gavin designed >it, and I >built it, and besides being an extreme insult to both of us , >it puts us at >liability. These people have no business in a cave , let >alone on one of my >scooters. They have no business deep diving. >etc. (Snip: lengthy dolphin flogging) Top Ten Reasons *Not* to Buy A Gavin/Irvine Scooter (drum roll) #10 -- You can't tell anyone about it. #9 -- You can't show it to anyone. #8 -- You can't let anyone else use it. #7 -- Break rules 8,9, and 10 and giii won't let you dive in State Parks or National Forests. #6 -- giii says anything developed and built in someone's garage is a piece of shit. #5 -- Irvine, Gavin, and WKPP can't figure out who's really liable. #4 -- giii gets to tell you how to dress. #3 -- Your wife won't be happy when she finds out giii comes with the package. #2 -- You're not allowed to use it with a rebreather. #1 -- To "qualify" on it requires kissing giii's butt. up music, followed by ;-) Christopher A. Brown Sci-Graphica PR and DOCENT FILMS The Technical Diving Video Library (TDVL) (N.Am. & Canada): 1-800-373-7222 Outside US:904-942-7222 Fax:904-942-1240 Life is short -- this is not a rehearsal.
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