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Rod, 
 
Sorry dude, but this was NOT my first mixed gas dive, and is not the
deepest I have gone so far in my short career as a rebreather weenie. 
 
Further, I did NOT forget everything I was taught to do in an emergency -
if you read my post completely you would see that I did use the semi-closed
option, and even managed to calculate in my head the amount of gas I could
use per minute during my deco - a feat that I attribute mostly to
"beginners luck" since I don't make a habit of boasting how great I am. 
 
Rod, I love you, dude - but I was searching for a CCR-155 long before you
turned me on to Dick King.  For the umpteenth time, you are not responsible
for me, I am a big boy, and even have hair on my chest.  
 
If I make you nervous it is probably because you see part of yourself in me
- i.e. trying new equipment and arrangements, and pushing myself with my
own cojones on the line.  Sorry if that scares you, but I started diving
when I wasn't certified, and pushed myself back then too - maybe I just
scared my mom then...  Besides, they are MY cojones.  (my apologies to any
ladies for the neandrethal references to manhood). 
 
I do not have the experience that you do on a rebreather, that is why I'm
always calling you to ask your advice, which for the most part, I follow
religeously - but I am not certain that you are totally correct about the
efficiency of scrubber when it is wet.   
 
Since I have been hard headed, and insisted on testing out FFM's, I have
flooded my cannister - each time I have noticed some increased breathing
that is not attributable to me being a weenie and panicking underwater (one
time was in a pool).  I have had others (Leon and Tracy) tell me that the
scrubber efficiency decreases substantially when wet.  I'm going to do a
test one day, and wet the sofnolime, then sit on my couch and breathe while
watching Beavis and Butthead to see if my breathing rate increases. 
 
I posted this back publicly because your misinformation about my dives,
depth, and use of training in a situation makes me look like a total idiot,
which I am not, contrary to what everyone in town says... 
 
Kevin. 
HeyyDude

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