sorry i don't fit into your geek code of ethics. - jt

On Wed, 28 Aug 1996, Michael Parker wrote:

> John,
> 
> First off, I replied directly to you, not the Techdiver list.  Strike one.
> 
> Secondly, what the hell does my web page have to do with anything, let
> alone my diving credentials?  I never stated that I was God's Gift to
> Diving.  I'm a "nobody" when it comes to diving.  Strike two.
> 
> Finally, I rest my case in your reply back to me and the list.  Like I
> said before....You're pretty damn clueless when it comes to the do's and
> dont's of the Techdiver list.  Matter of fact, you're what's known as
> "stroke" for us people in the computing/networking industry.  The point of
> my _personal_ reply to you was that, for all I know you _are_ God's Gift
> to Divers, but you're wasting my time posting worthless crap to Techdiver.
> Strike three.
> 
> Fortunately for you, you don't live in Wa. state.  We have a pretty strict
> "3 strikes and you're a stroke" law.
> 
> ObTechdiver:  I aplogize for wasting all of your time with this worthless
> email note to Mr. Todd and the list.  I can only hope that Mr. Todd will
> mosey up to the Clue Bar, and have one one me.  Hopefully, if he has such
> a problem with my email messages, he'll keep it personal and not bog down
> the list with worthless dribble.  But, if you're going to be stupid enough
> to take my personal opinions and post them to Techdiver, than I'll
> publically call you a "stroke".
> 
> Oh yeah, and check out my wep pages at http://diver.ocean.washington.edu.
> 
> PS.  I have tons of diving crap.  I'd be more than happy to sell a lot of
> it to any fool willing to purchase it.
> 
> Parker
> 
> On Wed, 28 Aug 1996, John Todd wrote:
> 
> >    i havent scanned your web page lately so tell me what dives have you done
> > lately?and do you and your buddy really own that much crap? - jt
> >
> > On Wed, 28 Aug 1996, Michael Parker wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > What's "truly pathetic", as you state, is the fact that you actually spent
> > > some time to compose the below message and send it to the list.  Even if
> > > you didn't compose it, it's truly amazing to me that you could possibley
> > > think that it need to be vomited back to Techdiver.
> > >
> > > I hope you're less of a stroke under the water, as you perceive to be
> > > from this posting to the Techdiver list.
> > >
> > > Michael Parker
> > >
> > >
> > > On Wed, 28 Aug 1996, John Todd wrote:
> > >
> > > >     the following is a sample techdiver posting.it is not an actual
> > > > posting,but it shows the level of technical discussion that has become
all
> > > > to common on this list.30 minutes of deco for a 25 minute dive to
130,being
> > > > good on deep air,how to rig your gear in the most convoluted way,and
how its
> > > > ok to go diving if you cant turn your valves off,truly pathetic. - jt
> > > >
> > > >     i too was wondering the proper way to rig a pony bottle and then it
hit
> > > > me.i took out my heliarc welding set and welded a 30ft3 pony directly
onto
> > > > my beauchat 180ft3 tank.this way my pony is roughly 1/6th my gas supply
> > > > which should be fine to get me to the surface.after all,my 25 minute
dives
> > > > to 130 usually only give me about 30-40 minutes of decompression.the bad
> > > > part however is that when i was done welding the tanks together i had to
> > > > re-oxygen clean them (if your tanks arennt oxygin cleaned then youre
> > > > breaking federal laws,i heard this from a reliable source so it must be
> > > > true).the other bad thing is now when i tried to get my tanks filled
the guy
> > > > at the fill vat just looks at them,looks at me,and shakes his
head.however i
> > > > can directly fill the helium from my heliarc welding set directly into
my
> > > > tanks,but ive been told i should only use medical grade helium as
opposed to
> > > > welding grade helium.someone once told me that he used balooon grade
> > > > helium,but he did more deep dives then i do so could justify the added
> > > > expense of the ballooon grade.of course i only need trimix to go below
250
> > > > because the many years of experience i have collecting artifacts on air
down
> > > > to 249 feet proves that i am indeed good deep on air,but 250 is just
where
> > > > my "personal preference" limit is to switch to helium mixes.i usually
find
> > > > the best artifacts at 240 too,but they usually deteriorate by the time
i hit
> > > > decompression and are worthless by the time i get to the surface.now the
> > > > main reason i need to get that pony is because i cant reach behind my
head
> > > > (my arms are so big they wont bend that far) to turn my valves off if i
have
> > > > a reg failure,so i need the pony to be safe.can someone recommend what i
> > > > should do to fix these problems? - sum stroke
> > > >
> > > >
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> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> 
> 

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