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Date: Tue, 3 Sep 1996 16:10:22 -1000 (HST)
From: Richard Pyle <deepreef@bi*.bi*.Ha*.Or*>
To: gmiiii@in*.co*
Cc: "Alan D. Secor" <secor@bt*.ib*.co*>, techdiver@terra.net
Subject: Re: Pressure in a closed system (like a rebreather).

>   (I consider "stupid question" to be an oxymoron) - Rich Pyle
> 
>   Richie, "technical bc" is an oxymoron.

Another oxymoron is "Universally ideal rig configuration".

>   Now let me ask my favotite stupid question: why would anybody use something 
> like this when the alternative works so well?

For me, it's because: 1) I can spend an hour at 300 feet complete all 
decompression with a 70-lb pack on my back and consume less than 10cf of 
gas; 2) I can sit silently on a reef and the fish don't even know I'm 
there; 3) my margin for error is measured in hours, rather than minutes 
or seconds.

> and part two, will somebody please 
> tell me when I need a rebreather? I felt like I needed one today on the last 
> five (of twenty) 100's on 1:15, but then what fun would it be if it were easy?

You probably don't need a rebreather, but you are an uncharacteristically 
talented diver with 'nads the size of grapefruits. However, I betcha if 
you got to play with a good one, you would want it, whether or not you 
needed it.

Rich

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