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Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 08:56:47 -0600 (CST)
To: cavers@ge*.co*, techdiver@terra.net
From: d846@mi*.ne* (David D. Smiley)
Subject: Re: Training with Tom Mount
George,

You know what?  If Tom insists on being a nice guy then so do I.  On that
note, I just wanted to let you know that I don't hold any ill will towards
you.  You have been doing only what you felt was right.  Though, it is a
shame...


Peace:)

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>>
>> David, I sent your post to MOunt when you sent it to me - it is you who
are not 
>>a "stand up guy". You are a liar, and are now not willing to stand up to
what yo 
>>said. Makes no difference to me - I made my point, and that is if Mount is
going 
>>to persist in recommending crap gear to people, he is going to have to suffer 
>>the consequences when they find out the truth, like when they find out
they have 
>>nothing useful to dive with. Maybe this will save somebody else some
money, and 
>>who knows, maybe Mount will wise up.
>>
>>  I sent this to Tom PRIVATELY, and told him privately that he needs to
stop the 
>> bullshit - he knows damn well what the pros use, yet he is so insistant on 
>>being a nice guy to a bunch of idiot goobers who could care less about
him, that 
>>he inadvertanly screws everyone over in the process. 
>>
>>  We have divers on our team trained by Tom - ask them how much money they
have 
>>spent getting rid of garbage and rebuying the right stuff. Start with Bill
Mee 
>>and John Rose. Rose has a PhD, and Mee is a biomediccal engineer - you ask
those 
>>two guys about the dogshit  crap that Mount hung them with, and how much
money 
>>it cost them so far to get it right, by their own realization. Rose was a
little 
>>luckier - he found us first. Bill already had a comlete set of goofery
before he 
>>met us.
>>
>>   Don't get me wrong , David - I like Mount and Mount is a very attentive
dive 
>>buddy and a very safe instructor - I have been around him a long time. He
just 
>>has a penchant to cut slack to people that I wouldn't spit on, like the
scumbags 
>>that make some of this shitty gear. He knows as well as I do what the best
light 
>>is, the best scooter, the best regs, the best rig, and the best way of doing 
>>things - he is just too concerned with accomodating strokes - I see no
need to, 
>>and will not, including you and your bullshit. If you don't like what you
wrote 
>>to me, then keep you sqaure light and other siliness, rather than trying
to sell 
>>it on here so you can get real dive  gear.
>>
>>  You have wasted a considrable amount of my time, so I hope that somebody
out 
>>there can benefit, but I will ask you not to bother me any more. I don't
want to 
>>know you. 
>>George M. Irvine III
>>DIR WKPP
>>1400 SE 11 ST Ft Lauderdale, FL 33316
>>954-493-6655 FAX 6698
>>Email gmiiii@in*.co*
>>
>>
>>
>


David D. Smiley
d846@mi*.ne*

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