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At 17:05 30/10/96 -0800, you wrote: >Rich, > >On Wed, 30 Oct 1996, Richard Pyle wrote: > >> out his snail mail address. He figures that if it's not worth the time >> for someone to sit down, write a letter, and put a stamp on it, then he >> doesn't want to be bothered. > >I guess since you didn't give me his u-snail address, you nipped that bud. > >> O.K., how 'bout this: "Some people have had some experiences that suggest >> sharks might display more aggressive behavior when in the presence of an >> operational scooter." Our only recommendation would be "ya roll the dice >> and ya takes your chances". > >Yeah. Like "People sometimes get in car accidents and get hurt. We think >that if you get on the highway you're diceing with death". All true, but >not very helpful. > >Better is "There have been x reports of sharks attacking y divers on x-z >scooters. In a retrospective study of survivors, attacks were more likely >to occur when the DPV had a big picture of a fish on it; when the diver >was wearing black; when the viz was less than 4' and when the diver went >Nyaaaah at the shark" If you want to reduce your risk consider TAKING UP GOLF! >eliminating >those risk factors that are convenient. The International Shark Attack >File might give us those numbers. We'll see. >pH > >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@terra.net'. >Send subscription/archive requests to `techdiver-request@terra.net'. > >
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