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George, See Hugh for that; as I said, I'm not interested. Joe ---gmiiii@in*.co* wrote: > > > Fuck you - G > > On Fri, 7 Mar 1997, Joe King <joek@ro*.co*> wrote: > >My friend Hugh is right - I have decided to stay in New York and live > >the quiet life of a wreck diver. Some of you folks might like to get > >to > >know Hugh in person, by the way - he's a pretty unique guy - but I > >personally am not interested in that kind of thing. > > > >All joking aside, I seem to have offended JJ pretty badly. I think > >went > >off in the wrong direction here. As far as I know, JJ is an excellent > >instructor, and you won't go wrong taking classes from him. He > >probably > >could be doing something else and making a lot more money, but he's in > >the sport for the love of it. As divers we all benefit from his > >involvement as a leading exploration diver, an instructor, and as > >training director. > > > >The point I should have made is that if you start cave diving with JJ, > >you will have started in the right direction, but you will have only > >just started. It's your responsibility, not JJ's or anybody else's, > >to > >see that you stay within you limitations and get the experience you > >need. Without experience and sound judgement on your part, all the > >proper training and equipment in the world won't keep you alive. > >Until > >you have this experience, and have gained some judgement, you probably > >shouldn't be calling other divers "superstroke." When George > >criticizes > >someone or something, I listen; I may not always like his tone, but he > >has over a thousand deep exploration dives to back his words up. When > >somebody whose greatest cave diving achievement was being rescued by > >JJ > >does the same, it is just hollow and irritating. > > > >It would be nice if some of the new divers on the list took the advice > >of Parker Turner, George's mentor, and took the cotton out of their > >ears > >and put it in their mouth. That said, I think I will take Parker's > >advice. > > > >Joe > >_________________ _____________________________________________________________________ Sent by RocketMail. Get your free e-mail at http://www.rocketmail.com -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send list subscription requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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