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Grant Wilkinson <grantw@fr*.ca*.ca*> wrote: > [George] sometimes hits us with the bottle first, just to get our >attention ;-). I prefer his new delivery. ... For me, the turning point came on the day my primary light finally arrived. I had been planning all along to put it on my belt, but that same day, it had pleased George to rip a bloody strip off of me and whack me over the head a few times with it. I found myself sitting looking at my new light and thinking "Now, how hard would it be to butt-mount this thing?". I then took a few deep breaths and pointed out to myself that (a) George didn't invent the Hogarthian system; people like Main and Gavin were doing it long before, although George is now the system's most vocal prophet, (b) trying to spite George by butt-mounting is futile, as he likely will never see my gear anyway, and (c) I'm the one who has to dive this gear, and, personalities aside, the Hogarthian system is what works. To make a long story short, my light is on my belt with my long hose looped under it, and I'm a happy diver. Still, I wonder how many divers butt-mount just to show defiance, to show that they're not cowed by George. Please, folks, if you can't stand George, ignore him if you must, but don't throw out a perfectly good system. Meanwhile, if he'd just be as civil in private e-mail as he is in public, we'd be all set. I'll continue to listen to pearls of wisdom from Dr. Jekyll as I skip past Mr. Hyde's rantings. -- Anthony DeBoer http://www.onramp.ca/~adb/ adb@he*.re*.or* (here) adb@ge*.co* (work) #include "std.disclaimer" -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send list subscription requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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