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tim cheek wrote:
> 
> Underwater Outfitters wrote:
> >
> > Just got back from North Carolina where we dove the wrecks off of
> > Morehead City from the dive boat Pelican. If you plan on diving there,
> > this is the boat to take. No hassles on profiles or checking your
> > gauges when you get on the boat. Warm water (80F) and over 100 feet of
> > vis.
> >
> > The hassles came when we tried to get our tanks filled. The Olympus
> > dive center would not fill doubles with nitrox unless both tanks had a
> > nitrox wrap, although one visual sticker would do for both tanks.
> > Nitrox wraps could be on the tank boots for all they care as long as
> > you have them. (A nitrox fill is $12.00 per tank for premix 30%). My
> > duals were marked with a IANTD sticker that read: "Caution, breathing
> > gas other than air". Since I use my doubles for mix and nitrox this
> > seemed the proper wording for them. But not for these inbreeds.
> >
> > So totally pissed off, we went to Discovery diving for a top off of
> > air so that the nitrox in our doubles would be diluted, but still have
> > a mix. We came back when they told us to and they were draining our
> > tanks. Olympus called them and notified them that our tanks had nitrox
> > and since they were not certified blenders they could not add air on
> > top of our nitrox. One set of duals had absolutelty no stickers or
> > indication that they contained nitrox. They also took the liberty of
> > removing my sticker that read "Caution, Breathing gas other than air"
> > from my duals. In the filling process, they also managed to close the
> > isolator valve to fill each tank separately with air and never
> > re-opened it. (Still trying to figure out the reasoning behind that!)
> >
> > The diving is great, but if you plan a trip, beware that the dive shop
> > operators (ALL 3 OF THEM THAT WE WERE AWARE OF) are working together
> > to make you comply with THEIR set of rules, regardless of standards.
> >
> > By the way, thinking about staying at Discovery's fine accommodations?
> > Think again, our group killed 6 extra-large cockroaches and we found
> > the skeletal remains of two more in a 24 hour period.
> >
> > Mike McKay
> >
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> > `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.Who is the real weeny here? Which
standards are we going by yours or the
> industry's? It seems to me that if Olympus would not fill your tanks with
> the mix you requested then why wouldn't they top them off with air? Why
> did you get totally pissed off(weeny syndrome, didn't get his way)This is
> the deception part, takeing tanks to a fill station that is not certified
>  blenders(Discovery Diving) to top them off and not telling them whats in
> the tanks.You mention all three of them(dive shops) but you only tell two
> stories(something smells fishy here),whats the real story. Sounds like
> just another tourist know-it-all didn't get his way so I'll go home and
> bad mouth everbody involed. When I subscribed to this list I thought this
> was a place for mature professional divers( we need an ego screening).
> Whats the big deal about the isolater valve(refer to PADI open water dive
> manual on gear inspection,weeny syndrome again).
> 
> Tim Cheek

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