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> i) I wear 4. Yes 4 D rings on my chest. One for each reg and one for each 
> stage. I find it reduces the clutter. What's wrong with that?

Your stage regulators should be clipped off to the bottle, not your 
chest. You can have multiple stage bottles on the same D-Ring it 
works well.

> ii) I don't use a bit of crappy rope secured by one hose clamp on my stages.
I 
> use two clamps and D rings. This doesn't wear and break like the rope. What's 
> wrong with that?

Let's say you need to get rid of those stage bottles and your clips 
won't open? How do you remove the stage bottle if you can't cut it 
off?

> iii) I don't run my hose under my light and around my neck. It's bungied to 
> the side of my "manifolded twins" & run under my right arm. A terrible sin I 
> know but again what's wrong with that.

Let's say your "stuffed hose" comes out, how do you "stuff it" by 
yourself?

> Your not going to convince me or any other level headed diver that this 
> deviation from purist principles makes anybody a liability. I reiterate what
I 
> said before. Would you call Bill Main all the names you mention for deviating 
> from the norm in the first instance? You are the perfect example of the name 
> calling, tunnel vision purist I am referring to in my first post.

The liability isn't the fact that you're doing these things, the 
liability comes in if you refuse to see the logic behind better ways 
of doing things, and the fact you're obviously not thinking 
everything through. Example, the stage bottle rigging.

> If you and all these other fools are so one eyed and egotistical as to
believe 
> you are the only person on the planet who has it right, then pity help you. 
> Not only in your diving but life in general. Truth be known, if you were all 
> lined up together in your gear and we played spot the difference, not one 
> would be configured exactly the same. Put your verbose emotions aside and let 
> your commonsense prevail and maybe then you can agree or disagree on a 
> rational basis.

Bill Gavin is right.

Ken

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