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Jim,
Your pain is not alone :^)
Jeremy

At 10:08 AM 10/6/97 -0400, Jim Cobb wrote:
>Once again I have to learn the hard way when it comes to taking advice 
>from the WKPP gang. "Get rid of zip ties, they suck". But did I? 
>Nooooooo. I mean what can go wrong with a zip tie? They are as simple as 
>anything can be! Here's what can go wrong:
>
>1. They rot and fall apart unexpectedly.
>2. They look great right up to the time of failure.
>
>I am now one wreck reel poorer, all I have left is the bolt snap. While I 
>was wondering how this could happen I heard a "clunk" behind me. I turned 
>and saw my first lying on the deck, it had been clipped to my sholder 
>D-ring. On inspection, the zip tie holding the bolt to the hose had 
>failed, snapped right in 2.
>
>Lord knows what caused the zips to rot like that, but when I got home I 
>de-zipped my equipment (I had an amazing 14 zip ties holding various 
>wreck gear together). Looking at the zips, it appears that the ones 
>attached with small radiuses had the greatest likelihood of failure. At 
>any rate I reattached everything with caver line and melted the ends to 
>secure the knots.
>
>-----------------------
>
>So far my tally for learning the hard-way:
>
>-OMS bondage wings-  loss $200
>-OMS deluxe harness- loss $100
>-Plastic backplate-  loss $35
>-Neoprene drysuit    loss $750 (still suffering)
>-Redundant air guage loss $75
>-Short hose          loss $25
>-Crappy dive light   loss $250
>-Pony bracket        loss $150
>-Vest BC             loss $450
>-Pig sticker knife   loss $50
>-Dive computer       loss $350
>-Wreck reel (zips)   loss $85
>
>And I'd like to thank the strokes who bought my stroke equipment and hope 
>you have the same luck getting rid of it when the lightbulb turns on in 
>your heads. As for you guy's who sold me that stroke equipment (you know 
>who you are), may you all burn in hell, you souless bastards.
>
>   Jim 
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