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"octo" is next to "air tables" in the dictionary of modern anachronisms - forget "octo", it is "backup": your backup reg hangs around your neck. You are effectively breathing the "octo", which is actualy called the "primary". I can see what a great job of dive instruction is going on out there. The correct modern useage of the word "octo" is when you are orgering a stage bottle regulator: ask for the "octo" hose so you get a hose long enough for the stage bottle. Otherwise, this term is only used in sushi restaurants, and only a stroke like John Todd would eat an octopus, anyway. John wrote: > > > Dear Ed, > > I am a real newbie as far as "doin' it right" so forgive me asking a stupid > question. I understand re: the long hose.....but what is the recommended length > of the octo hose, what side does the octo come around, what side of the octo > does the air hose enter (if octo is fed over left shouldaer), and is the octo > "necklace" just pulled over the head each time..or do you re-fasten it? And is > it really close enough that you can bite the thing??? > > Thanks for your time ! > > John Harris -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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