On 12/10/97 4:58 PM Andy Schmidt wrote:

>Jim,
>
>some people enjoy taking people on a Sunday afternoon "history walks" or 
>"nature walks" - other people enjoy teaching Scuba. And some people are so 
>self-centered that they can't imagine someone not needing a fiscal reason, 
>e.g.
>

Well goooodamn, and slap me silly. What an idealistic dreamer you are!

>
>1. My only "free dives" are in a local lake with a handful of Assistants or 
>co-instructors while watching (and being legally and morally liable) for 
>the well-being of a group of students and staff. These "free" dives are 
>taking time away from the "real" dives I'd otherwise be doing.
>

Well then you are either stupid or are working out of the wrong dive shop 
if you are not getting some freebie dives out of the deal.

>
>2. By the time one pays annual instructor renewals with NAUI, DAN, TDI 
>(fill in your usual combination of agencies) - and $600 liablity insurance, 
>there simply IS no money on the side.
>

You need to be working harder.

>
>3. Sorry - I run a software business. I just have no time for trips - free, 
>cheap or otherwise. And WHEN I go on vacation, I'd certainly don't want to 
>be responsible for a herd of customers.
>

Is that *my* fault? No, I don't think so.

>
>4. Happily Married - Thank You.
>

What does that have to do with nailing babes?

>
>5. Recreational dive instruction is limited to 100 ft - and 99% of all 
>training dives don't even reach 60 ft. Your statement blatently disregards 
>all facts. (Besides, gas narcosis is not limited to PPN2.)
>

You are again FOS if you think that you can't get a nitrogen buzz at 
100ft. And I call you a lier if you tell me you put on the breaks at 
100ft "out of moral and legal obligations". You are a classic pathetic 
narc junkie if I've ever seen one.

>
>Bottom line - very many instructors teach because teaching is THEIR hobby, 
>it gets their mind of day-to-day problems, they enjoy the interaction with 
>other people, they enjoy the sparkle in people's eyes when they come back 
>from that very first dive in 10 - 15 feet visibility, they enjoy getting 
>postcards from their former students and often gaining new friends.
>
>Yes - I am doing it for MY benefit, and MY benefit only. Because, I 
>consider it personally VERY rewarding. 

Blah blah blah...

>Socially - NOT financially.
>

I *knew* it! You ARE nailing the babes, you hypocrite! Your wife know 
about this?

>Andy
>
>(not a PADI instructor, but bubbles don't have any agency logos printed on 
>them)

So you are not affiliated with any agencies? What, do you print out cards 
on a laserwriter and laminate them yourself? How low can you go, Andy?

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