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Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 06:58:53 -0800
To: w wittman <wwittman@we*.co*>
From: Kevin Connell <kevin@nw*.co*>
Subject: Re: Added info re three missing in WPB
Cc: techdiver@aquanaut.com
Sorry, Walt, your question about bondage wings won't allow me to give you a
"real" response.


At 11:16 PM 1/18/98 -0500, wwittman@we*.co* wrote:
>George, no doubt you have done before...but could you elaborate on "bondage
>wings" and your objection to them?
>thanks
>
> on the other hand, i have a big prob with this quote, however well
>intentioned...:
>
>> Kevin Connell wrote:
>> >
>> > I hear this BS all the time.
>> >
>> > 2) "A cave diving rig isn't suitable/applicable in open water"
>> > Hmmm...  seems to work fine for me, and a whole bunch of other people,
even
>> > some those who are doing some "real" open water diving.
>
>"real" diving means diving in real water in this, the physical plane of
>reality as we know it.
>
>if one has to be on the edge to call diving REAL diving then one cannot be
>surprised that more and more people, who perhaps shouldn't, WANT to do
>"real" diving too
>
>you cannot have it BOTH ways.
>
>less adventurous diving isn't in any way less "real" diving and the
>implicit put-down is, simply put, macho bullshit.
>
>w
>
>
>
>
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Kevin Connell <kevin@nw*.co*>

Northwest Labor Systems
http://www.nwls.com
Bellingham, WA

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