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You've been using a pony for 20 years!?! Why haven't you moved up to 
doubles?

  Jim

On 1/24/98 3:00 PM Ted Green wrote:

>    Yes, three times that I remember in the last 20 years.
>
>   Once when I was diving in cold (34 degrees) fresh water my main 
>regulator froze up (uncontrolable free flow) in 80' of water. When I 
>reached the surface on my pony, the first stage and valve on my main 
>tank were a solid block of ice.
>
>    Once while diving in the Caribbean, a person who I wasn't diving 
>with came to me at about 110' completly out of air. You would be 
>amazed out how much air can be consumed by a panicked diver.
>
>     Once while fighting with a lobster my purge button became jammed 
>with sand and the regulator (G250) free flowed uncontrolablely.
>
>     Each time my pony allowed me to make a controlled ascent to the 
>surface.
>
>                    Ted


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