Paul, I don't know how others went through it, but extended diving kind 
of snuck up on me. I was dropping into deco and counting on my pony for 
the deco hang. And I happen to know that there is not an original thought 
left on this planet, so if *I* was doing this crap, so are a bunch of 
other guys (you pack of "oh, only for emergencies" goddamn liers).

It was not until I started hanging out on this list that I came to 
realize what a stupid thing I was doing. Yes George slapped my monkey 
hard, called me a no-good, worthless, pencil-dicked stroke who should 
quit diving.

Did I boo-hoo and call everybody a bunch of meenies? No. Did I post 
whiney, pissy, wussyfied messages like "Well! I've been on this list for 
2 whole weeks and I never have seen such a bunch of uncooth barbarians in 
my life! huff puff!"

Shit no, I kept my mouth shut and my eyes open and learned. It's threads 
like this which caused me to change my strokeish ways and start to 
actually *enjoy* diving.

I don't know everything. There are dozens of people on this list whose 
dives make mine look like farts in a bathtub. I have tons and tons to 
learn. There is *always* somebody who knows more than you do. If you play 
your cards right and listen, this list is a goldmine of information in 
the traditionally close-mouthed tech diving community.

  Jim


On 1/27/98 5:13 PM Paul Braunbehrens wrote:

>OK, Jim, we'll let you off on a technicality ;)  Let the record show
>however, that it was made clear that the equipment in question was in fact
>not for deco diving, nor anything to do with ovrhead environments.
>Techdiving may mean a lot of different things, and deep dives, or nitrox
>dives may be considered tech by some.
>
>However, I definetely don't consider myself a techdiver, and I find this
>list fascinating. Thanks all for making it that way.
>
>
>Jim Cobb wrote:
>~
>>Han's, seeing how this list is called "techdiver", not "sport/techdiver",
>>"rec/techdiver" or "Iwannabeatechdiver", I preface my comments with the
>>thought that we are discussing, at the very least, decompression diving.
>>In that light, I stick to my statements about ponys vs. doubles.
>>
>>  Jim


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