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Does anyone have a list of dentists in the Florida area that carry out this kind of work? -- John Taylor, Marketing and Trading Systems, IT Development Credit Suisse Financial Products (Hong Kong) Ltd, 13F, Tower 3, Exchange Square, Central, Hong Kong Office: +852 2101 6927, Fax: +852 2101 7778, Mobile: +852 9031 6395, email: john.taylor@cs*.co*.uk* > -----Original Message----- > From: Erik C. Schmidt [SMTP:eschmidt@in*.ne*] > Sent: Thursday, April 16, 1998 8:57 PM > To: cavers@ug*.co* > Cc: techdiver@aquanaut.com > Subject: O2 Cleaning Comedy > > There I was, doing my deco at Ginnie the other night, when my mask > began > to leak - again - and I realized that I had forgotten to shave before > the dive. And then luckily I started thinking about the O2 cleaning > debate before I cleared my mask..... > > As the water level inside my mask rose I thought about the fact that I > was breathing 100% O2 and that my exhaled breath was certainly pretty > close to 100% O2 as well. > > As the water level continued to rise I went on to think that I would > be > displacing the water in the mask with my breath and therefore filling > my > mask with nearly 100% O2! > > As the water level passed the halfway mark inside my mask I realized > that I had forgotten to wear my O2 clean mask - you know, the one with > the Viton skirt. What was I going to do? I had almost 30 minutes of > deco left. Did I want to suffer through a face full of water for 30 > minutes or risk blowing my head off by filling my mask with O2?!? > > Then the mask was almost full of water as I realized that I had > forgotten the covers for my teeth. You know, the caps to cover my > metal > fillings so that there is no chance of a spark inside my mouth with > the > O2 present (Lucky for me I don't have braces or O2 deco would be out > of > the question!). Well, I had survived so far with those fillings > exposed > so I decided to be a daredevil, to take a real chance, and clear my > mask..... > > As I started to exhale through my nose I saw a strange flash of light! > > Did I just explode? Did my mask go into meltdown?!? Nope. The water > gurgled harmlessly from the mask as I found my light shining directly > up > into my face from where it was clipped to my harness. I had stared > certain death in the face once more and survived. Such is the life of > a > cave diver. > > The moral of the story? Well, more of a question than a moral... For > all of you that are really anal about O2 cleaning - what do you do > about > your masks since they would be exposed to nearly the same O2 > environment > as the inside of your tank or your deco regs? Hadn't thought about > that > one? Gonna' call TUSA and demand that they start producing an O2 > compatible mask with a Viton skirt? Gonna' visit the dentist and have > all your fillings changed to a non-metallic type? I really am > curious. > Please advise the list as to how we should handle this potential > hazard. > > TIA > > -Erik > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to > `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to > `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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