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At 07:01 AM 6/06/1998 -0400, George Wentland wrote:
>> >>Once, just before
>> >I dropped over the side I had a diso deck hand turn both my
>> >tank valves off when he thought he was turning them on, then
>> >he backed 'em up half a turn so I couldn't tell.
>> >
>In regards to this statement, this has happened to me also years ago. I
>came up with a preventative measure to keep it from happening again.
>Before I jump in, I take several deep, quick breaths from my 2nd stage
>while watching my pressure gauge. If the tank/manifold valve is
>partially closed the needle on the SPG will fluctuate with each breath.
>If it is closed all the way the needle will drop. This also gives a last
>minute check of your regulators. (For what it's worth)

Thanks George. I have also adopted a strategy
to deal with the above mentioned problem - I
don't let the boat monkeys get behind me. In 
Chris Freel's case (he's the one who pretends
to be homophobic) there are other benefits to
this strategy.

rgrds    billyw

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