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On 7/15/98 11:37, Raimo4252@ao*.co*, Raimo4252@ao*.co* said:
>If ALL you are using on your boat to identify Nitrox and oxygen cylinders is
>masking tape, its time to correct that -- but I do not think that is the
>case.
>Lets be specific, tank labeling is proper permanent labels.
Nope.
There is no such thing as a "proper" permanent label, because there is no
standard as to what constitutes a "proper" label.
Attempting to maintain the fantasy that there IS a right way to mark
tanks is worse than nothing, because it creates the illusion of the
safety of a standard, where in fact there is none.
It's not time to correct tanks marked with tape, it's time to correct the
idea that it's OK to dive a tank based on it's label, without knowing,
beyond a shadow of a doubt, what's inside.
The tanks you guys are speaking of were certainly not the only un-marked
tanks in the world, according to all your "standards", my tanks are
unmarked, and will remain so.
Counting my buddy, we now have at least 3 separate sets of tanks that are
known to be unmarked (by any agency "standards"), separated by a
continent.
I don't count on labels, because at least 3 chambers of this gun are
loaded.
You go ahead, though, and keep barking. There's just nothing up that tree.
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"C'mon, you sons of bitches, you
want to live forever?"
-First Sergeant Dan Daly, 1918
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