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Bondage stroke wings will be history like the salad shooter. Think it out vs falling for hype. Do what makes sense after you think about it. Who gives a crap who advocates the idea? Jeff vpg wrote: > Hello everyone again, > > Well thankyou all for your comments, its been very interesting to say the > least. > > I seriously doubt if I would go for OMS bungee wings due to the seeds of > doubt sewn but I must admit Im not TOTALLY convinced of all the arguments. > > 1. I question how often any BC suffers a major puncture that even with > bungee cords would lead to total loss of buoyancy in the dramatic way > portrayed. > > 2. If you go by the system advocated and believe that a second or dual > bladder is not needed because your drysuit is your backup, then rather than > lie helpless on the ocean floor with stuporwings, you could utilise your > backup ie, the drysuit. In that respect your contradicting yourself with > those arguments. > > 3. If the other argument is considered ie, the bungees create air pockets > preventing proper expellation of air then we would not get this total > dramatic loss of buoyancy? > > I also feel you let yourself down as a group by being so agressive and > insulting. If you believe it is worth promoting your system ( you must or > you would not waste time arguing on here ) then you should sell it to people > who are genuinly interested, insults and arrogance only get in the way of > the message. This approach that you have doesnt make you look smart or > clever but gives the impression as though your just a bunch of loony > extremists, which is a shame because questioning systems and products can > only lead to safer diving. > > I believe much if not all of your ideas and points of view are sound > principles, Ive learnt a lot from you and would thank you for that. > > Thanks again. > > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. -- mailto:jeffbentley@mi*.co* http://www.mindspring.com/~jeffbentley For all you boneheads on the cavers list.... The email address for Carl is mailto:cgh@kr*.co* -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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