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At 09:08 AM 5/2/99 -0800, Rockwell, Matthew wrote: > First of all Billy, I never proclaimed myself as a tech diver as far a I >can recall. I am on this list for the trade of information. The questions >was in regards to a product that I am familiar with. Matthew, hasn't it occured to you that the question was asked in a technical forum regarding a 'technical' bc called the Mares Synchro *Tech*. >And secondly just so >that you know I also dive with a DIR rig when I am diving an overhead or >penetration environment. I happen to have a Halcyon mc and 38# explorer >wings which I also enjoy diving with when needed. But that does not mean >that I am going to be a grinch on knowledge when asked a question on >something that I am familiar with. Oh come on, Mathew. Don't piss us around. You stood up in a technical forum and told the guy that the Mares Synchro tech was your main diving rig. You told him you liked how secure the tank or tanks (your words - implying doubles) feel. You told him how you liked the 65 lb of lift which was adequate for ANY of the dives you do in Northern California. And now you come out with this bullshit that we should have known all along that you weren't recommending this piece of shit bc for technical diving. People like you are so concerned at >marking their territory or pissing on someone elses parade that they forget >that we are on this list for educational purposes and to trade information. Mathew, the territory around safe diving is already marked out. If you want to mess with that, tough. And if the parade consists of duck-and-weave artists like you, it needs pissing on. And as far as 'educational purposes' and 'trading information' goes, who was your technical instructor? rgrds billyw >-----Original Message----- >From: bdi [mailto:bdi@wh*.ne*] >Sent: Friday, February 05, 1999 3:50 AM >To: Rockwell, Matthew; 'Bendall Ken' >Cc: techdiver@aquanaut. com (E-mail) >Subject: RE: Mares Tech BCD - comments > > >At 08:09 AM 4/2/99 -0800, Rockwell, Matthew wrote: >>Ken, >> >>I use the Mares synchro tech as my main diving rig. I like how secure the >>tank or tanks feel with the large cumberbun and chest lip. The weight >>integration is very comfortable also. I also like that it has a 65lb lift >>bag that is adequate enough for any of the dives that I do in Northern >>California. The only thing that I have found that is a little annoying is >>that the BC tends not release all the air out of the bag if your >horizontal. >>I have learned how to get around this being that the synchro tech has 4 air >>dumps with rip cords. > >Mathew, anyone who bets their life on a technical >life support device as vital as a wing or bc bladder >with no less than four built-in potential failure >points is clearly incapable of making sound equipment >decisions for themselves, much less of advising others. > >But since you've stood up in this forum, you can do us >all a service by telling us the name of your technical >instructor. > >Thanks billyw > >>Have fun and Safe diving > >Surely you jest. > >-- >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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