Gosh, Paul, think of all the money they are saving, here! I mean all 
divers are not made of money you know. Some divers are on a budget, Mr. 
Moneybags and can't spend their hard-earned beer money on every 
high-falutin', new-fangled gadget that comes down the pike... And, hey, 
what are you bitching about, anyways... I mean that LP hose means they 
are not doing ID's, so they are almost DIR!!!

 Jim

Sender: Mantis Diving  Date: 2/24/99 4:24 PM

>Went diving the other day at a local training site, the day started out
>normal until we saw THEM. 
>
>Our states Technical centre of excellence (their words in one of their
>adds) were conducting training in doubles/stages.  The 3 students had
>sherwood recreational BCD's with the webbing band removed and twin cylinder
>bands attatched through the moulded backpack.  For their stage bottle they
>had a d-ring sewn on to the BCD at the base of the left shoulder strap
>(through the BCD not the strap) with the hip d-ring on the weight belt
>(webbing through the first hole in the weight then through the d-ring and
>then through the other hole in the weight.  
>
>The worst thing was their idea of a manifold for their doubles.  This
>consisted of a special LP hose going from an LP port on one reg to an LP
>port on the other reg.  The stage bottles were rigged as per WKPP style
>except for the galvanised bolt snaps (cheaper than stainless steel).  I
>don't know about you guys but dammed if that wasn't the worse I've seen.
>
>Safe diving
>
>Paul
>
>
>
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