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On Mon, 5 Dec 1994, ANTHONY APPLEYARD wrote: > (5) When he got back into air afterwards, he took his helmet off while it > was flooded, and the liquid in his helmet, and the liquid which he expelled > from his lungs, went on the floor. I guess that (a) this liquid would be > expensive, and (b) where thus spilt it would make a dangerously slippery mess: > surely there would be a way for him to fill his helmet with air and get all > the liquid back into the set's storage tank while the helmet is still sealed? I think, given the circumstances in the film under which he removed his helmet, he can be excused for this one..... > (6) With his pharynx full of the liquid, he would find it hard to avoid > swallowing quantities of it, thus (a) expending it, and (b) on a long dive, > inconveniently lubricating his intestines, as his gut wouldn't absorb it. (I > was vaguely thinking here of a stomach tube running from a water tank in the > set; this would solve any thirsty temptations to swallow the breathing liquid, > also might mechanically prevent him from swallowing the breathing liquid.) Never thought of that before...interesting problem. > --------------------------------- > PS. Sorry to use bandwidth on a non-diving matter, but: I can't find info re > this in any of the proper places: how to get Word Perfect 5.1 for DOS, when > displaying text, to use my PC's 132*43 character text screen mode instead of > the usual 80*25 character text screen mode? Shift-F1, then follow the menus. Not all computers can display at that resoulution. Aloha, Rich deepreef@bi*.bi*.ha*.or*
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