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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0032_01BE97D2.A6232500 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Well, does it really matter if it's being sold to, say, a recreational = diver whose most challenging dives occur during the summer at resorts? I mean, I realize it would be remiss to advertise, say, my old Zeagle = Ranger as the be-all, end-all of technical solutions, but not only did I = advertise it as a fine recreational BC, I also told buyers (on Ebay) = that I was selling it because I was moving to a backplate and wings = setup. They should feel free to draw any conclusions they want. By that same token, there are contributors to this list who own or work = in dive shops. Does that mean they should feel guilty if they sell a = ScubaPro BC to a brand-new OW diver? Rich L ----- Original Message -----=20 From: William Allen=20 To: techdiver@aquanaut.com=20 Sent: Thursday, May 06, 1999 11:43 AM Subject: stroke gear It's really sad while we all pontificate on the DIR principals and the = unsafe nature of any other system we consider it perfectly acceptable to = dump your non DIR and plain potentially dangerous gear on someone else. = And as soon as the gear is brought up you here a collective "STROKE" = being shouted at the buyer. I guess it's the old story i made the = mistake but i think you should help pay for it. It's very reminiscent of = the television evangelist caught with his pants down around his ankles = while a disclpe worships at his feet.=20 ------=_NextPart_000_0032_01BE97D2.A6232500 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3Dtext/html;charset=3Diso-8859-1 = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2014.210" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Well, does it really matter if it's being sold to, = say, a=20 recreational diver whose most challenging dives occur during the summer = at=20 resorts?</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>I mean, I realize it would be remiss to advertise, = say, my old=20 Zeagle Ranger as the be-all, end-all of technical solutions, but not = only did I=20 advertise it as a fine recreational BC, I also told buyers (on Ebay) = that I was=20 selling it because I was moving to a backplate and wings setup. They = should feel=20 free to draw any conclusions they want.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>By that same token, there are contributors to this = list who=20 own or work in dive shops. Does that mean they should feel guilty if = they sell a=20 ScubaPro BC to a brand-new OW diver?</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Rich L</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A href=3D"mailto:william@ca*.co*" = title=3Dwilliam@ca*.co*>William=20 Allen</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20 href=3D"mailto:techdiver@aquanaut.com"=20 title=3Dtechdiver@aquanaut.com>techdiver@aquanaut.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, May 06, 1999 = 11:43=20 AM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> stroke gear</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>It's really sad while we all = pontificate on=20 the DIR principals and the unsafe nature of any other system we = consider it=20 perfectly acceptable to dump your non DIR and plain potentially = dangerous gear=20 on someone else. And as soon as the gear is brought up you here a = collective=20 "STROKE" being shouted at the buyer. I guess it's the old story i made = the=20 mistake but i think you should help pay for it. It's very reminiscent = of the=20 television evangelist caught with his pants down around his ankles = while a=20 disclpe worships at his feet. </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0032_01BE97D2.A6232500-- -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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