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Couldn't have put it better myself (well, I may not have used dude!) Thanks -----Original Message----- From: Kevin E. Harris <keh1665@ya*.co*> To: S I L E N T I M M E R S I O N <silent@cu*.ne*> Cc: techdiver@aquanaut.com <techdiver@aquanaut.com> Date: 16 May 1999 01:01 Subject: Re: Hello all >Dude: >No doubt this person is not "DIR" or "Hogarthian", >However, calling him a stroke this early in his >introduction seems a little rough. > >Besides isn't a "stroke" someone who knows better and >continues down a "PP" path! (DIR definition?) >Many of us have lead misguided lives. Doesn't make us >bad people (strokes). > >From this gentlemans post, he is a lamb in a sea of >"DIR" wolves! > >Sorry,I'm a little tired and testy, I just hate to see >people pound their chest at others expense! You >wouldn't want him to turn away prior to "schooling" >him on do's and don'ts would you? > >If the "DIR" crowed really wants to show the dive >world their "better mouse trap" is the best yet, you >are going to have to be a little more diplomatic and >provide answers and direction not SLAMMing and >rhetoric! > >Some of you guy sound like the first year instructors >with an attitude! > >I will go back to my hole now! > > > >> Talking about strokes.... >> >> >> Dude, lurk around a little longer to get the picture >> here. Check the >> archives under "stroke" because that is what you are >> and what you do not >> want to be. >> >> Regards, >> >> THOMAS >> >> >> At 01:02 PM 5/13/99 -0400, you wrote: >> >Hello All >> > >> >I am new to the list (lurking for 1 day) and a >> relative newcomer to >> >technical diving. >> > >> >Just as a bit of background. I am a PADI OWSI and >> TDI Extended Range Diver. >> > >> >Most of my diving has been done in Dahab, Egypt. - >> Red Sea, but I have done >> >some diving in other tropical places such as the >> Coral Sea, Solomon >> >Islands, Florida Keys, Sodwana - South Africa, >> Great Barrier Reef, Bali and >> >Sulawesie (Indonesia) and finally, one dive in the >> Med off the coast of >> >France. >> > >> >I currently live in England but have yet to do some >> dives here. I have >> >dived in some of the quarries / pits they use for >> training but would not >> >really classify them as dives. I have joined a BSAC >> club and intend to do >> >some serious diving once I have purchased a >> drysuit. >> > >> >I have about 330 dives, of which perhaps 15 are >> proper ER dives (Redundant >> >gear etc.) >> > >> >I have a great deal of deep diving experiance (50m >> +) but most of it was >> >done with the standard rec gear. Stupid huh? >> Anyway, a close call in a deep >> >overhead environment convinced my that I should do >> the training. It was >> >also fortunate that the club I dive with in Dahab >> has now included TDI >> >training which was where I did mine. >> > >> >My equipment includes >> >Dive Rite Transpac II + Superwings (Jr Wings for >> single tank dives), >> >Spiro Arctic Reg >> >Forcefins >> >Uwatec Alladin Air X Nitrox >> > >> >I need to purchase a reg to feed over the left >> shoulder (I use independant >> >doubles) and a drysuit (As well as weights and >> tanks). >> > >> >So much for that >> > >> >Later >> > Charles >> >-- >> >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'. >> > > >=== >Kevin E. Harris > >Life is like a grindstone, >Whether it grinds you down or polishes you up depends on what you're made of! >Author Unknown >_____________________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Free instant messaging and more at http://messenger.yahoo.com >-- >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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