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From: <kirvine@sa*.ne*>
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 08:50:37 -0400
To: Grant Jones <grant@ow*.fr*.co*.uk*>
CC: Tech Diver <techdiver@aquanaut.com>, Kevin Connell <kevin@nw*.co*>
Subject: Re: Sick of Rants
Now I get it - Grant Jones is a dive instructor. That explains a lot.

Grant Jones wrote:
> 
> kevin wrote:
> 
> >Grant, we've all heard this before.  Yeah, so the delivery isn't so
> >great.  If you knew what was going on, and how many times its been
> >repeated, then you would be rude too.
> 
>     If one of my students kept asking the same questions, then I would have
> a long hard look at the way I was teaching them, same here, new divers don't
> know about dir, so lots of questions and accidents.
> 
> >Bullshit gear configuration and improper gas mixes kill.  Simple as that.
> 
>     New divers don't know about these things.
> 
>     Grant
> 
> >
> >
> >At 08:50 PM 8/17/1999 +0100, you wrote:
> >>billy wrote:,
> >>
> >> >How can standing on the sidelines furiously waving your
> >> >handkerchief at every perceived breach of your outmoded
> >> >standard of ettiquette possibly help anyone "see clearly
> >> >the DIR message"?
> >>
> >>     "Ha Ha, your mate died, stroke" - is that your idea of etiquette ?
> >>
> >> >I'll give you the benefit of the doubt that you intend
> >> >otherwise, but you are guilty of trying to distract people
> >> >from the real points which are...
> >> >
> >> >a) when a stroke dies from strokery, there is usually a
> >> >conspiracy amongst the strokes who trained or supplied or
> >> >encouraged the dead stroke, in order to hide the true cause
> >> >of death. We are witnessing such an event right now with the
> >> >latest Andrea Doria death.
> >>
> >>     So why not use this list and the vast information that some of the
> >>people using it have, and get in there first ?.
> >>     I know lots of *new* divers come and look at this list to read what
> the
> >>*top techie guys* have to say, all they see are mud flinging and slagging
> >>match's, not many of them are here long enough to learn anything - IMO
> thats
> >>a waste.
> >>
> >> >b) the DIR equipment configuration and protocols have been
> >> >designed by the most accomplished divers in the world, for
> >> >the use of all divers, to eliminate death by strokery.
> >>
> >>     I agree, but what good is that if you don't spread the word?, instead
> of
> >>trying to score points with other *agencies*, or groups
> >>
> >> >If you support either of these positions (and you words
> >> >above suggest you do) then you would do everyone on this
> >> >list a favour by shutting up.
> >>
> >>     I'm glad that you actually read and digest what I'm trying to say -
> >>others post, then think - but I hate to think that because of egos and
> >>infantile behaviour, some one might die, due to lack of knowledge.
> >>
> >>
> >>     Grant
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >rgds     billyw
> >> >
> >> >
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> >>
> >>
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> >-----------------------------------------------
> >Kevin Connell <kevin@nw*.co*>
> >
> >NW Labor Systems, Inc
> >http://www.nwls.com
> >
> >Who is John Galt?
> >-----------------------------------------------
> >
> 
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