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From: "Grant Jones" <grant@ow*.fr*.co*.uk*>
To: "Tech Diver" <techdiver@aquanaut.com>, <kirvine@sa*.ne*>
Subject: Re: Sick of Rants
Date: Sat, 21 Aug 1999 03:37:11 +0100
kirvine wrote:

>Now I get it - Grant Jones is a dive instructor. That explains a lot.

    Thanks, now the world knows,

    And as such, I pass on my knowledge, what do you do with yours?

    Grant





>
>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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>> >Kevin Connell <kevin@nw*.co*>
>> >
>> >NW Labor Systems, Inc
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>> >
>> >Who is John Galt?
>> >-----------------------------------------------
>> >
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