What you don't get Tod, is that it is too late to be a pussy. And being
a nice guy with good intentions is like trying to empty a busy latrine with
your own spoon-it's nearly impossible and it leaves a bad taste in your
mouth. By stepping onto a boat that is headed out to do a real dive, you are
defacto stating that you are preppared and know your shit. If you step onto
the boat and you haven't even figured out the gear ( which would be obvious
if you are a stroke),you deserve a beating-because you have just taken the
first step to fucking it up for everyone. You might be able to drive home
drunk from your favorite pub everynight, but you are endangering everyone
around you. If you don't thionk that it is good manners now, wait until you
get a chance to lift a dead body onto a stretcher or you watch a persons
eyes explode when the body come up from depth. I have been there and I kept
my mouth shut to the guy that died. JT will verify this, I called the gear
"an accident waiting to happen" on the ride out. That guy did not belong on
the boat, but I was the outsider so I played it quiet and didn't say
anything except to the guys I was visiting. That guy probably would have
gotten over the insults.-EZ



>Sean:
>
>This analogy may be suffering in quite a few areas, not the least of which
being
>that George (with all due respect) in not the Marine Sgt. Major of all the
>divers in all the boats in all the seas in all the configurations of the
world.
>That he should go up to the individual and with appropriate professionalism
say
>"Hey buddy, I know you've probably put a lot of thought into that gear, but
may
>I make a few suggestions?" is without question, because any diver who knows
>George and the caliber of excellence earned by him in the industry would
>appreciate that kind of one-on-one mentoring.    But to create a tissy-fit
in
>front of everyone aboard, well, I don't imagine I need to explain why that
is
>not called for.   Or do I really need to enumerate?
>
>Tod
>
>
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