Mailing List Archive Mailing List Archive
Why don't you unsubscribe then?? George ads loads of useful information to this list and also a lot of entertainment. Don't take the words so seriously on this list. George ones had an argument with a guy a couple of years ago. This guy tried to make his argument based on 30 years of diving experience. George said, it does not matter how long you have been a stroke. That was the end to that discussion. A real killer. I laughed for hours after that one. He also had a discussion about poseidon regulators a couple of years ago which he do not like. His reason was that he ones walked in on a gay bar and they all had one. End of that discussion... Anybody else that has some classic comments from George? Hinchey wrote: > Well put. I'm sure there are many "lurkers" who agree. I belong to several > other technical lists (unrelated to diving) and this is the only one where > such useless abuse is tolerated. > > Chuck Hinchey > chinchey@rj*.co* > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dave Sutton [mailto:pilots@na*.ne*] > Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 1999 6:40 PM > To: techdiver@aquanaut.com > Cc: diverdan@ac*.mo*.ne* > Subject: Re: A question about who is the mouth > > -----Original Message----- > >From: Daniel L. Crawford <diverdan@ac*.mo*.ne*> > >You have a few brain lesions to many or what? Sheesh, you come onto the > >list and start spouting off. Have you seen a neurologist lately? > > Greetings to all, > > I've been lurking for a long time and am just sick of > seeing George and syncophants bullying people. This > is supposed to be a forum for -informed- and -polite- > discussion of -technique-, not a pulpit for a few to bully > others who disagree on a technical basis with the conclusions > of others, not should it be a forum for -anyone- to stand up and > shout (rudely at that) that they, and only they, dive according > to the very word of god and that the rest of us are all worthless > scum. Boy...... > > I've been too busy -doing it- to waste time -talking about it- > but enough is enough. Playground bullies need to be > put in their places now and then. > > I see from your post that you, as well, resort to ad-hominum > attacks (look it up). This is generally the last bastion of the > intellectually bankrupt in conduct of debates: when you cannot > attack the idea, or present a rational and thoughtful argument > using well reasoned lines of logical construction the debater > resorts to attacking the person. It's worth a deduction of points > in formal debate. Perhaps you should take a course in rhetoric, > reasoning, and logic. They are available from any local college. > Should you be willing to offer some technical points for discussion, > I'll be very happy to debate. > > Here is a starting sample of what I expected to see here when I began > lurking: > > Question: Why do NJ Wreck divers all use 1/4 manila reels when the rest of > the tech diving world uses lighter synthetic line and smaller diameter > reels? > > My answer: Because we do our deco wearing 1/4 inch 3 finger mitts > and while it is true that a light line is strong enough to hold the diver, > it is nearly impossible to hold onto the light line for a long deco with > mitts, > nor is it possible to tie knots in lighter line with the heavy mitts on. Our > technique > for deco if we cannot locate the anchor line is to send up our manila on a > 50 > pound lift-bag, and then hang from the annchored bag. Plus, we feel that the > manila, being biodegradable, does not pose as much of a long-lasting > entanglement > hazard to other divers who might visit the wreck later as would synthetic > line since there > is no practical way to retrieve the line post-deco, so we simply cut it off. > Lastly, > we are more-or-less sessile (meaning that we don't move much on the bottom) > so we do not worry as much as a cave diver might about drag swimming, nor > since the majority of our diving is not real 'overhead enviromnent' stuff we > are not as worried about streamlined profile as a cave diver might be". > > Now, you get to add -your- comments based on -your- experience, and > you might learn something from me, and I might learn something from you. > > Nice, eh?? You might try it sometime. it's what this list should be -all- > about. > > Answers like "You are an asshole for using such a stupid technique. You > and all of your Jersey Jerks should be taught by the WKPP guys how > to -really- dive" is not acceptable. If you tried blue-water diving up here > using cave techniques, you'd be dead. You -might- survive the fairly > benign conditions of the summer, but come February when the air temperature > on the boat is 15, the water is 32, and your gear freezes to a sheet of ice > while > you climb the ladder and you'd be toast. (BTW, I guess that 2 years spent in > the Antarctic doing this stuff means I don't know shit about cold water, > either...) > > Once again, I challenge the _entire group_ to refrain from writing > what you would not be brave enought to say to a mans face. It's > a sign of living in a civilized society to play well with others. > > Frankly, it's sadly obvious that very few here are divers. The divers > that I have associated with over the last 25 or so years would be > _ashamed_ to act like this group. > > Dave Sutton > > -- > 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'. -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
Navigate by Author:
[Previous]
[Next]
[Author Search Index]
Navigate by Subject:
[Previous]
[Next]
[Subject Search Index]
[Send Reply] [Send Message with New Topic]
[Search Selection] [Mailing List Home] [Home]