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Date: Thu, 09 Dec 1999 07:48:06 -0800
To: techdiver@aquanaut.com
From: Kevin Connell <kevin@nw*.co*>
Subject: Fwd: Re: what to do with your other hand when the main one is
     on the wood
JT - Anyone with a basic nitrox course will know what "20 OXYGEN" "70" 
"120" "190" and "300"  mean.  Are you diving with people that don't have 
the basics of nitrox mastered?

>Capt JT wrote:
> >
> > To put it plainly, there are not enough divers that know what the markings
> > mean if I did not have the FT on it. To only dive with those that know the
> > markings, means I will not be diving very much. To expose those divers who
> > have not seen it before the Ft answers any question before they ask it. I
> > am known by many here, many have heard my name long before they ever see
> > me. When I come on a boat, I come to DIVE. Some will look at every pc of my
> > gear and never ask me a question, the FT is for them. We now have a group
> > here that very much uses your system. I'm sure that Jim has told you that
> > in private, we push everyone here to dive this way. I had started using
> > your ways long before I got on this list, it was not as fine tuned then as
> > it is now. You are right about one thing, I am a tough diver. I could do
> > all the dives that I have done already without your system. But why? You
> > are right in almost every way with your system. Notice I said ALMOST, I am
> > not a newbie, old timer, or cyber diver . I am the guy that goes every
> > weekend all year long , to any depth , to any place. I am the guy that will
> > try shit to see if it works and be truthful at what I find. There are parts
> > to your system that I am dealing with and cannot seem to make it work for
> > what I do. One thing I cannot do is be like you , I like to DIVE. I like
> > diving with people who like to DIVE. I have only refused to dive with one
> > person before. I then was asked to dive with this person again and did so
> > only when the guys I use did support for us, that was my condition to go.
> > There are many things I do to help these divers in this area become better
> > safer divers.By your standards I am not DIR, but by using your system and
> > my toughness that makes me GID (Getting It Done) You have no idea what your
> > saying when you address me. Get a grip, diving is too much fun to be
> > covered with the BS you put on it.
> >
> > At 10:09 AM 12/8/99 -0500, you wrote:
> > >Captain J. T. - does this mean you straightened out the bottles and quit
> > >the stroke shit? You have made a couple of steps in the right direction,
> > >and I am willing to acknoweldge that, but now it is time to go ahead and
> > >do it right all the way.
> > >
> > >
> > >Capt JT wrote:
> > > >
> > > > At 12:27 PM 12/7/99 -0500, kirvine@sa*.ne* wrote:
> > > > >  I am sure JT is a tough diver - he
> > > > >has to be with the dumb stiuff he pulls and still lives through it.
> > > > >Let's just hope he does not kill himself with his bullshit bottle
> > > > >markings and then have the stroke claim is was our fault.
> > > >
> > > > At 06:19 PM 9/3/99 -0400, kirvine wrote:
> > > > I see on JT Barker's web page in his pictures from the McGurr Doria 
> dive
> > > > that he marks his bottles correctly ( almost - the word "feet" is
> > > > unnecessary. Only the depth and the name of the owner are needed).
> > > >
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  Kevin Connell <kevin@nw*.co*>

  NW Labor Systems, Inc
  http://www.nwls.com


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