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"Gerry" - read it again. Don't get started with the Emily Latilla crap on your first post. Gerard Wijnsma wrote: > > Dear All, > > happy new year, > > Since I am new to this list (since the end of > december) a short introduction: > > Gerard Wijnsma - Gerry for those who can't pronounce > it like I want :-) > > Dutch > > About 400 dives, most of them recreational. I am > beginning to get some technical interest, doing > wreckdives and (slightly) deeper ones. > > Very much interested in the DIR concept. > > a remark on this: > > > > > --- kirvine@sa*.ne* wrote: > > >One big problem with steel tanks is that they will > >pas hydro pretty much no matter what since they tend > >to stretch and stay that way, so then do not show the > >overstretch and failure to return in the hyrostatic > >test. > > In the Netherlands, during a hydro, not only is > checked if the tank survives, but there is also a > maximum of stretching, which is measured during the > test. I find it hard to believe that this isn't the > case in the states. > > Something else... > and although not a PADI diver, is the latest thread > not more something for rec.scuba? I am subscribing to > this list to learn something, not to hear the usual > we're good and you're not - shit. An attitude like > that is not DIR, it is dogmatic. I thougt the concept > of DIR (apart from reduce to the max) was thinking > things trough. A friend of mine is GUE trained, and > uses it also for his open water diving. So I am > slightly familiar whit it and yes I read the site. > Although I embrace the concept of DIR, i am a bit of a > jackass, I want to know the reason for something, not > just "do this because wesayso". > > And to top things of with a question: > > how realistic is breaking a acrylic cannister > (primary) in cold water (approx 5 - 10 degrees C). I > am thinking of buying one, but have in mind the story > of a shattered camera housing from the father of > another friend that still lies at the site (the > housing). > > All the best... > > Gerry > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. > http://messenger.yahoo.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'.
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