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Good Idea! Dear List and especially divers buying new gear and going more tech. I read this list with interest. I am changing my ways and adopting DIR philosophy. But not totally yet. Why, is not the purpose of this posting. Lately, there have been some new people asking questions and setting up gear. At this time, I would like to make a few points in that: Try to study the DIR philosophy. Try to adopt at least parts of it. Don't be put off I you cannot adopt all off it at once. Simplification, streamling, routing hoses are all good things to start with. (My back ground is: I am a Trimix diver and a cave diver. I have no wish to instruct, I don't need the money or the aggrivation.) Buying a back plate and a wing is no more expensive than one of those "flash" BCD's. For example, I can use a 45 pound lift wing with a 100 single or my 55 twins. Sure it's a bit big for a single. You can easily make a single tank adaptor out of a piece of "U" aluminium. I am sorry to sound so basic, but I am just trying impress on new comers to twin tank or tech diving to think it through before purchasing gear. It is too easy to buy gear that your instructor uses or suggests. Most of us who have been doing it for a while end up with alot of gear we don't use. In my own case I have gear that I don't want to use anymore, and worse still, I don't have the conscience to sell it. Just my thoughts. Jeff of Darwin. The water is warm and 31C. At 22:18 18/01/00 +0100, you wrote: >Den 21:19 18-01-00 skrev Kevin Connell: >>Since the FAQ issue is coming up right now I'll let you guys in on a >>little secret: >> >>I have 2 years of techdiver, and cavers full text indexed on our company's >>webserver and database server right now. >> >>I have the basics in place, I am just working on getting permission for >>jr@op*.co* and setting up an app that updates the database with new >>messages. >> >>So, hopefully in a week or two it will be all up and running. >> >>I have some older stuff I will work on getting in there, too. > >Sounds good! So we're talking a full text search engine? The thing is that >this - excellent - database would be very good for more seasoned users but >a complete newbie would be more helped with a format like this (IMHO): > >Q Why breathe the long hose as primary? >A .... > >Q What should I look for in a wing? >A .... > >Q What wing size is the right for me? >A .... > >Comments? >-- > <regards="hilsen">Peter Fjelsten</regards> > >-- >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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