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Its like shooting fish in a barrel with this guy. No, its more like P.J. O'Rourke described the effect of all those cluster bombs on the traffic column of the "Basra Road Bugout": "It was more like a 12 gauge in a goldfish bowl." (or words to that effect) I am sure this is going to get much better. Like Trout said on the RB list, "It's too touchy feelie around here lately." (or words to that effect) Speaking of Trout, WTF is he doing during all this? <sharp elbow to the ribs> Its time to drop the BLU-76B. Scott "I was provided with additional input that was radically different from the truth. I assisted in furthering that version." --Colonel Oliver North ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott" <scottk@hc*.co*> Newsgroups: rec.scuba Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2000 11:49 PM Subject: Re: Dr. Bennett's Nitrox article > > <mjblackmd@my*.co*> wrote in message news:87d27b$2r8$1@nn*.de*.co*... > > > You distorted the facts, and it is VERY TRUE that this needs to be > > cleared up. I do not PLAN any dive to pO2 1.9. > > Bullshit. You plan dives to a max of 130 with a pony containg 40%. > > >I often carry a > > pony bottle with EAN40 and NEVER use it. > > Bullshit. > > >It is there for bailout > > only. Most wrecks I dive are in 130ffw or less. I do not PLAN to > > breathe my pony at this depth, but if I have to I will, and I know > > to get the hell outa there. My PLAN calls for breathing air. > > And a pony with 40% in it, if things go bad. Simple question: Do you or do > you not > carry a pony with 40% in it. If you do, then using 40% at max depth is part > of your plan, > or, like I believe, you are a complete dickhead. > > > > then suggested that I knew nothing about OxTox because I didn't > > > buy into the theory of breathing a mix of 1.9 for 20 minutes. > > No, the issue here is simple: You *do* know better, but you just dont want > to admit publicly that you posted a fuck up. Thats OK, we will illuminate. > > > Neither, see above. I must say that I do find it very interesting > > based on DAN's data from 1996 that the incidence of DCI with Nitrox > > is twice that of air. > > Uh, in case you haven't "heard" DAN's data is flawed, as is its gathering > and classification protocol. DAN is catering to the "status quo" SCUBA > industry, > with completely predictable result. > > They want to make diving, and instructors *look* as safe as possible, while > ignoring the > basic facts. > > Kind of like Volvo's. If there is one thing you don't want to be behind on a > nice mountain road, its a Volvo Turbo. They only go fast when you try to > pass them. > > Scott > > -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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