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Excellent post, Al. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Learn About Trimix at http://www.cisatlantic.com/trimix/ > From: <ajmarve@ba*.ne*> > Reply-To: ajmarve@ba*.ne* > Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 03:31:06 -0500 > To: Tim Humphrey <Tim@Hu*.ne*> > Cc: John Walker <techdive@ea*.ne*>, techdiver@aquanaut.com > Subject: Re: 59 reasons you strokes should shut up and listen > > Tim, > > Four months isnt a long time. I have been here, under one address or another > for > 5 years and I am a newbie. > > In that time I have seen an outburst like the one we are experiencing now at > least once per season. It is the annual "polite society party" where the > easily > offended launch yet another crusade to make techdiver safe for democracy and > the > easily offended. It is noisy and well attended by the luminaries of the sport, > but it solves nothing. The easily offended go away after a while< they are, > after all,easily offended>, and the brightest star is nothing but hot gas. > > At the same time another party is never held. It is the reunion of the divers > who didnt make it. They are dead. That is the list below. They can only serve > as > powers of example, of what not to do. They will never get to call someone a > stroke. They are gone and yet they will be here always. They are our most > sacred > touchstone, for to keep with the legacy of these divers we must never forget > them, or the mistakes which felled them, mistakes which could befall any of > us. > And we must not allow those who come after us to make those mistakes or to > lose > sight of the truth. And that is this: > > "DEATH IS NOT POLITE." > > -George M. Irvine III > > If you cant take dirty words and mean people, you probably dont have the > mindset to put in to practice all the other things that will make you > successful, where sucess is defined as staying alive. > > Al Marvelli > > Tim Humphrey wrote: > >> In the passed four months that I have been listening in to this list, this >> has to rate the sickest post yet from, what must be, a very sad person. >> >> The whole idea of lists such as this is to educate. To educate, gentlemen, >> requires a modicum of patience. Please don't belittle yourselves berating >> those less fortunate. Not everybody has had the benefits of your experience, >> nor fortunate enough to be able to dive WKPP. The vast majority of the >> contributors to this list have such vast knowledge to pass on it surely must >> be a crime to waste time on the verbose garbage in which so many seem ro >> relish. Grow up gentlemen. Follow Mr.Irvine's example. He seems to have seen >> the light. It really isn't worth it. >> >> Many thanks to you all. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: John Walker <techdive@ea*.ne*> >> To: <techdiver@aquanaut.com> >> Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2000 2:18 AM >> Subject: 59 reasons you strokes should shut up and listen >> >>> Steve Boswell >>> Steven Dismukes >>> Rob Palmer >>> Rob Parker >>> Kevin Gorkey >>> Daniel Smith >>> Jeremiah Douglas >>> Darren Douglas >>> Sherwood Schiles >>> Linda Alverez >>> Bill McFadden >>> Christopher Murley >>> Doug Massavage >>> Charlie McGurr >>> Jane Ornstein >>> Stephen Desborough >>> Mike Ekins >>> Andre Smith >>> John Claypool >>> Craig Sicola >>> Phil Leng >>> Soo Leng >>> Richard Roost >>> Harvey Leonard >>> Vince Napoliello >>> Robbie McGuirre >>> Sheck Exley >>> Rehan Bouwer >>> Mac Lupold >>> Mike Jonaitas >>> Tony Smith >>> Hennie Pretorious >>> Brian White >>> George Godwin >>> John Vincent >>> Andy Andrew >>> Denise Sirver >>> Robert Wolov >>> Chris Rouse Sr. >>> Chris Rouse Jr. >>> Dr. Henry Kendel >>> Pat Bowring >>> Bernard Prinz >>> Paul Haydon >>> Bob Foster >>> Nic Gotto >>> Kieth Milburn >>> Harry Railing >>> Dr. Wesley Gradin >>> Ian Rolland >>> Brett Potts >>> Peter Osbourne >>> Andy Bator >>> Larry Bodisch >>> John Ornsby >>> Richard Siaba >>> Kevin Lymn >>> James Henderson >>> and so on.......... >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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'. > -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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