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-----Original Message----- From: dmdalton@qu*=2Enet Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2000 9:06 AM To: sandiegoaes@ya*=2Ecom; trey@ne*=2Ecom; Bfrede1615@em*=2Emsn=2Eco= m Cc: cobber@ma*=2Ecisatlantic=2Ecom; mblitch1@ta*=2Err=2Ecom; dlv@ga*=2E= net; =20 armantrout@wo*=2Eatt=2Enet; cavers@ca*=2Ecom; techdiver@aquanaut=2E= com Subject: Re: Reality was Re: Reality Sucks for t << File: ENVELOPE=2ETXT >> --------------------------------------------------------------------------= =20 -- Todd & List: Todd wrote: > got to see how hypocritical most divers were on a day > to day basis=2E They would come in totally out of shape > and tell me what big dives they did=2E My favorite was a > 300 - 350 pound guy that had twin Genesis 120's=2E He > told me he would air dive to 300 on a regular basis One reason we have this situation in diving is because it is completly different from most any other sport=2E What other sport can you be grossly overweight, totally out of shape and still participate in that has the =20 ego gratification that diving has? Not many=2E In diving if you can make it to=20= =20 the water and your regulator will provide enough air to fill your gasping breaths, you can "participate" in the sport, at least until a "situation" arises=2E > My dad told me once that he saw a diving course in the > 60's for $99 bucks and his first tank cost $75=2E I guess I'm older than your dad! My first tank cost $40 (Voit blue & =20 white Safety Tank w/ K valve), regulator was $50 (Voit Polaris 50) and the =20 brand new Healthways contoured backpack was about $15=2E Lessons were $20 which =20= =20 was refunded if you bought a "package" which totaled more than $120=2E (Summer 1962, Cincinnati, Oh, Ohio Skindivers Headquarters)=2E > look at the shops today and I still see $99 courses > and $75 tanks forty years later=2E Meanwhile I pay a > golf instructor $125 an hour to improve my swing=2E The > diving industry has been stagnant for years=2E It has > not kept up with the times and the best people that > are attracted to it initially, leave after a short > time because it is run so poorly and you can't make > any money at it or are put off by the people that it > attracts=2E My sons lessons 3 years ago cost $325 but the instuctor (a personal =20 friend of mine) only got $40 of that fee=2E When I taught (73-80) I used to get =20 $40 per student out of a $200 course fee=2E This instructor, who works for me under contract as an investigator @ $30 an hour said if he got that =20 hourly rate to teach diving he figured he would make close to $3,000 per class=2E People spend $3,500 - $5,000 to learn to fly and would do the same to =20 learn to dive except for what I call "Dalton's Law of Stupid Supply" which =20 states "There is no end to the supply of stupid people willing to do something =20 for an ever decreasing amount of money, if the ego gratification is =20 sufficient!" Dave Dalton -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut=2Ecom'=2E Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut=2Ecom'=2E __________________________________________________________________________=20= =20 ____ __ This message has been checked for all known viruses by the Star Screening System http://www=2Estar=2Enet=2Euk/stats=2Easp Visit our web site at www=2Escott-wilson=2Ecom Privilege and Confidentiality Notice=2E This e-mail and any attachments to it are intended only for the party=20 to whom they are addressed=2E They may contain privileged and/or=20 confidential information=2E If you have received this transmission in=20 error, please notify the sender immediately and delete any digital=20 copies and destroy any paper copies=2E Thank you=2E Scott Wilson Scotland Ltd Registered in Scotland No=2E 48951,=20 Registered Office: 6 Park Circus, Glasgow, G3 6AX=2E UK=2E ________________________________________________________________________________ This message has been checked for all known viruses by the Star Screening System http://www.star.net.uk/stats.asp -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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