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Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 14:35:21 -0400
Subject: Re: nice words?
From: Jim Cobb <cobber@ci*.co*>
To: <trey@ne*.co*>
CC: <IHOPPOET@ao*.co*>, <techdiver@aquanaut.com>
Well that's fine and all but if people start sending you checks too, I want
a commission.

I'm on a few mailing lists and I gotta tell ya George, techdiver is the
absolute most entertaining list on planet earth.

   Jim
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> From: trey@ne*.co* (Trey)
> Reply-To: trey@ne*.co*
> Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 19:31:37 -0400
> To: Jim Cobb <cobber@ci*.co*>
> Cc: IHOPPOET@ao*.co*, techdiver@aquanaut.com
> Subject: Re: nice words?
> 
> Cobb, now that I know you , your stuff is so much funnier to me.
> Incongruity is the heart of humor, and it has become almost incongruous
> to get on here and say what we wuld like to say, so when you do it, I
> love seeing it.
> 
> Jim Cobb wrote:
>> 
>> Why did these same people not tell you that attempting to change the culture
>> on techdiver is a fruitless venture and has been tried over and over and
>> over by the "can't we all get along" types. And their attempts invariably
>> fail miserably, usually in a flaming pyre of abusive posts.
>> 
>> (As an aside, I will have to say that not one of these attempts to "Rodney
>> King-ize" techdiver have involved any monetary compensation, so let me be
>> the first to offer that if your delicate sensibilities are so offended by my
>> posts, then please send me $100 and I promise to never humiliate, degrade,
>> laugh at, or otherwise abuse you or any of your panty-wasted buddies again.
>> Hey, if it worked for Rodney...)
>> 
>> In the meantime why don't you sitdown and shutup or do a post which offers
>> real information or asks a legitimate question, you wussyboy.
>> 
>> And I'd like to offer my hat's off to those who have had the balls (or
>> ovaries) to come out and ask their questions, no matter how stupid or
>> moronic they might be, and then withstood the flames without going home
>> whimpering to mama, (like that pole-smoking butt-pirate "Dr. Black" moron).
>> You people are true divers and will go deep.
>> 
>> Jim
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>>> From: <IHOPPOET@ao*.co*>
>>> Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 03:14:09 EDT
>>> To: techdiver@aquanaut.com
>>> Subject: nice words?
>>> 
>>> I am new to this list and have so far learned quite a bit. However I have
>>> been wondering, more and more with every post I read, does anyone ever speak
>>> kindly of anyone else?  I realize this is a list full of men and women that
>>> perform skills most of the diving world would never dream (i.e., have
>>> nightmares) about, but in diving, arrogance can kill you. I know a few
>>> people
>>> on this list, after my first post several people I know remarked "I see you
>>> found the tech list" and I have been informed that fights make up the bulk
>>> of
>>> the posts. They also tell me, if I stick around and can wade through the
>>> fighting I will learn a lot, so I intend to stick around for a while. As
>>> well
>>> I hope to soon find time to read through some archives, you can never learn
>>> to much. I'm on another list where the divers do thing most of the diving
>>> world would not dream of doing either. Yes, there are fights on occasion,
>>> but
>>> not often. For those of you who share that list with me, I am referring to
>>> the udt/runhopeswim fights. To sum up I wish to quote a poor, bruised, taxi
>>> driver, "can't we all just get along?"
>>> 
>>> Thank you
>>> Jason Miller
>>> 
>>> find out about training from
>>> LGS, DRI, and other psd orgs
>>> join the psd events list at:
>>> http://www.onelist.com/community/PSD-events
>>> <A HREF="http://www.onelist.com/community/PSD-events">ONElist :
>>> PSD-events</A
>>>> 
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