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George, You break us up, all over the world. JS the Darwinian. At 05:34 17/05/00 -0400, you wrote: >Paul, the guy is an eye doctor whose "diving knowledge" is a compendium >of old wives tales, outdated heresay, long ago proven wrong silliness, >and then his own concoction of dangerous stupidity which goes beyond the >pale and draws the fire of anyone who has any knowledge of the game, >hence the attention he draws when demonstrating this. He then is a >hypocrite of Brobdinagian proportions, and to use a term his oft quoted >mentor, Brett Gilliam , used in one of his magazine articles, is "down >to seeds and stems" in his efforts to battle with those of us who walk >the walk. > >To use my won terms, this guy is a pussy who has his little panties in a >wad because he gets no respect from us and gets treated like a >coackroach when he scurries out in the dark to do his dirty business, >and that is how it should be. Fortunately, he is willing to repeatedly >be a power of example that all can spot quite easily. Let's just hope he >has no influence over anyone with his lame ideas , and let's hope he >does not get anyone killed with them. > > >Paul Johnston wrote: >> >> Mike, >> >> WOW - did I touch a nerve or something or are we just in a sensitive mood? >> >> Your reply interests me: >> >> As for posting my own introduction to the list I am afraid my credentials >> pale into insignificance in the light of your apparent vast medical and >> diving knowledge, my diving skills are simply recreationally based but >> hoping to improve and grow into more technical wreck type stuff. As for my >> medical skill, I have a friend who is a doctor - "Does that count". >> >> As for George - if this is George Irvine you are talking about, I am sorry, >> I don't know him personally at all - BUT - as we say in my home country of >> Ireland, "The proof of the pudding is in the eating". From what I have read >> and heard from a variety of sources George seems to be a person who has not >> only eaten the cake but baked it as well, in fact he may have even >> introduced some new ingredients. >> >> Have a safe dive this evening, you have satisfied my curiosity and my >> opinion of you remains unchanged. >> >> Paul >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Michael J. Black [mailto:mjblackmd@ya*.co*] >> Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2000 13:07 >> To: Paul Johnston >> Subject: Re: DIR - v - BLACK. MD? >> >> Paul, >> >> Are you unable to find my introduction in the archives? I'll have >> to look for yours, sometime. As you will post this yourself, I won't >> bother. You see Paul, once upon a time, George liked me and wanted >> to see an M.D. on the techdiver list (I may still have his post >> filed away), but that all changed when I started posting things he >> didn't like hearing, especially from a physician with diving medical >> knowledge. Things like adaptation to nitrogen narcosis, or dysbaric >> osteonecrosis in old knee injuries (how's that knee George?), or >> my corrections to the know-it-alls who emphatically stated Lasik >> eye surgery doesn't require a knife, or anabolic steroids are used >> to treat lung injuries. It became painfully obvious that too many >> regulars on techdiver, including George himself, were F.O.S. It was >> obvious to me as a physician, but also as a diver, and that just >> didn't sit well with the DIR gods, so I was cast out and told >> to S.T.F.U. I really don't mind being a cast-out, as I feel I'm in >> rather distinguished company. I even get occasional praises from >> long-departed whipping boys whose names I won't mention. And lastly, >> as I've said before, I've gotta admit that kicking this hornet's >> nest can be a scream, watching the DIR fools writhe in their own >> idiocy. As for my diving credentials, they've been posted too, but >> let's just say I dive alot (over twenty years, and 1000 logged dives >> in the last ten) and in fact, I'm going diving tonight after work. >> >> Regards, >> MJB >> >> --- Paul Johnston <Johnston@tw*.ca*> wrote: >> > Mike, >> > >> > I am relatively new to the list and basically have been sitting back and >> > watching as the crescendo of e-mails erupts around you on a constant >> basis. >> > Why is this? >> > >> > Maybe for the sake of those of us who don't 'know' you, you could give us >> a >> > list of your diving credentials so to speak. >> > >> > All of us wait with bated breath in anticipation of your reply. >> > >> > Paul Johnston. >> > >> >> __________________________________________________ >> Do You Yahoo!? >> Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! 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