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Kevin, I see your point, but realize that Jim Cobb is just saying that if you change anything in the DIR system, it's no longer DIR. What's wrong with that? I dive a system close to DIR. In fact, my rig is exactly DIR in every respect... except I dive solo most of the time. So I'M NOT A DIR DIVER. Diving solo is not part of the DIR system. It's not evil, it doesn't hurt my feelings, yet I can still state that diving DIR is the best way to go (in my opinion anyway) and still preach its virtues. My setup is DIR, but I'm not when I dive solo. When I dive with my DIR buddy, yes, we are doing it the DIR way. Otherwise, it's something else. Scott Gudmundsen Vernal, Utah! ----- Original Message ----- From: Kevin Pickering <kevpix@gl*.co*.uk*> To: Tech Diver <techdiver@aquanaut.com> Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2000 9:52 AM Subject: Re: Black is smarter than Bill Hamilton > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Jim Cobb <cobber@ci*.co*> > > > snip< > > This is one thing you boneheads out there keep missing. If you are not > using > > the system en-toto, the it's not the system. Why do you people have such a > > problem with that? If you take a airplane and remove the wings, it's not > an > > airplane anymore, is it? Call it whatever the hell you want but its not a > > fucking airplane. You dopes are arguing "you people who insist on wings > > being on an airplane are a bunch of lock-stepping zealots." Do you all > > understand how stupid you sound? > >snip< > > No Jim, it's you who sounds stupid. > > An aeroplane has wings, agreed, but they can be placed on top, in the > middle, at the bottom, you can have the big wings at the back with small > (canard) at the front. You can have one wing, two or three (triplane). > Personal preference in the aviation industry. > > If the guy cant get out of a harness because of a previous physical injury > then putting a clip in is no big deal. Not perfect we know but at least he > can keep diving and dive as close to DIR as he can get. Cut the guy some > slack. > > The trouble with a few people on this list is that the DIR configuration as > a "uniform" is more important than any other consideration including diving > itself. If your not wearing the right uniform you're not in our our club. If > you're not in our club then you're a stroke. > > Jim you want to stick to things you're best at like maintaining you're web > site. That site has done more for DIR then any words that you have posted to > this list. > > Kevin > > -- > 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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