> 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.

You are so fucking wrong with this statement that it is dumbfounding. From
these words I can ascertain that you are one of those who are out there
bastardizing DIR and sending unsuspecting folks in all sorts of stupid and
dangerous directions. It is a SYSTEM, will an engineer out there please try
to explain this in terms boneheads can understand? I have tried and failed.

A stroke is somebody who insists on doing stupid stuff like using quick
release buckles and then coming up with all sorts of dumb rationalizations
as to why they have to use them. And then not listening to any of the
reasons why it is wrong, and even worse not even trying it out.

I fought every single change required by DIR with my rig and am still
fighting them. And I am still looking stupid when I realize that you can't
mess with the system anymore than you can saw the wings off of an airplane
to make it fit in your garage.

Christ almighty, did I fall asleep and wake up on rec.scuba or something?
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> From: "Kevin Pickering" <kevpix@gl*.co*.uk*>
> Date: Sun, 28 May 2000 16:52:10 +0100
> To: "Tech Diver" <techdiver@aquanaut.com>
> 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
> 
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