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Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 13:57:24 -0400
Subject: Re: Making sure this dead horse is thoroughly beaten (wasRe:
From: Jim Cobb <cobber@ma*.ci*.co*>
To: David Blundell <daveblundell@op*.co*.au*>,
     Jim Cobb
CC: "Mcinnis, Don" <Don.Mcinnis@in*.co*>,
     "'TGunther@co*.co*'" ,
    
No, can't say that I have. My good old AUL100 works fine for the moment,
can't really justify the big bucks for the conversion at the moment.

   Jim
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> From: David Blundell <daveblundell@op*.co*.au*>
> Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 03:06:46 +1000
> To: Jim Cobb <cobber@ci*.co*>
> Cc: "Mcinnis, Don" <Don.Mcinnis@in*.co*>, "'TGunther@co*.co*'"
> <TGunther@co*.co*>, techdiver@aquanaut.com
> Subject: Re: Making sure this dead horse is thoroughly beaten (wasRe:
> 
> Jim,
> 
> Have you tried or seen the HID lights.  I bought one in Florida, and boy, I
> cannot
> wait to get back and do some our dives here again.  The light is so "white"
> that it
> really illuminates the cave, reef etc.
> 
> Best toy I've bought in a while.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Dave.
> 
> Jim Cobb wrote:
> 
>> Oh the lucky diver below me, should I feel the need to drop my light. (hey,
>> after losing the scooter, what the fuck's a light?) I have to tell you
>> pelican enthusiasts that the dive I fired up my 50watt light was the dive
>> that I cursed all the previous dives I wasted groping around with my stupid
>> 14 watt dimbulb. I had fun going back to all the in shore wrecks just to see
>> what they really looked like.
>> 
>> Spectacular hallmarks in my diving career (in order):
>> 
>> Going from pony to doubles.
>> Getting rid of the weightbelt.
>> Getting a drysuit.
>> Getting rid of the stuporwings.
>> Getting a canister light.
>> Utilizing staged deco and doing a working 1.2 PP02 limit.
>> Getting a scooter (boooo hoo hoo).
>> 
>> Each one of these events doubled or tripled my joy of diving and I regret
>> all the dives I did without.
>> 
>> Jim
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>> 
>>> From: "Mcinnis, Don" <Don.Mcinnis@in*.co*>
>>> Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 16:06:16 -0500
>>> To: "'TGunther@co*.co*'" <TGunther@co*.co*>,
>>> techdiver@aquanaut.com
>>> Subject: RE: Making sure this dead horse is thoroughly beaten (wasRe:
>>> 
>>> I hear that Jim Cobb has one he will donate. That is if he can find it...
>>> 
>>> Don
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: TGunther@co*.co* [mailto:TGunther@co*.co*]
>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2000 1:24 PM
>>> To: techdiver@aquanaut.com
>>> Subject: Re: Making sure this dead horse is thoroughly beaten (wasRe:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> <<  Canister lights are great, but again if we are discussing the
open water
>>> diver we are most likely not discussing a canister lite,  >>
>>> 
>>> On the contrary, this is in fact what I and my good friend Nick Foster are
>>> doing
>>> here in the Northwest.    When we talk to open water divers about DIR we
>>> mention
>>> a canister light as an integral part of that system.    More often than not
>>> we
>>> mention the EE Bud Lite or Pro 6 as much smarter alternatives to the UK or
>>> other
>>> pistol grips.     DIR is going to do very well here in the Northwest over
>>> the
>>> next couple years.    Now if we could only get EE to send us a couple
>>> scooters
>>> in appreciation  :-)
>>> 
>>> Tod
>>> 
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