Yeah, You're right, Steve. We used to hang out with the Norfolk Blues (the
guys who got hit by lighting up in Annapolis) in my school days. These guys
would come over after a game, covered in blood, contusions, concussions and
broken fingers and proceed to drink until they could feel no pain. Then they
would take their clothes off and do the elephant walk, play human bowling
with a beer keg, jump headfirst out of a window into a garbage can filled
with water and ram their heads through walls until the wee hours of the
morning. I did see 3 occasions when they were hauled directly to the
hospital, one for a broken neck, and two for protruding bone fractures.

   Jim
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> From: Steven Bliim <Steven.Bliim@Mc*.co*.au*>
> Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 13:56:37 +1000
> To: "'Jim Cobb'" <cobber@ci*.co*>, Al Marvelli <ajmarve@ba*.ne*>,
> techdiver@aquanaut.com, armantrout@mc*.co*
> Subject: RE: [Fwd: this guy is amazing]
> 
> Could not agree more Jim.
> 
> One point I will take - you forgot to mention that the rugby players don't
> get carried straight off the field and direct to surgery - they usually go
> to training a couple of times until they realise that they really do need
> the surgery. Just a small point but then coming from one of the premier
> rugby nations of the world us Aussies do have some experience of the matter.
> 
> Regards
> Steve Bliim
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Cobb [mailto:cobber@ci*.co*]
> Sent: Sunday, 25 June 2000 7:19
> To: Al Marvelli; techdiver@aquanaut.com; armantrout@mc*.co*
> Subject: Re: [Fwd: this guy is amazing]
> 
> 
> This is great! This was a terrific exploratory mission on ships and subs
> which are very rarely dove on. I, and I am sure everybody involved with this
> trip, are proud and excited at what we accomplished.
> 
> Dr. Dick has spread the word that exploration to the outer limits of tech
> diving is not without cost. Certainly the various aches, pains, and a little
> DCS are worth the mission. I think I would rather get a type 1 hit on a dive
> like this than on some botched rec dive from 60'.
> 
> You know that last year there were over 1.2 million (!) surgical procedures
> done to correct various sport injuries. Think about this for a little bit.
> This would include a golfer who trips over a grass knob and rips a tendon to
> rugby players who, when not getting hit by lighting, are constantly being
> carried off the field on a board direct to surgery.
> 
> Now as far as Black is concerned, he is a pussy with a big yellow stripe
> down the middle of his back. His rec dives make him wake up at night in a
> cold sweat. He would never, ever to any dive remotely like this, and just
> reading about it gives him apoplexy, as you can see from his post.
> 
> You know folks, I have gone back and forth with various people on this list
> but I have never taken any of it personally. But with Black should I ever
> come across him face to face my first impulse will be to knock his teeth out
> the backside of his head. But I would probably catch AIDS from all the blood
> and stuff that would be flying about.
> 
> Jim
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>> From: Al Marvelli <ajmarve@ba*.ne*>
>> Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 23:14:11 -0400
>> To: techdiver@aquanaut.com
>> Subject: [Fwd: this guy is amazing]
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> From: Jess Armantrout <armantrout@mc*.co*>
>> Date: Friday, June 23, 2000 10:12 PM
>> To: cavers@ca*.co*
>> Subject: this guy is amazing
>> 
>> Last week Black absolutely got mutilated on tech diver so today I guess he
>> decided to take his message to the "experts"...rec.scuba.
>> 
>> I am not on techdiver...could somebody forward this over so JT can see
> what
>> his "good buddy" the Dr. has been up to.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Trout
>> 
>> 
>> (beginning of original message)
>> 
>> Subject: DCS Type 1and DIR Myth 1
>> From: mjblackmd@my*.co*
>> Date: 2000/06/23
>> Newsgroups: rec.scuba
>> The truth prevails again (just takes a while to rise to the surface).
>> The Doing-It-Rightists, including Mr. DIR himself (George Irvine), are
>> 'fessing up to having had skin bends (DCS type 1) on numerous occasions.
>> They call it "slobitus."
>> 
>> Just one more dose of reality for DIR Myth 1: DIR has had NO fatalities
>> or accidents.
>> 
>> I don't know whether to thank these guys for 'fessing up, or condemn
>> them for dangerous diving practices.  It comes as no surprise that
>> diving too deep for too long will yield dividends like DCS type 1.
>> Thanks Doing-It-Rightists, for showing us what to avoid.  We can all
>> learn from your mistakes.
>> 
>> Click on techdiver's mailing list archives, http://www.aquanaut.com,
>> and search for subject, "Attack of the slobitus" for the recent
>> illuminating discussions by the deep sea idiots.
>> 
>> MJB
>> 
>> 
>> 
> 
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