I would like to defend our national sport by saying that only those who
don't try hard enough get injured, but the last match I played in against
another airborne unit resulted in me having two broken ribs, a cracked wrist
and a broken nose and it was only a "friendly" match. Moral of this story is
never trust a soldier who leaps out of planes, but they are still better
than ones who leap out of boats (sorry Jim :-) )
----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Cobb <cobber@ma*.ci*.co*>
To: Steven Bliim <Steven.Bliim@Mc*.co*.au*>; 'Jim Cobb'
<cobber@ci*.co*>; Al Marvelli <ajmarve@ba*.ne*>;
<techdiver@aquanaut.com>; <armantrout@mc*.co*>
Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2000 2:49 PM
Subject: Re: [Fwd: this guy is amazing]


> 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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