Fear is a funny thing. It makes some people do *really* stupid things.

Billy, just for the record, I know I speak for others here as well,  I would
like to say thanks to you for all the great flames, dissections, and truths
you have posted here over the years. Whenever I see a message with your name
on it, I know its going to be one of three things:

1) Good, solid info.
2) A crucifixion
3) Truth someone doesn't want told.

MHK came out last weekend and did a DIR demo here. Andrew came and did his
Britannic presentation. We had 38 people show up for the demo, which, for
Hood Canal, is a lot. We are going to do another one, with Andrew G in
Seattle, and we are going to promote the hell out of it.

None of the local IANTD cadre bothered to show. They are always bad rapping
DIR, JJ, GI, GUE and such at the beach, to unknowing souls, but no hair on
the ass to come present the "issues" when there is a forum created just for
this reason. All the usual bullshit "GI is mean, people who back up DIR on
the techlist and rec.scuba are ill mannered, etc..." I hear all the behind
the back shit they spew. And, I see, dive with, and unfuck their hose
stuffing victims regularly. One of the locals hates my guts bad enough to
whine to my boss about me and what I post, trying to get me fired. Simply
tells me that what I am doing is *exactly* right, and pointed at *exactly*
the right people.

Pappy used to say "The more you stir it, the more it stinks."

Carry on, the reactions tell me its working. We really do "bother" them.
And, We should. After all, Our "cult" is growing exponentially...soon they
wont be able to dismiss Us and Our Plan with a wave of the hand and the
usual
"That's great if your a cave diver in Florida, but it doesn't work here."

One of those T-shirts is mine.

Scott

"Great Spirits have always met violent opposition from the mediocrities."
Albert Einstein


----- Original Message -----
From: <bdi@wh*.ne*>
To: "Trey" <trey@ne*.co*>; "Trey" <trey@ne*.co*>;
<Gawain.Lynch@fe*.co*.au*>; <quest@gu*.co*>; "Jarrod
Jablonski" <JJ@gu*.co*>
Cc: "techdiver" <techdiver@aquanaut.com>
Sent: Monday, July 03, 2000 7:35 AM
Subject: Re: OzTek 2000


> Trey, I forwarded JJ's note to the Australian cave diving list
> and got a fairly rapid response from the head of TDI Australia
> (organisers of OzTec 2000). Well, a couple of responses actually.
> One public, and one private one.
>
> In his public response, the local TDI head wrote:
>
>  > "Tell you what Billy, you give the $2500 to get them here and
>  > I will help you organise another show. Aside from that, it is
>  > none of your business."
>
> So he won't take JJ & Robert's money but he'll take mine, and
> it's still none of my business. And JJ and Robert still aren't
> welcome.
>
> So here, publically, I'm offering the $2,500 for him to put
> Jarrod and Robert back on the programme and back in the show,
> under the previously agreed terms, if he hasn't managed to piss
> them off completely.
>
> But I don't think this is about money. I think that's a smoke-
> screen. JJ already offered him the money and still got refused.
> I think there's another agenda running here. When I asked the
> TDI guy how hard Guilliam was pulling his string, he got very
> excited. Even asked me to go round and visit him. I said that
> wasn't necessary 'cause I'd be quite happy to hear his confession
> by email.
>
> There's too much hubris round these people. I can't forget that
> when these same people had the opportunity to finally disassociate
> glamour and deep air diving when Rob Palmer killed himself, they
> lied instead.
>
> Anyway there's eight of us DIR divers in Sydney who regularly
> charter boats and dive together. If anyone in Sydney wants to
> bypass the bullshit and the run-around and go straight to the
> real stuff email me. We can arrange DIR-friendly training,
> equipment that isn't priced to make your nose bleed, sound deco
> advice,good fun diving with people who tell the truth. and,
> (as the t-shirt says):
>
>        no deep air no personal preference
>       no stuffed hose no bondage wings no
>       air bail-out no steel slings no dual
>       bladders no wrong deco no stroke mix
>         no tom no brett no bazza no rt
>               N O  S T R O K E S !!!
>
> Life's too short and there's too much ocean to dive for all
> the underhand stuff.
>
> rgrds        billyw


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