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Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 04:30:01 -0400
To: "Kent Lind" <klind@al*.ne*>, <techdiver@aquanaut.com>
From: Capt JT <captjt@mi*.co*>
Subject: RE: re vb tech report
Kent
When things go south and you need to get a stage down to someone in a 
hurry, do you:
A) Run around the boat and read the little taped bullshit labels on the top 
of the neck
or
B) see the MOD in 3" letters with name and send it down

I know things are cold up there, didn't know you could get a brain freeze 
at the computer
;-)

JT

At 12:20 PM 8/14/00 -0800, Kent Lind wrote:
>JT:
>
>With all due respect, this is bullshit.
>
>EVERY single bottle has the bottle contents, analysis results, date of
>analysis, and diver's initials marked on tape on the neck of the bottle.
>The 3 inch numbers on the side are for underwater identification, not for
>telling different diver's bottles apart on the boat.  At least that's how we
>do it up here and I assume that's how the WKPP guys do it too since that's
>who we learned from.
>
>Kent Lind
>Juneau, Alaska
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Capt JT [mailto:captjt@mi*.co*]
> > Sent: Monday, August 14, 2000 5:32 AM
> > To: Phi Le
> > Cc: techdiver@aquanaut.com
> > Subject: RE: re vb tech report
> >
> >
> > There is no better system than what the WKPP use at this time, but as a
> > Capt and diver on boats that carry numerous divers on trips who have no
> > idea what the markings mean, I have added FT(= feet) to my stages
> > so there
> > is no confusion on their part.
> > If one does not like the FT he can simply cover it up with the rubber
> > intertube as JJ did to my tanks he used when they were here.
> >
> > I will make a detailed list of why making stages in the 3" MOD
> > works for us
> > here and why NE wreck divers should follow suit in a  later post.
> >
> >   At 01:44 PM 8/14/00 +0200, you wrote:
> > >From: Capt JT <captjt@mi*.co*>
> > ><snip>
> > >The 2 big things we do not agree on are:
> > > >2) Reasons why you mark stages...
> > ><snip>
> > >
> > >JT,
> > >
> > >Why do you disagree with it ?
> > >
> > >And since you are marking stages differently, you must feel that
> > your way is
> > >better. Could you elaborate on your *better* system ?
> > >
> > >-Phi
> >
> > "You can't learn to dive on the net, sooner or later you have to
> > get in the
> > water"
> > Your Guide to Great Wreck Diving along the East Coast & more
> >   Web Site  http://www.capt-jt.com/
> > Email     captjt@mi*.co*
> >
> >
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