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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_001E_01C0338F.2CC323E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dear List, Below please find a copy of a mail I sent to George earlier in the week. = It just goes to show the sacrifices necessary to follow the DIR = disciplines. At Georges request I can now inform the list the guys name = is Stuart Taylor and he is a partner in the Mikes Waterfront Warehouse = franchise at East Grinstead, UK. George, I posted a question last month re: weightbelts which you were kind = enough to answer at some length, for which I thank you heartily. I = thought you might be interested, and probably amused at the events which = took place at my local dive shop last saturday. I have not named the = shop, nor have I posted to the list, but would do both if you so wished. This season I have been in the process of converting to DIR and as a = result have been breathing the long hose on my primary for some months, = however my regulators have not been up to scratch so I decided to buy an = Apex 40 for my primary reg and convert my existing primary - a Spiro = Artic - to my back-up. Off I went to my dive shop, complete with both = sets of regs, to get the new reg fitted immediately to be ready to dive = on sunday. I arrived at the shop and put my regs on the bench at which = point one of the co-owners came passed and saw my regs, "What's this = pile of crap! Why have you got your primary reg on your back-up hose?" = One of my colleagues intervened at this point and explained that I dive = my primary on my long hose. "You must be mad! What are you going to do, = wrap it round your neck and strangle yourself? Your gas consumption will = soar. What are you going to donate to your buddy in an out of air = situation?" When I explained my gas consumption had actually improved = after adopting the long hose and that I would happily donated the = regulator from my mouth the guy hit the roof. "I'm an engineer and I'm = telling you it is physically impossible for your consumption to do = anything but worsten and markedly so!!" The decibels were rising all the = time. "If you're going to donate the reg from out of your mouth then you = are an accident waiting to happen, your dangerous and a bloody = liability. What are you going to breath??" I tried to explain but it was = pointless, the guy was just not listening. "Where did you get all this = from? Not that wanker on the internet." I said, yes that's right, the = same wanker with all the world records for deep and long penetration = dives and cave dives,the same wanker who has forgotten more about diving = than you will ever know, and the same wanker who has done more diving = than you will ever do if you dive every day for the rest of your life, = yes, that's the guy. Tempers were now getting fraught on both sides! You = know the sad thing. He doesn't know anything about you other than what = he has heard from other people, as, by his own admission, he does not = use the internet. Anyway it was at this point he told me to "Fuck-off = out of my shop". Bear in mind I had gone there to spend over =A3200. = "And take this with you!!" he shouted, picking up my twin set. By now I = was getting mad and told him, in no uncertain words, to put my set down, = at which point he promptly threw it across the floor. It was then = eye-ball to eye-ball stuff. What can you do with arsehole like that? You have to laugh. And all this for taking your advice and breathing the = long hose. You see the trouble you get us in lads into!! Will I be put = off? Will I hell. Will I be using that shop again? No chance!! Hope this has kept you entertained. All the best, Tim ------=_NextPart_000_001E_01C0338F.2CC323E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.3105.105" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman">Dear List,</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Below please find a copy of a mail I sent to George earlier in the = week. It=20 just goes to show the sacrifices necessary to follow the DIR = disciplines. At=20 Georges request I can now inform the list the guys name is Stuart Taylor = and he=20 is a partner in the Mikes Waterfront Warehouse franchise at East = Grinstead,=20 UK.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman">George,</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman">I posted a question last month re: = weightbelts=20 which you were kind enough to answer at some length, for which I thank = you=20 heartily. I thought you might be interested, and probably amused at the = events=20 which took place at my local dive shop last saturday. I have not named = the shop,=20 nor have I posted to the list, but would do both if you so = wished.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman">This season I have been in the = process of=20 converting to DIR and as a result have been breathing the long hose on = my=20 primary for some months, however my regulators have not been up to = scratch so I=20 decided to buy an Apex 40 for my primary reg and convert my = existing=20 primary - a Spiro Artic - to my back-up. Off I went to my dive shop, = complete=20 with both sets of regs, to get the new reg fitted immediately to be = ready to=20 dive on sunday. I arrived at the shop and put my regs on the bench at = which=20 point one of the co-owners came passed and saw my regs, "What's this = pile of=20 crap! Why have you got your primary reg on your back-up hose?" One of my = colleagues intervened at this point and explained that I dive my primary = on my=20 long hose. "You must be mad! What are you going to do, wrap it round = your neck=20 and strangle yourself? Your gas consumption will soar. What are you = going to=20 donate to your buddy in an out of air situation?" When I explained my = gas=20 consumption had actually improved after adopting the long hose and that = I would=20 happily donated the regulator from my mouth the guy hit the roof. "I'm = an=20 engineer and I'm telling you it is physically impossible for your = consumption to=20 do anything but worsten and markedly so!!" The decibels were rising all = the=20 time. "If you're going to donate the reg from out of your mouth then you = are an=20 accident waiting to happen, your dangerous and a bloody liability. What = are you=20 going to breath??" I tried to explain but it was pointless, the guy was = just not=20 listening. "Where did you get all this from? Not that wanker on the = internet." I=20 said, yes that's right, the same wanker with all the world records for = deep and=20 long penetration dives and cave dives,the same wanker who has forgotten = more=20 about diving than you will ever know, and the same wanker who has done = more=20 diving than you will ever do if you dive every day for the rest of your = life,=20 yes, that's the guy. Tempers were now getting fraught on both sides! You = know=20 the sad thing. He doesn't know anything about you other than what he has = heard=20 from other people, as, by his own admission, he does not use the = internet.=20 Anyway it was at this point he told me to "Fuck-off out of my shop". = Bear in=20 mind I had gone there to spend over =A3200. "And take this with you!!" = he shouted,=20 picking up my twin set. By now I was getting mad and told him, in no = uncertain=20 words, to put my set down, at which point he promptly threw it across = the floor.=20 It was then eye-ball to eye-ball stuff. What can you do with arsehole = like=20 that?</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman">You have to laugh. And all this for = taking=20 your advice and breathing the long hose. You see the trouble you get us = in lads=20 into!! Will I be put off? Will I hell. Will I be using that shop again? = No=20 chance!!</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman">Hope this has kept you entertained. = All the=20 best,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New = Roman">Tim</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_001E_01C0338F.2CC323E0-- -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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