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Simple. You can work in NY, get paid a NY wage, not pay NY taxes, actually afford a house with yard AND most importantly, dive some of the best wrecks on the east coast. Hey, they even have history too, not just some sunken hulk! Art. -----Original Message----- From: Dave Grey [mailto:grey@is*.ca*] Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 10:09 PM To: Paltz, Art; techdiver@aquanaut.com Subject: Re: Just returned from the Beneath the Sea Conference... So why were you in Jersey to start with ????? I know, I am going to get shit for that remark. Oh Well..... L:ater, ----- Original Message ----- From: <Art.Paltz@R2*.CO*> To: <techdiver@aquanaut.com> Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2001 2:50 PM Subject: Just returned from the Beneath the Sea Conference... > Hi All, > > I just returned from the Beneath the Sea Conference in NJ. My friends and I > stopped by at the Mares booth and saw what is possibly the most innovative > product to hit the market in a long time..... Thermo, Halcyon, OMS, > Sherwood.... They all have it wrong! Never again will your tank slip from > a cam buckle because the cam buckle loosened up! On display was the new > pneumatically operated cam buckle tank adapter..... Powered from a low > pressure hose from your first stage. Simple to use, exerting equal and > consistent pressure all the time! Simply slip the BC over the tank, connect > the hose, push the button and the cam buckle automatically tightens around > the tank. It's probably depth compensating and as the pressure drops and > the tank slightly becomes slimmer, the cam buckle automatically adjusts! > Can you believe it, what an innovative product! <<grin>> I'M FUCKING > KIDDING!!!! > > Seriously, the product was real, actually had to stop by and see it work. > We couldn't ask any questions cause I would have cracked up! Can you > imagine the stupidity of this product? Adding another hose as a failure > point just to tighten the tank strap! We all could not believe what we were > seeing!! I guess in an out of air situation and the intermediate pressure > drops, the cam loosens and the tank automatically ditches itself for faster > surfacing? :-) We honestly had to focus all our strength not to start > cracking up and saying this was the stupidest product we had ever seen. We > could not believe what we were seeing! Truly the comedic highlight of the > show! Mares probably bought the rights from the same company that makes > that pony system that charges itself from the HP port on your main..... I > think this one is even more stupid than that one. I would not have imagined > that a more stupid product could have been created but it was! I honestly > would love to know how much they expect to sell this product for? Probably > really expensive! > > What's next, a pneumatically operated weight compensating weight belt > buckle? Keeps constant pressure as you increase depth? > > Where will the stupidity stop, we were speechless. > > Art. > > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > > > -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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