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--=====================_3395031==_.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I have received several private posts disputing my statement that Brett Gilliam advocates drinking and diving. So for the doubters I have copied the relevant portions of the article from Rodale's Scuba Diving website. If anyone thinks that I have doctored the text you are welcome to read the original for yourself at http://www.scubadiving.com/training/instruction/rules.shtml#7 I do not recall that the first line disclaimer about impaired diving was in the original article but since I am not sure I will not claim one way or the other. I do know that when I sent a letter to Rodale's about this article their reply mentioned that they had received numerous other letters on the same subject, so possibly the disclaimer was added when the article was posted on the net. So far I have not found a copy of Mr Gilliam's article about smoking pot (the seeds and stems comment) but if there are doubters about this I will dig it up as well. I repeat, I am not trying to make a moral judgement here about anyone's recreational activities. If Brett Gilliam likes to get stoned in his spare time on the substance of his choice then I believe that is his right. But to promote drinking, smoking or any similar activity in any way that relates to diving is, to put it politely, irresponsible. Regards Skip You can't dive if you have a beer with lunch. We all agree that impaired divers should not be in the water, but the one-beer-and-you're-out rule is a real beauty of twisted logic. The scuba police want to save you from the hazards of dehydration that might make you more likely to get bent. All well and good, but consider for a moment that alcohol has the same diuretic effect as does the caffeine in soft drinks, coffee and iced tea. The effect of moderate consumption of these beverages is of little consequence, so until the storm troopers curtail morning coffee and after-dive Cokes, I nominate this rule for the Medal for Pious Absurdity with Barley Hops Clusters. *********************************************************************** Skip MacElhannon skipmac@al*.co* *********************************************************************** AllChem Industries Industrial Chemicals Group, Inc., 6010 NW First Place, Gainesville, FL 32607 USA Tel: 352 333-7327 Fax: 352 338-0400 Website: http://www.allchem.com --=====================_3395031==_.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" <html> I have received several private posts disputing my statement that Brett Gilliam advocates drinking and diving. So for the doubters I have copied the relevant portions of the article from Rodale's Scuba Diving website. If anyone thinks that I have doctored the text you are welcome to read the original for yourself at <a href="http://www.scubadiving.com/training/instruction/rules.shtml#7" eudora="autourl">http://www.scubadiving.com/training/instruction/rules.shtml#7&l t;/a><br> <br> I do not recall that the first line disclaimer about impaired diving was in the original article but since I am not sure I will not claim one way or the other. I do know that when I sent a letter to Rodale's about this article their reply mentioned that they had received numerous other letters on the same subject, so possibly the disclaimer was added when the article was posted on the net.<br> <br> So far I have not found a copy of Mr Gilliam's article about smoking pot (the seeds and stems comment) but if there are doubters about this I will dig it up as well.<br> <br> I repeat, I am not trying to make a moral judgement here about anyone's recreational activities. If Brett Gilliam likes to get stoned in his spare time on the substance of his choice then I believe that is his right. But to promote drinking, smoking or any similar activity in any way that relates to diving is, to put it politely, irresponsible.<br> <br> Regards<br> Skip<br> <br> <br> <br> <font size=4><b>You can't dive if you have a beer with lunch.<br> </font></b>We all agree that impaired divers should not be in the water, but the one-beer-and-you're-out rule is a real beauty of twisted logic. The scuba police want to save you from the hazards of dehydration that might make you more likely to get bent. All well and good, but consider for a moment that alcohol has the same diuretic effect as does the caffeine in soft drinks, coffee and iced tea. The effect of moderate consumption of these beverages is of little consequence, so until the storm troopers curtail morning coffee and after-dive Cokes, I nominate this rule for the Medal for Pious Absurdity with Barley Hops Clusters.<br> <div>***********************************************************************& lt;/div> <div>Skip MacElhannon</div> <div>skipmac@al*.co*</div> <div>***********************************************************************& lt;/div> <div>AllChem Industries Industrial Chemicals Group, Inc., </div> <div>6010 NW First Place, Gainesville, FL 32607 USA</div> Tel: 352 333-7327 Fax: 352 338-0400 Website: <a href="http://www.allchem.com/" EUDORA=AUTOURL>http://www.allchem.com</a> </html> --=====================_3395031==_.ALT-- -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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