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Date: Sat, 01 Sep 2001 21:29:54 -0700 (PDT)
From: terry michael <OEA51@go*.co*>
Subject: Re: Re: Morons , bullshit and crappy scooters
To: Cam Banks <cam@ca*.co*>,
     "Techdiver@Aquanaut.Com"
Sorry, but again more worthless misinformation. If you don't know what you are
talking about then please sit down!:-)


-----Original Message-----
From: "Cam Banks"<cam@ca*.co*>
To: "terry michael"<OEA51@go*.co*>,
"Techdiver@Aquanaut.Com"<techdiver@aquanaut.com>
Date: Sat Sep 01 19:52:54 PDT 2001
Subject: Re: Morons , bullshit and crappy scooters

>What are you talking about?  It was a straightforward question, and clearly
>written as such.  Do you own any scooters?
>
>Yeah, I have a solution: buy something other than a Mako.  That's the limit
>of my experience.  I'm now shopping for something else and trying to figure
>out what's best.
>
>Cam
>
>> From: terry michael <OEA51@go*.co*>
>> Date: Sat, 01 Sep 2001 19:29:15 -0700 (PDT)
>> To: Cam Banks <cam@ca*.co*>, Trey <trey@ne*.co*>,
>> "Techdiver@Aquanaut.Com" <techdiver@aquanaut.com>
>> Subject: Re: Re: Morons , bullshit and crappy scooters
>> 
>>> I know the downsides to the Mako: no access to the leaky motor
>>> compartment,>oval hull with leaky o-rings, both hands required for good
>>> control, low
>>> depth limit (180fsw if you're lucky), difficult to replace battery quickly
>>> with spare, etc.
>> 
>> Perhaps you'd care to elaborate? Do you have some solutions or any
information
>> what so ever or are you just rattling an empty can?
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: "Cam Banks"<cam@ca*.co*>
>> To: "Trey"<trey@ne*.co*>,
"Techdiver@Aquanaut.Com"<techdiver@aquanaut.com>
>> Date: Sat Sep 01 14:31:46 PDT 2001
>> Subject: Re: Morons , bullshit and crappy scooters
>> 
>>> Okay, I'll bite.  Please tell us what is wrong with the Silent Submersion
>>> scooter.  Some friends and I are actively considering pro-level scooter
>>> purchases in the next year or so (Have two crappy Makos already, obviously).
>>> 
>>> We have also heard that there is at least a 9-month wait for Gavins, and
>>> that Trey is the sole source for production.
>>> 
>>> We also wonder what there is to a scooter, other than a rewound Mako motor
>>> and a cylindrical hull?
>>> 
>>> I know the downsides to the Mako: no access to the leaky motor compartment,
>>> oval hull with leaky o-rings, both hands required for good control, low
>>> depth limit (180fsw if you're lucky), difficult to replace battery quickly
>>> with spare, etc.
>>> 
>>> All comments welcome.  Thank you.
>>> 
>>> Cam
>>> 
>>> From: trey@ne*.co* (Trey)
>>> Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 21:12:18 -0400
>>> To: "Techdiver@Aquanaut.Com" <techdiver@aquanaut.com>
>>> Subject: Morons , bullshit and crappy scooters
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Will the list of morons who said that there was a web link to GUE which
>>> stated that 95's were required for classes please show me the link again.
>>> There is no such. You assholes are really getting to be a pain in the
>>> ass.Why don't you try learning from the pros instead of constantly fucking
>>> with them. None of you pussies dives, none of you pussies has done jack
>>> shit, and I am really sick of the constant crap surrounding GUE and the
>>> WKPP. You morons do what we do, then tell us how it is done.
>>> 
>>> The fact is that nobody but IANTD is stupid enough to have divers dive ocean
>>> with steel tanks and a wetsuit, the fact is that aluminum 80's are the tank
>>> of choice for ocean, 104's are the tank of choice for drysuit cave, and
>>> aluminum 80's are the tank for wetsuit cave. Florida is a drysuit cave dive,
>>> Mexico is a wetsuit cave dive.
>>> 
>>> None of you morons even understand why we do what we do, and I am sick of
>>> explaining it over and over only to have you screw it up , misinterpret it,
>>> and drivel about it when none of you has the experience to tie my shoes or
>>> JJ's. 
>>> 
>>> I'll be glad to pick apart anything the rest of the agencies are doing ad
>>> infinitum, and I will show why what we do is right. Any time any of you want
>>> to argue that, I will make you look like the morons that you so obviously
>>> are. 
>>> 
>>> As for this scooter thread, if anyone wants to know why the silent
>>> submersion ' is a ghastly piece of crap, I'll be glad to explain that as
>>> well. 
>>> 
>>> None of you has a clue, trust me - not a fucking clue. What you do and what
>>> we do are galaxies apart. Let me quite Lee Iacocca , "Lead, follow , or get
>>> out of the way".
>>> 
>>> None of you can lead, and I personally don't want you following me and
>>> screwing is it up, so get out of our way.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
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