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Paul: I'd love to do what to you ask... put my money where my mouth is... and become a instructor. Unfortunately, I have costed a trip to Florida; sans tuition, it will cost me an equivalent of half a years pay from my "real world" job. (Can you spell third world country?). In addition I don't do any "real diving". I do "work diving" which is assisting in U/W archeological excavations, videography and the like when I can escape my office. Besides go to Florida to learn how to dive in a Dry suit? Philippines waters rarely demand things thicker than 5mm neoprene, even during the winter months. Heck, I fun dive in 3mm shorty. Anyway, I am not accusing GUE of not being bigger than it is. I think it is great that it maintains a high quality standard. I just wanted to emphasize that, in my opinion, Halcyon (being owned by DIR advocates) has a moral obligation to make sure that its equipment is used right; not unlike its policy when it comes to the purchase of its rebreathers. I think it is only fair that DIR moralists should also put their money where their mouth is. cheers too! Gordon >From: Paul Braunbehrens <Bakalite@ba*.co*> >To: Gordon Cancio <gordoncancio@ho*.co*>, allysonclagett@ea*.ne*, >Michael.Waldbrenner@wa*.de*, bryon@be*.co*, pina3@be*.ne*, >trey@ne*.co*, evlink2001@ho*.co*, quest@gu*.co*, cavers@ca*.co*, >techdiver@aquanaut.com >Subject: Lack of DIR instruction >Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2001 21:20:52 -0800 > >DIR is still a small organization. I think it's hypocritical and >unfair to accuse it of not being bigger than it is. Would you like >it to grow so fast that it turns into the same shit as all the other >organizations out there? Andrew g. is travelling all over the place >to teach, trying to fill a void. Lot's of people want DIR >instruction, but you instructors don't grow on trees. They have to >be trained, and I for one *want* GUE to FAIL them, if they are not >100% up to par (which I hear is just what they do). You'll just have >to wait a little and let the organization grow at it's own pace. > >If it really bothers you, put your money where your mouth is. Go >through the training, work hard, and become an instructor. I'm sure >they can use one more, especially in the philippines. > >Cheers! > > >Gordon Cancio wrote: >~ >>I live in the Philippines. Halcyon is sold here, but there is no GUE >>or DIR training available. I think there are less than two dozen >>(24) locations where one can get DIR training worldwide. Very often >>I see fully Halcyon outfitted divers scuba diving with very poor >>diving habits and skills. For all intent and purposes these persons >>can be labelled as strokes by persons like Trey. >> >>I think it is HYPOCRITICAL of the DIR bigshots to declare that a DIR >>person must not dive (rule #1) or listen (Rule #2) to strokes; but >>it is perfectly DIR to sell a stroke gear. >> >>Sincerely, >> >>Gordon Cancio >> >>>From: "Allyson" <allysonclagett@ea*.ne*> >>>To: "'Michael Waldbrenner'" <Michael.Waldbrenner@wa*.de*>, >>>"'Bryon Bertrim'" <bryon@be*.co*>, "'pina'" >>><pina3@be*.ne*>, "'Trey'" <trey@ne*.co*>, "'E.N. Von'" >>><evlink2001@ho*.co*>, <quest@gu*.co*>, "'Cavers@Ca*.Co*'" >>><cavers@ca*.co*>, "'Techdiver@Aquanaut.Com'" >>><techdiver@aquanaut.com> >>>Subject: RE: GI and SS to Merge >>>Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 20:27:02 -0500 >>> >>>There are divers who die while trusting their lives to dangerous >>>equipment, >>>I can think of a few highly publicized deaths with this regard... perhaps >>>the rule you made should be revised? :) >>> >>>-----Original Message----- >>>From: Michael Waldbrenner [mailto:Michael.Waldbrenner@wa*.de*] >>>Sent: Monday, November 05, 2001 9:53 AM >>>To: 'Bryon Bertrim'; pina; Trey; E.N. Von; quest@gu*.co*; >>>Cavers@Ca*.Co*; Techdiver@Aquanaut.Com >>>Subject: AW: GI and SS to Merge >>> >>> >>>Bryon: >>>Just follow a simple rule: >>>Use only equipment from people who trust their own lifes to their own >>>equipment. >>> >>>Michael >>> >>><scooter stuff deleted> >>> >>>--------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>To unsubscribe, e-mail: quest-unsubscribe@gu*.co* >>>For additional commands, e-mail: quest-help@gu*.co* >>> >>> >>>--------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>To unsubscribe, e-mail: quest-unsubscribe@gu*.co* >>>For additional commands, e-mail: quest-help@gu*.co* >>> >> >> >>_________________________________________________________________ >>Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp >> >> >>--------------------------------------------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe, e-mail: quest-unsubscribe@gu*.co* >>For additional commands, e-mail: quest-help@gu*.co* > > >-- >Paul B. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. 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