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Good luck with Pizzio, that guy is a real psycho. We are talking a stalker mental case. He is sending me bizarre, psycho emails me under 3 different identities. He is also the cobbtheslob@ao*.co* person. I've dealt with some real nut-cases on this list before but nothing like this. I think that death he was involved with really pushed him over the edge. Jim on 5/11/02 7:11 AM, George Irvine at george-irvine@em*.ne* wrote: > > Jim, it is the suit that is getting you on the valves. That 450 is like > wearing chainmail. > > Pizzio needs to contribute more to the list and skip the private stuff. For > instance, I would like to hear about what happened when Pizzio sold that > piece of shit Inspiration that he had to one of Tom Mouth's students and > Mouth was stupid enough to teach the guy some course on it in a cave. I hear > the thing did the usual. Also, since Mike P is on the Inspiration list, > maybe he can pass on to us info about the death last week by another brave > Brit whose "buddies" watched him black out and drift away - good British > buddy system, tough guy, every man for himself solo rebreather diving with > the worst of the worst piece of shit ever invented, and maybe he can tell us > now what the body count for that unit is, and stop worrying so much about > things that are not going anyone any good. > > If there were not such a code of silence on the rebreather death rate, we > might save a few lives. Pizzio has the information and first hand experience > to make that contribution. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Cobb [mailto:cobber@ci*.co*] > Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 10:39 PM > To: Paul Braunbehrens; techdiver@aquanaut.com > Subject: Re: Behind every dark cloud there is a silver lining > > > I figured I'd get a few boots in the ass on the way out. But all > considering, this is not too bad. This guy and Mike Pizzio (who at least had > the balls to use his real name) are the only ones who have decided to > torment me so far. And Pizzio pretty much said it was because of the hard > time we gave Barnett for trying to hide that embolism he had on one of his > trips. Pizzio also claims I wronged him on these lists but I cannot find any > posts where I did this. If anyone can find them, please forward them to Mike > as he can't find them either. > > I've had a lot of strong discussions on this list, I call 'em as I see em, > and have always done it under my true name. Some of the discussions have > gotten a bit out of hand at times, but no hard feelings on my part. What > takes place on this list has no bearing at all on the real world, at least > my real world. Some accuse me of being a know-it-all, fine, they had every > opportunity to call me on it on this list and discuss it. If they decided > not to, well then I must have been right. > > As far as being fat, I am a big guy, 6'3" and did weigh upwards of 290lbs at > one point. When I came down with pneumonia this winter I lost 15lbs and > decided to keep on going. I'm at a more reasonable 265 now. The pnumonia > thing was a reality check, anyone who has had it knows what I mean. It had > some bearing in how I view my life and particularly my family. I don't smoke > cigarettes and I don't do drugs. I do love a glass of fine Malmsey once in a > while, however. > > And as far as the 450 is concerned, even at 265 I cannot reach the goddamn > valves. > > Taking a break from tech diving was a hard decision. As all of you who > actually dive know, the sport has an addictive quality to it. I don't know > if it is the adventure, the adrenlin rush you get as you see that wreck come > out of the gloom or the comradarie of good friends (or the blind-drunk > narcosis for some of you) that causes this. But whatever it is, I will miss > it. > > My only words of advice to you guys is to listen to George, he will save you > much time, money and grief, perhaps even your life. And take the DIR > fundamentals course. For the price of one tech trip you can improve your > survival skills 1000%. > > And remember, boys and girls, there is nothing down there worth dieing for. > If you have doubts about your skills, then you need to practice until you > can resolve those doubts. If you see someone who is completely clueless and > is about to kill themselves, do them a favor and tell them that they are > about to kill themselves. Don't let them walk off the boat, like Chris > Murley did. > > If they do go ahead and walk off, then at least your consience will be > clear. > > Jim > > > On 5/9/02 12:05 PM, "Paul Braunbehrens" <Bakalite@ba*.co*> wrote: > >> It's because of assholes such as this, that people don't own up to >> their mistakes. This hurts the diving community as a whole. I for >> one have a lot of respect for Jim, for having the guts to come out >> and say that he's not ready. The reason it takes guts is exactly >> because there are assholes like the one who posted the message below. >> I've had some disagreements with Jim in the past, and yes, he can be >> abrasive. This does not, however, give one license to shoot him down >> in public when he does the right thing. >> >> I'd just like to add that whoever this asshole is, he's also a >> coward, since he doesn't have the guts to sign his name. >> >> >> CobbtheSlob@ao*.co* wrote: >> ~ >>> Since I am too fat to dive and I have proudly announced my inept > stupidity to >>> the world I have decided to market my own line of dive gear to > accommodate >>> the morbidly obese diver. >>> >>> COBB THE SLOB LTD. PROUDLY ANNOUNCES ITS FIRST PRODUCT!!!! >>> >>> >>> THE COBBWINDER! >>> >>> The original slobbwinder was designed for fat slobs who can't reach their >>> valves. >>> >>> NOW!!! THE NEW IMPROVED COBBWINDER controls all three valves and is >>> named after the self proclaimed expert and fat slob, JIM COBB. The >>> COBBWINDER is US made of stainless 440 steel cable so when you decide you > are >>> totally worthless because you failed out of a DIR fundamentals course you > can >>> use it to hang yourself WHILE STILL WEARING YOUR DOUBLES from the highest >>> tree around without fear of the cable snapping under your tremendous > weight! >>> >>> Now you can stop blaming your constrictive drysuit instead of your > obesity. >>> >>> Get the new "COBBWINDER" today! ACT NOW for BONUS McDonald's and Pizza > Hut >>> Coupons!!! Pack on the pounds! >>> >>> ***Coupon offer void where prohibited. >>> -- >>> 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'. >> > > -- > 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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