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Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2002 22:31:42 -0400
From: Wendell Grogan <wgrogan@dc*.ne*>
Subject: Re: Shooting a lift bag
To: MHK <mhkane@pr*.ne*>
Cc: aquanaut <techdiver@aquanaut.com>
The problem with Darwinism is that it isn't instantaneous...
Wendell

MHK wrote:

> Hey guys,
>  
> I don't know if you guys caught this little gem that Dr. Quack posted 
> to rec. scuba but I really thought a bunch of you would really get a 
> kick out of this..  Here's a guy that get's on here and argues with 
> everyone because of his superior knowledge, so I thought I'd share 
> with you exactly how little this guy actually knows.
>  
> It appears that he is in his TDI tech diving class, and posted this 
> report about his class:
>  
> From Dr. Black:
>  
> Of all the useless skills taught in technical diver training,
> this has to rank as numero uno.  The idea of inflating a lift bag
> to perform drifting deco is, where I dive in the Great Lakes,
> useless.  Maybe you ocean divers are doing this lots, but it
> just doesn't happen around here, and if it ever did happen, the
> boat captain who would have to chase after you would be one
> unhappy skipper.  On the other hand, using a lift bag(s) to raise
> a heavy object is a skill that does get used, and has practical
> value.  But shooting a lift bag, as in technical diver training,
> is something you do once or twice as a student, then never again
> as a diver.  Cheers from Icediver (stepping down from the soapbox).
>  
> Sorta makes you really wonder what they hell they teach at TDI, huh???



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