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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000C_01C23181.EAA63AE0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable >I can speak somewhat to the issue of Billy Deans, he truly was one of = the=20 >nicest most honest, conscienscous guys in the business...... <snip> I will certainly 2nd that statement... and he didn't feel compelled to = beat up divers to get his points across. He didn't need to because his = arguments were well thought out, non-paranoid or combative, reasonable, = and appropriate in measure. It was an admirable quality for someone who = at that time was essentially a respected statesman for the emerging = technical diving industry. He made his dive trips fun as well as safe. I was in Key West over the July 4th and holiday weekend this year, and I = miss having a serious competent dive operator in that area. Out of = curiosity, I inquired in various shops about trips to the deep wrecks = and was met with the typical responses (a translation would be they were = clueless and defensive of their egos - but they all offered 1/2 day = SCUBA classes/experiences as evidence of their view on diver safety).=20 -Doug ------=_NextPart_000_000C_01C23181.EAA63AE0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2716.2200" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>>I can speak somewhat to the issue of Billy = Deans, he=20 truly was one of the </FONT><FONT face=3DArial><BR>>nicest most = honest,=20 conscienscous guys in the business...... <snip></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>I will certainly 2nd that statement... and = he didn't=20 feel compelled to beat up divers to get his points across. He didn't = need=20 to because his arguments were well thought out, non-paranoid or = combative,=20 reasonable, and appropriate in measure. It was an admirable quality = for=20 someone who at that time was essentially a respected statesman for the = emerging=20 technical diving industry. He made his dive trips fun as well as=20 safe.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>I was in Key West over the July 4th and holiday = weekend=20 this year, and I miss having a serious competent dive operator = in that=20 area. Out of curiosity, I inquired in various shops about trips to = the deep=20 wrecks and was met with the typical responses (a translation would be = they were=20 clueless and defensive of their egos - but they all offered 1/2 day = SCUBA=20 classes/experiences as evidence of their view on diver safety). = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>-Doug</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_000C_01C23181.EAA63AE0-- -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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