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Forwarded for anyone that might be interested..... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Barnette" <aocfishman@ho*.co*> To: <joe@po*.co*> Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 7:18 AM Subject: Captain CF > Hi Joe- > I read over what you forwarded me with wild amusement. If JT was truly > concerned with what he thought was an illegal activity, he could have very > easily reported it to the proper authorities. Had he done so, he would have > found out it was already brought to their attention. I did this as group > leader, not he or anyone else that are now being hypocrites and using this > issue as an excuse to further a vendetta and their petty agenda. > Instead, it seems Captain Clusterfuck sat on this (for almost two years!) > thinking it was some kind of trump card he could use on us. Too funny. His > paranoia and trading in "dirty little secrets" really illustrates what kind > of character he truly is. By the way, what he said about him being told > that it was in protected waters and to keep his mouth shut is a complete and > utter fabrication (read as lie). He knows that at the time we all thought > it was outside of the boundary due to it being past the 300-foot contour (so > did the authorities when I told them about it). > While he predictably changes the subject and worries about others' > activities, I find it interesting that he ignores the more important diving > and safety issues being discussed. For example, on that dive he so cleverly > alluded to, he stubbornly ignored the concerns of his fellow divers in > regard to his POS scooter. One of our guys had been on a dive with him and > saw how it turned into a CF because of that scooter. We all tried to > encourage him to leave it. Instead of thinking of the ramifications of his > actions and the safety issues it exposed him (and us) to, he simply and > obtusely said "it is expendable." I guess he considers his fellow divers > expendable? What happened to the scooter -- duh, it flooded. Talk about > never learning from your mistakes. Then he constantly battled the rest of > his gear on the dive. He *can't* recover artifacts or accomplish any work > on a dive as he is too focused on just trying to survive; JT is a total > spazz and CF in the water. > Being left alone in the water? I signaled my departure to him and only left > after he returned the "OK." I was not about to wait around another 45 > minutes while he clung onto the line for dear life and decoed from his deco, > even though he had trimmed his dive and had a much shorter exposure than the > rest of us. It was clear that he had no idea what he was doing, had no > comprehension of decompression (I am sure he will say something about low > PO2s or other silliness), no buoyancy control as he clung onto our shotline > for dear life, and generally is an all-around clutz in the water. I now see > why he was so apprehensive about doing the dive -- perhaps the easiest > 300-footer you could hope for -- without support as he really needs someone > to hold his hand. > However, as you know, we now don't leave anyone alone in the water. In the > past we would leave at the 10-foot stop, believing that once you were there, > things were cool. It took that incident in February to show us that even > though you make it to the surface after safely completing deco, the game is > not over. Now we dive in strict buddy teams. We learn from mistakes, > whether our own or others. Apparently, many others do not and continue to > try and hammer a square peg in a round hole. > Joe, I really can't dedicate anymore time to this stupidity and constantly > trying to correct the record after JT's and others' lies and misinformation. > This is but one reason I unsubscribed from that list as it is a waste of > time. I still have to go to the pool to check the buoyancy on the lasers > and then figure out a way to mount them to the scooter body. I also still > have to finish mixing. I will see you over there Friday night... > > BTW, the story that XXXXXX XXXXXXX told you about JT and his buddies > scrubbing berried lobsters on the Eureka several years ago is true. Also, I > and several others saw one of the lobsters he speared in the head on the > wreck of the Trepca. He was so proud of that big dead lobster. > > Hasta, > Mike > > > Michael C. Barnette > Association of Underwater Explorers > Because it's there...somewhere...maybe. > http://www.mikey.net/aue > > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: > http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx > > > -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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