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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0068_01C2FA93.39FFD800 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_0069_01C2FA93.39FFD800" ------=_NextPart_001_0069_01C2FA93.39FFD800 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable >>>Instead, you go off on a tangent....... JT, because I'm a nice guy I'm going to help you with this. Tangent is = not a citrus fruit. (tnjnt) 1. Making contact at a single point or along a line; touching but not = intersecting. 2. Irrelevant.=20 The #2 definition applies to you. Your pal. Joe =20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: "Michael Barnette" <aocfishman@ho*.co*> To: <techdiver@aquanaut.com> Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 8:45 PM Subject: RE: Fatal Depth > Hi JT- > I see you are up to your usual antics and "spreading the word = according to=20 > JT." You can't answer a straight-forward question can you? Instead, = you go=20 > off on a tangent and try and bait someone else to take the focus off = you. =20 > Well okie-dokie. >=20 > I guess the year I first saw you come into the shop was '97 or so (I = can=20 > call up there tomorrow to see when I started working part-time at the = shop).=20 > However, I believe I first saw you at a Norfolk dive club meeting = when I=20 > first moved into the area in '96. You were peddling charters on that = POS=20 > (POS: piece of shit) bassboat of yours. In any case, the bottom line = is=20 > you are again FOS (FOS: full of shit). I bought my first set of = doubles=20 > right after moving into the area from Mike Boring in early '96. I had = been=20 > diving them about a year or so before the shop in question even = opened. I=20 > knew how to fill doubles. If I seemed like I didn't want to fill = yours, it=20 > is because I didn't. No one in the shop wanted to. No one could = stand you.=20 > You would swagger in with your charter groupies yapping non-stop, = and=20 > crowd around the fill station trying to impress everyone with your = heroic=20 > tales of nabbing monster lobsters or whatever other nonsense spewed = from=20 > your mouth. Do you recall that chain going up just past the = bathrooms? =20 > That was the "JT chain" - it would allow us to relax amidst the peace = and=20 > quiet of the running compressor and away from your jabbering noise. >=20 > Let's get real JT. While you were annoying, one of the big reasons I = came=20 > to dislike you was the day you called everyone in the shop to come out = to=20 > see the critters you rounded up on one of your dive trips. Do you = recall=20 > this, and do you remember who was in the parking lot? You whip out a = nice=20 > sized lobster from your cooler -- a dead lobster with a big spear hole = in=20 > its head. You stated something along the lines of "well, that's the = only=20 > way I could have got him." We pretty much called you a moron and = walked=20 > away, leaving you holding that lobster in the parking lot by yourself. = Then=20 > there were the stories of you scrubbing berried lobsters on your = dives. =20 > Call me a fish-hugger all you want, but it beats being an ignorant = redneck. =20 > Anyway, you never came back to the shop after that parking lot = episode. I=20 > wonder why? Oh yeah, it was because I didn't know how to fill up your = > doubles. r-i-g-h-t. I guess you also saw me smoking cigarettes back = then=20 > too? >=20 > Again, instead of answering a question you have to turn it on someone = else. =20 > That is your modus operandi. If you don't like someone or something, = you=20 > insult and belittle them. Good for you tough guy. >=20 > You know what though, in the scheme of things, I am very much a = neophyte=20 > (just so you don't have to waste your time trying to "expose" me: = while I=20 > did all the air/air BS for a couple of years, I didn't get mix = certified=20 > until early '99; did the PADI IDC in '98 - moved before the IE; rescue = back=20 > in '94 [I think? - ask my instructor Joey Dituri or fellow student = John Rose=20 > as they were there too]; and oh, I first got scuba certified in '90). = JT,=20 > until my years of technical diving activity surpass a decade or two, = and=20 > until my technical dives easily exceed four or five digits, I will = still=20 > consider myself a neophyte. It'll be a while. I don't try to fool = myself=20 > and think otherwise. Unfortunately, there are a lot of fools out = there, and=20 > you are trying to be their king. For example, only a fool would think = that=20 > depth and/or time alone is a measure of competency. However, if you = want to=20 > play this out to the bitter end, I would be happy to tally up the few=20 > technical dives I have done since '99 (since I had to log my exact = number of=20 > dives - not rounded off - to stay proficient in the NDP), and then I = will=20 > compare that to the numerous dives you have done in your long and=20 > illustrious technical diving career. Let me get back to you, as it = may take=20 > a while to do all the higher math when calculating your technical = diving=20 > resume. Just so I don't cheat you out of a couple precious feet, what = was=20 > the *exact* depth on that 490fsw accomplish-nothing, waste-of-helium, = sand=20 > dive? >=20 > JT, you baited me to try and take the attention off you. However, I = am not=20 > the one yapping about how no one can measure up to me, or calling = people=20 > neophytes to avoid the truth. So go ahead, consult your = word-of-the-day=20 > toilet paper and think up some witty comeback. Go ahead and talk = about all=20 > the cover-ups and how I am nothing but a punk. Go ahead and try and=20 > convince everyone that you only tell the "truth", and never lie or = contort=20 > things all out of shape. I expect nothing less of you. >=20 > JT, the *real* truth hurts doesn't it? >=20 > Game on jackass. >=20 > Oh, be sure to have a real nice day. >=20 > All my love, > Mike >=20 > Michael C. Barnette > Association of Underwater Explorers > Because it's there...somewhere...maybe. > http://www.mikey.net/aue >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > _________________________________________________________________ > Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. =20 > http://join.msn.com/?page=3Dfeatures/featuredemail >=20 > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to = `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to = `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. >=20 >=20 ------=_NextPart_001_0069_01C2FA93.39FFD800 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 6.00.2600.0" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>>>>Instead, you go off on = a=20 tangent.......</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>JT, because I'm a nice guy I'm going to = help you=20 with this. Tangent is not a citrus fruit.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV><FONT face=3DArial = size=3D2> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" = size=3D3>(t<IMG=20 src=3D"http://www.yourdictionary.com/images/ahd/gif/abreve.gif" = align=3DabsBottom=20 border=3D0>n<IMG = src=3D"http://www.yourdictionary.com/images/ahd/gif/prime.gif"=20 align=3DabsBottom border=3D0>j<IMG=20 src=3D"http://www.yourdictionary.com/images/ahd/gif/schwa.gif" = align=3DabsBottom=20 border=3D0>nt)</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV>1. Making contact at a single point or along a line; touching but = not=20 intersecting.<BR>2. Irrelevant. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The #2 definition applies to you.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" = size=3D3><FONT=20 face=3DArial size=3D2>Your pal.</FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" = size=3D3><FONT=20 face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" = size=3D3><FONT=20 face=3DArial size=3D2>Joe</FONT></DIV></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>----- Original Message ----- </FONT> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>From: "Michael Barnette" <</FONT><A=20 href=3D"mailto:aocfishman@ho*.co*"><FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2>aocfishman@ho*.co*</FONT></A><FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2>></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>To: <</FONT><A=20 href=3D"mailto:techdiver@aquanaut.com"><FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2>techdiver@aquanaut.com</FONT></A><FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2>></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 8:45 = PM</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Subject: RE: Fatal = Depth</FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial><BR><FONT size=3D2></FONT></FONT></DIV><FONT = face=3DArial=20 size=3D2>> Hi JT-<BR>> I see you are up to your usual antics and = "spreading=20 the word according to <BR>> JT." You can't answer a = straight-forward=20 question can you? Instead, you go <BR>> off on a tangent and = try and=20 bait someone else to take the focus off you. <BR>> Well=20 okie-dokie.<BR>> <BR>> I guess the year I first saw you come into = the shop=20 was '97 or so (I can <BR>> call up there tomorrow to see when I = started=20 working part-time at the shop). <BR>> However, I believe I = first saw=20 you at a Norfolk dive club meeting when I <BR>> first moved into the = area in=20 '96. You were peddling charters on that POS <BR>> (POS: = piece of=20 shit) bassboat of yours. In any case, the bottom line is <BR>> = you are=20 again FOS (FOS: full of shit). I bought my first set of = doubles=20 <BR>> right after moving into the area from Mike Boring in early = '96. I=20 had been <BR>> diving them about a year or so before the shop in = question=20 even opened. I <BR>> knew how to fill doubles. If I = seemed like I=20 didn't want to fill yours, it <BR>> is because I didn't. No one = in the=20 shop wanted to. No one could stand you. <BR>> You would = swagger=20 in with your charter groupies yapping non-stop, and <BR>> crowd = around the=20 fill station trying to impress everyone with your heroic <BR>> tales = of=20 nabbing monster lobsters or whatever other nonsense spewed from <BR>> = your=20 mouth. Do you recall that chain going up just past the = bathrooms? =20 <BR>> That was the "JT chain" - it would allow us to relax amidst the = peace=20 and <BR>> quiet of the running compressor and away from your = jabbering=20 noise.<BR>> <BR>> Let's get real JT. While you were = annoying, one of=20 the big reasons I came <BR>> to dislike you was the day you called = everyone=20 in the shop to come out to <BR>> see the critters you rounded up on = one of=20 your dive trips. Do you recall <BR>> this, and do you remember = who was=20 in the parking lot? You whip out a nice <BR>> sized lobster = from your=20 cooler -- a dead lobster with a big spear hole in <BR>> its = head. You=20 stated something along the lines of "well, that's the only <BR>> way = I could=20 have got him." We pretty much called you a moron and walked = <BR>> away,=20 leaving you holding that lobster in the parking lot by yourself. = Then=20 <BR>> there were the stories of you scrubbing berried lobsters on = your=20 dives. <BR>> Call me a fish-hugger all you want, but it beats = being an=20 ignorant redneck. <BR>> Anyway, you never came back to the shop = after=20 that parking lot episode. I <BR>> wonder why? Oh yeah, it = was=20 because I didn't know how to fill up your <BR>> doubles. =20 r-i-g-h-t. I guess you also saw me smoking cigarettes back then = <BR>>=20 too?<BR>> <BR>> Again, instead of answering a question you have to = turn it=20 on someone else. <BR>> That is your modus operandi. If = you don't=20 like someone or something, you <BR>> insult and belittle them. = Good for=20 you tough guy.<BR>> <BR>> You know what though, in the scheme of = things, I=20 am very much a neophyte <BR>> (just so you don't have to waste your = time=20 trying to "expose" me: while I <BR>> did all the air/air BS for = a=20 couple of years, I didn't get mix certified <BR>> until early '99; = did the=20 PADI IDC in '98 - moved before the IE; rescue back <BR>> in '94 [I = think? -=20 ask my instructor Joey Dituri or fellow student John Rose <BR>> as = they were=20 there too]; and oh, I first got scuba certified in '90). JT, = <BR>>=20 until my years of technical diving activity surpass a decade or two, and = <BR>> until my technical dives easily exceed four or five digits, I = will=20 still <BR>> consider myself a neophyte. It'll be a while. = I don't=20 try to fool myself <BR>> and think otherwise. Unfortunately, = there are=20 a lot of fools out there, and <BR>> you are trying to be their = king. =20 For example, only a fool would think that <BR>> depth and/or time = alone is a=20 measure of competency. However, if you want to <BR>> play this = out to=20 the bitter end, I would be happy to tally up the few <BR>> technical = dives I=20 have done since '99 (since I had to log my exact number of <BR>> = dives - not=20 rounded off - to stay proficient in the NDP), and then I will <BR>> = compare=20 that to the numerous dives you have done in your long and <BR>> = illustrious=20 technical diving career. Let me get back to you, as it may take = <BR>> a=20 while to do all the higher math when calculating your technical diving = <BR>>=20 resume. Just so I don't cheat you out of a couple precious feet, = what was=20 <BR>> the *exact* depth on that 490fsw accomplish-nothing, = waste-of-helium,=20 sand <BR>> dive?<BR>> <BR>> JT, you baited me to try and take = the=20 attention off you. However, I am not <BR>> the one yapping = about how no=20 one can measure up to me, or calling people <BR>> neophytes to avoid = the=20 truth. So go ahead, consult your word-of-the-day <BR>> toilet = paper and=20 think up some witty comeback. Go ahead and talk about all <BR>> = the=20 cover-ups and how I am nothing but a punk. Go ahead and try and = <BR>>=20 convince everyone that you only tell the "truth", and never lie or = contort=20 <BR>> things all out of shape. I expect nothing less of = you.<BR>>=20 <BR>> JT, the *real* truth hurts doesn't it?<BR>> <BR>> Game on = jackass.<BR>> <BR>> Oh, be sure to have a real nice day.<BR>> = <BR>>=20 All my love,<BR>> Mike<BR>> <BR>> Michael C. Barnette<BR>>=20 Association of Underwater Explorers<BR>> Because it's=20 there...somewhere...maybe.<BR>> </FONT><A=20 href=3D"http://www.mikey.net/aue"><FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2>http://www.mikey.net/aue</FONT></A><BR><FONT face=3DArial = size=3D2>>=20 <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>>=20 _________________________________________________________________<BR>>= Add=20 photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. 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