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The truth is the truth, but I do not recall breathing any 02 in my bunk on the Doria trip, but if it makes you feel good, say it. BTW I have seen many breath 02 after dives and I have done it.........that is the reality of doing technical dives. I have seen as many as 4 sitting breathing 02 at the same time, usually this happens when divers do 2-200ft dives (with a 2 hr or less SI) in cold water on a dive like the Merdia. Nothing serious mind you. Keep on trolling..... and have a nice day At 02:25 PM 4/8/03 +0000, Michael Barnette wrote: >Well, I think we can see how JT operates now. When anyone challenges him, >he tries to dig up dirt and bullshit stories on them to avoid facing >reality. The closer you are to the truth, the more he resists, even >trying to blackmail you and try to get you fired in order to shut you >up. JT, allow me to quote Jack Nicholson: "YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH." > >This is an interesting trend though - the more JT criticizes or attacks >someone else, the more he is trying to hide the truth (usually about >himself). This has been fairly evident in the past couple of days, but I >decided to review some of his old posts to see where this appears >throughout his 43 technical dives. > >For example, on just his trio of ANDREA DORIA trips in 2001, there are >several interesting events. On the second trip, JT stated "their [sic] >was nobody else on this boat that could do what I just did." At this >point, it looks like JT has around 30 technical dives below 150fsw. He >stated this to a group of veteran DORIA divers after free-dropping a >697-foot long wreck, with about 50-60 feet of relief, and that rises to >within ~180fsw of the surface. OK. > >Then JT states: "I also remained in seclusion on this trip, not happy >with my actions and not happy with the actions of one of my crew on a >personal note , we did not speak to each other unless we had to, more >stress for me. I was not having a good time...." > >NOTE: he makes reference to the fact that someone he was not happy with >was the reason he stayed in seclusion for the rest of the trip. This, the >guy who says he "always tells the truth." Well, it turns out JT was in >his bunk sucking on O2 because he was bent. Now, I am not criticizing the >fact that he got bent, just pointing out that "honest JT" is not so honest. > >Now, it also looks like the third trip was fairly interesting. JT >prefaces his whole story about how inexperienced everyone was (this coming >from a guy who, at the time, had around 32 technical dives past >150fsw). This criticism of others should be a red flag that a clusterfuck >is about to occur, which indeed does happen. He loses a goodie bag with >"over 500 dollars in stuff" in it (makes you wonder what he had in it, >huh?) and later he somehow gets tangled up in line that was "falling" on >him. We all know how fast line "falls" in water, and can understand how >one can get tangled in it to the point you have to make a concerted effort >to untangle yourself, right? Anyway, JT "retreated back to my seclusion >as I did on the second trip, disappointed in the whole trip, refusing to >dive and save myself for anything if necessary , mad at everything >everyone ." Furthermore, he stated that he "would not speak to anyone, I >stayed in my bunk and only came out to check the weather and eat." I >wonder if he took the O2 with him also, being that seclusion = bent on the >first dive. But, JT always tells the truth about everything, right? > >Makes you wonder if anyone else got bent on that third trip. Hmmmm. Nah, >it couldn't be, as JT didn't say anything about it, and he never covers >anything up and always tells the truth. > >Let's roll forward to 2002 and Lake Jocassee. Here comes the warning in >JT's trip report: "As the date came within a week the excuses started >rolling in, I even heard one guy say his wife was planning on getting >pregnant that weekend and he wanted to be there when it happened, so he >couldn't make the dive. (not really true, but sounds good don't it)." > >There is the red flag. So let's read about the resulting >clusterfuck: "At one point I knocked my own mask off while moving stages >around because I was so pissed" (about his buddy thumbing the dive because >of safety concerns). >How the hell do you spazz out so bad that you knock your own mask off?? >Just try and picture that. I dare you. > >So, backing up to the dive that JT is whinning about, which occurred over >two years ago. On that dive (apparently his 24th technical dive past >150fsw), his scooter flooded because he ignored the prudent advice of his >fellow divers, he lost his knife, and he kept fidgetting with his light, >which apparently kept malfunctioning (maybe he took it past its depth >rating). That looks pretty much like a clusterfuck, at least to me. So, >you see, the louder JT says "look at him, look at him" you should wonder >to yourself what JT is trying to hide. > >I can now understand this paranoia of JT's with perceived cover-ups and >clusterfucks, since cover-ups and clusterfucks appear to be the status quo >for him on his dives. > >Hey JT, since you said I counted up your number of technical dives below >150fsw incorrectly, and they are not 43, just how many technical dives >below 150fsw have you done in the past five years? I even offered you the >option of arbitrarily doubling your dive resume to 86 - you should take >that gift. > >TTFN, >Mike > > >Michael C. Barnette >Association of Underwater Explorers >Because it's there...somewhere...maybe. >http://www.mikey.net/aue > > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. >http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail > >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. "You can't learn to dive on the net, sooner or later you have to get in the water" Your Guide to Great Wreck Diving along the East Coast & more Web Site http://www.capt-jt.com/ Email captjt@mi*.co* -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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