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From: ddrake01 Uh, um, I got a um, idea again (happens onast idea (clear acrylic paint on stee l tanks to see rust) Anyway, I have done a considerable amount of decompression diving in the Lakes that didn't need very aggressive decompression. So I carried air down and used a big pony for deco and bailout if required. The mix was usually 36-40%. At the time, I didn't want to spend money on O2 cleaning my reg. that I used for the pony and other non-clean gasses. I would usually deco with an air computer--a relatively simply setup that I could get by with on commercial charters and do some deco. They tend to twitch like PADI lawyers when they see O2 or Nitrox going down with you (I'd turn the pony's Nitrox sticker in towards the main tank or down when in storage. I occurs to me that since some of us have enough tanks to load a freight train, that we should carry a pony or some tank as a travel bottle filled with NOAA1 or 2 or 40% on a more regular basis. This would allow for extra gas for bailout and some accelerated off gassing and increased safety for stops in high seas. Keep in mind that O2 toxicity is a function of time too. If the gear configuration can stand a slender tank on the side or back with a second stage on it, not your chest, you have a relatively inoffensive Nitrox source you reach for when you need. Note a lot of Al 40s are being distributed around here. They are a nice size for O2 and a pony such as above. Do any of you use much Nitrox as a travel gas or for the purposes I mentioned above? What about the "to manifold" or "not to manifold" issue. Are people just not interested in responding to the issue? Have you all made up your minds and don [] Jason you're welcome. I learned a couple of things too, I to sappy with the courtesies I've sent out. [] For the new people and the stubborn old ones, PLEASE put your address on the message so that I and others can send you replies. I often get opinions/requests that say to me from techdiver@opal.com with no other mailer info. :-( The new guy sent me a message with absolutely no identification to who he is: no name address or nothing! I have a poor old mainframe Email and gateway that conveniently strips the mail info away. I also don't have any control over sending my "urgent" notes for those who are or will be irritated by that. Sorry, but when you got urgent mainframe needs, I'd suggest they're going to come first. :-) [] On advertisement, it does become a problem when people pay for there messages or disk space. I noticed a *long* advertisement that I got billed disk space for. Put them somewhere where I can get them if I want them. The guys should develop their own list server or something. DAVID DRAKE AHDNN1A.DDRAKE01@ED*.CO* ROMULUS, MICHIGAN EDS/GM POWERTRAIN 8-375-5467 (GM NET)
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