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On Thu, 25 May 1995, MARK WELZEL wrote:

> 
> >  B) aren't responsible for a team of divers,
> 
> EU>..... tell 'em George.. they won't ever understand tho.. cuz they will
> EU>never **be** responsible for a team of divers.. and if they ever do it
> EU>will only be for one dive, then they'll run home crying (with the trans-
> EU>former).

...hot damn, george hooked one now.. everybody duck !!   :-)

> 
> And I guess you gentlemen undertook your *Expeditions* on your own.
> Your own funding, no insurance guidlines, you just put together
> your TEAM and boldly went wherever you did. That's swell.

.... well, not **exactly*** ... maybe some research on your "adversaries"

would be "prudent"


> 
> I have no desire to lead a team, I dive for pleasure on the shipwrecks
> of the North East. I am not trying to impress anyone by breaking any
> records or showing how many divers I was responsible for. That starts
> to sound like macho, egotistical BS and that's not my bag. Otherwise

...ahhhhh, yassss, would you repeat that last line for me,,,

>

 it's scientific diving which, although can be very similar, is 
> different from tech diving due to the objectives and means of
> gathering the data to be analyzed.

...hummmmmm, i'm still trying to figure this one out... gulp, **please**
dont give obie any ideas, we don't need **yet another** "specialty" course,
let's see... NOW, you can get another card, which btw you must have to
get "these" mixes due to the scientific nature of your dives...


> up here on dives between 190 + 240 fsw. And I've never heard of
> anyone getting an O2 hit let alone dying from convulsions except
> where there has been a gross PpO2 error (like when someone diving
> mix puts the wrong reg in their mouth).

..this, well, this is really why i'm responding (other than the fact
that i want to be macho like george).  ... please research "O2 hits"
alittle more before making a statement like that one, **and** please
don't dive past 218 on air, it makes us all look bad you know, besides
that, you've told george where you dive, he'll go back and get your gear
when you.. well you know..   

dp


ahhh, what fun, and i promised rich i wouldn't get invovled in this
sort of childish crap, all those times i gave him a hard time, it
must be the deep diving, i'm really not responsible...

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