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You dropped the plate!??!! My God Man, some things are more important than a free flowing regulator. =:)Scott At 16:59 5/02/97 -0500, you wrote: > >Some one pulled this on the Chester Poling off of Cape Ann, Mass last >year. > >July 28th, 1996 after driving some _five_ hours we're the first boat >on scene with incredible 70' vis. (on Aug 21, 1995 vis was 1') Dropping >down I see something almost glowing on the bottom. I drop down past the >deck into the hold and there are PLATES!, BIG plates! SMALL plates! >plates >everywhere! Since these were out in the open my original thought was >that >some one had penetrated gotten the plates and then been forced to drop >some. No sooner do I grab the biggest plate than I notice a hissing >thats >getting louder and louder. I'm freeflowing! Tried to carry the plate >and >start my ascent, but decided to drop the plate, started gesturing >franticly >to my buddy to grab some plates, began my ascent, and switched over to >my >pony. > >My buddy brought up the _smallest_ plate they could find. > >We all got a good laugh when we realized the plate was dated several >years >_after_ the Chester Poling went down. > >I've still got the plate; its my first piece of 'treasure'. > >Since it was so obviously a fake I didn't mind at all; not sure how >I'd feel about bringing up a forgery from the U853. I can't see myself >taking it as humorously. >-- >Sam Abbe >home:abbe@sn*.ne*, work:sabbe@si*.co*, http://www.red.org/sam >Capt. - T.A.C. Paintball Team, TIP#408, stock phantom & 'mag >[/] PADI Rescue Diver [/] Next Dive: Bahamas on Blackbeard Cruises [:]-) >'91 Acura Integra - 194,000 and still going >"If there's a cheap sport I haven't found it" > > > >+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ >Please send messages for the WreckDiver list to: wreckdiver@wreckdiver.com >Send subscription and help requests to: wreckdiver-request@wreckdiver.com >+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Please send messages for the WreckDiver list to: wreckdiver@wreckdiver.com Send subscription and help requests to: wreckdiver-request@wreckdiver.com +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
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