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Does labelling really matter?? As long as the MOD is marked for your own liking then does it matter if some other goober picks up your tank and uses it. If they are using it without your permission then they can expect to die, so why warn them. At 23:14 4/03/97 -0500, you wrote: >Labeling is an interesting subject. Did I mention that the double I saw >everywhere on my 30' wreck dive were all nitrox labeled? Which means either >they didn't really have nitrox in them (shame!) or that they were using >nitrox for a 30" dive (idiots!). > >Anyway, I think specific labels (like NITROX or TRIMIX are insane for >reasons which have been pointed out here, unless one very well endowed with >tanks (as we'll all have to be if SP gets their idiotic dedicated valve >accepted). SOmeone suggested on a thread a while back on techdiver simply >"May Contain Mixed Gas" which made sense to me. Here's my suggested >version: > >THIS IS NOT YOUR TANK!!! >MAY CONTAIN MIXED DIVE GASES >Always tag with current mix when filled >Remove old tags after use >Analyze before using. >IMPROPER USE OF THE GAS IN THIS TANK MAY RESULT IN YOUR DEATH > >OK it's wordy, but it covers all the bases. > >P.S., didn't mean to libel Genesises, or their owners. It's just they've >had reliability probs, have less desirable boyancy characteristics and - >most serious of all - you can't cheat and overfill them because they >already are. > >PPS , Has anyone else got that swarmy "welcome to techdiver" spam from some >idiot trying to sell something? > > > > >+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ >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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