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>X-POP3-Rcpt: anscott@ne* >Return-Path: gmirvine@sa*.ne* >Date: Wed, 5 Mar 1997 21:25:07 -0500 (EST) >X-Sender: gmirvine@sa*.ne* >To: anscott@hi*.ne*.au*, s_lindblom@co*.co* (Steve Lindblom) >From: Trey Irvine <gmirvine@sa*.ne*> >Subject: RE: Labeling >Cc: dumbfucks are us <wreckdiver@idiot.com> > > Why is stupidity like this only on wreckdiver? Is that a lsit for idiots >only or what? >> >>At 19:16 5/03/97 -0500, you wrote: >>>I don't seem to be able to say anything without making someone mad, so let >>>me give a group reply to save bandwidth. >>> >>> >>>>Why not use Nitrox at 30' ?? >>>> >>> >>>No reason at all - I'm using it as I write this. (alt. response - because >>>tri-mix is safer) >>> >>>>So let me understand this, hi pressure tanks are no good because you >>>>can't cheat? >>> >>>That's right - you got a problem with that? As you say, the boyancy >>>problems are relatively minor. >>> >>>>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. >>> >>>Of course it matters. I know some of us get off on talking like this, but >>>have you ever been on a dive with a fatality? Sort of gets your attention >>>even if you are the most cold blooded Darwinist imaginable, even if they >>>weren't using your mix. Besides, a fatality can end diving for the day, >>>however well, in your eyes, it migth be deserved - to say nothing of the >>>irritation of waiting around for the authorities, tanks seized as evidence, >>>giving statements, lawsuits - meritous or otherwise - from next of kin who >>>just don't understand their kin deserved to die. >>>It's interesting, that in one widely discussed of case of misuse of tanks >>>containing mix, the users were students, who were told to use the wrong >>>tanks by an instructor (because the tanks he has supplied were mislabeled >>>too, making the mixup an easy one). I can't see what moral lesson would >>>have been served by letting them die (as opposed to, say, their >>>instructor). >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ >>>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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