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    Worst Divers Ever

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    Authoritative Incompetency

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    Authoritative Incompetency

    One year later: the instructor referenced in the first post in this thread has since been found guilty on felony drug trafficking charges. It seems he had developed a habit of storing bags of cocaine inside sealed and pressurized air cylinders. I don't know all the details just yet, but it...
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    Panic Attack

    Hi Llama, I'm a little uneasy with this recap. Here's my problem: if there really was nothing wrong with you, the situation, or your gear, then your panic attack wouldn't have happened. I can understand why you are unwilling to accept that you might have some deep-seated anxiety issues to...
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    Bug bombed equipment...

    It's unlikely to cause any problems. Just wash your gear again. Oh, and what is there to see while diving in your girlfriend's garage? :p - Warren
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    I don't get the wrist mount.

    1) No, it's not "all in the way." 2) You put it on after you put your gloves on. I use bungees, so it takes all of two seconds to slip it on. You also take it off before taking your gloves off. That operation also takes two seconds. 3) It's actually one less thing to keep track of -- you...
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    DIRF, A Sobering Experience

    Neil, Strangely enough, the failure rate of some of my high-level engineering and physics courses in college was very close to 50% -- yet the professors and the University were still highly praised. - Warren
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    Are you a stroke?

    crab, A 5' hose is fine (DIR even) in open water. - Warren
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    Stage bottles

    Oops. Yes, color me stupid. - Warren
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    Stage bottles

    He means "between one half of the tank's starting pressure and 500 psi" - Warren
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    Anyone ever tell you that DIR = crazy?

    Well, I certainly can't speak for any "typical" instructors. They'll have to speak for themselves. - Warren
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    Anyone ever tell you that DIR = crazy?

    Hogarthian configuration was the name given to a long-hose primary, routed around the body, behind the neck, and into the mouth, and a bungied backup. DIR is sort of an evolution of Hogarthian configuration. - Warren
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    Anyone ever tell you that DIR = crazy?

    ninja, What's really funny about all of it is that I hardly ever think about what "DIR" means. To me, it's just a label, like Hogarthian, or Tree. I rarely think about the denotation of the acronym, nor do I think it really matters. It was a poor choice of names, but so was calling the...
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    Anyone ever tell you that DIR = crazy?

    I'll repeat my previous statement, this time in reference to the author who so eloquently penned that DIR is "a lot of overzealous, narrow-minded, self-righteous, irrelevant, irrational hogwash:" It sounds to me like this author has a very strong personal bias, and would rather hide behind a...
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    Anyone ever tell you that DIR = crazy?

    How does that relate in any way to the question of "Does DIR = Crazy?" - Warren
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    Anyone ever tell you that DIR = crazy?

    Well, I'm a DIR diver, and I don't think I'm a fanatic nut. Generally, I just wave my hands at the people who ARE DIR zealots. In general, it's wise to be skeptical of anyone who's trying to convince you of something more than they are just trying to show you something. In all honesty, I've...
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    Mares regs?

    Grajan, I'd still like to hear why you call JJ's book a "religious tract." - Warren
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    Mares regs?

    xerxes, Chill, dude. You're welcome to disagree with someone, but it really seems pointless to call them names. It doesn't make you (or DIR) look very good. - Warren
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    Mares regs?

    Grajan, Oh, for Pete's sake. JJ's book reads more like a religious tract than an educational reference? Those in the literary world agree that anyone can have any interpretation of any work they'd like -- but only a subset of those interpretations are actually supported by the language used...
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    Secondary Regulator... Do you use one?

    JamesK is right, You've completely missed most of the actual content of DIR, and instead focused on its delivery. Many DIR advocates feel somewhat like it is our duty to help other divers become safer divers. We pressure people to do safety drills before each dive. We pressure people to...
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