“Dress for Success” by Dan MacKay

[Mark Chase]

For what its worth...


Whats the problem with THIS sort of advert? its just alerting us to a potentialy interesting book. I like to here about new stuff on the market. I think there is a diferance between this and some dive shop constantly promoting this weeks special offer on defog..

Oh and I thaught the wise crack was excelent

Hi Nina,

Welcome to YD.

ATB

Mark Chase

[JAG]

Snide comments? Where? Or have they been deleted?

[Bardo]

Originally Posted by And

In my opinion it is not necessary to post introductions before posting elsewhere. It is up to YD and its members to be welcoming enough so people want to introduce themselves and contribute to our little space on the web.I think some of you could do with remembering that

Indeed. Not everyone wants to join the YD 'clique' - some just come here for reasoned discussion and useful information. I certainly didn't 'introduce' myself when I first started posting on YD - I find it all a bit 'cheesy', if truth be known... but each to their own.

Originally Posted by And

So, other than Nina's post, is there anything actually worth keeping on this thread? I count one snide remark (very original...not), 3 messages congratulating the snide remark, and two posts criticising the poster. Very welcoming, thanks guys. I'm amazed anyone even bothers joining when all you can expect is responses like that.

I'd agree with Zak, actually - I thought Connor's comment was quite amusing! Certainly I didn't see it as a dig at Nina and I'm sure it wasn't meant that way - more an amusing reflection on the attitude of DIR divers to equipment colour choice. It's a bit like the old line about the Ford Model T being available in 'any colour as long as it's black'...

[izzyimset]

Having got the advert phase/issue out of the way -- I was highly impressed at how well "Dress for Success" is actually laid out. And how much simplicity it brings to often confused or misinterpreted 'DIR' concepts.

Being the sceptic, I admittedly stayed away from the name for a while but its just because of cultural differences I guess. And a few things in it might have changed in practice... but I'd highly recommend this as essential reading material particularly to learning DIR divers.

Indeed, how many colours can one use when making a colour book of DIR gear ;-) Still, not being black and white is rather nice and I like the descriptive photos of tying knots etc...

Incidentally, Nina might not have posted to YD before but (a) this is primarily about a GUE-supplied publication that relates 1-to-1 with DIR and (b) if it were not for the original SC/UE efforts to promote DIR diving and equipment in the UK, I doubt it'd be such a popular topic now.

(c) Also as my partner in life I encouraged her to start posting here and no..

I personally didn't jump on the DIR bandwagon in its rising days to make an extra buck nor am adverting here or using list messages to sell my products

(d) I'm also aware she only had a very limited number of copies of these at the moment anyway... Though more is to come..

Izzy

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[Conor]

Nina, no offence intended, welcome to YD. Simply a somewhat obvious bit of Friday afternoon Banter from me.


As for the welcome v advert debate, its in the DIR forum and Ands the mod.

Conor

[Rick Huggins]

IMO only, the book should have been reviewed a little more thouroughly by GUE prior to putting their name to this publication and selling it from GUE HQ as discussed on quest!

There are a few points and photo's that are clearly "Not" DIR; which has, will and can cause confusion for people interested or new to DIR.

It is however a good read and helps paint the picture but the attention to detail could have been better IMO!