Just Having A Laugh!!!!

[Mal Bridgeman]

Originally Posted by Sixsquid

Although that is probably mootas they won't want to dive with me

Do you really mean that? I think all the people who would be identifiable as DIR divers on YD would dive with just about anyone .... probably not on their biggest dives but as well as being an identifiable DIR diver I am also a recreational diving instructor and I cannot imagine any diver I wouldn't dive with.

Being DIR is not really about being as elitest as other people would like it to be.

Mal

[DIVE BUDDHA]

Originally Posted by Mal Bridgeman

I cannot imagine any diver I wouldn't dive with.

lol uve not dove with me yet mal im enough to put anyone off lol!

[neilh]

Originally Posted by SoggyFox

so why isn't that the standard, if you all go for this in an emergency instead of repeating the drill?

Because that would mean the drill would be overly complicated. As it is the drill includes everything that you would do when manipulating each valve and is structured in a right-to-left manner. The point of it is that you remember how to manipulate the valves, swap regs, etc, etc.

In an emergency you shutdown the left or right post depending on which side you think the problem is. To cover this in a drill you would need to do the drill at least twice - once where you shut the right first, once where you shut the left.

Originally Posted by Sixsquid

Horses for courses and I would rather dive with an individual that has considered, recognised and chosen the right diving style for them than just following someone they had encountered who perhaps exerts a strong influence.

Originally Posted by Sixsquid

Although that is probably moot as they won't want to dive with me

I'm sure that's not true sixy. You just need to do fundies first

[Mal Bridgeman]

Originally Posted by DIVE BUDDHA

lol uve not dove with me yet mal im enough to put anyone off lol!

Careful with words like "dove" cos Jason will get upset ......but of course I'd dive with you Leigh .... if you are as bad as you say then it might be a short one
Mal

[JasonP]

Originally Posted by Mal Bridgeman

I come from a position of thinking I would like everyone to dive in exactly the same configuration as me ..... but since I am unlikely to convince everyone to adopt my config, which has only had a few hundred hours of testing, I can adopt a config which has had many thousands of hours of testing and once I have got used to it then I get the benefit that I was seeking.

But I don't dive exactly the same configuration all the time anyway. It depends on the dive. What I use in the Maldives is different from what I use wreck diving in the UK and different from what I'd use cave diving in Mexico.

It may have had thousands of hours of testing, but if it had been invented by a group of UK deep wreck divers, I don't think it would be the same.

Jason

[Sixsquid]

Originally Posted by Frankie Price

Fook me, I turn me back for five minutes and Ben starts kicking the hornets nest that is DIR YD style.
Just to put things into perspective, Ben is often mis-read in his intentions.
Like when he walked into the bedroom looking all doe-eyed carrying two 50m reels of black bungie and an assortment of bolt snaps, I took one look, reached for the 'KY' and said "Frankie its party time".
Turns out though that Ben is a kit junkie and wears contact lenses, so it wasn't to be, but I didn't know that now did I.

I wear contact lenses. Does that mean I look "doe eyed" ? Or is it that contact lens wearers are into bondage

Whatever floats ya boat, as they say

[SoggyFox]

Originally Posted by Mal Bridgeman

Being DIR is not really about being as elitest as other people would like it to be.

don't come over all sensible like that Bridgeman, its attitudes like that that bring down websites, hours and hours of sanctimonious drivel have been put in the elitist and anti-elitist agendas, whole percentage points have been wiped from company profits, lets not have any of your olive branch diplomacy here. Get back on your 'my way or the highway' diatribe.

[Garf]

Originally Posted by SoggyFox

so why isn't that the standard, if you all go for this in an emergency instead of repeating the drill?

becuase we're playing the numbers. the right post is by far the most likely one to fail, as its our active breathing reg AND our active buoyancy reg. So, the drill we use takes this into consideration. we hear bubbles, we shut down right post. If we're wrong and it's not that valve, then by the time you finish shutting it down, your team will be in place, slapping your hands away, and taking over, as they can see what is going on.

[DIVE BUDDHA]

Originally Posted by Mal Bridgeman

Careful with words like "dove" cos Jason will get upset ......but of course I'd dive with you Leigh .... if you are as bad as you say then it might be a short one
Mal

lol and im only kidding mal and yes i will dive with you anytime as long as you dont shine that light saber in mi face

[neilh]

Originally Posted by JasonP

But I don't dive exactly the same configuration all the time anyway. It depends on the dive. What I use in the Maldives is different from what I use wreck diving in the UK and different from what I'd use cave diving in Mexico.

Which clearly works for you and you're happy with it - personally I use the same configuration all the time and don't need to change it

Originally Posted by JasonP

It may have had thousands of hours of testing, but if it had been invented by a group of UK deep wreck divers, I don't think it would be the same.

Probably very true, there'd be crowbars and hammers in the standard kit config for a start