On Feb 25, 2:16*pm, "Capt. JG" wrote:
"Bob" wrote in message

Part of your responsibility is to choose a buddy responsibly not just hope
for a responsible.

INteresting...... so:

1) I must have a buddy
2) it my responsibility to chose a "responsible and skilled buddy"

Does that mean I must find a person with similar skills... abilities
as myself????? Humm, now where would I find some one like that?????

There is one thing I need to know. You say, ".....Diving a lone is
much more dangerous over all...."

To that I must ask WHY??? And are are saying that diving with a buddy
over all out weighs the hazards?
If that is the case why use SCUBA at all??? I say SCUBA is flawed and
extramily unsafe compared to surface supplied with a topside crew
including recomression chamber and operator... Oh, and also including
02 treatment tables to dept of releaf. So should I just avoid SCUBA
altogether because it simply an unsafe method to put a diver to
depth???

Bob



You don't start off with a challenging dive with a new
buddy. Diving a lone is much more dangerous over all.

Same is true for long-distance sailing. You don't choose whomever shows at
the dock for something like that. I teach novice sailors, so you don't have
much choice for day sailing. But, you do have a choice otherwise. I single
hand my sailboat quite a bit. It's not because finding a sailing buddy would
be dangerous. It's just not convenient necessarily.

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"j" ganz

"Bob" wrote in message
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On Feb 25, 2:16 pm, "Capt. JG" wrote:
"Bob" wrote in message

Part of your responsibility is to choose a buddy responsibly not just hope
for a responsible.

INteresting...... so:

1) I must have a buddy

JG: I never said "must."

2) it my responsibility to chose a "responsible and skilled buddy"

JG: Yes.

Does that mean I must find a person with similar skills... abilities
as myself????? Humm, now where would I find some one like that?????

JG: No. It means that you should be responsible for the person you pick.
Ummm... local dive shops, craigslist, perhaps you can rent one on ebay. LOL

There is one thing I need to know. You say, ".....Diving a lone is
much more dangerous over all...."

To that I must ask WHY??? And are are saying that diving with a buddy
over all out weighs the hazards?

JG: I think you need to do some research to confirm this for yourself. Does
SCUBA alone outweigh the hazards of with a buddy? Only you can ultimately
answer that for yourself.

If that is the case why use SCUBA at all??? I say SCUBA is flawed and
extramily unsafe compared to surface supplied with a topside crew
including recomression chamber and operator... Oh, and also including
02 treatment tables to dept of releaf. So should I just avoid SCUBA
altogether because it simply an unsafe method to put a diver to
depth???

JG: This sounds like a rant... I SCUBA although not recently. For example, I
was and will remain always conservative when it comes to the tables. I used
to not use a computer, but finally bought want a few years ago. It was a
great help, but I don't like to get even close to it.

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"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

"Dave" wrote in message
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On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:27:50 -0800 (PST), Bob said:

1) I must have a buddy
2) it my responsibility to chose a "responsible and skilled buddy"

Does that mean I must find a person with similar skills... abilities
as myself????? Humm, now where would I find some one like that?????

Now you know why I have not done SCUBA since leaving the Navy.

Certainly it isn't all that hard finding another gay who loves to go down
deep. Try Jon Boy!

Wilbur Hubbard