On Fri, 15 Mar 2002 04:14:11 +1100, David Strike <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

>On Friday, March 15, 2002 2:49 AM, J.M. Vitoux wrote:
>
>(snip)


>That's a, "have you stopped beating your wife?" question in which a simple
>answer of 'Yes' or 'No' can be equally damning. :-)


Let me help JM put it this way then, "Have the bruises on Sylvia stopped
being a recurrent fing in your household?"       <............duck..> :0)



>There will, of course, always be exceptions, but generally speaking both
>children and the handicapped require special considerations in regard to
>the planning of the dive.  That's not being condescending; it's being
>realistic!
>:-)

Hey, and don't you forget old folks like myself as supposed to Jacques
Cousteau!!   Jacques was active diving up to his late seventies (perhaps
even later), but many divers of that age will be lucky if they can
tow a 10 year-old kid.  I aspire to be the latter, and quit diving
before then, and move on to my 5th life.     :-)


But the BOTTOM line is still:   AGE itself is NOT the main thing.

It's the DIVER, the SKILL and ABILITY of the DIVER ...

It rings completely parallel with the remark,

It't NOT the Agency, it's the INSTRUCTOR, that matters.

Are we gonna revert back to that thread now?   I am already seeing
NAUI vs PADI vs CMAS vs BS-AC (Hey Andy, does BS-AC stand for
Bull Shit - Aquatic Club <BWG>) ...

Carry on ... FUC 5.3!  I thought I was going to stay out of this thread.

For the benefit of Tim <G>:  http://www.ivydene1.demon.co.uk/nedfuc.htm

-- Bob.