On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 08:14:21 +1100, Christian Gerzner 
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Reef Fish <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 7 Jan 2006 17:24:38 +1100, Christian Gerzner
>> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>I in no way wish to sound condescending but do make sure that your 
SCUBA
>>>>equipment doesn't shout, long and hard: "expensive SCUBA stuff inside".
>>
>> I now the discussion here was primarily on camera equipment of which
>> I claim ignorance.
>>
>> But your statement is a long-standing myth on all other SCUBA
>> equipment.  

>
>Isn't it amazing how just one tiny "slip of the tongue", the lack of use
>of just ONE word, eg "camera" before "stuff":
>
>>>> expensive SCUBA stuff inside
>can allow a usually moribund list to suddenly come alive. ;-)

My statement says I understood YOU to be talking about camera
equipments, but OTHERS have been citing the myth for OTHER
scuba gears.

So, I wasn't even talking to YOU.   And DING DONG certainly
came out swing about the myth on OTHER gears.

See, Christian.  This is an OPEN forum.   You can bring out
your statement about something, anyone else don't have to 
talk about YOUR STUFF, if they prefer to talk about theirs.


>
>The fact that I clearly seemed to be talking about camera gear when I
>"named and shamed" San Juan airport didn't put too many people off
>either. ;-O
>
>If I'd meant to do it on purpose it would have been an interesting
>exercise in Internet semantics.

Internet semantics has nothing to do with it.  You presumption
that others can't talk about scuba gears when you wanted to 
talk about camera equipment was YOUR problem.  Not theirs.

-- Bob.