I'm still in Dallas, but got bored enough to look up the local number for
my ISP.

I don't know if it's in the Nekton issue.  Thanks to the presentation I have
to do tomorrow and three new fraud reports I received tonight, I haven't had
much time for anything.  At any rate, at the risk of asking what has already
been reported, can you explain the difference between a cave cut drysuit and
all the rest?  If, and it's a big if, I ever buy a drysuit, I'll want the
best and most streamlined fit that is consistent with the suit's purpose.
I've  seen cave cut mentioned quite a few times, but don't think I've ever
seen an explanation.  I guess everybody else already knows.

Lee

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Strike" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 6:51 AM
Subject: Re: [SCUBA-SE] DIR or not


> On Monday, September 15, 2003 9:03 AM, Lee Bell wrote:
>
> (snip)
>
> > > And I've never tried scuba diving in a vulcanised rubber, standard
> > dress!!!
> > > Ithink they'd be just a tad too cumbersome!  :-))))
>
> > That's always been my impression.  Until just a few years ago, however,
> that
> > was all I ever got to see.
>
> G'Day, Lee!  Now that, honestly, does surprise me.  The suits that we used
> to wear for free-swimming pre-dated the commercial introduction of the
> Aqualung.  (In a shameless plug for Nekton, there's a bit of an intro to
> drysuits in the newly re-vamped archive section - under Equipment - at
> www.e-nekton.com )
>
> They might not have been as 'user friendly' as, say, the models produced
by
> DUI within the past ten and more years, but they were certainly sleek and
> figure-hugging and - I always assumed - universally accepted, copied and
> improved upon.  (I still like the look of those suits, but from a more
> practical point of view, the recent improvements in materials, cut and
> design are far more comfortable.)  :-)
>
> I still had one of the Standard Dress suits until about 1990, when I
> literally gave it away to a dive shop as a display item because I didn't
> have a workable helmet.  Now I have access - through a friend who's a
> collector of helmets and who's having quick-entry suits made locally so
that
> he can dive the things - I wish that I'd hung on to it!  :-))
>
> In fact we've started an off-shoot of the Diving Historical Society -
called
> SCUM (Sydney Classic Underwater Mob) - and are diving with the Navy guys,
at
> their base in Sydney, at the end of October using Mk V's; Siebe-Gorman and
a
> couple of other helmets.  (Which is to stray off the topic a bit bit ... )
> :-))
>
> > > And now I'm off for a pleasure dive with some folks who'll be wearing
> > > dry-suits and some who'll be wearing wet-suits, followed by the
> obligatory
> > > BBQ at "Strike's Reef"!  :-))
>
> > Have a great time.  I'm off to Dallas in the morning and will be back
> > Tuesday.  That's when I have to get serious about a rec.scuba dive I'm
> > hosting during DEMA.  I'm not sure how many people will confirm, but
some
> > that I've never met in person have already confirmed.  I'm really
looking
> > forward to it.
>
> It's always good to meet up and dive with folks that you've met through
the
> lists.  It's a reminder that the shared passion is really what all of the
> lists are about.  I've never been disappointed and all of the folks that
> I've met have always exceeded my expectations. :-)
>
> Today's dive was a great example.  We - well!  those of us wearing
> wet-suits! - froze our nuts off.  But the apres-dive BBQ/Eatothon was
> terrific!  Even if Kip - the dog - did disgrace himself by stealing food
> from the plates while we weren't looking.  JJ returns to the States
tomorrow
> and while a little of the talk revolved around diving, most of it was in
the
> broad ranging,  'shoes and ships and sealing wax, and cabbages and kings'
> category!  :-)
>
> And tomorrow, I'm back in the water while some more folks attending the
Dive
> Expo do a dry-suit orientation course!  :-)
>
> Strike
>