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>No!  I asked the right question!  Hits happen - some are "deserved", others
>are often classed as "undeserved".  But the fact remains that because the
>mechanics of bubble formation are still not well understood it's not a sin
>to get bent.  It's knowing what to do when a bend is suspected - and doing
>it immediately - that's important.  That's part of d.i.r. (or DIP)!  :-)
>

Oh boy... here I go sticking my 2c in...  I can't provide the exact
reference, but, a couple years ago
I made some inquiries to DAN and others.  I seem to remember that a
large percentage (I think
it was over 50%, more like 60-66%) of the "undeserved" hits (i.e. hits
that happened within
standard recreational tables/etc) ended up being attributed to some type
of PFO (Patent Formen
Ovale).  I even went so far as to get a cardiac echo done to see if I
had one, given the diving
I was doing at the time and I came up clear.

Now, it may very well be that "underserved" hits take on a different
meaning when we get into
the more technical range (i.e. planned decompression, longer exposures,
etc), but I just
figured I throw this out and see where it stick :^)

Carl