> On Saturday, June 01, 2002 10:11 PM, Reef Fish wrote: > > Jeff wrote: > > >> I personally prefer to use 1.4 ppO2, stay at least > > >> 10fsw above the MOD, and follow plain air NDL (a little flexible on the > > >> last one). > > I wrote: > > >I'm with you! :-) > > > Probably not when he tried to follow da Feeesh down to 197 fsw and > > got a bit narked on the way. :-) > > 'a bit narked'? Mate! I'd have been off the planet at that depth on air, > even allowing time to work up to it - as I seem to be one of those folks who > are susceptible, (or at least notice the effects of narcosis) - over a > period of days! :-) Me too. That's another reason to play with the voodoo gasses. ;-) > > > You folks are back to the 131 fsw and YOU DIE mentality of PADI. > > Not at all! :-) > > I believe absolutely in the saying, "know your limitations - and the > personal limitations of the breathing medium - and dive within them." :-) Does make for more uneventful dives doesn't it, and when immersed in a medium that we were really not designed for, uneventful is a good thing. > > > Watch my lips, as Sen(i)or Bush might say, "It's the EXPOSURE TIME > > that matters much more than the absolute PPO2 number". :-) > > Granted! (Although I'd tend to say that both are equally important) But > why not give oneself an 'edge' by reigning in both? Particularly where > recreational diving's concerned. :-))) When you yank on the tail of the toothy creature, he is not happy and tends to show it, qickly and abruptly in a manner which is not pretty to the yanker. Best to skirt around the edge and enjoy him from a distance, much like the ole' tox creature... ;-) > > Strike __ Mike Wallace Huntsville,Ala