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Nice one, SM! Or should I say, SAM?
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redrover
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A nick name. Lisa is often pronounced Leza. One such, a brainac physicist, felt it appropriate denoting an esoteric form of my choice of turn in crud particularly useful on telemark gear. The US Professional Ski Instructors Demo Team called it a Mystery Turn. He, more into theory application learned it, calling the subtle yet very powerful downweighted turn the Za (in a Conan the Barbarian deep growl) turn.
I dont get what a goat has to do with Haldane. His emblem was a goat? Like a coat of arms? They used goats like coal miners used canarys?
I dont get what a goat has to do with Haldane. His emblem was a goat? Like a coat of arms? They used goats like coal miners used canarys?
OP
Ah. Good question, Za! Haldane needed (non-human) subjects on which to perform tests to determine empirically how deep/long a compression was safe and how fast the de-compression could be. He chose goats because they were plentiful, their physiology is not too different from ours, and when a long-legged goat has a bend it really shows in its gait/posture--as opposed to, for example, a pig. With non-human subjects you can't just ask them, "do you have any pain yet?"
DivingPrincessE
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Mine is easy to figure out. Me on a beach in Antigua.
OP
Is that a tat on your back?
DivingPrincessE
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Yup one of my two tattoos.
Mine is the logo for Arrogant Bastard Ale, I'll let you all figure out why I chose it.
OceanObsessed
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Mine is my 14' Phantom Sailboat... its very similar to a Sunfish sailboat. My buddies and I used it for freediving and a little scuba when growing up. I actually share ownership of it with another guy but he is an arrogant bastard and I'll save that story for another day.
JeffG
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Mine represents my good natured self.
