limeyx
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I think you have an interesting idea of what DIR is.
Really? how so?
If you really do think that then I guess the meaning of my posts must not be clear (which is my fault for not expressing myself more clearly)
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I think you have an interesting idea of what DIR is.
Really? how so?
If you really do think that then I guess the meaning of my posts must not be clear (which is my fault for not expressing myself more clearly)
A GUE education (or an AG NAUI education) is just that. Dive education. It doesn't make you DIR. It gives you a skill set in which to pull off a dive. The specific skill set that they teach is a DIR one, but it doesn't mean that what you actually do in the real world is DIR.
DIR is a set of policies and procedures that are applied to a dive. If you violate any of them. You are not DIR. Thats it. End of story.
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That said, it should go without saying, if you don't know what you're talking about, don't state it with such authority. I think that was my meta-point.
Um, you are side-stepping what I was saying.
how can you tell?
It used to be funnier when I had "Not Certified" in my profile and I had about why I was on SB "I was on rec.paintball and someone cross posted from rec.scuba about Scubaboard and I always thought scuba was cool."JeffG -- You cheatAfter all, you've got a huge amount of experience (for someone with 25 - 49 dives
), have taken multiple classes, yet appreciate the idea that "good enough" may indeed be just that (OK, but equally OK to take a different approach.)
I think because the internet (and written communication in general) lacks the back-and forth of a normal conversation, we sometimes say things we'd never dream of saying face to face, and like it or not, that can rub people the wrong way.
Agree (duh). That said, I didn't post for the sake of trying to "teach". I posted to point out why his post was wrong. I'll leave the ambassadorship to others. Jeff probably wouldn't be so good either.