07 Sep 96 00:26, Achim Lohse wrote to Lee Bell:
 -=>> Quoting Lee Bell to Achim Lohse <=-
 AL>   ...
 LB>> Ahem, I think you know the answer to this one.  The pressure reserved
 LB>> by a J-valve won't even allow a normal safety stop.  It's old, old
 LB>> technology meant for a time long gone.  What we know about
 LB>> decompression sickness these days makes the air available through a
 LB>> reserve worth very little in anything but an extreme emergency.
 AL>   Wait a minute. I'm not arguing that a good pressure gauge is not
 AL>   desireable. And I'll get one as soon as I can.  But _any_ pressure
 AL>   gauge can fail you. How many people do you know who have two
 AL>   pressure gauges connected on a dive?
 AL>   Besides, shouldn't a J-valve that holds back 500 lbs. of pressure
 AL>   allow you to make a safety stop?
Sure.....if it works.
From reading this little exchange of messages, it's obvious to me that you 
consider a pressure gauge a desireable but nonessential piece of equipment. 
I've been diving a long time and my attitude is completely different from 
yours.  Failure of a pressure gauge makes a dive no-go for me.
Steve was right.....you are an accident waiting to happen.  I've recovered 
bodies of guys like you before.
I don't mean to be nasty, but you need a swift kick in the ass before you 
kill yourself.  If you can't afford a SPG right now, you can't afford to 
e.
Jay
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