Article in March 2006 issue of Scuba Diving

VK wrote:
> sytech@yahoo.com wrote:
>> The point the author makes is that "the trickiest part of your dive
>> might come after the safety stop".
>
> In theory yes - as the biggest pressure gradient occurs in the
> shallowest few meters.
>
> That being said, I dont think too many people are getting bent coming
> up a bit too fast from 5m to the surface..

to me, bent is a long term effect.

the short fast ascent will not produce N2 effects,
but rather pressure effects,like pnemothorax,
Respiratory barotrauma, Air Embolism, Mediastinal Emphysema,

> Vandit
>

mike gray a écrit :
>
> VK wrote:
> > mike gray wrote:
> >
> > Good grief... isnt life so much easier with "1 bar every 10m", as
> > opposed to "14.7psi every 33 ft"?
>
> No. I can figger out in my head that it's 29.4 psi every 66
> feet, but what the hell is it at 2 bar?
>
> This is America! Speak American!

Tell that to the NASA engeeners about Mars Climate Orbiter ...

Benoît, who use Metric system ...

"Dillon Pyron" <dmpyronINVALID@austin.rr.com> wrote in message
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> Thus spake "VK" <vandit.kalia@gmail.com> :
>
> >
> >mike gray wrote:
> >> When you ascend from, say, 99 fsw to 66 fsw the pressure change
> >> is from about 59 psi to about 44 psi, a one-quarter reduction
> >> which will result in a 25% expansion of the air in yer lungs.
> >>
> >> But when you ascend from, say, 33 fsw to the surface the
> >> pressure change is from about 29.4 psi to about 14.7 psi and the
> >> halving of pressure will double the volume of air in yer lungs
> >> in the same 33 feet of ascent.
> >
> >Good grief... isnt life so much easier with "1 bar every 10m", as
> >opposed to "14.7psi every 33 ft"?
>
> Hell, on 6th Street here in Austin it seems like there's a bar every
> 10 feet.

That translates to 1 bar every 3 meters which is high for scuba purposes,
but just about right for a college town.

Chris Guynn wrote:
> I did the exact same thing with video games.

I tried that line with my mum, and got cuffed upside the head for my
attempts.

> That being said, I use chopsticks when eating oriental food because it
> tastes better that way.

Try using your chopsticks as a spear.... that bit of cultural
sensitivity really goes over well. Bonus points for leaving them
sticking in a bowl of sticky rice :)

Spreading love and peace the world over,
Brother Vandit

On 3 May 2006 10:35:26 -0700, "VK" <vandit.kalia@gmail.com> wrote:
> Bonus points for leaving them
> sticking in a bowl of sticky rice :)

Something about them doing that as an offering to the dead, at a
grave, or something like that from what I remember... Telling them
that you're just trying to get better reception on the TV doesn't
quite go over that well...