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    Can someone explain what has been done to the upstream line entering the Super Room. I understand what was a SINGLE line traveling across the left side of the room now has a Tee in it and yet another line running parallel to them. I applaud any efforts to replace and reroute lines as needed, but the addtion of Ts and parallel lines is "out of line".

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    We were there on Dec 3rd. Vis was poor but I'm pretty sure there was no T there then.


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    I was there after the line work was done, I saw no tees. But I was diving trimix, not air!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jim Wyatt View Post
    I was there after the line work was done, I saw no tees. But I was diving trimix, not air!!
    lol

    It's bad luck to be superstitious.

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    I was there Dec. 1st and the new lines were in place. There definitely wasn't a 'T' on the mainline in the Super Room.

    Dave Grimm


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    I was off in my description of what I saw on Sunday...sorry for the confusion. And I can't even blame it on diving air.

    It's actually a small (very small) jump off the main line to the right, then there are two lines running in parallel from the same tie-off (would one call this a Tee?).

    It would be fairly easy to make an accidental visual jump from the main line here, IMHO.

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    At the conclusion of the re-lining effort, there were no T's nor parallel lines in the Superroom (or elsewhere). Everything was cut back to a jump of at least a couple of body lengths.

    Perhaps someone decided they liked the old, poorly run, mess of parallel lines better and decided to recreate that atmosphere?


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    Quote Originally Posted by armstrong View Post
    At the conclusion of the re-lining effort, there were no T's nor parallel lines in the Superroom (or elsewhere). Everything was cut back to a jump of at least a couple of body lengths.

    Perhaps someone decided they liked the old, poorly run, mess of parallel lines better and decided to recreate that atmosphere?
    That HAS to be Heather! Nice first post!



    Thanks for all the work you guys did in there.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jim Wyatt View Post
    I was there after the line work was done, I saw no tees. But I was diving trimix, not air!!

    lol

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    The priority was to install goldline along the main route and remove the multiple parallel lines along that route, which were totally a mess and an accident waiting to happen. We placed the goldline close to already established side lines, as individuals complained in the past about having to make jumps (I guess they aren't proficient running reels?). As Heather mentioned, when completed there were no Ts along the installed goldline.

    We did not mess with the lines off to the sides. So they appear as they did before we installed the goldline.

    The line you mention veers off/up to the right and out of the main passage. Please pardon my brashness, but if you accidentally make a visual jump onto this line(s) and don't realize you are no longer on GOLDline and that becomes an issue for you, well, you need to have better situational awareness and probably should not be diving EN in the first place.




    Quote Originally Posted by sskasser View Post
    I was off in my description of what I saw on Sunday...sorry for the confusion. And I can't even blame it on diving air.

    It's actually a small (very small) jump off the main line to the right, then there are two lines running in parallel from the same tie-off (would one call this a Tee?).

    It would be fairly easy to make an accidental visual jump from the main line here, IMHO.

    Shirley

    Last edited by barney00; 12-18-2007 at 10:40 PM.
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