Left Post Primary

[Tanked Monkey]

Oh we got it solved ........ i spoke with the instructor .... seems the guy had his left and right mixed up ........... (as I suspected)

See what happens when this guy learns to dive from what he learned on the internets?

[Brent]

I just got a phone call from a friend who told me I was the instructor in question.

Someone has apparently misunderstood me.

If you are my dive buddy or my student and diving back mounted doubles you will have your long hose on your right post and will breathe the long hose or I don't get in the water with you.

Hopefully someone reading this will correct this misinformation about me on the dive matrix forum.


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Jim
the next time we have dinner at Sonny's, you can show me that you know the difference between your left and your right!

Regards,
Brent

[Sludge]

Jim
the next time we have dinner at Sonny's,

What? A Georgia boy (and Alabama native) eating at Sonny's? Say it ain't so!

[cavediver256]

What? A Georgia boy (and Alabama native) eating at Sonny's? Say it ain't so!

LOL, sounds like he has spent way too much time in FL !!!!!! Maybe an intervention is in order !!!!!!

[Rich]

TJ2, I'm sure you're just playing Devil's Advocate, but which is my left shoe? The one that's on the left from my perspective, or from yours? Only a moron would... nah, forget it.

But technically you have a left hand valve on your right post.....

Safe diving,

Rich

[Jim Wyatt]

Jim
the next time we have dinner at Sonny's, you can show me that you know the difference between your left and your right!

I'll take you up on that for sure!!

What? A Georgia boy (and Alabama native) eating at Sonny's? Say it ain't so!

haha....its amazing what one subjects himself to in North Florida.

[Randy Thornton]

If you are my dive buddy or my student and diving back mounted doubles you will have your long hose on your right post and will breathe the long hose or I don't get in the water with you.

What on earth is this long hose/short hose stuff??? I thought everyone was on CCR these days!

[Steve Thacker]

This misinformation resulted from one of my instructors who had what I would call a "major brain fart." When I heard of this "change" - I questioned my instructor since I just completed a DPV cave course with Jim and and right post primary - as always - was the rule. We apologize to Jim for this misunderstanding which was totally not his fault or problem. It was ours, and I have cleaned-up my own house regarding this situation.

[cavediver27]

It was a pretty obvious answer when you think about it for even a few seconds.

[sskasser]

Glad this all worked out Thanks for all the great, open communication! Nicely done, gentlemen!

It is an excellent example of why students need to learn why they're doing something a certain way, instead of just "because this is how it is done."

I may forget whether the left post is "my" left or left when facing the rig, but I will be more likely to remember that valve rolls that way and could roll off with forward motion. If my buddy's breathing off that post and I roll it off accidently, he won't buy me dinner later.

Kinda like why our math teachers made us show our work, even if we "knew" the answer (argh, those drove me NUTS!).