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Scuba Forum / General / February 2005scuba diving history
hello, I have a request to make.. I'm writting an article for schooll about scuba diving so I was wondering if you could help me by posting some www pages where i can read something about history.. tnx > hello, > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > tnx Best advice is to ask elsewhere . . .this should be a PG or R rated ng. (not to mention totally ridiculous) So go here for starters: google, search . . . enter: scuba diving . . .you are gonna be amazed! Best of luck with your article. (wg) Please be sure to pop in and let us know when you are required to do an article on trolls. > hello, > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > tnx What you will find on the web is grossly inaccurate, mostly repostings of a single "history" time line that popped up about ten years ago. The only web source that is well researched and reliable is: http://www.hds.org/ Or, you can wait for my book, "The First Two Hundred Years of SCUBA, 1770 - 1970", coming out in time for Christmas (yeah, I said that two years ago, but I really mean it this time. If the Brooklyn Historical Society ever gets its newspaper collection out of storage). If you have specific questions, email me at ElStrokoGuapo@att.net m >> hello, >> [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > >m I thought I was gonna have to remind you of it. But since you remembered, it's a fine job you've done on it, what I've seen so far. Have there been many changes? JF > I thought I was gonna have to remind you of it. But since you > remembered, it's a fine job you've done on it, what I've seen so far. > Have there been many changes? Yeah, quite a few since the last draft you saw. My goal is some breakthrough stuff on Charles Condert of Brooklyn, NY, the world's first (documented) successful scuba diver. I've got some good stuff debunking the Klingert claims, but the Brooklyn Historical society has the only collection of newspapers of the time, and they are in a vault waiting completion of renovation of the BHS HQ. You'll get another draft before I send it to the printer. And come hell or high water, It will go out as Christmas gifts this year! m >> I thought I was gonna have to remind you of it. But since you >> remembered, it's a fine job you've done on it, what I've seen so far. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >time, and they are in a vault waiting completion of renovation >of the BHS HQ. Methinks Condert (the diver cum inventor) is a figment of yer fevered imagination. >You'll get another draft before I send it to the printer. And >come hell or high water, It will go out as Christmas gifts this >year! Attaboy. Looking forward to seeing the final draft. JF > Methinks Condert (the diver cum inventor) is a figment of yer fevered > imagination. Thank you for yer vote of confidence (as Galileo said to the Pope). I have a reliable description of his gear and dives from shortly after his death, from an eye witness. There is, as far as I have so far found, no contemporary descriptions. I've made three trips to Brooklyn, so far, that have been fruitless. I'm currently planning a fourth. He's not a figment of my imagination, but he's damnably obscure. And I ain't gonna give up on ol' Charley-boy. He da man! m > > I thought I was gonna have to remind you of it. But since you > > remembered, it's a fine job you've done on it, what I've seen so far. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > come hell or high water, It will go out as Christmas gifts this > year! mike: cafepress might be of interest to you regarding the book. check http://www.cafepress.com/cp/info/sell/ they will take your booklet in pdf form, and print and bind it on demand when someone wants it. they do billing / credit cards, and shipping. it will cost you almost nothing up front. you can get 'at cost' copies. > m > cafepress might be of interest to you regarding the book. > check [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > you can get 'at cost' copies. Cafe is one of the vanity publishers I looked at. Right now there's a few a bit higher on my list. My plan is to do a couple hundred, give away half and sell the rest for enough to cover the printing. I'm vain enough to figure a few people would like to read it, not vain enough to think that I need a publicist and distributor. It's a hobby, not a business venture. m >.... I'm vain enough to figure a few people would like to read it...... Yep, except for the vain part, you're probably right. :-) Curtis > My plan is to do a couple hundred, give away half and sell the > rest for enough to cover the printing. I'm vain enough to figure > a few people would like to read it, not vain enough to think > that I need a publicist and distributor. It's a hobby, not a > business venture. I'll be happy to pay for two copies. >>My plan is to do a couple hundred, give away half and sell the >>rest for enough to cover the printing. I'm vain enough to figure [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > I'll be happy to pay for two copies. Yeah, but this time don't make the check out to "El Stroko" >>>My plan is to do a couple hundred, give away half and sell the >>>rest for enough to cover the printing. I'm vain enough to figure [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >Yeah, but this time don't make the check out to "El Stroko" Yeah, full names only -- El Stroko Guapo. BTW, I'm in for a copy. --- Mike from Ottawa > Yeah, full names only -- El Stroko Guapo. > > BTW, I'm in for a copy. If it is written in the ESG genre, I'm in too. <snip> >My plan is to do a couple hundred, give away half and sell the >rest for enough to cover the printing. I'm vain enough to figure [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >m ESG, there will be more than a few people around here who would be interested in purchasing the book. Please keep us informed. BTW, it's a refreshing break from the monotonous personal and political wars we usually get. I haven't heard of him before, but searches turned up a lot of info, including your contribution on http://www.divingheritage.com/waybackkern.htm. Seems he was also the first SCUBA death. How was the vis in the East River in 1832? --- Mike from Ottawa ><snip> >>My plan is to do a couple hundred, give away half and sell the [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >ESG, there will be more than a few people around here who would be >interested in purchasing the book. Please keep us informed. I want to throw in a plug for Mike here. I've been one of the fortunate ones to get a sneak preview and from what I saw, Mike's put a helluva lot of research into this, and has done his work from the perspective of one who has actually used some of the gear, although I doubt even ESG was diving pre-1900. I read it all in one sitting and enjoyed it immensely. I liked what I saw well enough that I plan to buy a copy for my own modest dive library. I suspect there are a lot of you like me out there who are almost as interested in the gear as in the diving. It just wouldn't be as much fun if I couldn't fiddle and make my own bits and pieces, or tear apart the ones I can't make to at least understand what makes them tick. If you saw Mike's garage you'd understand what I mean. JF > > cafepress might be of interest to you regarding the book. > > check [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > that I need a publicist and distributor. It's a hobby, not a > business venture. I'll take two - please let me know the cost. Dennis > m Dennis (Icarus) wrote: > I'll take two - please let me know the cost. > > Dennis > >>m Geez, lessee, 50 advance orders at fifteen bucks a pop, enough for a one way ticket to Tahiti and I won't have to screw with the damned book anymore. . . . > Dennis (Icarus) wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > for a one way ticket to Tahiti and I won't have to screw with > the damned book anymore. . . . I'm in for two. > Dennis (Icarus) wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > for a one way ticket to Tahiti and I won't have to screw with > the damned book anymore. . . . Nah, dont forget the sequel 1977-2005. yo coulkd cover spare air, the DIR movement, etc ;-) Dennis >Dennis (Icarus) wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >for a one way ticket to Tahiti and I won't have to screw with >the damned book anymore. . . . Do ya need an agent? JF >Dennis (Icarus) wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >for a one way ticket to Tahiti and I won't have to screw with >the damned book anymore. . . . Put me in for a copy. Rick Simms > > I thought I was gonna have to remind you of it. But since you > > remembered, it's a fine job you've done on it, what I've seen so far. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > time, and they are in a vault waiting completion of renovation > of the BHS HQ. Sounds like a good enough excuse to have a get-together (for lunch or something...current surface water temp's below 40F) if you're going to be coming north to view them. Some of us locals (or semi-locals) can be runners for you once they reopen the doors, too. -hh > Sounds like a good enough excuse to have a get-together (for lunch or > something...current surface water temp's below 40F) if you're going to > be coming north to view them. Some of us locals (or semi-locals) can be > runners for you once they reopen the doors, too. Thanks for the offer, I accept. I will be back in Brooklyn sometime after the crocuses bloom. m >I'm writting an article for schooll... I hope they don't take off for spelling. <G> >>I'm writting an article for schooll... > > I hope they don't take off for spelling. <G> I'm sure the "no child left behind" program adjusts the grading scores to allow for this without damaging the childs delicate ego. |
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