where did DIR go

[wethead51]

Just another two cents here. I worked for Bob and Dave C. down in Florida from Halcyon at a dive shop they have. There was GUE inst and all employees in the shop dived long hose. I was the "black sheep" Padi Inst. The amount of insults they throw at ALL other agencies is simply astounding. Claims that other certifying agencies should be put out of business and that when teaching or simply taking GUE divers out for some dives, there should not even be Padi divers on the boat since they can not dive well enough to even be called divers.
Ok, I must agree that DIR methods and GUE does make some pretty awesome divers that can go far beyond the capacities of regular Rec divers.
But, not everybody wants to dive deep, cave, trigas, etc. I learned how to dive from Milw Fire back in '65. I was addicted the first day! After all these years, my favorite dives are still, a shallow water reef dive. Maybe I dont have the urge to go extreme or show off perfection to the nines. But I do try and dive safe, help others dive safe in whatever config thay are in, promote ConEd, (I know, a Padi term)and most important, smile and have a good time.
I agree mostly with CaptDean, we are all divers, though we pick different roads at times.
Objective Numero uno; we all go home
2. we have a good time and maybe learn something each day