shropshire 0 #1 June 5, 2008 Well here's the deal.. Whilst packing for my trip to Spain (tomorrow) I can't find my altimeter.. last used it on saturday...... Searched high and low and then unpacked my rig..... and found it in the cells - what a TW@ (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jtval 0 #2 June 5, 2008 Who packed your rig? IF you did then you're the TW@If you paid...well then you're still the tw@ because the packer SHOULD have caught it BUT you paid and took the gamble. My photos My Videos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #3 June 5, 2008 Me... it was a tash pack... I always repack my main after travelling by air... BUT that's not the point - I messed up. (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jtval 0 #4 June 5, 2008 Well, you didnt jump it so you didnt totally mess up. If you just gave up and jumped without the alti and saw it fall out of your main I would say you messed up.My photos My Videos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kschilk 0 #5 June 5, 2008 Well, on the upside....it still woulda' worked, just woulda' been a little harder to read.....it's not like it was another jumper, the DZOs dog or somethin'. "T'was ever thus." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
futuredivot 0 #6 June 5, 2008 Look at it as alternate storage for equipment.You are only as strong as the prey you devour Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #7 June 5, 2008 I will (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scoop 0 #8 June 5, 2008 Classic! I wouldn't have thought to look in my packjob! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gene03 0 #9 June 6, 2008 I've found a lot more stuff than that over the years. LUMPS IN PACKJOB=WTF?“The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him. Stanislaw Jerzy Lec quotes (Polish writer, poet and satirist 1906-1966) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flyhi 24 #10 June 6, 2008 [Purple]Pretty obvious to me who the TW@ is.Shit happens. And it usually happens because of physics. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pilot-one 0 #11 June 6, 2008 Quote Well here's the deal.. Whilst packing for my trip to Spain (tomorrow) I can't find my altimeter.. last used it on saturday...... Searched high and low and then unpacked my rig..... and found it in the cells - what a TW@ How could you ever think to look in your packed parachute for your missing altimeter?And the big question is: How did it get there? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #12 June 6, 2008 Honestly? The wife person suggested it. When I finished jumping on saturday I threw the unpacked rig into the back of the car and the rest of the kit on top... I think that's when it snuck into my cell ...to keep warm? There's a moral here, but I'm damned if I can find it. (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virgigirlie 0 #13 June 6, 2008 This happened to a friend of mine a few years ago (at a boogie, I think). He couldn't find his altimeter any where, borrowed one, jumped, then saw it fall out of a cell when he opened. Apparently he first thought, "Cool! My altimeter!" Then, "Shit! That was my altimeter!""If you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning." ~Catherine Aird Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
