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BWAHAHAHAHA!!! That was a good read. I'm going to start following her on FB.

This one is really strange (in addition to being a poster child for Trump's corruption). Apparently, Barr can't fire him. He was appointed as 'acting' by Sessions. That was done because the Ds in the Senate vowed to block his nomination, because he was a true Trumpette in a place where Trump had a LOT of ongoing investigations. And Barr didn't officially 'fire' him. Barr said he was going to resign ('step down' was the term in the press release). As noted above, Berman said "Nuh Uhhhh". There's a whole lot more to this. Heather Cox Richardson did a pretty good job of explaining it (the post from June 19th for those reading it in the future): https://www.facebook.com/heathercoxrichardson/

I will repeat myself: when Slinks are properly hand-tacked, they have just enough slack to allow you to swing the tab towards the edge of the riser and confirm that it is attached with the correct Lark's Head knot. Not being required to hand-tack ... just because you are in the UK sounds odd. Hand-tacking links is considered best-business-practice in most countries. When forced to chose between 2 or 3 different standards, always work to the highest/tightest standard. Even if Performance Designs were the only link manufacturer to insist on tacking links, I still hand-tack soft links when assembling canopies from every manufacturer.

Hi science, #1) We were all 'quite new' once. Nothing wrong about that. #2) As do I. However, I'm a 'mostly' ret'd Mech Engr & always thinking about what could be. #3) A very early ram-air design by Pioneer Parachute Co. I no longer have any documents related to parachutes, rigging, etc. I think it was shown & discussed in Poynter's very first edition of the Parachute Manual. Jerry Baumchen PS) So far in this thread, it does seem as though all of the calculations on the forces experienced during an opening(s) are using the idea of the forces being constant during the opening sequence. That is simply not true of any parachute that I have ever known of.

Interesting and disconcerting insight into a police forum. It's rather disturbing. WE are their enemy from many accounts.