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Well, I think the lawyers are learning. Get paid up front. In advance. And when that money runs out, stop all work until the next advance payment is made. Not to mention the PAC was pretty much just a grift to gain funding for all of his legal bills.

You are already pretty heavily loaded for the number of jumps you have. There is still a lot you can and should learn and experience you should gain before downsizing. Other people will tell you other things, but that is my strongly held opinion for the set of facts that you have stated. I also think that you should get the opinion of an experienced rigger about the condition of your current canopy. It may very well have a lot more life left than you think.

It must be quite the burden for you, being wise beyond the comprehension of everybody else, and yet so deeply cynical. At least you are eloquent! BTW there is no compelling evidence to support the idea that Covid-19 is a bioengineered weapon. On the other hand there is very strong evidence that it is a naturally occurring virus, spilled over from a zoonotic reservoir (probably bats), likely through a secondary zoonotic host, and into humans. There are many related coronaviruses that cause occasional spillover infections in people, and it is only a matter of time before it occurs again in circumstances that support higher transmission to people, selection for adaptive mutations, and yet another pandemic. A spillover infection in a small farming community almost always burns itself out, but the same virus brought to a "wet market" in a densely populated city presents a vastly greater risk. A problem with the "bioengineered" mythology is that it discounts the role of spillover of natural viruses, encourages politicians to dismiss that threat, and discourages efforts to find and track these spillover events and prepare for future pandemics. Of course, it is politically expedient, in that it allows politicians of a certain inclination to blame China (or any other entity it is convenient to direct the base's hate towards) while slashing funding for efforts to deal with present and future pandemics.

Time in the sport is also valuable. Raw jump numbers aren't everything, but being on the DZ and paying attention to what happens, listening to the stories and advice of other jumpers is also a good way to learn and get better. Typically I see turn rigs being used for higher-level competition teams that want to knock out 10+ training jumps per day. At 115 jumps I honestly doubt that a turn rig is worth it.

Hello all! Once again, thanks for looking at this post and (hopefully) chiming in. I am on a Sabre 2 135 that I picked up used, and TBH it seems to be ending it's era of "jumpability". The fabric is fading considerably and there are some spots where it has become a little bit tattered. Question is this: My exit weight is ~150 (I'm a shorter, skinny guy), and I feel comfortable on the 135 with riser, harness, toggle input. I'm not getting tossed-around by the canopy by any means, and I do think I would be comfortable on a 120 as well. I stand up every landing, and have had to land a downwinder and several crosswind. Playing with front riser turns, stalling, riding the rears, etc. above 2500ft and I feel as though I am familiar with the recovery and input response off of the Sabre 2 135. I am at about 150 jumps, and am entertaining the idea of buying my first new canopy. Was looking at a Sabre 3 120. Any thoughts on my comfort level, size and experience contributing to this?

Good points. May I recommend working your way through BillVon's list of canopy tasks on your old canopy before you down-size. Also consider that down-sizing is often more of a fashion choice than a "must have." If you are considering later doing BASE jumps or wingsuits or precision landing competitions or exhibition jumps into stadiums, down-sizing might be a disadvantage.

President Biden’s visit to Kyiv vrs the way Donald trump retreated to the White House bunker in the face of unarmed protesters in Lafayette Park. All you need to know about the US right.

Jump numbers aren't everything. Quality over quantity. Early jumps the cognitive load will be higher as your learning skills. You'll likely see diminishing returns with more jumps per day. I'd recommend getting on a 4-way team and trying to do 5-6 training jumps a day with a coach. You'll learn quickly that way and if you can find a 4-way coach that's also a canopy coach they can give you drills and debrief your landings. Its a great way to get consistent feedback on freefall and landings. Just punching out 100 jumps quickly with little structure or feedback isn't the path to success.

Why omit the USA. 13 original states became 50, + several territories, grabbing land and resources, and displacing the indigenous people as they went.

We can only hope lol

Ya, I think you going to be getting into at least 1-k-$ new for those Sailrite portables now . It's the option of self contained/portability you paying for, personally I don't see the attraction, unless you actually live on a sailboat, or on the move, or just lack the space for a industrial table . For same or a couple hundred more you could get yourself into a nice clean used, heavier, more powerful industrial unison-feed model machine like consew or juki. I actually have a Sailrite sitting here in the sew room right now, owner dropped it off for a few months because he off traveling doing tandems . I checked it out a couple times out of curiosity . it is the Sailrite straight/zigzag stitch with the large oversized hand-wheel for more punch-torque . It has it's oddities with it's design, but overall Sailrite portable seems to be a pretty solid machine for it's size, and lays down a nice stitch. The old Singer blue 20U are a straight-stitch/Zigzag . lots of them were produced and all over the place. Other model also ( 20U33 ) straight/zigzag stitch, that also was mass produced . Both are just a bottom-feeds, and light industrial that you should be able to get into cheep . I not sure about the exact difference between them as they both look pretty similar to each other. .

Brent's not a Troll, he's something different. He's like the kid who sneaks downstairs to the adult party and tosses a frog into the punchbowl. The only reason it's useful to call him a Troll is because under the dysfunctional SC system it's one of the few ad hominem attacks we're allowed.

FedEx is taking delivery of their first Skycourier, soon. If I’m reading it right, FedEx will be retiring 12 Caravans a year as these come online. Maybe those Caravans will end up at DZs.

In the US, unless a TSO approval states otherwise, a shelf life/service life limitation does not apply to formerly military equipment in civilian use. See AC 105-2E para 13.b.(2).

I say no. Think about the jump before jumping, think while you're making the jump, think about the jump after the jump, and think about it some more while packing. Get the most from every hop. If money is no object get good coaching before a second rig.

Not sure of the value of my experience with this but here you go: I bought a second hand rig that served me well from jump 50 to jump 200. I wanted a custom made rig and, as you say money wasn't the object, so I bought one and started using it from my 200th. I kept the original thinking "turn rig". Reality has been the turn rig has hardly been used. It comes out when my main rig is in for a repack and that's about it. Unless you are competing or working in the industry a turn rig doesn't really make sense. Put your money into jump tickets

The Republicans should be forced to carry Trump to term, even if it threatens the life of the Republican Party.

if you're looking for volunteers to test the bailout procedures, i'm in.