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DEI something something socialist something something Woke etc.

Yes, it’s easy and here’s a helpful guide. https://raisingchildren.net.au/toddlers/behaviour/crying-tantrums/tantrums

You know the MAGA rules for elections: "Heads, I win. Tails, YOU CHEATED!!!"

Can you explain specifically why you think the dems are worse than Donald? My experience so far is that the people who hold your position struggle to state facts that can be backed up, hence my curiosity.

Yes. ... and I wrote that back when F-111 canopies were the norm. More recent (since 1990) zero-porosity fabric allows you to load canopies heavier, but heavier wing-loadings also require more skill to land softly.

Does he realise that means even when he wins he’s a two time loser?

yeah but no one else would win at this point (IMO) and pretty sure Nikki Haley wouldn't have ANYTHING to do with Project2025, meaning their right wing Christian base would depart in droves. Which is positive fdbk for them losing the election. Trump is going nowhere because it is a cult. they are not looking for a replacement and already have the plans to overthrow the election and the related violence in place.

One that he hasn’t shot, so that’s a real plus.

Strangely enough some of us care about food safety, even if we don't want a eggplant up our ass.....

Summarizing wolfriverjoe’s post number 5: the decision can be condensed to one number: wing-loading. Students, BASE jumpers and precision landing competitors use wing-loadings around 0.7 pounds per square foot. Large, docile canopies provide wide margins of error for poorly timed flares, landing in tall grass, etc. You will walk away from poorly-timed landings on docile canopies. Remember that suspended weight includes your parachutes, cloths, helmet, etc. so add another 25 pounds to your naked weight. After doing a couple dozen jumps on lightly-loaded student canopies, most people buy a first main canopy that they load around 1 pound per square foot. The decision to down-size is best made after discussions with local instructors. At the extreme end of the scale, some highly-experienced canopy pilots load their pond-swooping canopies at 4 pounds per square foot. Keep in mind that even a tiny miss-calculation can kill you at those wing-loadings. For a more detailed explanation, look at Poynter’s manual volume 2 circa 1990. He quoted an article - entitled “Wing-Loading” that I wrote for SKYDIVING Magazine.

Ohhh boy. First off welcome. This is more of a question for "Safety & Training", but it does fit here too. Stalling (aerodynamic stall) isn't really an issue for what you're asking. While it is a function of canopy size, it's not really what you should be worrying about (intentionally stalling a canopy is a normal drill and is something you should have familiarity with by the time you get licensed). Canopy size is more about speed and responsiveness. A larger 'student sized' canopy is analogous to a large family sedan. Slow, not terribly precise in handling, but predictable and easy to control, especially for beginners. Small canopies are similar to sports cars or race cars. Very fast, very responsive, very precise handling. But potentially lethal in the hands of the inexperienced or untrained operator. The typical metric is "wing loading". Weight of the jumper (weight is the total weight of the fully geared up jumper) in comparison to the size of the canopy. Because of the prominence of the US in the sport, weight is in pounds and size is in square feet. The standard recommendation for newly licensed jumpers is less than one pound per square foot. Students generally go lower. That's why, at 180 lbs (probably around 215 fully geared), you are under a canopy much larger. Different DZs have different policies on what kind of wingloading students should have. Most allow higher (smaller canopy) as the student progresses. Some DZs have limited student gear, so your size choice may be limited. Where I started (a small club DZ), all the student gear was 288 Mantas. So, at ~150lbs, I was loading that canopy very lightly. The last DZ I jumped at had a much wider variety of student gear, from 265 down to 170 (the 170 was more for rental to licensed jumpers, but was used for very small students who had nearly reached licensed status). At this point, I wouldn't worry about what size canopy they are giving you. Work on consistent landing patterns, approaches, accuracy and flaring at the right height. Larger canopies are more forgiving, and it's ALWAYS better to err on the side of caution.

I’ll say the homemaker is an extremely important job; I’ll just disagree that it’s necessarily a woman’s job Wendy P.

Yep. A North Carolina sheriff, elected in 2019, is the latest anti-woke activist. He made several phone calls in which he demanded that all the blacks who worked for him be fired. "I'm sick of it. I'm sick of these black ****ers . . . I'm going to clean house and be done with it. And we'll start from there." He made the calls to Jack Soles, the sheriff at the time he was elected. Soles brought the recordings to county officials who refused to do anything. He had to go to the media before county officials took action.