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....a tatoo artist. Well, p'raps not that surprising, but day so far has been a little perplexing and she is expecting anything. Looking at the designs, she pulls out the whuffo's wallet, and says: "If you can keep your head when all around you have lost theirs, then you probably haven't understood the seriousness of the situation." David Brent

Hold on, Hold on! Reagan won the cold war??!? I think if any credit has got to be given (and thats a VERY moot point), the Soviets LOST the cold war - nobody won it................. And...... Arnie?!? As a politician?!?!!?! Have you ever listened to the guy?? Man, he is appalling at delivering someone else's lines, never mind his own. Small print: political systems are pretty phucked up, so I suppose it doesn't really matter. "If you can keep your head when all around you have lost theirs, then you probably haven't understood the seriousness of the situation." David Brent

My 2nd jump, RAPS from a BNI Islander - piston twin, 10 place. I am absolutely crapping myself... much worse then the 1st jump. Get to about 300 ft, and both engines cut. Or so it seemed to me, not being entirely experienced at the time. Just as I get to about "...hallowed be thy name..." (and I'm in no way religious), the engines start up again. At this point our soon-to-be-bleeding instructor sees fit to inform us that the pilot (in training!!) needed to do his simulated engine failure in order to fly jumpers. Not best pleased. Climbing to altitude in a Turbolet, don't remember what altitude we were at, but not that high, when the plane banks hard right and stall alarms start screaming in the cockpit. This gets our attention

36 C (thats 98 F for you americans) in London today. And I'm stuck in this mutha hucking orifice "If you can keep your head when all around you have lost theirs, then you probably haven't understood the seriousness of the situation." David Brent

Cheers dude "If you can keep your head when all around you have lost theirs, then you probably haven't understood the seriousness of the situation." David Brent

Anyone know if there is somewhere to get the results as they happen? The official website hasn't posted anything yet, and it seems Omniskore are not there this year.... "If you can keep your head when all around you have lost theirs, then you probably haven't understood the seriousness of the situation." David Brent

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3112095.stm Sorry, not clicky - someone want to explain how to me? "If you can keep your head when all around you have lost theirs, then you probably haven't understood the seriousness of the situation." David Brent

Similar for me Stopped March 2000 after approx 11 years - and knew it was the best thing I did, and then stupidly started again about April this year..... Finding it much harder this time to get my head around quiting. I know I know, I just got to do it... "If you can keep your head when all around you have lost theirs, then you probably haven't understood the seriousness of the situation." David Brent

I was at Hibal and they were certainly aware of it; don't know if they got it from the BPA or they found one of many sources on the WWW. Everyone with pins post April 2001 had to have them checked, but as far as I could tell it all went pretty smoothly - although the first couple they tested they ended up bending a pin or two (they used their/DZ rigs to try the test out, I think). "If you can keep your head when all around you have lost theirs, then you probably haven't understood the seriousness of the situation." David Brent

I voted "depends...", but there has been a couple times (once on a large 25+ tracking dive, once when a recent A licence graduate followed my group) when my barrel roll revealed someone above me. In both these cases I chose to barrel roll based on the circumstances - I think situational awareness is probably a more important skill/ability to have, then just blindly following the motions of "what you should do". "If you can keep your head when all around you have lost theirs, then you probably haven't understood the seriousness of the situation." David Brent

Jumped there this last weekend, but not a regular. Suppose I shouldn't be answering this really.... Captainquim jumps/works there, but not sure how often he gets online - he is a dirty caravan bum without modern conveniences like the internet (and plumbing). "If you can keep your head when all around you have lost theirs, then you probably haven't understood the seriousness of the situation." David Brent

If a man is talking in the woods, and there are no women around, is he still wrong? "If you can keep your head when all around you have lost theirs, then you probably haven't understood the seriousness of the situation." David Brent

....and bottom of the barrel.... What's brown and runny? Linford Christie. "If you can keep your head when all around you have lost theirs, then you probably haven't understood the seriousness of the situation." David Brent

...and getting worse.... What's brown and sticky? A stick. "If you can keep your head when all around you have lost theirs, then you probably haven't understood the seriousness of the situation." David Brent

...this one is a little more tasteless... What's better then winning gold at the special Olympics? Not being retarded. "If you can keep your head when all around you have lost theirs, then you probably haven't understood the seriousness of the situation." David Brent

What's the definition of making love? Something a woman does when a guy is fucking her. "If you can keep your head when all around you have lost theirs, then you probably haven't understood the seriousness of the situation." David Brent

My CBR600 My Kurzweil PC88 My gee-tarr My Xfire2 114 & FX109 My Bang&Olufsen TV + surround system I was going to add my mum, but she's not really a toy (now now, don't go there... ) "If you can keep your head when all around you have lost theirs, then you probably haven't understood the seriousness of the situation." David Brent

OK, seems that the results of the other poll show that BASE jumpers need to challenge themselves and this played a part when they started BASE jumping. So, would have started in the first place if it was risk free, or would you all be trying to land wingsuits instead....? "If you can keep your head when all around you have lost theirs, then you probably haven't understood the seriousness of the situation." David Brent

Naked boys for you then John? (Note to self: avoid John) "If you can keep your head when all around you have lost theirs, then you probably haven't understood the seriousness of the situation." David Brent

There are nutters in all walks of life. Fortunately our community is small enough for the odds of one cropping staying quite low (ignoring the fact that skydivers tend to be a little "extrovert" ). Unfortunately, I think we may have one loose now... Em, can you PM me that article transcript? Cheers. "If you can keep your head when all around you have lost theirs, then you probably haven't understood the seriousness of the situation." David Brent

My uncle is a meteorologist (credentials: advises the senate on global weather issues etc...). He showed me a graph a couple of years ago on C02 levels in the atmosphere measured over the last few thousand years - taken from Arctic ice core samples, as mentioned elsewhere in this thread - and since the 1800's (industrial revolution) it has literally gone off the scale in a BIG way. Although there is no way to accurately predict what will happen, according to him, it is foolish to think that this won't have a massive effect on the climate. Introduce a major individual change to any complex system and you have to expect something to happen..... "If you can keep your head when all around you have lost theirs, then you probably haven't understood the seriousness of the situation." David Brent

If you're going to swoop, you want to be as close to the spectators as possible, right?? "If you can keep your head when all around you have lost theirs, then you probably haven't understood the seriousness of the situation." David Brent

The beer line usually defines the landing area, ie the area in which it is safe to land. If you cross the beer line, it means you are too close the the spectators/obstacles/runways etc, and you have to buy beer... basically it is a nice skydiver way of enforcing safety in the landing area. "If you can keep your head when all around you have lost theirs, then you probably haven't understood the seriousness of the situation." David Brent

[replyAlso, as a swooper, why not swoop somewhere besides the beer line? Just a thought. Thought that it might trigger a landing area question... I think that this is an issue that all DZs need to address. I am not a local De Land jumper, but it seems that at the moment the beer line is often the swoop choice there (given wind direction etc) - not saying this is the best option, because everyone has to walk across it to get back to the hangers, but currently it is relatively predictable for everyone else. But yes, swoop landings are more and more common and this needs to be allowed for...... "If you can keep your head when all around you have lost theirs, then you probably haven't understood the seriousness of the situation." David Brent

Although there are few details publicly available at the moment, a landing collision in the UK this weekend has injured a couple of jumpers (I'm sure details will appear in Incidents as and when). I had a close call in De Land this weekend that has prompted this post: I was coming out of my swoop down the beer line when a jumper who had been gathering up their gear started walking across my flight path without checking it was clear. Fortunately they heard my whistle and stopped and I managed to avoid them - only spudded in on my arse with minor bruising (and a beer fine....). I think it totally the pilots responsibility to avoid 'obstacles' in the landing area, but if the obstacles start walking around it becomes a little more tricky. Please check the way is clear after gathering your gear before making your way back to the hanger/packing shed/wherever. "If you can keep your head when all around you have lost theirs, then you probably haven't understood the seriousness of the situation." David Brent