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(EvilIvan voice) REPOST POLICE, FREEZE !! (/EvilIvan voice) Hey! I resemble that voice! "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

As already said, there are no "good" ones, but this is OK for a laugh: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111400/ "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

Al Hodgson in the UK could also be of help - he lost both legs in Northern Ireland and is now one of the top freefly competitors / organisers / coaches in the UK. Not sure about his contact details but should be easy enough to track down through www.bpa.org.uk. Some info on him here (or just stick his name into Google): http://www.teamarmy.org/news/the-skydive-project/ "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

Religious? Whoops - straight to Speakers Corner for me, no passing Go.... "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

Apologies if this is a repost...: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/howaboutthat/9267390/Scotch-Tape-Off-the-Roll-sculpture-contest-winners-2012.html#?frame=2219982 "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

Thanks. He deserves a little bit of remembering. "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 would have liked to have seen your cartoons on your skydiving progress before I did my AFF - they reflect my experience almost perfectly...

...why would you do that? Dude, he's a Cool HP Canopy Pilot, don't you know anything, ya gotta have the small rig (regardless of how tight) and open high or you'll die of embarrassment, before you pound in Silly 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

...why would you do that? "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'll take that as a "no". "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

Been lurking this Sangi / VB stuff; quite amazing that VB still won't allow himself to see it. Oh well. I predict it will either be a crater and a 'I told you so' that he hears, or a crater and a 'I told you so' that he doesn't... hoping for the former. Also interested to note that there isn't a big point being made of: - High rate of descent in the spin (high wingloading) - Very shaken up jumper - 2.5k feet to deal with a mal? At 'normal' opening height, that's a fatality right there VB: no idea who you are or how 'good' you are at landing your canopy, but the the way you dealt with that mal shows how little experience you have - and that jump numbers and experience DO have a role to play. Even if you can carve the course on your rears, you still need to be able to deal with your chosen wingloading in a mal scenario - and experience of dealing with mals on more forgiving wingloadings willl help with that. Experience and jump numbers won't guarantee you learn the lessons you need, but they will give you a much better chance all other things being equal. So as dramatic as it sounds, I think I agree with you: you died. Do you see that? Or was it just a dramatic headline for your post? Edited for typo "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

Some do, some don't - I did for my femur injury but not for my tib/fib (I'm a little accident prone ); I would recommend you go entirely on your doctor's advice, although the 'if it bothers you' rule of thumb is also probably a good one. There can be complications if you have another injury with the metalwork in because it won't flex in the same way as bone. Ref: going back too early: DON'T! Wait until you are fully healed. Seriously. Not only will you probably put yourself back in the healing process (or worse, re-injure) it will also play on your mind and be a distraction just when you don't need one. Wait until you don't think about that leg at all... My $0.02. "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

Did those $20 jumps after your 7th include rig hire and repack? If not, that's pretty expensive isn't 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

"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

..that place is HUGE! "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

...you don't say... "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

Waddaya know, I'm going to answer this seriously! 8 days I think (from AFF L1 through A license); did my AFF in two days (1-3 first day, 4-7 second day), then another 6-ish days to do the remaining consols and the A license test. I had done 10 static line jumps 4 years earlier, so it wasn't all completely new to me... And no, I am most definitely not an natural - if I was, I would be on one of those big and famous teams.... As they say above, it is different for everyone - and taking time (or repeating jumps) is no reflection on future achievement - many a big name jumper will attest to that. "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

Well, that was the femur incident..... just kidding (the femure was the classic low turn idiot move) The truth about the hackey sack is probably a whole lot more boring than whatever you are thinking right now, so I let you stick with that - post it up, it might be amusing for everyone!

The attached (up and lower leg two separate incidents). Both ACL's Broken right foot Not all skydiving though - includes BASE, hackey sack etc (Edited to fix picture) "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

....why was that guy shouting at 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

Pleasure - oh, and congrats to Claire! ...you two weren't nervous on the telly at all... no, not at all... "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

Here you go... and see attachment for making it clicky. http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DBQDFd--dMmU&h=91dbe "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

Having said it's legal in the UK... if you get involved in an accident while doing it, it becomes a bit of a grEy area. In my one and only bike accident I got side swiped by someone, and although it was clearly the car driver's fault (and I had witnesses saying so) it still came out 70/30 - in my favour - in the settlement... @Nick: good reasoning - it's another reason I didn't bring my bike (they are building up ); not confident in driver awareness over here when it comes to bikes... "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

Don't think it would stop me either... and that's another reason I didn't bring my bike - being a guest in this country I figured that breaking laws probably wouldn't be a good idea... "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

Yep, 'filtering' or lane splitting is legal in the UK - one of the reasons I didn't bring my bike out here when I moved to the states... Didn't fancy being stuck in a line with all the cars on my daily commute, without the luxury of aircon and music on 100 degree days... Come to Cal. It's legal here! Would love to - just gotta work on that transfer...