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I recently bought a used triathlon 160 which seems to have been relined not long ago. I contacted aerodyne about getting two red a-lines and separate b-lines but was told they don't sell them. Anyone supply them ready-made? If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

Well, actually, there is no proof that your first statement is true. If the reserve doesn't deploy out of the container because it's too tight, and extra 2 1/2 seconds will quite likely not help either. And the jumpers that are going low are jumpers already planning on dumping above 2 grand anyways, they just forget they were going to dump at 3 grand, or at 2.5 grand. If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

Well then I guess it won't hurt anything either. well, actually it does. It hurts the people that want to continue to pull at 2 grand. If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

Doing 'something' is not always better than doing 'nothing'. That is a fallacy. If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

I'm well aware of the history of science fiction, I've taken courses on it too. I maintain, as in my last post, if you write 'good' science fiction you don't need to preach. The moment you have to preach, the story is weak. Good science fiction speaks for itself... If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

you can make a good science fiction movie (or book) without preaching... "Preaching" is subjective. Is "Nineteen Eighty Four" preaching? What about "Animal Farm"? What about "War of the Worlds"? What about "Frankenstein"? What about "Max Headroom"? I never saw max headroom, but the answer to the other books is 'no'... Precisely because they're 'good' books. They don't have to preach. A 'good' book can get the point across without being preachy. If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

I dunno. I actually lived through apartheid - the underpinnings of the movie. I found it to be bang of the money for portraying the negative qualities of humanity. I still find District 9 a poignant commentary on South Africa in the 70's-90's I agree with you - I think you'd have to be fairly naive, even for a Canadian, to think District Nine showed a disproportionate amount of negative qualities. Then again, some people live in a fantasy world of puffy clouds and pink unicorns... If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

you can make a good science fiction movie (or book) without preaching... If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

Do you know ANYTHING about the case? TM didn;t actually live in the neighborhood - he was visiting. He'd been there for one or two days (because he wasn't welcome in some other family residences, but that's beside the point? And Z didn't 'chase him down' - he followed him, at a distance. Then gave up and returned toward his car - at which point he was ATTACKED. I can't see you ever being allowed on a jury. Most people understand that when you're on a jury - you have to follow the LAW. If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

since when is a person not allowed to talk about what he wants to talk about anywhere in a free country? Isn't there a constitutional amendment about that? free speech or something? You can disagree with him. You can comment on your beliefs, or discuss his. But where the hell do you come across telling anyone what they can or can't say or belittling them fow what they choose to say? Maybe if you can't handle the heat then you should stay off speaker's corner and read general skydiving or safety and training or gear and equipment. He's absolutely right. He has a right to have a gun. That is not a 'right-wing ideology'... If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

Z never should have been arrested and charged with murder. A grand jury never would have brought back a finding that there was reasonable cause to indict. The only way it got to court was through the 'extra'-legal machinations of an obsessed special prosecutor who should be facing disciplinary action and disbarrment for unlawfully withholding exculpatory evidence and falsifying affidavits in order to bring Z to a trial no grand jury would have ever called for. If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

That's exactly what I remember, which is why I described the response as a "cacophony of 'raaacist'". People thought what they thought because pols, public figures, and the media played up the whole racial angle. Not so in this case. Hence the double standard I , and Limbaugh, referred to. I'm not saying I want to see the Chris Lane shooting turned into a reverse-Zimmerman case, but I do find the silence from the race-obsessed crowd quite curious and worth noting. I thought like I thought because I heard the tape of Zimmerman on the phone with 911 on day one. chasing a kid down and murdering him is the same as what these fucks did. They should all be rotting in prison. The parents should be charged and thrown in prison as well. Facilitation of homicide etc. "Edwards has had run-ins with the law previously and had been in court Friday, the day of the killing, to sign documents related to his juvenile probation." I know my parents wouldn't have let me go hang out with my buddies the day im in court signing probation papers. Z did not chase a kid down and murder him, so your whole post is bs If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

But YOU said he wanted it reversed No. I said, "Yet there are some, Rush Limbaugh for instance, who actively want this to be the "reverse Trayvon" case." Whereas some saw the Treyvon case as a "white on black" crime, Limbaugh and others want to see this as a "black on white" crime but even more than that, they want the shooters to have pre-meditated it based on that as some sort of tit-for-tat. Look at the subject line of this thread. The reality is one of the kids admitted they did it because they were "bored." Not racially motivated as Limbaugh and others really want it to be. not racially motivated - right. And three days before what police call the indiscriminate shooting, the suspect, 15-year-old James Edwards Jr., tweeted, "With my n****s when it's time to start taken life's." Back in April, he tweeted, "90% of white ppl (people) are nasty. #HATE THEM." If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

Hey, Sergio did all right! If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

I'm not. I think the warrantless surveillance is disgusting. The FACT remains that the unConstitutional activity that rushmc so gleefully reported began under Bush, and the law enabling it was signed by GWB. The process was discontinued so far as we know in 2011 when BHO was president. Why are you such a Bush apologist? obviously when the act was signed into law, it would have been assumed to be constitutional. Then it had to go to court, where it was indeed found to be UN constitutional. At which point, it should have been repealed. That is obama's responsibility, and he has failed. If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

Sorry to play hard to get but until someone with the right stuff removes the poitical crap from the greatest generation is fading fast. You have to wait for paul harvy to find out how a little fubar over pea gravel could get some gi killed Pea gravel is pea gravel you don't have to be engr to figure that out. I'm just a reguler old fart that tries to play by the rules. And keep poltics out of the threads that I start If you don't see me aagain I know I won't be missed who banned who huh? If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

a few times I remember we used to sleep in the pea gravel pit... At least, I remember waking up there... If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

and if there was a big shiny red button that could magically make them all go away. Then your plan would work. The efficacy of your plan relies on the magic "gun eraser" button. Then your plan MIGHT work. FIFY If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

man, you actually believe in the United States there's only 100 k people living in rural areas who want guns for defending their livestock and families from wild animals, let alone fun-loving competition shooters? Did you drop out of school? You need to look up some stats. If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

Nope. Your opinion that you get to have some shit that is designed to kill me isn't enough to entitle you to it. Unfortunately many many moons ago some old dudes wrote that you get to have all the means to kill people you can dream up. Thankfully we have slowed it a bit, but 280 million means later its plowing along. I want a nuke, I feel I am entitled. Of course that doesn't matter, since weapons capable of killing millions of people are not allowed to be possessed by guys with My Little Pony avatars. And since no old dudes many moons ago wrote down all of us can have nukes, people sat down and thought about it and decided its probably better if we don't allow just any random asshole to have means to kill lots of people. In all sincerity if you need a gun to be safe in America, what the fuck has happened to America? People are all upset about the "spy state" etc. and how we are all Russian like with Snowden, well fuck we (as a nation) are as violent as Yemen and an entire host of shit hole countries....sweet company. Arguing for more weapons just doesn't seem to fit. Instead of arming the population, lets try a little E.L.E like Jackie Moon proposes. P.S. I really do want a nuke, so if anyone has any inside hookups, lemme know. I picture one like in that movie where the dude rides it in, that's the kind I want. P.P.S (P.S.S?) If the NSA is reading this shit, I don't really want a nuke, but I heard Gravitymaster does! 2 years ago a bear killed my cat outside my house. Could have been a kid. So as far as you're concerned I don't get to keep a gun in the house for the times that a bear comes into a yard and attacks a member of my family? Thanks. If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

Paradoxically, if nobody has a gun, nobody needs a gun to be safe. If everybody has a gun (and is prepared to use it), everybody needs a gun to be safe (but then no one is really safe). The ideal IMO is to have a balance where people are safe enough not to need a gun, but may have one "just in case" (or just for fun). Some US cities have LOADS of guns/riffles per person and nothing ever happens because people use them only for hunting and/or recreation. Some US slums have an especially high crime rate and you grow up with weapons not to shoot bambi, but to shoot people. One blanket rule for everyone is not going to magically fix all the gun-related problems... The US is a big and diverse country. If there was a way to really restrict weapons that can be used in a mass shooting, (or keep them out of the hands of people who would commit a mass shooting), personally, I would rather give up some of my fun for the added safety (especially in areas with a high rate of gun-related crimes). But realistically, I don't see any obvious/effective/realistic solutions to achieve this. Do you really think that mass shootings that you're talking about (with AR15's) are taking place in areas with a high rate of gun-related crimes (which is where you say you would especially want to see these weapons restricted). Do you think your average university was an area with a high rate of gun-related crimes? Or Aurora or Littleton Colorado? Or Newtown? In general the high profile mass shootings have taken place in middle class or upper middle class areas, I would have thought. If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

Frankly, that is your opinion, and your entitled to have it. However, that doesn't mean your neighbor down the street might not have a different opinion, want a gun, and should be entitled to have one if in his opinion he wants or needs it. This is the point. You say it is not worth the trouble, but that is an OPINION. It is not necessarily a FACT. If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

What?! And who has said everyone needs guns? I sure haven't... And, propaganda? comments like this: "If you find it somewhere let us all know Cause there is no where like this except in peoples minds " Not true. There are many many places in the world where you would be more prudent wearing a faraday cage for protection against that lightning strike than carrying a gun. (I know that wasn't you so apologies if it came across that way) Propaganda - listen to the NRA objectively sometime. you're making stuff up. No one says everyone should be armed, they just want to have the choice to have a weapon of their choice. Many jurisdictions are actively trying to take away those choices. If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

roger was a cool dude. Along with Jim Bohr, one of the memories of my weekend at sandwich.

not true. Violence will not go away just because you outlaw guns. People can still make bombs in pressure cookers, drive into groups, use fertilizer bombs, use knives - or if they're criminals, they can use illegal guns. If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone