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  2. To quote Martin Tilley from his "holiday wishes":

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    May your exits be solid,
    your headings true,
    and your landings soft and accurate.

    Best wishes for a safe 2005!



    I can't think of a better way to put it...

    base704
    NCbase4
    You can get a lot more done with a kind word and a gun than with a kind word alone.

  3. Yo!
    Just wanted to throw out a quick "Hello, and Happy Holidaze from the Carolinaz" to the Harrisons, and Mr. Payne.
    Hope all is well, and hopefully we'll see ya (Rick) in Elberta next year if not sooner...

    Stay cool and keep a low profile...

    base704
    NCbase4
    You can get a lot more done with a kind word and a gun than with a kind word alone.

  4. Yo!
    I too, just got mine, and wanna say thanx as well...
    It should go real well with the lump of coal that I usually get from Satan...err I mean Santa... :)

    Thanx, and Happy Holidaze...
    -TJ


    p.s.
    did someon say "elevator"?
    You can get a lot more done with a kind word and a gun than with a kind word alone.

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    Thank you for judging my BASE experience though...


    Re-read the post...I made no judgements whatsoever.

    Just wishing you luck with that...
    You can get a lot more done with a kind word and a gun than with a kind word alone.

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    In fact, I will do a jump with a Wonderhog and StratoCloud at BD'05, just to get a taste of that craziness...



    Oh yeah, that's a great idea...good luck with that. [:/]
    You can get a lot more done with a kind word and a gun than with a kind word alone.

  9. nice. :|

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    Hey don't forget about 698. He broke the tradition well before 700.



    wankers :P
    You can get a lot more done with a kind word and a gun than with a kind word alone.

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    Does anyone really want to see me naked?



    I can only speak for myself, but that would be a big "no".

    I was referring to the fact that I expected someone to whine about "safety first", but I didn't expect that it'd be you...:P
    You can get a lot more done with a kind word and a gun than with a kind word alone.

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    In Reply To
    Hopefully he does train and become more "CLEAN" with his aerials.





    Aerials are sooooo 1990's:P



    Flat and stable is where it's at...:|
    You can get a lot more done with a kind word and a gun than with a kind word alone.

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    After considering the object delay requirements, I would have likely opted to jump slider down.



    ??

    I apologize if I'm misunderstanding, but that is a quote from your post...

    Edit: I think I getcha now...the four second delay...slder up?
    ...but may have opted for slider down instead?

    I'll take three slider down, any day, over four up, from a "solid object"...
    Short delay, low speed slider up jumps are too unpredictable for my taste...
    You can get a lot more done with a kind word and a gun than with a kind word alone.

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    Edit: My choice would have been shallow brakes, indirect control only, 42" AV pilot chute, 4 second delay. After considering the object delay requirements, I would have likely opted to jump slider down.



    Solid object? Shallow brakes? Slider down? Four seconds?

    Care to re-think that?
    If your four seconds is realistic, you and your canopy would likely be in pretty rough shape as well. [:/]

    -704
    You can get a lot more done with a kind word and a gun than with a kind word alone.

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    Some people put safety before your NC traditions 704



    Really? Say it isn't so.:S
    I can't believe that someone would actually consider their own well being to be more important than keeping a tradition such as the naked 100th alive...
    Skin is right...base jumpers are definitely losing their edge.

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    Is 700 the only one in the NC crew to not do his 100th naked?



    Yep.[:/]
    Oh, boy...I hope for his sake 515 doesn't see this.
    This is a huge blaspheme against all that is base as far as he's concerned...just take a look at his avatar...
    Add in the factor that he was 700's mentor;)...I think you get the picture. (hopefully, not too vividly)

    -704

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    Some people put safety before your NC traditions 704



    You know...I fully expected that from someone, but I didn't really think that it would be one of our own...
    I believe that some sort of redemption will be in order here...remember, the tar and feather daze are making a comeback. B|;)
    You can get a lot more done with a kind word and a gun than with a kind word alone.

  16. I don't know about where you are, but in NC it is unwritten law that your 100th is done naked...

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    now wouldn't that be cool?



    Oh yeah...30 degrees if I remember correctly...

    But...
    The body armor would pretty much negate the nudity, would it not?
    You can get a lot more done with a kind word and a gun than with a kind word alone.

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    BASE 704, 813, and 570. Thank you



    Yo jimmyh...

    You might want to look back at what I've contributed to this thread thus far, before you go "thanking" me...

    Hugs and kisses,
    -704
    You can get a lot more done with a kind word and a gun than with a kind word alone.

  21. Vertigo's been doing something along this line for quite some time, although I believe it's on the aft edge of the slider...

    Edited to add:
    'tis just a "loop" of binding tape (or something similar) to which you can lark's head a rubber band in order to (correct me if I'm wrong, Tom) take a bight of your brake lines...
    You can get a lot more done with a kind word and a gun than with a kind word alone.

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    but, it was borrowed gear packed by someone else, not great wind conditions. So I think (can't speak for P) there was some gear fear there too.



    One would think that the above would be enough to keep ones' feet on the rock...:|
    You can get a lot more done with a kind word and a gun than with a kind word alone.

  24. Although I'm not second guessing the "black rubber band", or "multi" theories, (I personally have never liked either), I find it odd that no one has mentioned the delay...
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    This particular situation ended in a hand held 1/2 second jump turning into a 3 1/2 second pilot chute tow.


    Now...Just for sake of discussion, if there was enough altitude for a happy ending after a 3 1/2 second p/c in tow, is it possible that a longer delay (and a little more airspeed) might have made a difference?

    base704
    ncbase4
    You can get a lot more done with a kind word and a gun than with a kind word alone.