SionaSioux

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  1. As Refugio suggested, the lawyer probably meant prima facie but the weed was too good so it came out a bit different. prima facie : (pry-mah fay-shah) adj. Latin for "at first look," or "on its face," referring to a lawsuit or criminal prosecution in which the evidence before trial is sufficient to prove the case unless there is substantial contradictory evidence presented at trial. A prima facie case presented to a Grand Jury by the prosecution will result in an indictment. Example: in a charge of bad check writing, evidence of a half dozen checks written on a non-existent bank account makes it a prima facie case. However, proof that the bank had misprinted the account number on the checks might disprove the prosecution's apparent "open and shut" case. Always remember the danger. Never forget the fun!
  2. No, I finished up a while back. Rained a lot but we got it done -- graduated four new instructors. Only had to send one home empty. Und falls sie nicht wissen, Deutsch, es ist nicht zwingend dz.com beitreten wenn sie beginnen fallschirmspringen. Always remember the danger. Never forget the fun!
  3. The biggest difference is the 20 trillion Chinese watching it live. Good for Jeb. +1 As usual, he has three time more eyeballs on his exploits than see the Super Bowl every year. Always remember the danger. Never forget the fun!
  4. ask that crazy lady in Colorado what she takes; seems to give her all years of 'mile-high' hallucinations without any apparent ill effects. Always remember the danger. Never forget the fun!
  5. I'll laugh when you say something funny. In the meantime, good on Def Leppard. Always remember the danger. Never forget the fun!
  6. Just because Jarno is an overbearing pompous ass does't mean you have to act like one too, O Great and Powerful Brand and Marketing Consultant. :-) Always remember the danger. Never forget the fun!
  7. If you knew the truth why did you LIE about it? What a dick. Always remember the danger. Never forget the fun!
  8. don't think they did. see the little bit of hand lower down? Plus that would be really good photoshop to get 21's shirt so perfect. Always remember the danger. Never forget the fun!
  9. The Spectre is not a rectangle canopy and it you load it up it is not boring either. You did get one thing right, though; it will last 2K+ jumps. Always remember the danger. Never forget the fun!
  10. No theory, just facts of basic physics. Fascinating. Tell me more about untheoretical basic physics. Quantum or Newtonian? Your choice, I can handle either. Well, maybe, just maybe - hear me out here, Doc - a quantum "many worlds" interpretation of what she wrote might make sense. As in, it might not make sense to us here, but possibly in some parallel universe... I bow to your... uncertainty. Always remember the danger. Never forget the fun!
  11. No theory, just facts of basic physics. Quantum or Newtonian? Fascinating. Tell me more about untheoretical basic physics. Always remember the danger. Never forget the fun!
  12. It is, but I manage. How bowchoo, Doc? I mean, it must be tough to be so much smarter than everyone else that you can "logically" turn "a lightly loaded Stilleto with dacron lines works great for me" into "Stilletos are awesome." Do you apply that "logic" to patient diagnoses too? I smell a Nobel Prize here. Always remember the danger. Never forget the fun!
  13. lol, will do, but you'll be old by then. And is that the best (and ONLY) example you can find? A guy who probably puled too low then definitely cut away too low? I rest my case. Always remember the danger. Never forget the fun!
  14. No theory, just facts of basic physics. Dacron does not slow the opening down so much as smooth it out because it has more give to it. Dacron is thicker, so it can't wind up as tight as tiny lines. This in turn allows the canopy to balance out even if it is twisted so that it spins slower, if at all. These attributes reduce the factors that lead to line twists that turn into spinners. More important than line type though is the wing loading; the higher it is, the more likely any canopy will wind up into a non-recoverable spin. Again, history and basic physics: The sport did not have spinner problems until people started loading up their canopies and going to microlines of various types. Always remember the danger. Never forget the fun!
  15. Crossfire 119? It COULD be a perfect wingsuit canopy if you didn't load it at what -- 1.7? Seriously, dude, that's like complaining that the 7-0 suture you used on a high-tension skin closure didn't hold. Ask someone with a clue about canopy performance how different the same parachute acts at 1.2 v 1.7... ellipticle or otherwise. Always remember the danger. Never forget the fun!
  16. I use a stilleto with dacron lines loaded at 1.2. perfect wingsuit canopy; opens sweet whether in full flight or flare and the light loading and dacron means essentially zero line twists in 300+ ws jumps and absolutely zero spins. History tells us that a Stilleto is far from a "perfect wingsuit canopy". 300 openings in one scenario doesn't compare to what we have already learned about it. I know a guy who had many successful jumps on a Velo with his wingsuit, until he didn't. And we all know a guy who had many successful jumps with his wingsuit, until he didn't. Baaaa the way, what does "history" tell you about Stilleto performance when loaded at 1.2 with Dacron lines? Always remember the danger. Never forget the fun!
  17. What's that old saying about "assume..." ? And baaaaa the way, how many of those "others" have jumped a Stiletto loaded @ 1.2 with Dacron lines? S Always remember the danger. Never forget the fun!
  18. I use a stilleto with dacron lines loaded at 1.2. perfect wingsuit canopy; opens sweet whether in full flight or flare and the light loading and dacron means essentially zero line twists in 300+ ws jumps and absolutely zero spins. I had over 1,600 Stiletto jumps without a cutaway. Right up until I used it with a wingsuit. Two spinning cutaways in 3 weeks convinced me to retire it and get a Spectre 135 instead (Spectre is now also retired and I have a Storm 135) And the wing loading was... And the type of lines were... Always remember the danger. Never forget the fun!
  19. I use a stilleto with dacron lines loaded at 1.2. perfect wingsuit canopy; opens sweet whether in full flight or flare and the light loading and dacron means essentially zero line twists in 300+ ws jumps and absolutely zero spins. Always remember the danger. Never forget the fun!
  20. Well, so far, jet packs only send people to the hospital or prison. Prison? I'm missing the reference. Skydiver named Chris Wentzel was part of it... Always remember the danger. Never forget the fun!
  21. www.warningshot.com Always remember the danger. Never forget the fun!
  22. Which is interesting, because the court transcript says: maybe some concerned citizen ought to ask the unemployment office to start a fraud investigation since she seems to spend all of her time trying to close the DZ instead of looking for work. Always remember the danger. Never forget the fun!
  23. I'm sure the rights of wingsuiters were not considered, nor should they be. Is there some reason you need to do these flybys? Do they enhance the experience of the tandem passenger, or are they for the pleasure of the wingsuiter? Tandem skydiving is not a game. Your attitude needs a small adjustment if you think it is. Notifying the tandem of the increased risk? Are you kidding? Do you mean the TI, who should know better, or the paying customer who has no way of knowing better? The BSR is entirely appropriate, at least as it pertains to tandems. Because no amount of additional risk is appropriate to add to a tandem skydive. Edit to add: I don't think of this as a BSR about wingsuits, I think of it as a BSR about students and tandems. It wasn't a wingsuiter that chopped off a tandem drogue on a recent flyby, so where is the BSR addressing THAT? Always remember the danger. Never forget the fun!
  24. IMO, the only good thing to come from England was the American Revolution. It was not a "revolution" because the Crown and its government was still in place after it was over. It was a war of independence, fought after the Declaration of Independence (not the Declaration of Revolution) was written. If you wish for the old days you should know what they actually were. Always remember the danger. Never forget the fun!
  25. the US already has a moron president who turned his back on allies and helped their enemies and started one war (Libya) that made another war worst (Syria) that threatens Europe. How can the batshit crazy billionaire be worst than the guy who never had a job? you all act like the moron for last seven years never existed. what is up with that? Always remember the danger. Never forget the fun!