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let me straighten you out a bit Mr. 150+ jump sky diver. you got me all fu*ked up with someone who cares what you do, and where you go. this ol' country boy could give a rats ass where you've been, and when you've been there. and i have missrepresented nothing, no reason to, why should i? now oh wise one, your contradicting yourself. in a previous statement you stated that nobody hates americans. which is it nancy boy? make up your mind. by the way, to set you straight on another point, i do not live in Saudi-Arabia, i work 28 X 28 for Saudi-Aramco, and i'm HNIC, not them, they work for me in their own homeland. and take time out on the way home to see the world, and i have aquaintanances there, but no friends, i'm much too clever to "buddy up" with an Arab/Muslim, if your as clever as you say you are, you should know this, but you did already...right? have a great day professor. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

always Follow Your Heart. if your hearts not in it, you won't be either, this can cause a great amount of distraction while diving, thus leading to other untimely events. if you try to overcome your fears and do not succeed, do not feel like a failure, you've already achieved higher objectives than most humans i know. good luck. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

{{{{{{{{{{Many Great Vibes, And A Sky Diving Hug}}}}}}}}}} to your friend. good luck to your friend. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

please don't be offended, but if your profile is current, you don't need them yet. in the future a good rigger can hook you up with some dive loops!

big deal, i just got back. i've witnessed many of the same antics on at least a hundred occasions. so what, we're all hypocritical in our own way. just got back from all of those places as well. your not the only one who gets out, and you not by any means the only one to experience different cultures, so stop trying to berate others to make your self look more intelligent. and by the way, i don't have any Saudi buddies, and i take offense at that remark. your dodging my whole point, the majority of the third world countries dislike us intensely, mostly because of the "ugly american" sentimism, it exists, like it or not, cold...hard...fact...live with it. and before you assign another culture or nationality with a moniker such as "hypocritical bastards" look around the usa first, go over there, past Ad Damaam, and call one of the Saudis that to their face, and you won't have to worry about having a head anymore. no wonder they disslike us intensely, with guys like you representing us. take it easy, lighten up bro. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

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Jay Reeves mispoke. there are no 4,000 offshore oil rigs in the gulf. i believe he meant production platforms, not oil rigs themselves. most of the platforms are set in 400' max water depth and set with 20 well templates so when you finish one well, you just simply skid the rig over the next desired jacket, drive 20" X 1" wall drive pipe, and commence your next project. as to them not being monitored, they are, just no one knows about it, the Coast Gaurd and radar installations are keeping a constant vigil on these installations. you can't even have a 20 barrel spill of any kind without getting busted by the MMS. the spill shows up on their radars. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

not to be cracking wise, but after reviewing your profile, you should know the answer to this one yourself, if you don't, how can you teach others the boc deployment method. that said, i always pull mine to where the whole hackey is hanging out of the spandex, never have had a problem finding it. good luck. (stop SHOUTING) in your posts! --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

ALWAYS follow your heart. no matter who says what. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

i've already done this for quite some time. i work with every culture, nationality you can imagine, as my work is in Saudi-Arabia. i have talked to just about everyone who will talk about it, and most of them have their own ways of referring to us ie: ugly americans, spoiled bastads, american evil, enemies from the west, whoremongers, drunks, immoral...should i keep going? let's face it, other nations have really never taken a real shine to us, because we are predominately wealthier, and better educated, we just don't adhere to their more subdued behaviour. i dare you to try and cross the causeway at Bahrain and Saudi-Arabia with a bottle of booze, or a playboy magazine, they hate that kind of stuff. we're really not popular with the French right now either, or the North Koreans...need i continue? i think not, point made. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

that swooping BS is VERY addicting! it's starting to scare me, i hope i don't get careless, but i'm still conservative, well i think so, i've been called down a few times for swooping the main landing area while the rw divers were gathering up their equipment, well, it wasn't really on purpose!??! --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

"R.G." --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

i'm planning on coming down there this weekend, wx permitting. my oldest son is graduating high school as well, so ??? see ya soon, but we will fly the fabric off of that Comp Cobalt! --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

since i've been flying my Heatwave (can't believe how well it handles) i started with 90's, i've worked my way cautiously to 180's. not snap hooks just yet, anothe 40-50 jumps. maybe by the time we get that Comp Cobalt 170^2 we can play and see what it will do vs. the Heatwave, i'm curious. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

I'd say go ahead and go, if that's what YOU want to do! be sure and get your passport in order, contact the embassy and let them know of your whereabouts, and fly business class! less security hassle that way, plus "cattle car" ain't no fun at all. good luck. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

all of the above. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

i'm referring to the very first count, you know where Al Gore was declared the winner on all of the television stations? it's either one gigantic coincidence, or was it just by happenstance that Wyatt's brother Morgan was govenor of the "deciding state?" by the way, i voted for ol' Wyatt, and Wyatt Sr. and haven't learned yet. when ol' Wyatt Sr. was elected and made the infamous comment "read my lips, there will be no new taxes" and exactly 14 days later raised them anyway, the economy went to hell. what exactly are you inferring here? that the republicans come in and set everything up for the democrats, and the economy justs takes off all by itself because of the republicans taking such great measures? i think not. when "Slick Willie" was in office, the dow was over 10,000 almost every day, now we've been at all time historical lows, but, that was nice of the republicans to set ol' Willie up like that, sure made him look good, now they have to do it all over again. wondering aloud, how much did that idiodical trip to the "Abraham Lincoln" costs the us taxpayer? biggest PR scheme i've seen in a long time. make your excuses for ol' Wyatt, he needs citizens like yourself. i've got over 60,000 air miles this year alone, why don't you travel some? --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

i didn't say that, it was a quote from another poster. i know that. i assigned the two imbiciles those monikers because they fit them so well. they're "cowboy" nentality is getting us in more trouble than we know what to do with. the economy is in ruins, we have an all time record high unemployment level. we have the democrats walking out of the capitol in austin, texas to kill a bill the republicans were going to try and pass, which of course now they can't. the whole world hates us, we do as we wish, when we wish and where we wish, yeah, i'd say Wyatt Earp Jr. is the "Village Idiot" remember, this is the mental giant who couldn't name the six 3rd world country leaders in an interview prior to being elected, i mean stealing the election. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

it doesn't amaze me, the president is still the "Village Idiot" wait until you see what's fixing to happen to the economy once this nimrod get's done with his tax bill. we will never find Osama-Bin-Ladin, his country men are too loyal. Wyatt Earp Sr. has never made a lot of sense. remember the infamous line he spoke at one time "Read My Lips, There Will Be No New Taxas" yeah, and i'm the Hulk. Before the war, we were adamant that Hussein had WMD's, and that we could easily prove it. We backed that up with loads of pictures of buildings with arrows and circles on them. Of factories and facilities that could be used to produce these things. There were also radio intercepts, human intelligence, and other sources as well. All that coincidence? I think not. i expect nothing but maniacal behaviour from this very egotistical, strange man. as i said earlier, we WILL find WMD, no doubt about it, we have to. And wasn't that a cool video of us knocking down that statue of Hussein? you have proof of this? they do not wish to be freed, they wish to rule their own country utilizing Islam. it's not us they hate, it's our "demonic" lifestyle. they also feel we have a negative impact on world affairs because of our civilation. The other stuff......draw what conclusions you like. C'mon Bill. Read some stuff! We all knew he had the stuff back after the first Gulf Conflict. That's why destruction and proof of destruction was a part of the post Gulf War I UN resolutions. Proof of that destruction was never provided. That - and our intelligence sources - is the reason we kept the WMD issue open until the end - and beyond. BS. we are the imbiciles that let him get away with it, we are to blame, along with the UN, 12 years is a long time to bring a 3rd world leader into compliance. the whole affair revolves around money, and greed. we gave these idiots the WMD that they supossedly have. he gassed the Kurds with chemicals we provided him with. we're either backing the Russians, French, Germans, Iraqi's, etc...whomever can satisfy our objectives without the US getting it's hands dirty. this war, and i've said this before, will be the first of many to come, much more blood will be spilled because of this war with Iraq, the thing is, they don't care about living, we do. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

it was at the time, because i was probably one of the only people with enough sense to believe that the war would only serve to heighten these attacks, no one else believed that it would. i even predicted we'd have the same people that were "screaming for vengeance" coming back months later and whining about our results from this senseless attack on Iraq. it's kinda like shooting a 7' tall moose in a 300' deep ravine, now that you've killed the bastad, what do you do with him now? --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

i'm assuming your being a smartass, so i won't get too involved with you comment. my views have been weell documented in these forums on this whole ordeal. if you haven't caught on to them by now, you haven't been here long. look for more of the same. oh....and by the way, yeah, the sun is going to set. wiseass. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

just remember before Wyatt Earp & Doc Holliday went to war with Iraq, without consensus from the UN, i went out on a limb and predicted these attacks, got flamed for it, but i knew it would happen. we haven't seen the last of them yet either, it won't be long they may even get a little closer to the US Of A. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

Chris: i have the exact canopy you jumped. i've never had any experiences as you've described. pro-packing like AggieDave mentioned is appropriate for this canopy. i use a Jim Cazer 24" ZP pilot chute/kill line/bridle, even though the container (Javelin J-4) i jump came with a 33" ZP pilot chute/kill line bridle. when i ordered the canopy, i also ordered an oversized slider as well, as advised by a fellow jumper who already had a Heatwave. it sounds to me like you may have suffered line dump, possibly caused by the larger pilot chute, if it was beind utilized. with these fixes, it should get you squared away. good luck, take care, and be safe! --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

i should have stated that 145 mph was the "max mph" on that dive, 123 mph was the avg mph. i've been as fast as 175 mph in an alpha position before and dumped with my Hornet....it was a trip, good opening canopy though. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

the best opening i ever had on my Cobalt 170^2 was in a track at around 145 mph (according to my Pro-Trac) whenever i deplyed in this manner, it's chaacteristics seemed to perform the best. i can't wait to recieve my Competition model 170^2 and see what it's going to do! --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"