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I can deal. Look at this stuff! Imagine the "smell of clean" when you open up these babies! mmmmmmmmm http://members.tripod.com/~jsfrench/ __________________________________________________ What would Vic Mackey do?

Hey folks, since I've been spending less and less time at the DZ recently, I've been searching for something that "grabs me" with the same kind of passion that skydiving used to. I finally found it: http://members.aol.com/MoistTwl/ Thanks for the good times all, I'll letcha know when my gear goes up for sale. __________________________________________________ What would Vic Mackey do?

Happy Birthday! I will be thinking of you the next time I am making out with Minnie Driver! -Matt. __________________________________________________ What would Vic Mackey do?

Well, considering he is dead already, he prolly won't put up too much of a fight. __________________________________________________ What would Vic Mackey do?

I figured what the issue was... the txt file with the script had a bunch of carriage returns in it to make it look pretty to the human eye, and that was bombing it out. When I made it one big long line in the text file it worked... __________________________________________________ What would Vic Mackey do?

Fricken cats jumping over SELECT statments and dogs running around WHERE and FROM! Fricken Argghh! SQL does not stand for SeQueL. It stands for "SQueL like a pig, boy!" DAMNIT! __________________________________________________ What would Vic Mackey do?

My dad was 8 years old hanging out in Latvia. My Grandpa was somewhere slugging it out with the Russkies on the eastern front. Thank goodness for the Brits or I would either never have been born or at best speaking Russian right now. __________________________________________________ What would Vic Mackey do?

I am so fricken cool everyone wants to be like me. Everyone in my workplace now says: aiight sucks-ass (as in "this contract sucks ass!") piece of shit, suck my ass (as in "piece of shit, suck my ass, I can't believe this laptop took a shit on me AGAIN!") POS (as in, "that sales rep is a fricken POS") what the F? (as in, "the customer said that someone here told him he could get that at a 50% discount? WHAT THE F?") F-U my man! (screamed at the phone after hanging up with a particularly dicky customer/rep) Not like I invented any of them, but it's nice to change the corporate culture ever so slightly. Nice to know my biggest impact will be bringing kindergarten level profanity to the group! __________________________________________________ What would Vic Mackey do?

Just buy a fricken velocity. No need to ever do pull-ups again with the front riser pressure on those mofos __________________________________________________ What would Vic Mackey do?

Congrats on 100 BTW! Nice thing to achieve right before you depart! As I said last night, I envy you your next couple years. I'll def write (I just checked-I still have that email with your contact info). Miss ya! __________________________________________________ What would Vic Mackey do?

"pulchritudinous" words I learn on Jeopardy hard to use daily __________________________________________________ What would Vic Mackey do?

Just for discussion - with today's level of technology (DNA, fiber, etc). We are much much better at eliminating doubt. So I would argue that our chances of making a mistake would be very minimal. LET THE FLAMES ENSUE! /dons Kevlar undies Well, the testing is only as good as the people doing it. Recall the semi-recent revalations about sloppiness and fuck ups at the premier FBI labs... innocent people were put away 'cause of that... __________________________________________________ What would Vic Mackey do?

So about half of the time when I open up Hotmail, there are these ads for dating services down the right hand side. I ain't sure how I got tagged for that particular ad set in the first place but WTF... Thing is, the LavaLife girls in the adds keep getting progressively older and less attractive. Before, it was young 20 somethings that seemed to want to meet me. Now all my old elementary school teachers and lunch-ladies seems to be really into me for some reason. What the hell does that mean?!!! __________________________________________________ What would Vic Mackey do?

Back from Ohio Cincinnati was OK Except for wild pugs __________________________________________________ What would Vic Mackey do?

My boss seems to think I want to discuss the intricacies of product licensing (which is what my job is all about) and stuff with her. Not sure how to let her down easily and get her to understand that beyond what I need to know to get my job done, I really don't give a flying f*ck about the history of software licensing. __________________________________________________ What would Vic Mackey do?

Similarly, should we really be using Saddams old palaces for military HQs and stuff? We seem to be putting forth a "meet the new boss, same as the old boss" type of image over there. Ironic that in an effort to bring democracy to a country our image in the arab world has apparantly NEVER been lower, or so I heard in some polls the arab media ran. Image hell. That place is a terroristic cesspool. Let's remember the big picture here. They (Iraq) have been at the forefront of running terror in the Middle East for many, many years. IMHO, I could care less about how they "view" things. Again, UN resolution not met, we are there for that reason. Not any other. I'm sorry those prisoners were abused. Wasn't right. But to blame an entire chain of command because of a few soliders that probably haven't received much rest while they were worried about their own safety, is wrong. Iraq = terror..... and will be the downfall of the world if it's not put to rest. Your reply speaks for itself. edited to add: by which I mean that we may as well be debating abortion, gun cntrl, or whatever. it's all what is ingrained in us. __________________________________________________ What would Vic Mackey do?

This war is as much about muslim/arab/Iraqi perception of America and democracy as it is about killing the bad guys. If we are there to make Iraq a bastion of democracy in a sea of extremism, why are we abusing the people in our custody? Yes, we have not killed anyone or shoved cattle-prods up people's asses, and on the scale of what constitutes "torture" this does not even register, I agree. But in the PR battle, it certainly does not make us or our brand of democracy look very good. Similarly, should we really be using Saddams old palaces for military HQs and stuff? We seem to be putting forth a "meet the new boss, same as the old boss" type of image over there. Ironic that in an effort to bring democracy to a country our image in the arab world has apparantly NEVER been lower, or so I heard in some polls the arab media ran. __________________________________________________ What would Vic Mackey do?

Damn I thought this was a thread about those ANNOYING mazda commercials with that weird looking kid who whispers "zoom zoom" repeatedly. I HATE THOSE COMMERCIALS and that little bastard kid! __________________________________________________ What would Vic Mackey do?

OK, last I will post on this topic... Do what you want, but when it was me (on both sides of the coin, dicovering errors and having errors pointed out to me), I both took the route I outlined and appreciated that route being taken with me. I learned a lot. Should I have had my ass handed to me for packing up an old NB6 bailout rig with a shitty reserve PC? Possibly, but in my defense, I packed the same rig with my mentor 4 months prior and he said it was OK. Would I have learned my lesson any better if FSDO came a calling? Doubt it. My point is, not every apparent careless error is the result of egregious misconduct on the part of the rigger. I agree, this is basic 4 line stuff, but given the choice between trying to put the fear of god into the wayward rigger myself or involving some FAA ninny, I'll try me first. And finally, to equate a bank robbery and a careless rigging error is kind of a stretch. __________________________________________________ What would Vic Mackey do?

I guess that depends on your POV. I'd venture a guess and say that the rigger beleives education is the way to go...but we're not talking about the stupid kid at McD's who can't get your freakin' order right. We place complete and total faith in our rigger's ability to put a pack job in our container that will deploy correctly and have a greater probablility of opening. I don't know whether that particular error would cause a mal or not...but it's so blatantly obvious its inexcuseable. And, if I'm not mistaken this poor soul walked around for 120 days with it like that. Bottom line...not acceptable and the rigger needs to be reprimanded...officially. I think it wouldn't be a bad idea to let us all have his name here so we can decide whether we feel safe with one of his pack jobs in our container. Have to say I disagree here. While any packing error on a reserve is indeed a serious matter, the course of action should be to first discuss the matter with the rigger in question. If he/she has an attitude of: "Ohmygosh, I am sorry, thanks for bringing this to my attention, I think this happened because of ________, therefore I will change __________. Thank you for helping me out on this" then I would let it alone. Only if the attitude is "so what?" or "well, it would not have caused him to die, what's the BFD?", then I would potentially bring his name up to the proper authorities. You said, "We place complete and total faith in our rigger's ability to put a pack job in our container that will deploy correctly and have a greater probablility of opening. " You realize you are placing that complete and total faith in a fallable human being, right? Every rigger is gonna fuck up some detail in their time. It's unavoidable if they rig for long enuff. You should gauge your response to this screw up on the riggers attitude and willingness to accept responsibility. __________________________________________________ What would Vic Mackey do?

Sorry, that was me that came in and said those things... I have "spells" sometimes. __________________________________________________ What would Vic Mackey do?

I used to care, but when I realized that I had only a maximum of about 70 years left to live... I was just like, "Fuck it. These next 70 years are just about ME!" Fuck 'em! __________________________________________________ What would Vic Mackey do?

Put a lot of jumps on a sabre 150 back in the day... yeah, I had a few brisk openings, but through careful packing I never got spanked again. Follow all the instructions in the packing supplement that comes with the canopy... works fine... the extra minute or two added to your pack job to ensure you are folling all the recommendations should not be too much of a problem to live with. __________________________________________________ What would Vic Mackey do?

"Latvian police officer Buba" I think I know this person. Latvians are cool. Have you heard our national anthem? See this: http://dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=1032445;#1032445 __________________________________________________ What would Vic Mackey do?

License Management "Here, clean up my mess for me!" Should be its real name. Saturday bike ride Some miles, some hills, and some Gu Damn my ass is HOT! __________________________________________________ What would Vic Mackey do?