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It was in the early '60's as a young kid I remember watching an impressive skydiving demo. Every summer Monday evening the community of Lake Tomahawk Wisconsin would have the locals playing a snowshoe softball game on a sawdust field. A good tourist draw to say the least. And yet another reason to drink beer. Prior to the start of the game a skydiver from Superior Wisconsin would do a demo into the field. I'd seen it several times before but this evening was particularly impressive. Chuck's exit was over the lake shore and a little too long. He tracked with smoke all the way to over the field. At somewhere under 1000 feet as he was crossing the pitchers mound I seen him come in and pull his ripcord as he was crossing first base, damn good track. At this point he was a man in coveralls with a helmet and gloves with this backpack on. Ya, no shit, the other demos were but a speck in the sky and then a parachute. He swung under with the opening shock, grabbed his toggles and did a 180 back to the pitchers mound. Another 180 and a stand up on the pitchers mound, as usual. Can you say HUMMIN IT? Any one else heard of the Yost brothers, Chuck and Butch from Superior Skydivers? I would like to thank Chuck for my first real introduction to skydiving. “The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him. Stanislaw Jerzy Lec quotes (Polish writer, poet and satirist 1906-1966)

As a packer the first thing I do is tie a loose slipknot in the bridle just above the bag. This keeps the PC cocked for the pack job. Pull out the knot while bagging the canopy. Even if you forget to untie it you just have a non collapsible PC for that jump. “The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him. Stanislaw Jerzy Lec quotes (Polish writer, poet and satirist 1906-1966)

Try rubbing it gently with ice then peel off what you can. “The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him. Stanislaw Jerzy Lec quotes (Polish writer, poet and satirist 1906-1966)

Howdy Mike. Yup, just like a PC. Side pack it. Clear the crown area. Flake the stabilizer panels. Fold into a bag. Or pull down the sleeve. “The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him. Stanislaw Jerzy Lec quotes (Polish writer, poet and satirist 1906-1966)

You would have if you were jumping in the 60's; it was a known 'fact' back then. JerryBaumchen When I got my PC in 1970 I was told to basicly repeat student progression to "set the stitches" or else there was a good chance it would blow up. I didn't. It didn't. “The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him. Stanislaw Jerzy Lec quotes (Polish writer, poet and satirist 1906-1966)

It's BULLSHIT. Don't bother. “The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him. Stanislaw Jerzy Lec quotes (Polish writer, poet and satirist 1906-1966)

This post is useless without pictures. Ryoder, noice. “The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him. Stanislaw Jerzy Lec quotes (Polish writer, poet and satirist 1906-1966)

It was a good day yesterday in spite of the rain. Thanks for the Cosmo. And thanks again for taking care of my toys. “The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him. Stanislaw Jerzy Lec quotes (Polish writer, poet and satirist 1906-1966)

In Ottawa, come on down for a visit. “The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him. Stanislaw Jerzy Lec quotes (Polish writer, poet and satirist 1906-1966)

Hey Lenny. Welcome back. “The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him. Stanislaw Jerzy Lec quotes (Polish writer, poet and satirist 1906-1966)

I always knew that. “The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him. Stanislaw Jerzy Lec quotes (Polish writer, poet and satirist 1906-1966)

Does this mean he will stop "borrowing" my cigarettes? “The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him. Stanislaw Jerzy Lec quotes (Polish writer, poet and satirist 1906-1966)

Good story Pat. Lot of history I bet most of us weren't aware of. Including me. Wendy, From what I understand this is one of those snotty-nosed pilot things. I say fuck them let them have their fun. We're skydivers and we have the memories and the logbooks. “The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him. Stanislaw Jerzy Lec quotes (Polish writer, poet and satirist 1906-1966)

Damn, the note fell off. Next time I'm stapling that fucker on there. “The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him. Stanislaw Jerzy Lec quotes (Polish writer, poet and satirist 1906-1966)

I had to look up the spelling on my cell phone. “The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him. Stanislaw Jerzy Lec quotes (Polish writer, poet and satirist 1906-1966)

Tracy Janousek at Para-Concepts.com. “The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him. Stanislaw Jerzy Lec quotes (Polish writer, poet and satirist 1906-1966)

I enjoyed this book, but only in a lukewarm sense. Yup, too verbose. Not as good as this offering. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucifer%27s_Hammer “The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him. Stanislaw Jerzy Lec quotes (Polish writer, poet and satirist 1906-1966)

By Stephen King. Anybody else read this? What did you think? “The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him. Stanislaw Jerzy Lec quotes (Polish writer, poet and satirist 1906-1966)

April Showers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Helluva porn star that girl was. Yeah! She was Golden! canttypelaughingtoomuch. Noice. “The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him. Stanislaw Jerzy Lec quotes (Polish writer, poet and satirist 1906-1966)

April Showers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Helluva porn star that girl was. “The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him. Stanislaw Jerzy Lec quotes (Polish writer, poet and satirist 1906-1966)

More like a semi trailers retread letting go at 75 MPH. “The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him. Stanislaw Jerzy Lec quotes (Polish writer, poet and satirist 1906-1966)

Fuck that POS. There's no Picatinny rail for my I Pod. “The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him. Stanislaw Jerzy Lec quotes (Polish writer, poet and satirist 1906-1966)

Thanks to PIA for this. Could you post a link to the page please? I can't find it. “The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him. Stanislaw Jerzy Lec quotes (Polish writer, poet and satirist 1906-1966)

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Welcome back Jason. Uhhhmmmm, did you bring any cake with you? “The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him. Stanislaw Jerzy Lec quotes (Polish writer, poet and satirist 1906-1966)