Harksaw

I didn't mean to bash Bill, I was just quoting a joke he made as the most familiar person there is to the skyhook saying they do usually stay attached. __________________________________________________ I started skydiving for the money and the chicks. Oh, wait.

I hate to sound like a lawyer, but I think its necessary to define the difference between advertising and discussion meant for this forum. Just about every post currently in here could be considered advertising. If your nearby DZ is getting a turbine for the weekend after years of cessnahood, and you start a thread about it? I just don't understand how "$15 Thursdays" is not an event, and a boogie with $15 jumps is. I do not mean for this post to sound rude, my apologies if it does. __________________________________________________ I started skydiving for the money and the chicks. Oh, wait.

Originally posted by billbooth: You're right, its not a sure thing, but it sounds like its pretty often. __________________________________________________ I started skydiving for the money and the chicks. Oh, wait.

Maybe. __________________________________________________ I started skydiving for the money and the chicks. Oh, wait.

Yes. __________________________________________________ I started skydiving for the money and the chicks. Oh, wait.

ASSMAN /seinfeld __________________________________________________ I started skydiving for the money and the chicks. Oh, wait.

I do this quite a bit. I'll either ask a question and realize the answer, or say something that isn't really useful, or say something that, after being read, sounded meaner than I wanted it to. __________________________________________________ I started skydiving for the money and the chicks. Oh, wait.

Some of us were in diapers during Mondale's acceptance speech... What did he say that cost him the election? __________________________________________________ I started skydiving for the money and the chicks. Oh, wait.

I'm not superstitious, but I know a guy who doesn't ever use his helmet camera because bad things had happened the few times times he did wear it. __________________________________________________ I started skydiving for the money and the chicks. Oh, wait.

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I've found on several occasions when I pack more than 15 or so rigs a day, I get some nasty pain in my elbows, especially my right elbow. I usually take some aspirin and keep going without problem. Packing a lot for two days or more amplifies the problem. Does this happen to anyone else? Any suggestions? __________________________________________________ I started skydiving for the money and the chicks. Oh, wait.

I believe the point of these two posts were to point out the extremes that there are on both political parties, and they have done an excellent job at that. I agree there are a ton of Republicans who don't want evolution taught in schools, but on the other list there are many things that don't apply to any more than a small segment of extremist Democrats. __________________________________________________ I started skydiving for the money and the chicks. Oh, wait.

Thats what I was thinking. I pack quite a bit and I'd say on a good number of the rigs, the PC can be cocked and not show it on the window, due either to a 1/4 inch uncocking during bagging or just not having the color on the right area. If I was the packer, I'd check to see if the PC was cocked or not. If I had indeed forgotten to cock the PC I wouldn't ask for payment. (I probably wouldn't pay for his jump ticket, though) If it was cocked but not showing I would definitely expect payment. __________________________________________________ I started skydiving for the money and the chicks. Oh, wait.

I've propacked a bunch of Mantas and PD 9-cells and they've been wonderful. You do have to watch on very large canopies that you keep the pack wide so its not too tight in the center, as propacking tends to give me a narrower pack. __________________________________________________ I started skydiving for the money and the chicks. Oh, wait.

THis thread has been around for one year and four months, eighty-eight posts, and no results. I'm starting to think this swoop never happened. __________________________________________________ I started skydiving for the money and the chicks. Oh, wait.

Oh man, they're going to make you excercise while you're up there?\ Sorry, couldn't resist. __________________________________________________ I started skydiving for the money and the chicks. Oh, wait.

I'm going to attach a bayonet lug to everything I own. __________________________________________________ I started skydiving for the money and the chicks. Oh, wait.

24. Excessive negativity. __________________________________________________ I started skydiving for the money and the chicks. Oh, wait.

Jumped a PD230 in winds so high I landed backwards and was dragged about 50 feet. Also, once packed a sabre and did something else before putting the bag in the container, when I got back I confused the proper way the bag was supposed to go in. I accidentally put the bag through the lines and packed a step-through with a bunch of line twists. __________________________________________________ I started skydiving for the money and the chicks. Oh, wait.

Yeah, two men marrying is REALLY comparable to homeland security, defending against terrorist attacks. Is anyone else here completely ticked off about how whenever someone doesn't like something they compare it to terrorism? __________________________________________________ I started skydiving for the money and the chicks. Oh, wait.

If we assume that terminal velocity is 120 mph and the acceleration due to gravity is 9.81 m/s^2, does anyone know if it is possible to determine the coeffecient of drag with this information? __________________________________________________ I started skydiving for the money and the chicks. Oh, wait.

120 miles per hour is equal to 176 feet per second. In zero air resistance a body accelerates 32 feet per second per second. Therefore, in zero air resistance a body reaches 120 mph in 5.5 seconds. In reality, it would take longer, how much longer I don't know. __________________________________________________ I started skydiving for the money and the chicks. Oh, wait.

Have you guys noticed that the advertised dropzones are listed as "Top Skydiving Search Results"? This is a good indication to me that they didn't pay for the advertising. I've googled a little bit for "skydiving" and found that many of the ads on skydivingfatalities.com show up in Google's "Sponsored Links" section on the right. They show up randomly, so I haven't seen every one there, but I get a feeling that the companies advertised on skydivingfatalities.com signed up to advertise with either Google or another search engine, and whoever bought skydivingfatalities.com just put links to the top paid hits for "skydiving" on their page. Edit: Wow, Pilotdave, that synchronization of our posts was kind of scary. __________________________________________________ I started skydiving for the money and the chicks. Oh, wait.

Here's one of my favorites __________________________________________________ I started skydiving for the money and the chicks. Oh, wait.

If the 50 jump rule is in place to be sure people are comfortable landing in crowded airspace, how would jumping with a coach help? They're not going to be with you under canopy. __________________________________________________ I started skydiving for the money and the chicks. Oh, wait.