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Sunshine, he's crazy, not stupid! And Vinnie's right, Pop...Andy's gonna see this and wreak ugly vengeance on you, especially after Sober October. Besides, it's Natasha's birthday this Friday...aren't we going to get some more "Before...During...After" shots? Doctor I ain't gonna die, Just write me an alibi! ---- Lemmy/Slash

Pussy. Doctor I ain't gonna die, Just write me an alibi! ---- Lemmy/Slash

Since it's still football season, find a good sporting goods store and buy a pair of Nike or Neumann "tackified" football gloves. They actually make them in normal or lined "winter-weight" types that will usually keep your hands comfy in sub-zero temps (at least in freefall!). These will give you a great grip on your hackey, cutaway, and reserve handles, and they're generally thin enough to be very comfortable as well. Kinda pricey (like $40 for a pair), but hold together well (my winter-weight pair have been hanging in there for 6 years now). Doctor I ain't gonna die, Just write me an alibi! ---- Lemmy/Slash

Healing vibes from Cali. Stay offa those bikes, dammit! They ain't safe... Doctor I ain't gonna die, Just write me an alibi! ---- Lemmy/Slash

Just tell 'em TheAnvil is on the way to San Jose... They'll let the whole office go settle their affairs before tomorrow night, since we're probably going to be burning the whole state to the ground by then... Doctor I ain't gonna die, Just write me an alibi! ---- Lemmy/Slash

I've been thinking the Hoobastank song "Same Direction" off of The Reason would be a good swoop/skydiving song. Also, maybe "Revolution" from P.O.D.'s Payable On Death; good dynamics and a pretty driving rhythm. Just my thoughts...as a guitar player, I just like guitar music with skydiving, what can I say! Doctor I ain't gonna die, Just write me an alibi! ---- Lemmy/Slash

Back in the old days before email and laptops for everyone, I used to have to distribute fifty paper copies of meeting minutes to a bunch of people at my old company. I printed my master copy, went to the copier, and started my 20 minute copy job. As I was waiting, I picked up the first copy to check the copy quality. Imagine my surprise whan I read the line "hard dicks have been sent to all European customers to satisfy contract requirements" in the middle of my minutes...I actually bruised my finger hitting the CANCEL JOB button. Doctor I ain't gonna die, Just write me an alibi! ---- Lemmy/Slash

I have no idea where they got the video...and I'm not TiVo-equipped, either. Looked like a great exit, and you did fine for basically doing a vertical side slide until you pitched. Maybe you can post your vid of Brittany, looks like that would be pretty cool. Doctor I ain't gonna die, Just write me an alibi! ---- Lemmy/Slash

So I'm flipping through my cable channels this morning before I leave for work, and as I'm passing the Spanish language station KDTV, I catch a glimpse of people jumping off a bridge. Backtrack quickly, just in time to catch highlights of the Go Fast event in Colorado. Seconds later, I see the video of none other than Hookitt and Brits17 exiting the bridge (check the pics Riddler posted in the other thread)! Very cool exit, scary tight landing area. My Spanish sucks, so about all I made out was "peligro", "cuidado", and "Colorado"...but I thought I'd let you guys know you're TV stars, however briefly. Excellent job...Looking at that canyon reminded me of Mark Lichtle's video from the cave in Mexico, only with a river at the bottom. Sweet! Doctor I ain't gonna die, Just write me an alibi! ---- Lemmy/Slash

They're making me haul meat all day instead of getting a team, but I'll be there. I told Kath I'd help judge, though...so bribe early, bribe often! See y'all Saturday. P.S. Are the Cousins' coming down here for it? Doctor I ain't gonna die, Just write me an alibi! ---- Lemmy/Slash

Anybody remember that huge tire fire they had in the valley (somewhere around Modesto) a few years ago? Burned for a week or so, turned half of Northern California into Los Angeles? I was jumping at Byron during one of those weekends, and the smoke layer very clearly ended at about 7K. It's the only time I've ever smelled the air in freefall. It was very strange, seeing all this beautiful, fresh-smelling blue sky, and then hitting this stinky brown layer. Blech! Anyway, get some Visine, hope they get the fires out soon! Doctor I ain't gonna die, Just write me an alibi! ---- Lemmy/Slash

Congrats to you both! And nice work on the proposal, Tim...the planned and the actual! Doctor I ain't gonna die, Just write me an alibi! ---- Lemmy/Slash

Happy Birthday! Mike Doctor I ain't gonna die, Just write me an alibi! ---- Lemmy/Slash

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I'd like to get feedback from instructors (and students!) who have done or are currently doing Cat A and Cat B tandem jumps. (Skymonkey2 in particular...you left before we started working on this stuff, chump!) My question: without video, how do you determine your student's body position? I have done a few of these jumps now, and the one thing I consistently have difficulty with is determining the amount of arch and legs out awareness these students are displaying. I can get a general idea from feeling where their legs are at with mine, but without a good visual reference, I'm really not sure whether they are in a good body position, or if I'm helping them maintain a good body position. My concern here is that I'm going to eventually be sending some of these people on to Cat C jumps where the jumpmasters are going to be expecting a student who has a good arch, positive legs, and heading control, when I'm not entirely sure that's what they're getting. Any suggestions? Also, what rigs are you using for these jumps? I did one with a Vector II the other day, and the student has a VERY hard pull with the old Velcro handle. I've made every effort to stick to using the Sigma for these, since the bungee secondary seems much easier for them to pull (and they don't have to worry about dropping the damn drogue release!). Again, any info would be appreciated. Thanks, Mike Doctor I ain't gonna die, Just write me an alibi! ---- Lemmy/Slash

I'm not much of a poster here, but Lisa has always been a great greenie, and a great person as well. I remember her more from her Square One days when she helped me out with (and made sure I was experienced enough for) a canopy purchase. She does indeed rock the house in every way imaginable. Gotta meet this woman someday... Doctor I ain't gonna die, Just write me an alibi! ---- Lemmy/Slash

Nice job, Dave. Welcome to the club!

Congratulations, Tim! And for the record, I'm sure Tim S. would mention that Skydive Hollister no longer exists, it's now Adventure Center Skydiving, Inc. So it ain['t all that different after all these happy years. Keep it safe for the next 14 years... Mike Doctor I ain't gonna die, Just write me an alibi! ---- Lemmy/Slash

I haven't met a lot of you folks, but I spent most of the summer a couple years ago seeing Egon with that "I'm happy, bruh!" look on his face almost every night...looks like you guys had a blast. Maybe next year... Doctor I ain't gonna die, Just write me an alibi! ---- Lemmy/Slash

Nice job, guys...congratulations! Doctor I ain't gonna die, Just write me an alibi! ---- Lemmy/Slash

OK, yesterday I had my second chop on an Icarus tandem main due to line twists I could not untwist. Had a long trapdoor, and there were three twists before the main even started to open. I tried everything I knew to get out of these (had the student kick with me, had him get back in freefall position while I kicked, worked the twists down the risers so I could reach above them to untwist), and had no luck. This was on a relatively new Vectran line set (less than two weeks and under twenty jumps). And coincidentally, it was the same canopy I had my first tandem chop on 550 tandems ago...

Standing at a urinal doing my business, and I happen to look up to see a perfect straight line drawn at about seven feet on the wall. Written below it: If you can pee above this line, the Winslow Fire Department wants YOU! Doctor I ain't gonna die, Just write me an alibi! ---- Lemmy/Slash

Great joke, and have a great time...fucker! Doctor I ain't gonna die, Just write me an alibi! ---- Lemmy/Slash

Happy Birthday, Roy! Hope it's a great one! But then again, you're just a baby, so I'll probably start calling you Junior next time I see you.... Doctor I ain't gonna die, Just write me an alibi! ---- Lemmy/Slash

If you have a "hanging harness" setup at your DZ (and you really should have one for harness training for the FJC and emergency procedure training), try to take a few minutes and get them to hang in it prior to the jump. This can give you a really good idea of how high they'll be able to get their legs, and should give you a chance to make changes to the harness adjustments and/or give them some additional training on how to adjust the legstraps prior to the actual skydive. This has helped me a lot with older/larger people. For people with, ahem, larger thighs, you can also make sure the legstraps are tightened farther down on the leg rather than at the crotch. This will generally hose their ability to arch a little bit, but pulls their legs up automatically under canopy (particularly with a properly adjusted Sigma harness