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I had some trouble figuring out how to turn the thing off for awhile though.

Oh that's easy, just get a riser to slap it off your head

What an awesome audible! This thing has multiple banks of settings.... I tried it out yesterday and had it set for tandems and solo jumping, you just switch warning banks and off you go.... a nice feature is the Lo-Speed settings which I guess were designed for swoopers but work really well for tandems too.

I had the first Lo-speed beep set for 1000 ft and it's a nice little reminder to start getting serious about the landing. AND as the riser slapped it off the side of my helmet on a hard opening it looked really elegant as it flew by the canopy but trust me, for the 4 jumps that I actually got to use it - it was awesome......

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That should get you banned. Where's a greenie when you need one?!

as long as I've known him, he's been that lucky.... haven't seen Skymama on line all day.....

you got it right Bobbi - just no "..." it's spelt ASS

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i thought they just did intentional cutaways, wore three rigs, i saw some old pics of a normal rig (the test main in it and a reserve) and also a belly mounted reserve. cant imagine they still have belly mounted round reserves though

Yes we do! We have double cutaway rigs and usually the front mounted reserve is a round. Initial tests are usually drop tests with a dummy if there are major design changes. Otherwise we just go out and test'em. Adds a whole new element to the sport....

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I've been waiting to hear something about that. There was some pre-release publicity, but I never heard anything after that

Here's a link to the Southpark version of the joke.

Walt

Walt, it's really well done. It's not just comedian after comedian telling "the joke" they disect it, analyze it, explain why they embellish it and, believe it or not, Billy The Mime does a version that is hilarious (even funnier are the facial expressions of pedestrians passing by).

Then, all the family favorites, Bob Saget, Jason Alexander, Whoopi Goldberg, The Smothers Brothers, Drew Cary, just retelling and rehashing their own versions in their own style, but with language you never heard them use on tv before!

Just bought and watched the DVD.... Holy Crap! I will never watch Bob Saget on tv again without thinking of him telling HIS version of the joke!

The movie/documentary is so funny and the dvd extras are worth the price alone!

**Warning** This dvd is filthy don't watch it near the kids or nervous/prudish folk.

I've taken 2 people over 6'5" - both out of a 207. Tight as hell, but it can be done. they HAVE to get those legs up for landing and as I'm 5'7" I didn't even try standing them up.

I shook his hand at the front door of Relative Workshop yesterday morning (I washed up afterwards)

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They got the scum-bag mole within CTU, leading to the scum-bag mole in the White House. Now it'll be fun to watch the latter get what's coming to him.

How would you have liked to be THAT guy, waiting for "Jack to come talk to you"?

2nd column - left hand picture - I'll bet Jeff has a better copy of it
http://www.skydivepalatka.com/gallery/gallery_index.htm

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This thread has out lived its topic. It needs to be locked, deleted, or just slapped.


shiney, happy, people..................................


Chuck

Chuck - slapped gets my vote!!!!!!!!!!!!!

okay - I clicked forehead, BUT I have my hands in that general area, sometimes I hold nothing, sometimes I just pull'em in close, sometimes I wrap'em up like a christmas gift, depends on what I feel needs to be done. No hard and fast rule. The only one I won't grab is breasts. When I loosen the chest strap I ask them to put my hand on the buckle and I am VERY careful.

ps: all three tandems I did today, when I said I was going to loosen the chest strap after opening said "Are you sure??????????"

I do tandems with a Gath, it's a good audible holder, nothing else....... it wuld afford very little protection. Basically it's a kayaking helmet.

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I am a little person, and I love to kick ass.

oo! oo! me! me!

I got my rating on Vectors, and cross trained when I got back to Florida. I've been doing a few tandems here and there for Art at Palatka to stay current and I have to tell you, I LOVE the Racer tandem. It's no secret that I work for them occassionally, but I choose to do that because I like their product. I'm taking a Racer Tandem and Firebolt 350 back with me this year. The 350 performs really well, my last student/passenger on Saturday wanted no part of flying the canopy and it was so easy to fly and flare on my own.

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Deuce posted the thread. If he can do it, you can do it. C'mon, it won't hurt a bit...trust me.

the last time a gorgeous woman said that to me it hurt so good

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Not a TM yet but interested, will JumpShack make whatever size you want or is it only 298, 350 or 396? Have you seen any 298's?

rm

I put a short (wmv) video of the 298 on my website http://www.sidsrigging.com/galleries/galleries_index.htm

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So...now... don't be "counting money in front of a poor man", okay?

Ya got me!

same this morning! Woke up - hurt - crashed

12 hours later "I'm Okay"

Darlene's tandem is here!
http://www.skydivepalatka.com/gallery/gallery_index.htm

Laurel Brightwell Wuvs Me!

That is all!

if there's no film Chad!!!!!!!!!!!! Hey that DVD is great! The airgazm is awesome! Art really is THE MAN

Okay! Now that made me snort coffee through my nose (and John Sherman's sitting right behind me!!!!!!!!!!!)