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Wish I was

When you speak of a "weaker spinal chord and neck" what does that prevent you from doing? Can you go on a rollercoster? Would you be likely to do spinal damage if you fell down the stairs? Ask questions not just about a regular parachute opening, but also about a reserve parachute opening, or a harder than normal opening and bad landings. In a very nonmedical opinion, I would liken these things to the types of forces you would experience on amusement park rides. A pretty bad landing can be like falling down stairs or jumping off of a high table. If you go to the dropzone and talk to them they can surely put you in a suspended harness to see if you can reach everything. Good luck and welcome to skydiving ~Cindy~ "I dont know what your problem is, but I'll bet its hard to pronounce."

The incident forum is so cluttered with posts that should belong in talkback or safety. How about doing a dual thread system where each thread would have a discussion thread that travels with the incident report. REPORT: Pilot Bails Out of Porter? COMMENT:Pilot Bails Out of Porter? REPORT: Fatality Skydive Arizona COMMENT:Fatality Skydive Arizona REPORT: BikerBabe accident? COMMENT:BikerBabe accident? Both threads would be updated for "last posting date" at the same time, any time one of the threads was posted to. This would keep them traveling together and more obvious for readers. The report part would be only for new information, news releases, eyewitness accounts, and updates on conditions. (baisicly what the incidents forum was supposed to be) Any commentary would go in the other thread. It seems like it is just too tempting to post a "I'm sorry to hear about..." or "I don't think RSLs.." reply. You even see the greenies getting into "defenition of luck" type arguments. If there was a place to instantly reply that isn't on another forum or faraway thread, I think it would be easier to keep the chatter in it's place if it had a place. I know there are problems with this idea, but it seems like it would relatively easy to impliment. It would be great to be able to see quickly if there was new info in the "rig tampered with" case without wadding through 250 "I hope they catch the guy" posts. If you want to read speculation like in the "Pilot Bails Out of Porter?" thread it would be right there, but separate. I'm not advocating any lessening of the rules for the chatter in the comments section, only separating out the real info. ~Cindy~ All spelling and gramatical errors are left as an exercise for the reader.

My son had a spontaneous Pnumothorax at birth along with a bunch of other lung troubles. He was 9 lbs 3 oz and 22 inches at birth, which is off the chart for height. The doctors said they almost only see problems like his in large white baby boys. And for twins, if one is a boy and the other is a girl, the boy seems to almost always have lung the problems. I guess the skinny tall white male thing starts early. Weird ~Cindy~ "I dont know what your problem is, but I'll bet its hard to pronounce."

Blue is up, green is down, Pull before you hit the ground. ~Cindy~ "I dont know what your problem is, but I'll bet its hard to pronounce."

Pretty good. You'll get it that way, the trick is to count the fives so that you can get the answer without paper. (5x2=10 and there are plenty of twos.) Once people get this far, they still usually get the answer wrong though. (I know I did) ~Cindy~ "I dont know what your problem is, but I'll bet its hard to pronounce."

Hint: when multiplying how do you get a zero? ~Cindy~ "I dont know what your problem is, but I'll bet its hard to pronounce."

somewhere between a gazillion and two. ~Cindy~ "I dont know what your problem is, but I'll bet its hard to pronounce."

Here is an oldy but goody. Put away your calculator and figure this one out in your head. How many zeros are there at the end of 100! (factorial)? That means 1x2x3x4x5...x98x99x100 This one was often asked during interviews to see how someone approached a new problem. ~Cindy~ "I dont know what your problem is, but I'll bet its hard to pronounce."

I can't imagine someone saying ,"I'm going to run up to the top of the hill then run downhill for the same amount of time and be done with my run." ~Cindy~ "I dont know what your problem is, but I'll bet its hard to pronounce."

It was by distance, the time is only how long it takes to run your set distance with wich you get the average speed. ~Cindy~ "I dont know what your problem is, but I'll bet its hard to pronounce."

you can't say it's a 24 mile round trip. average 6mph and it takes 4 hours halfway is 12 miles 12 miles at 3 mph is already 4 hours. you're skrewed ~Cindy~ "I dont know what your problem is, but I'll bet its hard to pronounce."

You can do it with two cuts if he doesn't spend the gold during the week. cut it into three pieces -/--/---- day 1 give him - day 2 take back - , give -- day 3 give - day 4 take back - and -- , give ---- day 5 give - day 6 take back - , give -- day 7 give - ~Cindy~ ~Cindy~ "I dont know what your problem is, but I'll bet its hard to pronounce."

That big white duck is somewhere screeming, "AFLAC!!!" and falling out of an airplane. ~Cindy~ ~Cindy~ "I dont know what your problem is, but I'll bet its hard to pronounce."

Oh, I had to respond to this. My Hubby and I were visiting a relative in a hospital with a bookstore. We were there for a week or so and every time he would go past the store he would laugh and mention the book because he had seen it in there. Yah, he's a skydiver too and is amused by things like farting dogs. I wondered how he could find the title so funny and not have bought the book for our daughter or new son. Turns out the book is done in a very creepy/unsettling style and is not cute or funny at all. We couldn't think of an agegroup that would like it. I am sure it is the title alone that gets it on the children's bestseller list. Here is a review from B&N.com Walter, a fat gray dog with an apologetic look on his face, comes home from the pound with two children. He has incurable gas, and his family decides to take him back. The night before he is to go, Walter sadly devours "the 25-pound bag of low-fart dog biscuits the vet had prescribed for him, which had made him fart more.... A gigantic gas bubble began to build inside him." Wouldn't you know, two burglars break in, and Walter's liability becomes his asset. Predictable stuff, but Kotzwinkle (Trouble in Bugland) and education writer Murray know their audience. Their simple strategy just keep saying "fart" should have children rolling in the aisles during read-aloud. Newcomer Colman likewise fixates on one visual gag, Walter with steam blasting out his backside. Unlike Babette Cole, whose Dr. Dog takes a mock-scientific approach to digestion, Colman specializes in reaction shots; in her surreal collages of photos and patterns, people hold their noses and a cat glances at the culprit. Yes, this lowbrow endeavor could be a crowd-pleaser but, like its topic, its disruptive effects will tend to linger. Ages 4-8. ~Cindy~ p.s. how can the words fart farting and skydiver not be in the dz.com spellcheck?