KevinMcGuire

A man comes home from work to find his pregnant has gone into labor. Panicking, he calls the doctor and says "
Doctor doctor. You have to help me. My wife has gone into labor. What do I do? WHAT DO I DO?
The doctor says " O.K. O.K. Please just try to calm down. First, I'll need to ask you a few questions. Is this her first child?"
The man replies, "no you idiot this is her husband"

The canopy your talking about is a 7 cell reserve. While its not the latest technology out there, they are safe and reliable when they are in an airworthy condition. If it is airworthy, it'll be worth something to some one. To find out just what it could fetch, I suggest you contact a dealer that sells new and used gear. You may want to try Square 1 in Perris CA or perhaps Square 2 in Eloy AZ. Both will be happy to inspect it for a fee to determine what shape it's in. From my personnel experience, they are fair and trust worthy. They'll give you a fair shake.
I don't have their numbers off hand but a quick web search will get you what you need. Good luck.
K

If you still have questions about the safety of the work, Ill have a look free of charge. I'm in your area. I've personally built 2000+ harness's and I am well versed in all variety of harness's in current use. E-mail if interested.
K

When I drug hoses, the motto seamed to be eat till your sleepy, sleep till your hungry. Of course that was practiced more by the old guys and less by the boots

its actually not as uncommon as you may think. When I had my shop, people used to send gear to me for inspection before sale but it was always understood that if the rig went missing I'd be liable for it.
My shop was in Eloy and those sending their rigs to me understood that I wasn't likely going to bail with their gear.
Ask who the rigger is that the buyer wants you to send it to then check that rigger out. You'd be surprised how common this is and frankly it works quite well for all parties involved.

Edited to say that I always received the rig straight form the seller and did not turn the rig over to the buyer until funds had posted into the sellers account.
K

I have always found that a little bit of saliva and a whole lot of persistance nusually does the trick

BAE is making the E2C and we are putting it all together and packing it.

That is correct. For those of you who have never worked on and E2C, most likely you don't know the meaning of complex. After almost 20 years working on parachutes, it's like I'm a brand new rigger all over again.

O.K. all you uber riggers. Ever hear of or, have any experience working with a system called E2C.
Anyone? Anyone? I'll be surprised if you have

How bout this one?
"If a frog had wings, it wouldn't bump its ass a hopping"

1 more for good measure.
" to let that which does not matter truly slide"

Humm.... well no matter.I just saw it posted today on my local online news outlet but even still,This shit is timeless.

edited to add
you can sell a thousand pounds of dope but if you suck one dog dick, well............I don't even know what to finish that with except to say that maybe Doug actually knows just how far down the rabbit hole goes"

Wasn't this guy a skydiver/B.A.S.E jumper? Read to the middle of the article. http://www.azcentral.com/offbeat/articles/2010/05/12/20100512man-sex-with-dogs.htmlD

Thats not really possible with out a bunch of fire trucks showing up. Lets face it. Nothing beats the taste of flesh cooked to perfection over a natural lump hardwood fuel source. Try that indoors and well.... you get to meet a bunch of guys you hadn't counted on meeting and in less than pleasant circumstances

Well, It seems that I've caused quite the shit storm so, in the interest of lively debate, heres another log for the fire.

Below is a direct quote from Sandy's 2005 handbook. Look it up if you'd like.

"In the past, many master riggers felt that they were
empowered to undertake almost any task. The attitude
was, “We can lift the TSO label, build a new harness, and
put the TSO label back on.” This is not the case. Just
because an individual has a master rigger license does not
mean he or she is qualified to undertake a complex repair"

Hummm. Thats strange. After all these years, I thought that it was the FAA, not the manufactures that granted me the authority to perform complex repairs, including a repair that may involve lifting the TSO label, patching the tail of a reserve canopy or repairing a harness, and then putting the label back in place when I'm finished . Keep mind, I said repair. NOT ALTERATION.

According to Sandy's manual, I can't do any major repair involving a TSO label unless he or some other manufacture gives me the green light.

I wonder. If I replace a damaged main lift web, using the exact same materials, from the exact same source the original manufacture received their material's, complete with the exact same quality control testing certifications the original manufacture received and, I perform the repair in precisely the same manor the manufacture intended when they first manufactured the main lift web, right down to the stitch per inch and, I conform to all the requirements of maintaining all the proper/required records,(just like the manufacture) how is that not in keeping with the per view of my certification?

Since when does any manufacture have the authority to tell me that I can not perform the duties of my certification granted to me by the federal government?
Sounds to me as if the wolf (AKA DPRE)is trying to run the chicken coop

I think this repair is pretty straightforward, and the instructions are pretty clear. Just because the machines involved are outside the normal home machines, that doesn't clearly mean that it is too complicated for a senior rigger. And, after all, Sandy Reid, an accomplished expert in his own right, says it is acceptable for a senior rigger to do this work.
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Beware when taking Sandy Reid's opinion as fact or word from god. Particularly when it comes to what repairs should and should not be performed by a senior rigger.
In Sandy's 2005 rigger study guide he expressly says that a senior rigger can perform a line replacement on a canopy. This was never the case before he wrote his study guide. He just decided that it should be so.

Let us not forget that such a repair, if done improperly could very easily have a negative effect on the structural integrity, weights and balance and flight/opening Characteristics of a canopy. To me that sounds like a major repair

Is replacing a line on a canopy an easy repair? You bet providing the person doing the job has enough experience. Should a repair of such importance as a line replacement be performed by someone with just enough knowledge to pass the written and practical senior riggers test? Given how little a person needs to know in order to pass, I think not.

Sandy's opinion is only that. His opinion, and I doubt that would do you much good in front lawyer worth his salt and a jury.

Well I certainly wouldn't want to create more work for anybody. It's not like my education is expensive or time consuming for me. gosh I hope she's not too over worked

I am also taking CIS 120 and i agree it is an easy A. I am also taking my first ever class that is entirely online and I'm bit disappointed with the format. The instructor does no instructing. She's more of a facilitator that grades papers but beyond that, I think a 10 year old could do her job. She assigns chapters to read, posts a question each week and posts useless power points that offer nothing different than what we are assigned to read. Then we take a weekly quiz that she grades with almost no feed back at all. She offers no expert insight into the material what so ever. Are all online classes like this?

I had the pleasure to get to know Jerry just a little bit when I lived in Perris. I wish I had known him better.

Robin, your description of the man is spot on. That guy was fucking great. I wish there were more out there like him

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-K

I've got loads of white T8. Cant help with the 13 though

Their manufacture dates are not a factor. You need to be more concerned about the sizes of the canopies and harness/container relative to your body weight and experience level.

Did anyone else but me notice that the floating mountains seem to be taken directly from and old Yes album cover.

Just in case anyone is interested in the school I attended, here is the link. Worth every penny http://www.unionspecial.com/TTC/TTCprogram.htm

a few years back, when I was at full speed building BASE gear I had 10 machines on the production line. One day with a stack of orders waiting to be filled, 2 machines went down. Not knowing any better and needing those machines running to fill my orders, I called a Pro to come and have a look. While he was there, I had him take a look at all my other machines just to be on the safe side. When all was said and done, he hit me with a $1800.00 bill. Granted, everything ran smooth....for a while.
Soon there after, 2 more machines went down. Unable and unwilling to pay that kind of price tag again, I looked for and found a sewing machine repair school to attend.
While in school, I asked my instructor why machines go down. My instructor said, "there is no reason a well timed and tight machine should ever fall out of time barring extraordinarily rough handling by and inexperienced operator." He went on to say that "the reason machines go down is because mechanics typically leave machines only tight enough to work for a short time there by ensuring they have future work retuning your machines".
I got home from school and went through all my machines. Sure enough, I found lots of problems just waiting to happen.
I gave all of my machines a top to bottom inspection and tune up and to this day, 9 years later, not one of my machines has fallen out of time even with all the hard and frequent use they get in my shop.
The moral to this story is don't trust mechanics. Yearly maintenance by a pro will cost you more than you should be paying.Learn what you need to know and save your self the headache and the money

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Hey Kevin... I usually ride my Harleys wearing sneakers, jeans, and a skydive tanktop. I really don't care what people think, and besides, it's my head and my skin. The leathers I use in the rain or snow is all custom-made for me. The only HD "gear" I own are tee shirts, and they've all been gifts from others. I refuse to buy any of their stuff for me.

I'm all about people making their own choices regarding safety or the lack thereof.
I used to ride without a helmet or any protective gear. Then one day I went down once without any of it. Ever since then I ride with the works. Helmet , protective jacket and pants boots, gloves, the works. My brain, my body, my choice.
I do recall that you wear pretty much whatever you have on when you ride. Thats your choice and thats cool with me. I'm not here to preach to anyone.

I suppose that I made to general of a statement in my other post. Not everyone dresses like jerk off but you have to admit, those who deck themselves out in worthless product promo and brand identity gear do look a bit silly.
On a personal note, Any word if they plan to let you back in anytime soon?