AggieDave

Yeah, I know where you're coming from, but I would disagree in that a lot of guys would gravitate towards the preloaded and marked weight barbells in straight bar and EZ-bar types by the preacher curl bench. I put this guy in the same class of people who put 1000lbs on the leg press and do 6" of a range of movement while screaming before walking away and leaving all their weight on the machine. --"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

I'm calling it a "squat rack" but it isn't a power rack like you're thinking. It is a lifting platform with adjustable posts to place the bar at the right height, like what is used in competition. Like this: [ur]http://staff.washington.edu/griffin/higa.jpg[/url] I use it because it is similar to what I use in competition and I'm a week out from my next meet and am doing competition level weight (today I did 525lbs for 2 reps). --"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

One of my favorite things to do with those guys (who are generally the same guys who drop weights) is to lifts a significantly heavier weight quietly and set it down quietly, turn and say "wow, you're really strong" to the d-bag. That's really a-hole of me, but it usually gets the d-bag jersey shore wanna-be to leave. It's like not saying anything to the blow-hard "mad-skillz" low time swooper who won't take any advice then swooping the piss out of your canopy in front of him. --"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

Do you lift weights at the gym? Do you do bicep curls in the squat rack? If you do, why? I'm trying to wrap my head around why people do curls in the squat rack. Unfortunately I lift at a commercial gym and today I had to politely ask a skinny little dude with 5lbs on each end of the Texas Power Bar (competition powerlifting bar) if I could use the squat platform/stands (the only competition set in the gym) and the competition bar he was using for curls for my squat training. At first he said no, he had 2 more sets with other exercises in between, but he relented when after I started gathering all the weight I was going to use for squats. There are bars with fixed weights for barbell curls next to the preacher curl bench, I just can't wrap my head around why this guy (and others) insist on doing curls over in the squat racks. --"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

It really tied the room together... --"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

HA! Guess. --"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

Yup! The same DZ that let me do the pumpkin-head jump on jump #30. The list could go on, but that DZ taught me more about being a skydiver than anywhere else. Being a skydiver is more than just jumping out of an airplane! --"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

Wait, you took notes? I was so hungover that I had to excuse myself a few times to the restroom. In May of 2000 the six of us that took ground school together celebrated our choice to jump the night before WAY too hard. That afternoon when we jumped (static-line) we were still well under the weather. Looking back at it I'm surprised we got to jump, but after spending quite a bit of time at that DZ I'm also not surprised. Out of that 6 only 2 of us got licensed and I'm the only one who spent any appreciable time in the sport. --"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

I'm sure there are a few that I haven't heard yet, but yeah I've been "lucky" enough to hear about many of them. At the end of the day there still isn't an effective round made that has the same reliability, accuracy and ability for the cost than a traditional round. I'm sure there are some in the works that will come out over the coming years, we'll see how well they do and what they cost. Ever wonder why hog hunters tend to use semi-auto rifles and carry pistols as backups? Ever seen a pissed off sow tree a grown man? --"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

No, I knew what he was talking about and I ignored it to engage in the other conversation that started about sim rounds. Honestly I just can't take the OP seriously and haven't for years, so it's hard to stay on topic. --"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

All of our training with it has been inside. Active shooter, room clearing, building search, indoor scenarios (like family violence calls) and similar. It helps bring the training to a much more realistic level. And who hunts hogs with 1oz slugs? Seems odd. Most everyone I know uses .223, .300 blackout or similar. --"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

It's an incredible training tool and fun as well. Switched out the bolt on my AR and the rounds load into my Pmags. The POI is slightly off, but it is close. Although we have dedicated pistols for the Sim training, we do the same there as well. It makes active shooter and other scenario training much better. The rounds are still dangerous, though, they can seriously injure someone if proper precautions aren't taken. They hurt worse than regular paintball too. Wax rounds have a place in the world, paintball markers originated from a device used by ranchers to mark cattle. --"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

I did miss it. I had a very long and very hot day, so I'm operating at about 1/2 power (which is really like 1/4 power considering my full power is about 1/2 power for normal people). --"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

Cool! I still have my Vulcan 800, but I don't get to ride it much anymore. I do ride ST1300 just about every day during the week though. --"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

I have no time for your hairy french-canadian maid porn you silly belly flier! --"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

Why trouble her with insignificant details of no real concern anyway right? Exactly. Seriously, she needs some sister-wives. Not for more kids, but to raise the kids we have, cook and clean so we can go have fun vacations. Those are called live-in maids. I can direct you to some website that cater to that kind of thing, you know... I don't speak French or Canadian, so I'm not sure if your websites would work for me. --"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

Why trouble her with insignificant details of no real concern anyway right? Exactly. Seriously, she needs some sister-wives. Not for more kids, but to raise the kids we have, cook and clean so we can go have fun vacations. --"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

Hipsters have arguments over telegraph... --"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

I tell my wife everything, except about the secret other family I have. --"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

Yeah, Reed Timmer, that's who I was talking about. I agree with you on the earlier seasons. Sean Casey was doing his thing long before Discovery made a show. I follow him on Facebook and really enjoy what he does. --"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

Oh, so you will believe him when he says it Yup. Since Clint Clawson (jedi knight) isn't posting... --"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

*cough* DB Cooper thread *cough* --"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

http://cdn.memegenerator.net/instances/400x/37525133.jpg --"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

Hey, you're the guy on the team, I'm just the guy at a computer who chowed in the same pond you swooped over once. Now, what if we backed the rotation out to a "normal" dz swooper approach... EDIT: Ok, you answered my question in your edit. Edit (2): What a pleasant discussion in Swooping. I've enjoyed it and learned something for it. There wasn't even any name calling or normal idiocy that tends to happen in the threads. Thank you. --"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

A lot of us keep up with each other on FB and there are some fun skydiving groups on it. Although some of us just use FB to photobomb our friends with pictures of our kids. Oh really?? Do you have any kids Dave?? Gee...it would be great to see some PICTURES! I'll have to post a couple (hundred) photos to your wall... --"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."