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Are there kids in your area? Kids sometimes tease animals - and each other. If that pit gets them - they're dead. I'm not much of a dog person - but I've had a few Great Danes, a spaniel, a few Jack Russels. I have a Pit story. My dad was getting out of the car at the bank. As his foot touched the ground, he started screaming. He was 60 at the time. I heard "dog noises" so I knew what it was. I rushed around the car, and there was the owner, scared shitless to get in the way of his dog, who was eating my dad. I shot the dog. My dad took about 6 months to recover. The whole incident must have lasted 20 seconds from start to finish. The fact that you're writing this means that you know what you should do. It's not the dog's fault. It's the breeders - and the owners. t It's the year of the Pig.

I think by "free" Mr Bush means free to do what he wants them to do. Seems Ironic that the man they want out is also the man they wanted in. Saddam has not changed. It's the year of the Pig.

My God, Squeak! I had no idea you were so... beautiful... It's the year of the Pig.

Hi Have an exclusion clause on my skydiving. I have quite a few dives over quite a few years, and I think its the safest thing I do. Do you? It's the year of the Pig.

http://www.afn.org/skydive/humor/jokes.html Two angels, both former skydivers, were sitting on a cloud over Florida, watching the 222 way build. The DC-3s came lumbering by, everyone piled out, and the thing started building. Finally only one slot was empty. Thirty seconds later, the last jumper dives from one of the DC-3's. He goes into a standup, falls straight down into his slot, rolls onto his back, picks up grips, and flips back over. The angels are amazed by this. "wow!" says the first one. "That guy is amazing! He's incredible! That must have been Guy Manos." "Nope, that was Jesus Christ," the second one says. "He just thinks he's Guy Manos." It's the year of the Pig.

Guy Manos was a God in the late 80's and early ninety's. Some of the best 40 to 100 way dives I've done were organised by him, or he was a participant in. If he were to have gone in, I would have heard about it the same way I heard about Tom Piras, Rob Harris or Patrick De Gayardon. He's alive. It's the year of the Pig.

He's alive. It's the year of the Pig.

Go and have fun. Don't worry. The English are used to bombs and terrorism, and there emergency response is really good when its not raining or snowing. t It's the year of the Pig.

7:8 AFF, Tandem, FS, Freefly, CF It's the year of the Pig.

7 wraps or entanglements as a member of the National CF rotation team. 7 Tandem mals - mainly broken brake lines on Vector 360 and 421 mains. 1 pilot chute across the nose and through the brake lines on a highly loaded eliptical. (Borrowed) 1 spinning mal on my Stilletto 107 loaded to 1.85 So in effect 1 chop on my own gear as a result of a malfunction. t It's the year of the Pig.

Gret stuff dude. Remember what you're feeling now. Every time you hit a hurdle - this is what's on the other side. Keep it cool, t It's the year of the Pig.

OK, so what are you looking for? Number of jumps done by a single person at 1 DZ in a day? 500. Number of jumps done in a single day at a single boogie? Probably the convention in the late 1990's. It's the year of the Pig.

Probably Bill at Lodi? Must be 20 000 plus... t It's the year of the Pig.

Hi There, Skydiving is mini life. There is always doubt, and there are no garentees. What I can tell you is that skydiving is a blast - the people are incredible - and it's well worth going through some nerves to become one of us. I have over 1000 AFF dives as an instructor, and I have no terrible stories for you. Enjoy your dive, and lets hear all about it! t It's the year of the Pig.

"Tommy...Knocked out. Damn that sucked. Shit happens." But he had a Cypress - just had not bothered to turn it on.... t It's the year of the Pig.

Thanks for the heads up on that! I guess they would know! t It's the year of the Pig.

Hi Pammi, Good post. I think that when it comes to currency, it's all relative. I've been averaging 200 a year for 18 years, weekends only. By the standards I'm judged by, I'm SUPER CURRENT. But 200 dives a year doing AFF, Tandem, social 4 way, 10 way speed, some sit, some head down, some camera, social CRW.... and you're starting to talk really thin slices! These days I'm doing around 400 a year,(We gpt a turbine..) of which about 250 are AFF, 75 are Tandem and the rest are "fun" I'm feeling quite comfortable in the air - but am very aware that we're all students. All of us. All learning new stuff every single weekend. Most of my freeflying is being taught to me by former AFF students of mine. I think its all quite cool. t It's the year of the Pig.

I've had 16, and waited 800 before my first one. When I saw it, I knew what to do.. You'll know...

The problem with SL, is that practice makes permanent. You're learning body positions which don't work very well. I suggest you try and work through the problem, and if you can't or are tired of learning the "cheap" way, switch to AFF. Which DZ do you jump at? t It's the year of the Pig.

Both systems work perfectly when used correctly. I have about 1500 dives on each, plus 700 drouge throws... which feel like 50/50 to me..

http://www.humphrey.za.net/blueskies/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=16&mode=&order=0&thold=0 t It's the year of the Pig.

Hi There. Why are you skydiving? For fun, right? Don't lose sight of what you're doing in the detail of technique. Keep going. If you're pulled up to the max in your arch, a) you have no room to adjust, and b) You'll never be symetrical as 1 half of your body is stronger than the other. Just relax a little more, think fast and move slowly - like a sloth wading through molasis - and you'll feel how the air affects you. I was not a natural student. I have 3800 dives now, of which about 1100 are AFF, and your problems are solvable. Just hang in there. Blue Skies, t It's the year of the Pig.

Ron and Listo. Not packing correctly and being unable to locate a reserve handle are big errors, but not worth dying for. This dude did 1 thing right, and put a cypress in his rig, and is alive as a result of it. We all make mistakes. ALL OF US. Ask Tommy Piras, Rob Harris, Patrick De Gayardon. Think you're better than they were? Big ego if you do. If you have the skin, buy one, and turn it on. I also have one, for that day I'm dumb and am too fixcated on getting my AFF student to pull. Hasn't happened in the last 3800 dives, but I still turn it on. t It's the year of the Pig.

I had a buddy who jumped and was blind in one eye. Lost it as an adult being drunk and walking through the bush back to his hut at the DZ. This was nearly 20 years back, and he jumped an XL Cloud I think. As canopies got smaller and faster - he went the way of Paraflite, and after a few years of scraping himself along the ground, stopped jumping. Mind you, so did just about everyone else from that generation... Does Binocular vision really only work up to 10 yards? I thought it would be further than that. Every land/air borne predator on the planet has binocular vision. Prey tend to go for wider angle vision... I like having 2 eyes. Anyone know any 1 eyed people loading to 1.7 and beyond? t It's the year of the Pig.

Kawasaki Ninja ZX 1100. Boc. 70 miles. Wore it, but not legstraps. Bungied Legstraps. Stuffed hacky inside pouch. Removed hacky prior to unbungying legstraps. 3 years. Average travelling time about 40 min. No shit. Before that was a 900 Ninja, Yamaha XZ 550, RZ 350. About 15 years total. In a car now.. too much gear doing Tandem, AFF etc. It's the year of the Pig.