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Hi 1399, As R.L. Tycer (You ancient Louisiana/Texas jumpers remember him?) said,"Knowledge is Power You Dumb Ass!!" Funny how dumb ass skydivers still persist!! The worst comment anyone can make is,"I don't want to know that!!" O.K.,Fine, be dumb all your life and in skydiving an attitude like that will ensure your life will be short!! No, you don't "have" to get your riggers ticket but having a working understanding of how your rig works and is assembled just might save your life!!! (and/or mine too!!!!) Good question dude, I like the responces. If someone has a question about their gear I'll gladly help what I can. The average Joe or Jane Jumper should at least know how to safety check their rig, do routine maintenance on their 3-rings and be able to connect, disconnect and continuity check a canopy to a rig for starters, oh yes and PACK! Unfortunately lots can't and some (the really dumb ones) don't want to!!! SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi Mike, Happy New Year to you too and say a big Hi to all at the next Air Trash Daze!! SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi Tweek. Get in touch with Skip Evans at Paralift, or Pat Conatser at Scare-us-valley. They've run a few 3's. SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi e-nee-R Oh for the good old daze at Blacks Beach!!! 'Havn't been to San Diego in a few years but besides Blacks, there was Garbage beach south of O.B. 'Used to live there in the 70's and as far as tan lines???? What tan lines?????? SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi 89, "A failure is defined to be any malfunction or combination of malfunctions of a previously acceptable item which degrades any performance parameter to a level outside its specified performance limit, or fails structurally." Having said that , out of 40 years and almost 4000 jumps I've had about 10 good mals where I had to try out my reserve pack job. If you properly maintain your gear and stay within the operating envelope of your equipment then you should minimize the possibility of a "reserve ride!!" "Don't push your operating envelope!!!" Had a frayed control line back in '79, thought it would hold up for a few more jumps?? 09SEP79 in front of manifest at 2.5K at Scare-Us-Valley it let go and I got to ride my 26' NAVCON!! Didn't have another reserve ride for 13 years!! That was in 93 so I guess I'm about due??? 'Ya never know, so have a good reserve and don't be afraid to use it if you have to. Just think of the great "No Shit!!" storys you'll have to tell!!! SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi Jim!! Rat-on!!!! And always have a dirty red (or blue) bandana stashed in your back pocket to plug up the hole when you get shot in the leg or shoulder (ala John Wayne style) and be sure to yell to your buddys," Toss me some more 'catridges' Pilgrim, I'm runnin' low on ammo!!" Pour a little whiskey on the wound and drink a hit or two and keep throwin lead!!! Ahh, for the good old daze, any more if some asshole you know or work with don't like you, rather that go out to the parkinglot and "take care of it" they get a lawyer and sue you!!!!!! Yes it happened to me by a chicken shit who I used to work with!!!!! "Some people!!!!!" SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi Leroy Bob, One difference between flyin' R/C aircraft and skydivin'. There isn't an R/C plane crash that I have "Not" walked away from. Can't say that about some parachute landings!!!!! SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi Scotty, Happy Turkeyday and the rest of the holidaze to you and yours! SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi Bob, From First Class in a DC-3 with about 30 people between me and the door....someone says,"Ready, Set,Go!!!!!" and the caterpillar of people begins to move!! By the time I get to going, I'm in a sprint for the door, it's down the hall, turn right, out the door, and D-I-V-E !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Got that? SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi Viking, Don't know about Ca., but here in NC, I've had good luck with rubber worms rigged Carolina style or with a spinner in front. Also the "beetle spin" works good too. Near my home here in Sampson County runs the South river and the bass there like a white colored top water plug like a "Rebel." Good luck where ever you go fishing. Catch the Big One!! Catch Bill Dance and Roland Martin on OLN, they show and tell a lot of good fishing tips too. SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi Slug, Thermals, I love em'!!!!!!!!!! Hell, I just blew he2xl out of 20 bucks and I want all the air time I can!! Any time I hit a noticable bump, I try to work it for extra altitude. I currently have a Stiletto 190 and it works great for catching thermals!! Over the years, from cheapo's to P.C.'s to Ram Airs, for me Thermal Hopping was always a quest. I've flown R/C Model Airplanes too for many years and model sailplanes are fun!! What gets me is jumpers who freak out at any little other than smooth air bump and try to get to the deck as fast as they can!! Many times if it wasn't for my experience and ability to work thermals I'd have lended in East Bumfu*k many times!!!!!!!!! SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi Jon, I had one of the FTS Rascal 9's. Only chopped it once when a bunch (7 out of 10) of front lines broke all at once!! Whoever made the line set forgot to angle cut the bitter ends of the inserted fingertrapped lines!!! SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi Levin, 10-4 on winter sux!!! Talking about heaters in airplanes, When "Shark Air" first showed up at Perris it had no door and no heat and it was I think the 83' Turkey boogie and it was COLD!! Instead of calling the plane Shark Air we called it "Sierra Arctic!" SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi-ett, Made a couple dozen jumps on a 228 comet back in '83. Nice canopy for a 7-cell. Sounds funny that your chute was such a dud! Did you call Bill Gargano and see if he would do something about it?? Did you have one of Bill's canopys or one from Chuck Embry?? Willy handed off the Comet line to Chuck when he developed the Hobbit, Spirit and Wizard series. I had one of Willy's Wizards and it was a great canopy!! SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi All Today I sadly mourn the passing of my Fuzzy. The Fuzz was my grey and white little long haired kitty that was my best friend for 15 years. My friend Nancy (Gold Lips #1)Doyal stole her from her neighbors when Fuzzy was just a kitten. The people were abusing her and Nance did something about it. Said Nance, "Billy will you take the kitty till I find a home for her??" I had the kitty for a few days and kept bugging Nance about taking the cat. Then the bombshell,"Well Billy I was hoping you would keep her!" "Doyal you sucked me in again!!!!!!" said I and The Fuzz and I were friends all these 15 years. My wife Peggy and I came home from work and found Fuzzy passed away by the cats food bowls. Angle Food, Lucky and Jethro were very upset. We will all miss her. SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi Pring, BT,DT,GTTS. (been there, done that, got the t-shirt) well not quite the same as you but lame ass, sorry ass work geeks are a dime a dozen and I'm looking for the guy supplying the dimes!! At least he hasn't sued you yet! I had one dumb fu*k who worked for me and thought he was too cool to work for me and that I should work for him!! Like I should sit at his feet and take notes!! Like we worked in a parachute loft and dig this, I got my master ticket when he was in the third grade!!! This geek even tried to sue me!! Said I was stalking him, that I assaulted him and a whole bunch of lies. He got the cutaway handle pulled on him by his lawyer after the deposition. Good luck, you should have just pied the fu*ck at lunch or something. You still can, or hire a hit squad to do it while you're at your niese's christening ala Pachino. SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi zep, Dave says it quite eloquently a post or two below yours. Ground rush you say? That's a trip. But you havn't been low till you're still in freefall and see your shadow on the ground!! That's low!! Had a friend who survived a very low opening and after he quit shaking and settled down said that he saw his shadow right afer he pulled his ripcord and knew he was going to DIE!!!!!!!!! He said he then saw his shadow expand out really fast and thought this was the end but his reserve opened with him just barely feet above the ground. What he saw expand was his chute opening!!! One Lucky Dude he was>>>>>>>>> PS, Saw a picture at old Elsinore I think Tom Sanders took it but I don't know of a LA cop named Jerry who had a really low reserve opening. The picture shows Jerry with about 1/2 his chute open and his shadow distinctly on the ground below him! He was lucky in that he lived! His canopy had just finished opening when he hit and he sill broke his leg. SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

OK pieface, here's the deal. Yes I am serious. Please search for the previous thread about pie rules for further reference. Trouble is that pieing gets out of hand. I have a lot of trouble with figuring out how humiliating the he2xl out of someone is suppose to be "honoring" them??? If you want to "honor" someone for a milestone (1000 jumps or the like) try toasting them with a bottle of good champagne, "Here's to your 1000th jump and may there be many more!!" etc. Pieing is great silent movies era slapstick comedy ala the Keystone Cops!! 50,000 comedians out of work and you want to be funny!! I guess you just enjoy humiliating people as long as you can get away with it. If you got tied to a chair and had about 50 people come at you with pies, you would get tired of it really quick! (Yes, this really happened to someone at Old Elsinore) I don't remember when "pieing" got started at the dz but the late 70's at Old Elsinore it was "pie crazy!" When I got to my 1000th jump, nobody knew except me and my wife and we weren't talking. Just went up and did a fun jump with friends. Because of the "pie crazy" myself and a lot of other people didn't volunteer any significant achievements. It was everyone's loss. Like I said, I don't need the likes of you or anyone else to try to humiliate me, I am quite capable of doing that with no help from anyone! I am really not interested in your twisted form of humor so please count me out if you really feel that you just really need to pie someone!!! Ditto to squeak SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi Tree, Pro- they "may" open your rig for you if you "forget???" or "can't." Con- People get "dependent" on them for emergency back-up and take bigger risks. AAD's are reliable but they are still a mechanical device subject to failure. Today, AAD's are the rule rather than the exception. It wasn't too many years ago that it was the opposite. If you get one, great. Remember though, YOU are responsible for your altitude awareness, not your AAD!!! SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

OK pieface, here's the deal! YOU are NOT the keeper of the pie rules or dictate who, when or why someone gets pied!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Somewhere in another thread pie rules etc were covered. The only rule is that there are no rules except "Jungle Rules!" Get it? Anyone can get pied for anything or nothing at any time anywhere. Beware of consequences for your actions. Walking back to the packing area one time I noticed a couple of people trying to clean pie off Glo's rig!!! Well Dan ducked and the rig got it!! Like it was a "Brand New Vector!!" and if it was my rig I think someone would have bought it right then and there!! A lot of people DON'T share your views and neither do I. I don't participate in pieing people. Getting pied is nothing but pure humiliation and I'm sorry but I'm not into that! I don't need you or anyone else to try to humiliate me, I can do a great job of that with no help from you or anyone else!! Got that? Something else you havn't thought of is that your actions can be considered as an assault in a court of law and you would be liable for damages. BS you say? Ask a lawyer. If someone doesn't want to play your silly game and you "touch" them, good luck pal!!!!!!!! If you don't get arrested, handcuffed and dragged off in a squad car by the local "gendarmes" then there the Civil suit to deal with. Either of these senarios will co$t you big dollar$. If you want to get pied, that's your gig. But be advised that some other people DON'T and be ready for the consequences, like, for example, getting pied back with pie in a cast iron skillit (dum-dum ammo) and I hope you can take that with a smile!!!!! SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi Ya'll, Best wishes and congrats! from Bill AND Peggy SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi Diver, Jake and Elwood. SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi Plae, When it comes to taking your rig on a comercial flight anymore,"Ya' pays yer money and ya' takes yer chances!!" Considering the brain density of the yokels you were dealing with, you're lucky they didn't want to give you a finger wave too!! Someone being a dumbass (as these TSA yokels) with a little authority is a dangerous thing. Better luck next time, if there is a next time! SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Dear Kris, Just read about Sam's plight. My heart is out to you. Fuzzy is sitting in my lap purring as I write. Lucky is near by curled up on a box. Angel Food and Jethro are nearby too. They also send their love. Sam couldn't have had bettter care in his final hour. You were there for him. Kitty vibes from me and Fuzzy and Jethro and Lucky and Angel Food. SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out

Hi Jib, One more place for seafood to add to your list, "R & O's" out on the lakefront. Also for local beer try a good cold DIXIE. Enjoy!! SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out