BlindBrick

BlindBrick's explanation was dead on, he just doesn't have the blind hatred you have for Quade. That's not true. I hate everyone, equally!

What Quade is refering to is a concept the miitary calls a force multiplier. An AWACS or a KC-135 doesn't carry ordanance, but it does allow the weaps-carriers to be more effective. In the same vein, TP is a force multiplier boosting the sales of other items, though as Quade pointed out, it's combo of high profit margin and enormous demand means it does pretty well on it's own. Kind of like if a B-52 and an AWACS got it on and had a bastard luv child. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

Just for the record, not all of us are extremist wack jobs. You average middle of the road Libertarian understands that there is a certain amount of government that must be maintained in order to remain a society. Likewise, we understand that taxation is required to fund that government. Do we want to reduce interference in our personal lives (from whatever source)? Yes, but more importantly, we undertand that the price of our liberty is acceptingthat there will be consequences for making those decisions. In this particualr case if a wack job decides they have the liberty of not paying taxes, than they deserve the consequences of that decision. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

The thing is there is no standard. Every AAD brand has a different set of firing parameters. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

I think it's funny that everyone wants to bash the Argus and Vigil but conviently forgets that the Cypres had a known problem that wasn't corrected until after someone died from it. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

Only if you itend to either land it or chop it on a tert rig. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

QuoteIf he doesn't have popular support he WILL fall.. Quote That's an extremely optimistic outlook. He doesn't have to have popular support to succeed, he just needs to inflict enough carnage that the masses are cowed into neutrality. And for that al lhe really needs is the support of enough of the miltiary. Fortuntely, these defections seem to cast some doubt on that. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

I think you can still order a Falcon. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

Or this one? -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

My other post shoudl havave had a smiley on the end, but I forgot it and didn't erememebr until after the time window for edits ahd ended. I definitely envy you guys. -Blind. "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

Meh, I know a guy who celebrated his 800th by doing a naked static line from 8 grand with a surface temp of ~20 degrees. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

FWIW, I suspect that if a scientific study was conducted, the negative psychological issue with leashing a two year old are probably no worse than the negative issues of being two years old and being physically restrained on a parent's back. Having raised four kids through that age, all of mine appreciated the extra freedom the leash gave them and absolutely loved the stuffed animal the harness was incorporated into. That's why I used them on my three youngest even though after burying my oldest my instinct was to physically hold on to them at all times. Sometimes you just have to realize the issues are in your head and not thiers. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

Thank God! I'm getting ready to order my new Phantom and I've went as far as to print out the blank order forms, but every time I get out my colored pencils I am reminded I got a C- in art and only then because the teacher took pity on me and gave me a couple of written tests. So, I am overome by these horrific visions that if I had to manually color my order, I'd end up flying the winguit equivalent of a pair of patch pants. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

Thanks. I was thinking it was 80#, but I wasnt' sure and didnt' want someone going in because they'd got a wrong number from my post. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

Actually, PCA is more like IAD for BASE. I know BASE jumpers who did actual static line stuff on sub-200 ft. jumps and they were using some type of break cord. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

LOL. I just realized something. There's friction at Deland becuase a Freefall Express owner doesn't get along with the other dz on site. At the airport in MO where the two dz's don't get along, one of the operators is called Freefall Express (totally different company). The name must be cursed. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

This is changing to a noticable extent because of the high visibility of wingsuiting in mass media. I teach all the fjc's at my dz and I routinely ask students why they are there and "I saw that wingsuit stuff and it looks cool" is making up about 10-12% of my business now. I know for sure that I've been able to lasso a few students from ADD to S/L because I showed them my wingsuit. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

I wonder what they did to that Phenom to get such low scores. Don't get me wrong, it is outperformed by the high end Intel line, but not as lopsidedly as that chart suggests. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

Mirage makes a large enough contaner for you. I've got a Safire II 269 and an R-Max 288 in mine with enough space in the main tray for a zp canopy in the 300 sf range. In fact, I've packed a PF 370 into the main tray (with the reserve still in) a couple of times before before for BASE jumping. It looked like a CRW dog pack job, but it opened ok. Jsut note that I was stupid, and that nowadays I'd never encourage people to use non-specific gear for BASE. . -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

One of the guys I idolized growing up was USN riverine in Vietnam. Someone should have told him that stuff was all hollywood, because he took part in some crazy shit while drunk/baked out of his gourd and had the photos, commendations, and shark skin uniforms to prove it. She did at last one soft core porn before she was famous. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

It can be hairy at times. A few years back, I was recovering from corneal transplants and was doing my first or second jump back after the second transplant when I lost my goggles and glasses coming off the hill on a 4 way out of a 182. I was only eight weeks or so post-op and had the very real issues of busting stiches or rejection. Kept my eyes half open long enough to pick a heading away from my group and then tracked for about 20 seconds with eyes closed before a very quick visual scan then deployment. Very, very scary. No AAD or audible; just an awful, long count in darkness with the knowledge that the ground was waiting below. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

I'll vouch for it. My Safire II loaded a 1.35 does an awesome job on the bottom end. I can come straight in on a no wind day when the density alttiude is over three grand and the canopy will give me a long surf followed by a two to three step landing. Not bad considering it's slowing down 350+ lbs. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

Don't know a thing about about the income gap, but if those two sentences are any indication, the education gap among the polarized is getting worse. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

While I generally agree, that theory has repeatedly been proven to break down when it comes to basic necessities such as shelter. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

Yes and no. There are some absolutes and those shouldn't change, but as society changes, a significant chunk of the law should, and usually does, change to reflect the society's new values. Frex. AR rental property laws are more generous to the property owner than the ones that NYC slumlords made so imfamous in the 1800's, and I'm saying that not as someone who percieves themselves as a victim but rather as a former district manager for a multi-family property firm. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."