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Steak & kidney pie? HF #682, Team Dirty Sanchez #227 “I simply hate, detest, loathe, despise, and abhor redundancy.” - Not quite Oscar Wilde...

So, killing someone slowly and painful by suffocation is more human and higher western standard, then? Oh well, understand that way of thinking. No, what he said was that he is satisfied as long as the standard for US officers is higher than for scumbag terrorists. HF #682, Team Dirty Sanchez #227 “I simply hate, detest, loathe, despise, and abhor redundancy.” - Not quite Oscar Wilde...

C'mon people. All this talk of "cutting away". This could be a perfectly valid case of "you never let me meet your friends". Bring her along. Tie her to a tandem instructor. Let her drink beer with you and your jumping buddies at night. See if it cheers her up. It's just skydiving... HF #682, Team Dirty Sanchez #227 “I simply hate, detest, loathe, despise, and abhor redundancy.” - Not quite Oscar Wilde...

No jail time for officer in death of Iraqi But I guess it is OK to kill an enemy general in interrogation. He was probably a terrorist. HF #682, Team Dirty Sanchez #227 “I simply hate, detest, loathe, despise, and abhor redundancy.” - Not quite Oscar Wilde...

... if I am considering taking a picture of my female co-workers cleavage and posting it here? HF #682, Team Dirty Sanchez #227 “I simply hate, detest, loathe, despise, and abhor redundancy.” - Not quite Oscar Wilde...

OK, we didn't have anyone jumping handkerchiefs that day.

Just about everyone goes through a phase of fear. I was scared s**tless on jumps 5 and 6 and then I sort of got over it. There is no shame in asking an instructor for advice and help. They have seen it a thousand times before. HF #682, Team Dirty Sanchez #227 “I simply hate, detest, loathe, despise, and abhor redundancy.” - Not quite Oscar Wilde...

WTF?!? You mean to say that is not the standard?!? Sorry for the exclamation marks, but this is something I have come to regard as being standard. I just assumed this was the same everywhere. HF #682, Team Dirty Sanchez #227 “I simply hate, detest, loathe, despise, and abhor redundancy.” - Not quite Oscar Wilde...

Well, yes please. My e-mail is in my profile. HF #682, Team Dirty Sanchez #227 “I simply hate, detest, loathe, despise, and abhor redundancy.” - Not quite Oscar Wilde...

Hey! That makes sense. Thanks.

Thanks. I just used a Linux utility that claimed to know the units. I know nothing of the Fahrenheit scale. HF #682, Team Dirty Sanchez #227 “I simply hate, detest, loathe, despise, and abhor redundancy.” - Not quite Oscar Wilde...

5000 ft 4000 ft 4000 ft 13000 ft Good question. Delays on the 4000 ft jumps were ~15 s, so it must have been close. As for the 5000 ft and 13000 ft I am pretty certain we hit terminal. At least the delay on the 5k jump was > 20 s. Actually it wasn't too bad. I have tried exiting at 13 k @ -25 Celsius (that's -13 F for you Americans). This was nothing like it. Probably not worse than -15 Celsius (5 F) or so. Edit: Fixed Fahrenheit conversion. HF #682, Team Dirty Sanchez #227 “I simply hate, detest, loathe, despise, and abhor redundancy.” - Not quite Oscar Wilde...

Agreed. It always amazes me how efficient my flare is in the winter. The canopy just stops dead. Edit to add: I just don't understand the mechanics slowing down / speeding up an opening in relation to air density. HF #682, Team Dirty Sanchez #227 “I simply hate, detest, loathe, despise, and abhor redundancy.” - Not quite Oscar Wilde...

There will be other rigs around that fit you better. Btw if you are really going to be that short of cash, do you then have the money to jump the rig if you buy it? Also it is not free to keep a rig in the air. Repacks, inspections and the occasional repair all cost money. HF #682, Team Dirty Sanchez #227 “I simply hate, detest, loathe, despise, and abhor redundancy.” - Not quite Oscar Wilde...

Yesterday I had four great jumps over a totally snow clad landscape. We had to ride the C-206 four times down the runway to clear a path in the snow so the pilot could land again. It was a wee bit cold jumping, though.

Seems awfully pretentious to assume that the KJV is superiour to the texts from which it was translated, but hey what do I know

I know you only as an insightful poster and a helpful person. Best of luck. HF #682, Team Dirty Sanchez #227 “I simply hate, detest, loathe, despise, and abhor redundancy.” - Not quite Oscar Wilde...

Ah, finally a little detail on this subject. Thank you

I don't think anyone is disputing this. However it does seem a bit much for an instructor to evaluate a persons skill set and come to the "prodigy" conclusion in just 12 landings. Of course if they were all 100 m swoops w. 270 approaches I will go shut up...

LOL! HF #682, Team Dirty Sanchez #227 “I simply hate, detest, loathe, despise, and abhor redundancy.” - Not quite Oscar Wilde...

Well, since his mother is Australian maybe he can be bothered to conquer you... HF #682, Team Dirty Sanchez #227 “I simply hate, detest, loathe, despise, and abhor redundancy.” - Not quite Oscar Wilde...

The heir to the throne, the future king of Denmark has just been baptized. He is henceforth known as: HRH Christian Valdemar Henri John, prince of Denmark. You can all stop holding your breath now HF #682, Team Dirty Sanchez #227 “I simply hate, detest, loathe, despise, and abhor redundancy.” - Not quite Oscar Wilde...

I'm the Bride of Satan. So, in your opinion... is he any good? HF #682, Team Dirty Sanchez #227 “I simply hate, detest, loathe, despise, and abhor redundancy.” - Not quite Oscar Wilde...

How do you expect us to take you seriously when nothing you say can convince us that you exist? HF #682, Team Dirty Sanchez #227 “I simply hate, detest, loathe, despise, and abhor redundancy.” - Not quite Oscar Wilde...