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    Some passengers don't even want to take the controls, every customer I take has a turn at flying the parachute(except thos that would rather not) and learns a couple of things about skydiving, but for the most part they are paying $300+ to enjoy themselves not to hear me try to drum up some more business.

    I completely disagree about the notion of teaching every tandem customer.

    The lions share of the people I take 'would like to' but have no intention of taking up skydiving as much as bungee jumping, jet boat driving, paragliding, ice climbing, white water rafting or any of the other activities thay have done in the last week or two.

    The last thing they want to have is me wanking on in thier ear about how cools skydiving is when they are trying to enjoy thier experience they have just spent a small fortune on.

    Second tandem, completley different story.



    Wow, Mr. rhys. This is the first post of yours that I agree with.
    "For you see, an airplane is an airplane. A landing area is a landing area. But a dropzone... a dropzone is the people."

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    If your a real techno idiot stick with windows.



    Uh, what? I've been a techie my whole life and switched from windows to linux as soon as I could. I regularly use windows as I'm in IT, but I have linux boxes and my macbook pro.

    Just kinda confused by your statement because personally, after you learn, and I mean really learn the unix system and how it works, you both appreciate it immensely as well as hate windows with a passion!

    :D


    What I assumed he meant by that is that if you are not fairly computer savvy then stay away from a Windows machine, because they demand more tweaking than Apple and Linux, and they're nowhere near as reliable.

    Excuse me if I'm wrong.
    "For you see, an airplane is an airplane. A landing area is a landing area. But a dropzone... a dropzone is the people."

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    Edit: In Stan's case offer to let him take a test for free but if he fails, he has to go through the whole ground school. Then either give him some of the USPA tests as well as some hanging harness scenarios. :)



    Going back to post #1 Bill Von's mythical Stan the Student had zero jumps. Why would you waste the time to give him the test for free? Whether he passes the test or not he damn well better go through the whole ground school.
    "For you see, an airplane is an airplane. A landing area is a landing area. But a dropzone... a dropzone is the people."

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    I love PD Canopies



    I guess what you are saying is, some things are timeless.
    "For you see, an airplane is an airplane. A landing area is a landing area. But a dropzone... a dropzone is the people."

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    Murray and I bought a thousand bucks worth of fireworks and don't know what to do with them...



    There's usually a thick bit of string sticking out the end of each of them. You light that with a match, or a cigarette lighter, or the end of your cigar. Then you run away real fast because all hell will break loose.

    Jeez, you have to explain everything to Pete Hill !!!


    :o
    "For you see, an airplane is an airplane. A landing area is a landing area. But a dropzone... a dropzone is the people."

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    Why females only?


    :(



    Because I dont want man-boobs up against my suit/rig.:|

    Seriously though, I will entertain jumps from the male variety if you pay for my jump. I have a weakness for tits.... I dont know why.:$


    What if I stood on your back and acted like I was surfing? I know it'll work. I've seen it in the done in the movies.
    "For you see, an airplane is an airplane. A landing area is a landing area. But a dropzone... a dropzone is the people."

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    Tale of Two Cities. There are far, far better books to make these points than Dickens does in this unreadable drivel; there is a far, far better place to look than an 8th grade summer reading list to enlighten your mind than I have ever known before.



    God darnit, Mr. Lamarr, you use your tongue prettier than a twenty dollar whore.

    (with apologies to Mel Brooks)
    "For you see, an airplane is an airplane. A landing area is a landing area. But a dropzone... a dropzone is the people."

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    From a weekend ago :)

    Arvel



    You get to see that scenery every time you jump? I'm jealous!
    "For you see, an airplane is an airplane. A landing area is a landing area. But a dropzone... a dropzone is the people."

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    Experience:

    Liaise and interface with clientele employing need-targeted field logistics.



    For those of you who have said they have experience hiring people, how do you react when you pick up a resume to read puffery and doubletalk like this? I would light a match and watch the pretty flames myself.
    "For you see, an airplane is an airplane. A landing area is a landing area. But a dropzone... a dropzone is the people."

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    Funny your knocking me down for a camera... you obviously haven't seen my profile. Really though anyone know the way to get them on a pc?



    No, no, no. I'm not knocking you down at all. I just know how vicious some folks can be on this forum.

    I just got my own CX100 and haven't done anything with it yet so I will be waiting to see what advice you get.
    "For you see, an airplane is an airplane. A landing area is a landing area. But a dropzone... a dropzone is the people."

  16. I can't help you. I just bought my CX100 a couple months ago, but you might want to specify that the videos are of your golden retriever in your back yard or this thread will go on for weeks about whether or not you have enough experience to jump with a camera.


    :)

    "For you see, an airplane is an airplane. A landing area is a landing area. But a dropzone... a dropzone is the people."

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    I heard a facebook rumor that the old landing area was just bought back by a jumper. Fred....do you think we'll be landing there this year?



    That would be cruel if it is only a rumor.
    "For you see, an airplane is an airplane. A landing area is a landing area. But a dropzone... a dropzone is the people."

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    Yeah, who ever heard of Cy Perkins Parachute Center? ;)



    I still have one of those t-shirts. I'm afraid to wear it any more because I don't want it to fall apart.

    Bob
    "For you see, an airplane is an airplane. A landing area is a landing area. But a dropzone... a dropzone is the people."

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    Waiting for the classical "You can't jump a camera at 135 jumps, you're going to die, you're an idiot!".



    Nope, we used to say all that crap to people like you and the OP, but after all the head bashing in to walls most of us just quit providing the need advice that went unheeded.

    Now days if your stupid enough do it, like a lot of people are because "a go pro is so small and no real danger" then go for it!

    Strap that shit on, hell strap on more then one. One on your head facing forward and one backwards and one on each wrist too.

    If your so all and knowing don't come in here and ask us shit about how to do it for one and for two don't ask us how to do it safely when you don't meet the recommendations of your home countries parachuting rules!

    Other then that, have at it and maybe add some stills too, that is where the real money is anyway..... Stills.



    I went back and re-read the Original Posters' Original Post. It sounded like an electronics question. He is asking if anybody knows why his camera won't turn on, and that it has happened a couple times on jump run.

    Couldn't a question like that be from anybody who is using a new piece of equipment? What does lack of jumps have to do with an un-cooperative camera?
    "For you see, an airplane is an airplane. A landing area is a landing area. But a dropzone... a dropzone is the people."

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    The exploding Ford Pinto gas tank, the Challenger disaster, and the Kansas City Hyatt disaster come immediately to mind when "practical" people second guess engineers.



    I recall all three of those news-worthy episodes. I don't recall any mention in the news that these events were caused by "practical" people second guessing engineers.
    "For you see, an airplane is an airplane. A landing area is a landing area. But a dropzone... a dropzone is the people."

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    ONE hot summer’s day a Fox was strolling through an orchard till he came to a bunch of Grapes just ripening on a vine which had been trained over a lofty branch. “Just the things to quench my thirst,” quoth he. Drawing back a few paces, he took a run and a jump, and just missed the bunch. Turning round again with a One, Two, Three, he jumped up, but with no greater success. Again and again he tried after the tempting morsel, but at last had to give it up, and walked away with his nose in the air, saying: “I am sure they are sour.”



    OK, professor, explain your parable to us un-educated college dropouts.

    :(
    "For you see, an airplane is an airplane. A landing area is a landing area. But a dropzone... a dropzone is the people."

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    >Bill . . . it's the iinternet - you really shouldn't take it so seriously.

    If I took it seriously I wouldn't be volunteering. I might take some of those mean-n-nasty comments to heart and have some sort of existential crisis. Probably need aromatherapy or something.



    With nearly 50,000 posts to this forum I would think you'd need finger relaxation therapy. They must be pretty muscular by now.

    B|
    "For you see, an airplane is an airplane. A landing area is a landing area. But a dropzone... a dropzone is the people."