Stumpy

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    You obviously don't have any idea what the definition of a Yankee is. Geez, some people are so clueless.

    Don't you know a Yankee is a Northerner who comes to the South to visit and a Damn Yankee is one that comes down and stays.

    Is it the same for a Brit who comes to visit and a Dirty Brit who comes over and stays?



    Hey hey hey - i resent that! We are all dirty brits!
    :D
    (and i thought we were supposed to be "limeys" anyway!!!)
    Never try to eat more than you can lift

  8. Just got home to blustery england :S

    But....

    45 jumps in all,
    1 balloon (today - amazing)
    1 Biplane
    20 team 4-ways
    Assorted other horny g's etc

    Having JP swoop and try to drag me back up to a formation i'd gone low on (again) while he was filming camera - pretty funny

    Putting names to faces - good thing. Good to meet Alana, Justi (glad you survived your chop - good work!!), Betsy, HH, Amazon and everyone. Hope you all got home safe and had as good a time as me!!!

    Work on monday will be a shock :(
    Never try to eat more than you can lift

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    Ought that factor into people's worry about AAD's thus making them more worrisome than simply reserves on their own?



    If i am reading you right then i don't think your logic follows. The odds only multiply if you have this scenario which is a AAD fired reserve. The primary reason you would have this is due to not pulling it yourself.

    I.e. No AAD - probability of dying: (f'in close to 1)
    AAD - probability of dying - much less than 1.

    The only reason i could thnk of where this argument holds is where you RELY on an AAD to pull for you when you are completely capable of pulling yourself. Which as some of the far more experienced guys have said, is an extremely bad idea!;)

    Or am i missing something?
    (on a lighter note Mat, Happy Christmas and i'll see ya next year!!)
    Never try to eat more than you can lift

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    Yep. My son did his entire S/L to freefall progression over a 4-day long-weekend at your DZ - He was 16 at the time. Alas, I had to ground him soon afterwards because his school-work was suffering.


    Boooo!!! ;) Actually i think thats fair enough.
    A kitesurfer i know who is 15 or 16 now was told by his dad he could kitesurf as much as he want as long as he kept his grades up. So he did distance learning whil training in south africa, gets good grades and kitesurfs all day long.

    Oh and incidentally for anyone who knows the sport, his name is Aaron Hadlow and he just won the world tour!

    That kind of incentive works for some.....
    Never try to eat more than you can lift

  19. Just FYI, I have a vector and a mate has the X-Lander, and my vector has lasted way better than his. And than includes a year (well 8 months anyway) of working on a beach with it and lots of abuse. Mine is pretty battered but still working well. In his the strap has perished, and the body is looking pretty manky. (Oh and the rubber vector strap fits over a wetsuit as well - but thats probably not a consideration for most!)

    As far as jumping goes, i don't use mine as a primary in freefall, i prefer the easy to read at a glance analogue for that, but i have used it to measure heights lost in turns and the like under canopy for which it seems pretty accurate. opinions may vary though. Or you could get a neptune......
    Never try to eat more than you can lift

  20. Glad you are ok dave - sounds like a lucky escape and sharp reactions on your part. Last time i fell off the guy (in a big van) actually saw me coming and aimed for me, knocked me off, ran over my foot, stopped, looked..... and drove off!!:SB| One knackered foot and written off bike later....

    With the tyres, you might be ok as i doubt the tyres on your scooter (that phrase always makes me laugh :D) are soft racing tyres but probably best to check em out.
    Never try to eat more than you can lift

  21. I don't know if you were implying that but i definitely aint a floaty butt - ask my 4-way buddies!!!:D

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    Edited to add.. just to be inclusive.. we can work on some newbie ways.. sort of an RW skills camp for some of the newer people that come from places that dont get much work on that.. keep the number a bit smaller and work on the skills.



    That would be fantastic - i would be well up fpr something like this - the full on 20+ way is a bit too challenging just yet! ;)
    Never try to eat more than you can lift