DougH

...they suck! "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P

That sucks Keri. I am sorry to hear that. I keep trying to tell jumpers to stay away from Winter sports. They are dangerous! But no one wants to listen. "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P

Please revisit your SIM more, and post less. "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P

I know your excited about being a skydiver, all new jumpers are proud of themselves that they glow in the dark. But honestly man, with that attitude, get over yourself. What makes you think that the sports founders wanted people like you to jump? Does it matter if they did or didn't? You are jumping out of plane, it is there for any one to experince. It is cool, it is fun, but step back and realize that your not curing cancer or anything. You could only be so lucky as to have all of the "emo kids" in your area decide to start jumping and give a huge boost to your local dropzones. "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P

All of my bonehead products have peeling velcro. Most of them did this months after purchase. Great helmets, but damn, can't they get some better velcro or something? "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P

Take that price and amortize it over 20 years... or however long this business has been in operation. I think that puts it more into perspective. "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P

Sure, my advice is to use real pea gravel. "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P

That is amusing, especially since only a few months ago I recieved some really good swooping advice from him. It has really has helped improve what I was doing, and made me safer too. He is by far one of the funniest individuals I have ever met in my life.

It was getting green so the shocked it. "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P

There was a financial transaction. There were gross reciepts. The FAA doesn't care about his bottom line, only the IRS and his bank account care about his bottom line. "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P

If said pilot has 10,000 hours and is such a great pilot why can't he get a comercial ticket? It should be an easy task in that case. If they won't get that ticket for financial reasons, or simply to thumb their nose at the rules... then what other corners are getting cut for financial reasons, and what other rules are being ignored. "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P

I have a Mamba 132 packed into a IconI5 that is sized for a 175 but can fit a 190 if you work for it. No hard openings. "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P

I agree, it was the breast idea so far in this thread. "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P

It also gives your tandems more time to get packed and geared up if you have limited staff and rigs. More back to back loads; more efficient flying. "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P

Get a pitbull to chain up to the back of the car? "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P

Would it also kill you to search? "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P

If they are google ads then you have almost no choice about what ads google sends your way. "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P

12. Begin taking over the world with strategic nuclear attacks! "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P

I agree. And as long as they continue to hose the general membership in favor of being a trade organization they will be unable to inspect, police, or even spank the hand of any of their group members for fear of another antitrust lawsuit. "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P

Oh my... *snicker*. Phew... I can breathe again. Every one around my cube is wondering why I spotaneously broke into uncontrollable laughter. This is definetly one instance where I think I will refrain from explaining the joke. "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P

"Becase he is a really good pilot" but he is too lazy or cheap or unhealthy to get the commerical cert. No? Maybe Jan said it was ok! "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P

Did you hear any good things about all the awesome tickets their pilot held. Comercial, Instrument, Multi Engine.... no? Funny the FAA didn't either. "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P

And the effect would be nil, zip. The oil companies don't set the prices, the commodity traders do. If the institutional investors did not hit their desired return the price goes up. It really is that simple. Expect the price to reach $250 / barrel by July 2009. Expect Mexico to be no longer exporting oil to the U.S. in 6 years. Expect Russia to stop exporting oil in 9 years. I fixed it for you, sorry but I just don't think that it is that simple. Sure there is a increase in global demand but there is a comodity bubble in my opinion. "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P

Could you be more specific. Are you talking about riggers packing reserves and doing and inspection, or packers trash packing mains? If I asked a rigger to supervise me packing my own reserve that I would expect to pay more. The job is going to take longer and is going to involve more babysiting on his or her behalf. Now just watching is another story. I would understand if it didn't fit into a riggers schedule to have me just sit there and watch, but if they wanted to charge me just for watching I would find a new rigger. "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P

I chase, follow, and recover gear. Unless your gear is landing in the crushed glass landfill, or the pitbull farm expect me to make an effort to land with it. I actually was questioned about this the other day. Why land off with the gear, you can get hurt. Well I think I have the ability to land in tons of conditions, it is damn fun, and I wish some one else would wait with my 1-2k piece of nylon if I was in the same position. It is the right thing to do, but aparantly from peoples reactions it is no longer the norm?!? "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P