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So did the person who built ours!!! You are better off landing in the grass because that shit hurts even after you rake it. "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P

Are you 190 with gear, or with out? Wait on the gear. Try to rent some gear from the dz that you can use to step down to smaller sizes. Get your instructors involved!! You may find that 1:1 is too much to handle, or you may find it very comfortable and you may be upset if you bought a 210 or 220 instead. "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P

A suit made from the skins of missing packers... "It puts the canopy in the bag or it gets the hose again" "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P

Extreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeemeeeeee!!!! If I had a buck for every night of my NJ child hood spent high as a kite in WC waiting for a huge sack of sliders I would be a rich man. Those were good times. "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P

You skinny bitch!!! Eight is just a warm up . "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P

Or honest!!! My dumbest so far was failing to reminding everyone to check handles and chest straps on one jump... "its 10 oclock do you know where your handles are??" On that jump some one left the plane without a chest strap, the person I was jumping with!!! Thank god he stayed in the harness but when I found out I felt like a real dick!!! "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P

What can we do about it though? I jump the fabrics that are in my jump suit for specific characteristics. Aside from getting a jump suit lined with some fire retardant material it is out of my hands right? "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P

Hey they sent me a free dbag and pilot chute to try to sort something out... that is up there with L&B!!! "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P

I buy beer when I do something that I think is a milestone and I would like to share my excitement about it with people. The first time I packed a tandem I was nervous right down until the time they landed. I thought that it warranted beer. I won't be buying beer the next time I pack a new to me used canopy simply because it is a "first". Bring the beer out after the beer light is on. And make sure you give it out and tell people what it is for. It isn't just free beer, they have a duty to talk to you about your first if they take it!! "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P

Orange gets my vote. they are top notch!!! They opened the drop zone for my college club on my way back to CT after collegiates after no other drop zones along the way were going to be open. Orange was happy to try to find a pilot, and offer us great jump tickets. Some of their fun jumpers showed up to jump with us, and later were nice enough to invite us over to their house for a bbq. On of the nicest group of jumpers I have met yet!!! Their super otter was very nice! "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P

Turbo brats!!! "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P

Attempts, jumps... two planes and we were touching each other in freefall. "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P

Otter, both twin and super C182 C206 Casa Caravan Allouete King Air I need to get out more, I really want to put some older jump ships on my list!! "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P

Try some fiber!!! "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P

Just eight so far.... all in the US. I think I am off to a good head start. "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P

I hope this doesn't cross the line as advertising. I am a fun jumper at Danielson CT and I am hoping to get more jumpers out midweek so I can get to jump more!!! More jumpers, more loads, more jumps for me. The DZ is open 7 days a week so if you start getting twitchy mid week send me a PM!!! There are also some hop and pop specials during the week but I don't want to cross the advertising line by describing them here. It is no longer a 182 drop zone, they have two C206's and we have already made some two plane formation attempts this season. "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P

I already did, they are like 25X more likely to go crazy!!!! "Buyer" beware!!! "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P

Sometimes I get the strange feeling right around break off that I no longer have my rig. "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P

I would argue that other skydivers are putting YOUR life in jeopardy by failing to give enough horizontal separation if a higher pull is a safety issue at a single plane single pass operation. Vertical seperation is a load of garbage!!! I do agree that it isn't a good idea to pull unannounced in this scenario, give some healthy wave offs just in case. "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P

That doesn't worry me, what worries me is the fact that I have more jumps then ability. "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P

Where are your are you coming up with this extreme increase in interest? Extreme increase of what? Tandems, observers, students who progress past a single tandem skydive? Maybe I am wrong, but it seems like the skydiving industry is in a decline in many areas, not a massive increase. "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P

I disagree. From talking to customers, and watching their reactions I think most of them are way more impressed with a gentle tandem landing then they are by swoopers. In fact many get concerned when they see some one pull a real fast swoop... "we won't have to land like that will we!!!" "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P

BBQ "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P

If it doesn't get on the plane it gets the hose again! "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P

As far as I know the two week turn around is for stock containers with custom sized harnesses, not a fully custom rig. "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P