skyninja

I keep having more fun! Why don't you just play 'chicken' on the railroad tracks? It would be a cheaper way to toy with death, I'm sure. CWR #2 - "You SAID collision!"

Leave early and go to CSS or Raeford when you get back home. Why don't you just play 'chicken' on the railroad tracks? It would be a cheaper way to toy with death, I'm sure. CWR #2 - "You SAID collision!"

My "packing tips" DVD that came with the user manual for my Micron (2007) also showed stowing with the pin. I'm sure it's just personal preference and that the functionality difference is negligible. I always stow my own toggles when packing and look at them under canopy before releasing them, which has kept me out of trouble so far. My rigger mentioned a possiblility of a tension knot in the brake line(s) if stowing using the pin, but I can't visualize that happening with the setup. (This is also the same rigger who is vehemently against the skyhook, AADs, and "reinventing the wheel" with regards to harness/container systems, so I take that with a grain of salt.) Why don't you just play 'chicken' on the railroad tracks? It would be a cheaper way to toy with death, I'm sure. CWR #2 - "You SAID collision!"

available for those 3am "can we get a tylenol order...just in case??" requests? Why don't you just play 'chicken' on the railroad tracks? It would be a cheaper way to toy with death, I'm sure. CWR #2 - "You SAID collision!"

You stand just on the other side of my .38, then wait. Bring a snack and something to read. Why don't you just play 'chicken' on the railroad tracks? It would be a cheaper way to toy with death, I'm sure. CWR #2 - "You SAID collision!"

Sorry for the confusion, I am not Raymond Jones. Just able to offer the factual explanation. His gear is lying around the apartment. Why don't you just play 'chicken' on the railroad tracks? It would be a cheaper way to toy with death, I'm sure. CWR #2 - "You SAID collision!"

4 vigils for 4 rigs is the explanation for that one. Sorry if that kills the mystery/drama. Why don't you just play 'chicken' on the railroad tracks? It would be a cheaper way to toy with death, I'm sure. CWR #2 - "You SAID collision!"

A kinder solution than antifreeze, that's for sure. Why don't you just play 'chicken' on the railroad tracks? It would be a cheaper way to toy with death, I'm sure. CWR #2 - "You SAID collision!"

(Haha, that is, if there are the panties to be gotten in a wad.) I don't support the "secret" checking of the gear that includes checking under flaps/moving things around (eyeballing the 3-ring and harness is one thing, touching is another). Personally, I don't like just anybody to be taking liberties (touching without asking) with the gear that I've already carefully packed, checked over, donned correctly, and rechecked. That is up there with tampering in my book, especially if there is a need to be sneaky about it. If you don't want a gear check, you take your chances. If you DO want a gear check, you ask somebody that you trust to not fuck up your gear if its already right. It is different, I agree, if you are jumping with other people because there is more likely to be dangerous if something is amiss. It remains your perogative who you choose to jump with, whether it be for their safety or your own, and under what conditions. I personally am careful who checks my gear to avoid getting the dirty-old-man cooties on my rig. Why don't you just play 'chicken' on the railroad tracks? It would be a cheaper way to toy with death, I'm sure. CWR #2 - "You SAID collision!"

I hope your orthopedic surgeon has a high tolerance for noncompliance. Why don't you just play 'chicken' on the railroad tracks? It would be a cheaper way to toy with death, I'm sure. CWR #2 - "You SAID collision!"

"Check your harness, check your handles!" ? Why don't you just play 'chicken' on the railroad tracks? It would be a cheaper way to toy with death, I'm sure. CWR #2 - "You SAID collision!"

Right you are, Pops. I don't think I made it through the first 3 lines of that post when my personal intolerance for that particular tone of voice kicked in, so I apologize to you AFFI if I am later redundant after not reading all of what you so eloquently had to say. Further clarification of the forehead-penis isssue that so many of you object to: ------- "Should" is a word that I do not respond well to. Also, the assuption of a pedestal in place entices me to respond from one. However: As I note later in the thread, I was not in fact being bitchy to him, he probably didn't even know the penis was there on his forehead (I am not a reflexively mean person, so the look was one of curiosity - wow, is that really a penis growing out of your forehead?. It probably didn't help his case that I was rechecking the routing, KNEW it was right, and the fella kept insisting it was wrong, fron his vantage point of across the plane and 3 seats down no less, until I showed him up close.) I don't believe the words "thank you" specifically came out of my mouth, but neither did I respond with a "fuck you buddy, who do you think you are??" because I know he was trying to help. Somebody else may indeed save my life by spotting this or the like (I love the assumption that I need to be rescued - very ivory tower-esque. That must be why WildBill keeps gear checking me.. ), but that was not the case in this particular instance. Quote Your response should have been “thank you”. All the guy was doing was trying to help. Come down off the pedestal, it might save your life sometime. Why don't you just play 'chicken' on the railroad tracks? It would be a cheaper way to toy with death, I'm sure. CWR #2 - "You SAID collision!"

I never said I wasn't pleasant about correcting his error. Flame elsewhere. Why don't you just play 'chicken' on the railroad tracks? It would be a cheaper way to toy with death, I'm sure. CWR #2 - "You SAID collision!"

If you are going to correct somebody, make sure you're right first is all I'm saying. Side Note: I do like to imagine people I've just met with penises growing from their heads - kind of the equivalent of imagining that the crowd you're speaking in front of is naked... but funnier... Why don't you just play 'chicken' on the railroad tracks? It would be a cheaper way to toy with death, I'm sure. CWR #2 - "You SAID collision!"

I'd make him take MY name. Why don't you just play 'chicken' on the railroad tracks? It would be a cheaper way to toy with death, I'm sure. CWR #2 - "You SAID collision!"

And he was an English MAJOR? Set to GRADUATE??? Why don't you just play 'chicken' on the railroad tracks? It would be a cheaper way to toy with death, I'm sure. CWR #2 - "You SAID collision!"

That's a depressing way to look at it - but accurate if you think that everybody can be "helped". I'd like to think that you've succeeded in helping to keep safer those who want to be safer. Arguments of unnecessary "reinventing the wheel" be damned. Why don't you just play 'chicken' on the railroad tracks? It would be a cheaper way to toy with death, I'm sure. CWR #2 - "You SAID collision!"

I've had someone point out to me a "misrouted" chest strap - correctly routed. My reaction was to look at the fella like he had a penis growing out of his forehead, then show him that it was correct.

Heh, "don't hold your breath"? But I love my micron and it was worth the wait! Why don't you just play 'chicken' on the railroad tracks? It would be a cheaper way to toy with death, I'm sure. CWR #2 - "You SAID collision!"

Sorry buddy, but with that number of jumps, you don't know what you don't know. So it's not to say that you're not welcome to continue and ask question/discuss, its just that you may be less of a reliable source of skydiving information/opinion than a D license holder with 1000s of jumps. Don't let that be a blow to your ego, that's just how it is right now. As you jump more, you'll know more (I would hope), and you'll get into the culture more. Now starting out with insulting the more daring of the skydiving crowd may not have gotten you off on the right foot, but hey, that's the way you chose to enter this forum, so deal with the response that you get. Why don't you just play 'chicken' on the railroad tracks? It would be a cheaper way to toy with death, I'm sure. CWR #2 - "You SAID collision!"

Nice analogy. Why don't you just play 'chicken' on the railroad tracks? It would be a cheaper way to toy with death, I'm sure. CWR #2 - "You SAID collision!"

I don't think anybody cares if you are nuts and/or irresponsible or not, so long as you keep a good distance from everybody else if that should be the case... Why don't you just play 'chicken' on the railroad tracks? It would be a cheaper way to toy with death, I'm sure. CWR #2 - "You SAID collision!"

Only do hop N pops and pull subterminal? Why don't you just play 'chicken' on the railroad tracks? It would be a cheaper way to toy with death, I'm sure. CWR #2 - "You SAID collision!"

Had the same dilemma myself with about the same sized canopies around the same jump numbers (160 to 135 - I did not, however, both downsize and change planform). I'd say jump the Sabre to finish working out the kinks, then downsize when/if you're comfortable (after borrowing somebody's Pilot 150 for a few jumps if you can to get used to the handling difference). Keep the Pilot another 100-150 jumps before you decide to sell it. There is a big difference how you fly from now until then. I think most jumpers (guys) are used to flying a higher wingloading from the start, so their downsizing is not so dramatic. Flyweights like us go from the 240 (0.5-6 wingload!!!) student canopies and are told to downsize 100 square feet within 50-100 jumps (to the magic ~1.0!) so we won't "underload" the canopy. Advice can be helpful, but remember that in the end it's YOUR judgment and YOUR legs. Why don't you just play 'chicken' on the railroad tracks? It would be a cheaper way to toy with death, I'm sure. CWR #2 - "You SAID collision!"

I took fuck bag to indicate the "Mr. Moneybags" who primarily is concerned with the bottom line (less risk of litigation, etc.), using the guise of concern for people's welfare as the publicly declared reason for tightening down rules. Concern for "safety" may play a part, but it seems a secondary motive - or even just a convenient excuse to act on the primary motivation. I have no stake in the business, so the owners are free to do as they please with their endeavor. If they find it financially sound to restrict their services, that is their perogative. Their decisions (and people's percieved motivations behind them) may or may not lead people to believe that they are a fuck bag. Bitching and moaning about their decision being detrimental for swoopers is pointless. It is not a DZ's responsibility to cater to any particular sect of jumper. They have a business to run, and will do so as they see fit. Swoopers have no right to demand service, nor does anyone else. A DZ offers their service for a price, and if that is not agreeable to the jumper, then don't make the purchase. Go somewhere else that offers what you want. Problem solved. Why don't you just play 'chicken' on the railroad tracks? It would be a cheaper way to toy with death, I'm sure. CWR #2 - "You SAID collision!"