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  1. There was a packing course at Campbell River a couple of weeks ago.

    If you live in Vancouver, your best option is to contact the DZ at Abbottsford.

    If you tell me exactly where you live, I might be available for private lessons during evenings, etc.

    Hint: I live at the corner of 6th and 6th in New Westminster, but work near the north end of Boundary Road.

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  2. 12 hours ago, Coreece said:

    No, if anything that seed was planted by the 80s videos I was posting in the music video thread that day and something I read in L.A times that I posted here about a year ago:

    https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2022-04-12/a-transgender-psychologist-reckons-with-how-to-support-a-new-generation-of-trans-teens

    "She has helped hundreds of teens transition. But she has also come to believe that some children identifying as trans are falling under the influence of their peers and social media and that some clinicians are failing to subject minors to rigorous mental health evaluations before recommending hormones or surgeries. “I think it’s gone too far. . ."

     

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    Actually no, I remember now.  It was from this Bill Maher Segment that referenced that article:

     

    12 hours ago, Coreece said:

     

    Well spoken!

    When two or more social critics say essentially the same thing ... then maybe ... just maybe ... they speak the truth.

    Sorry, but I spent last week at a reunion of military veterans (Operation Pegasus Jump 2023 at Campbell River Skydive Center) and military veterans tend to live on the conservative side of politics, religion, sexuality, etc. The attitude spoken most often was "I don't care who you want to %$#@! just don't shove your sexual preferences down my throat."

    When I said "I have not need-to-know about your sexuality until you invite me into your bed." was greeted with smiles and nods.

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    2 hours ago, billvon said:

    There was definitely light prior to the formation of the Earth.  Again, per Genesis 1:

    -There's the Earth which has been there from before Genesis, but only water - no land.
    -Then light is created.
    -Then space (the "firmament") is created.
    -Then dry land.
    -Then grasses, plants and trees.
    -Then the sun, moon and stars.
    -Then birds and fish.
    -Then land animals.
    -Then man.

    It is interesting to compare this to Genesis 2, in which the order is different.  It starts at the "creation of dry land" step from Genesis 1, then proceeds:

    -Dry land
    -Then a mist to water the dry land and make it moist
    -Then man is created.
    -Then trees, and the Garden of Eden.
    -Then a big river.
    -Then all the land animals and birds.
    -Then woman.

    "Religion or science? What is your best guess?" is the title of a sermon that I wrote a while back for a Unitarian/Universalist Church. The book of Genesis was a "best guess" based upon early Jews' limited understanding of physics, history, cosmology, etc. Fast forward to modern quantum physics and I remain cynical. My brain only grew as far as the Newtonian Physics needed to fix and fly airplanes, parachutes, kayaks, etc. I understand that Newtonian Physics are not enough to explain the inner workings of atoms.

    I also predict that some of current Quantum Physics will be laughed at 50 years in the future because current scientific thinking is still only a "best guess."

    On another note, when trying to determine whether light came before water, etc. in the book of Genesis, remember basic Newtonian Physics says that solids, liquids, gases and plasma (aka, light) are based upon the same materials/elements, just at different energy levels (aka. excitation levels). There is a logical progression from solid to liquid to gas to plasma.

    Finally, my suspicion is that the Big Bang Theory is just a simplified and shortened explanation for vast waves of expansion and contraction. These waves are far too huge for the human mind to comprehend. ... so we read simplified explanations in the book of Genesis or the Big Band Theory.  I also suspect that the Big Bang Theory was written to passify the Christian Bible-Thumpers who needed a version of science that supports the Holy Bible. 

  4. On 7/11/2023 at 1:22 AM, Coreece said:

    Just like 80's hair bands. . .it's just a fade.  Tho in this case it's just another boogie man to garner votes from "minorities"

    You are quoting Canadian Professor Jordan Peterson (clinical psychologist) in that he perceives the current fad for trans-gender surgery to be a fad. A fad like teenagers cutting their own skin .... a fad the Salem Witch Hunts ... a fad like another dozen religious crusades .... a fad like a variety of religious jihads ... a fad like the Flat Earth Society ... a fad like disco music ....

  5. On 7/13/2023 at 10:01 AM, johnhking1 said:

    This talk about the Bible got me thinking.  If God created the universe, where was he when he created it.  There must have been somewhere else he was hanging out.  Was he in his condo or on the beach with Snoop Dog drinking a Corona.  It says he created it in 6 days.  Well if there was no earth rotating on it's axis and revolving around the sun, how could there be any days.  It says after the 6 days, he rested on the 7th.  I know Saturday and Sunday are considered the weekend but the calendar has Sunday at the beginning of the week.  Who ever wrote the Bible must not have had an editor because a lot of other things don't make much sense either.

    The Christian "New Testament" mainly quotes sermons that were originally spoken in the Aramaic language that was spoken in Palestine 2,000 years ago. Then some of the Bible was translated into Greek (the dominant language of scholars) then some was translated into Latin (precursor to modern Italian) then Wycliffe, etc. translated the Bible into English. Parts of meanings were lost every time the Bible was translated. Then Wycliffe staff translated the Bible into hundreds of little-known languages ... and the process continues ....

  7. Agreed!

    I learned how to drive in an M113.5 Lynx back when the USSR was still considered evil.

    Sending M113s to Ukraine would reduce the number of Ukrainian infantry casualties. Remember that this is a war of attrition where Russia can afford to lose hundreds of thousands of soldiers while Ukraine cannot replace their casualties. The Canadian Army learned this lesson during the summer of 1944 and responded with Kangaroo APCs.

    Several retired American generals have opined that sending M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine might be a bit of a "white elephant." The last thing the Ukrainian Army needs is a new supply chain for M1 Abrams, plus a new supply for British-supplied Challengers, plus a new supply chain for Leopards, plus a new supply chain for ......

  8. I watched the latest "Mission Impossible, Dead Reckoning Part 1" over the weekend and rather enjoyed it. The film is a rollicking chase scene involving enough stunts to hold the attention of even jaded old me. The only room for improvement would be a bit more proximity-flying with his speed-wing.

    Final credits included BASE pros "Alaska" John Devore and Miles Dasher.

  9. Stocking shelf-stable foods is a good start.

    A few years back I was injured in a plane crash and unable to work for 5 months.

    Then I needed knee surgery and was unable to work for 15 months.

    Both times my stock-pile of canned food and dried pasta kept me alive. I may have lost 60 pounds during the second crisis, but the key point is that I survived both crises because of food stock-piles.

    Your second level of stock-piles should include tools and books on how to use those tools.

    Somewhere along the way it helps to have like-minded friends.

  10. On 7/15/2023 at 10:22 PM, JerryBaumchen said:

    Hi super,

    That same error caused the very first tandem fatality.

    Jerry Baumchen

    They died because the TI wasted too much altitude trying to attach the shoulder hooks.

    A few other TIs have made the same mistake BUT they quickly realized the error of their ways and tossed out that giant decellerator ... the main canopy. They landed with their students hanging from the 2500 pound MBS side hooks .... had embarassing conversations with their local TIEs ... did a bit of refresher training and resumed work.

    The key take-away is that when you have a problem, often the best solution is deploying your main canopy.

  11. This is a very old video.

    It looks like the harness/container is a Vector II and Vector II production stopped around the turn of the century ... when RWS/UPT introduced the Sigma tandem system.

    My last jump on a Vector II was before COVID (circa 2018) and that was one of the last Vector IIs still working in Canada.

  13. On 7/5/2023 at 11:25 AM, A-73988 said:

    With respect to BASE canopies, what are the potential cons, if any,  of 6G sliders in your opinion? 

    I am not a good source - of advice about BASE gear - since my last BASE jump was in 1986. I wore stock skydiving equipment. The only change was a larger pilot-chute and spider slider. The larger pilot-chute helped at low airspeeds. I believed that the 4-grommet spider slider helped keep line groups separate and neat.

    Multiple generations of BASE gear have been built since then.

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  14. 6-holed sliders were more valuable back when bulky Dacron suspension lines were fashionable on tandems. Those bulky Dacron lines got even more bulky as they absorbed desert dust and became increasingly fuzzy as they aged. Only the best of packers could minimize tension knots in Dacron suspension lines. They had to walk the lines up at least 3 times to even tension.

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  15. On 6/1/2023 at 11:24 AM, normiss said:

    I like those, both seem better than the FAA Class 3 - which I always laughed at. I also never understood why they needed an inventory of tattoos. But, what's wrong with the current urinalysis? 

    The 'Inventory of tattoos" is to help identify the corpse after you hook-turn yourself into the morgue.

    Hah!

    Hah!

    Caution: black humor.

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  20. Sounds like they are trying to lower standards for their female students.

    I say that we should hold female students to a higher standard than "fragile vessels."

    I do not understand how "fragile vessels" can cook, clean, manage a household, raise children, balance a budget, drive kids to soccer practice, etc.

    The last thing that I want to deal with is weak, lazy, girly, sissified dainty flowers in skirts.

    My attitude is based upon too many years dealing with women as a soldier, air force technician, skydiving instructor and city bus driver.

    What female students wear is totally secondary. Just limit over-sexualized clothing since it is difficult enough for teenaged boys to concentrate while they are going through puberty.

  21. Returning to the original question ... if you want to experience how a reserve turns and flares, borrow a ZP 7 cell the same size, say a Triathlon. The Triathlon will not open as hard/quick, but it will turn and flare similar to a new reserve of the same size.

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  22. The generation of Technical Standard Order will not change with the date of manufacture. The TSO will only change after the manufacturer repeats all those drop tests and receives approval from the FAA. Given that drop tests cost something like $1,000. per jump, few manufacturers are going to repeat drop tests just to get an updated TSO. They are allowed to continue manufacturing - under the original TSO - as long as they keep the accident rate low.

    The FAA is unlikely to insist on any changes considering how few skydivers die every year. Skydiving will remain a low priority for the FAA as long as we keep fatality rates low.

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  23. On 6/15/2023 at 5:16 AM, ryoder said:

    Looks like some clueless Russian officers still have not figured out that drones exist.

    Jump to 2:55

     

    Some day, some one is going to explain to me the logic behind parades. When in uniform, I stood thousands of hours on parade, but no one ever explained tome why?????????

    I was even among the honor guard when Prince Charles and Lady Diana visited Halifax.

    Why parade????????????

  24. On 6/12/2023 at 1:42 PM, billvon said:

    ( . . . . to emulate the style of the anti-EV posts out there . .  .)

    Today another oil disaster DESTROYED I-95 near Philadelphia!  A truck full of toxic oil products exploded and then burned, eventually DESTROYING the entire interstate.  Imagine what would happen if the fossil fuel agenda is shoved down your throat, and you get to watch the roads you use every day get incinerated by this insanity!  You would not be able to work or visit your family.  Poor families will become unemployed, and will be made homeless once they can no longer afford rent.  Children will freeze on the streets. 

    It's all about government CONTROL people.  If they can destroy enough of the roads, the government will be able to control where you go!  Wake up sheeple!  Don't let them dictate where you can go.

    Hopefully safe, effective EV's will stop this insane push to force people to use dangerous and toxic fossil fuels.

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/video-captures-dip-in-road-moments-before-philadelphia-i-95-collapse/ar-AA1csq7Q

    When you consider the relative dangers of transporting oil, road is probably the worst. Compare oil spills on roads, with train de-railments, with leaking pipelines with oil-carrying ships running aground. I can only remember one leaking pipeline in British Columbia and that was caused by a back-hoe. My evening constitutional will be along a high-pressure oil pipeline that runs up the side of Burnaby Mountain.

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  25. 8 hours ago, ryoder said:

    Of course, inability to find an attorney would play right into Trump's favorite legal tactic: delaying proceedings.

    "Abuse of process" is considered a sin in Canadian courts.