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I like your plan +1 Beware this is how the secrete of LP got out. How many jumpers can you all handle/hr before you hit critical mass. We all know jumpers like to whine if manifest gets backed up.

I dunno. I'd have lots of concerns as an instructor...If someone becomes incapacitated easily from spins, I'd worry about how they'd perform in a spinning mal situation. What happens if they burble an exit? Does unstable freefall incapacitate them as well? I agree a teaching tandem would be a good next step, but the reality is that there are situations that are out of our control as skydivers which might result in violent spins.... That said, if the student decides not to continue, the DZ has to refund the unspent money. Keeping it is unacceptable. Hi LOF Full disclosure. I'm not tandem person or a instructor. How long did you have to wait in line to make your tandem? What time of day did you make the tandem? How many tandems were waiting in line after you made your tandem? How many tandem instructors did you see on the dz? Did you sign a contract that said no refunds? IMO $800 is a lot of money, and worth the effort to address your concerns to the right person. Find out who the owner of the dz operation is and start documenting your concerns to the owner via email to start a paper trail. Good luck. One Jump Wonder

Hi LOF Is the dz going to return the balance of the $1,000 that's left over after deducting the cost of your tandem.? One Jump Wonder

Do you have a blindfold you wear to keep the sun from waking you up early thirty. Your going to have some serious jet lag. Me bad, I'm sorry. No I'm not, Yes I am, No I'm not. Sounds like Fitz will be a great boogie. Enjoy! One Jump Wonder

Take note, all you young Journalism Majors...... THAT'S a headline. Don Hi Don How about 10,000 pigeons hired by TSA to go through security training to check passengers cavities for suspicious objects. OTOH I don't think that one will fly One Jump Wonder

Aunt Jemima! mmmm. And I remember the log cabin syrup in a little log cabin. Hi turtlespeed Made a dash to the grocery store. After looking hi and low, and asking a bunch of nice ladies if they knew where the pancake mix was stashed I finally found the pancake mix shelf. No Aunt Jemima pancake mix. And very little of the off brand stuff. Found a couple of bottles of the Aunt Jemima pancake syrup. Damn now I have a hankering for home made pancakes. We inherited some Aunt Jemima memorabilia, USA hand made toaster cover, S & P shaker, no telling what else. And my all time favorite the lawn jockey. To bad it's made out of concrete instead of the original metal ones. All this memorabilia has been in my wife's family for 50 plus yrs. Anyone don't like what I have in front of my house or inside my house. To bad.

The auto correct spell checker I'm thinking that may be the new normal, the dz.com resident spelling nazi must going . I'm sure our techno wizards know what's going on. So your able to log on to the www from your phone. Can you talk on the thing the same time your logged on? Or does that take two phones One Jump Wonder

Thanks I needed that. One Jump Wonder

Hi I assume this means that the "mamma" from the pancake mix box, and the maple syrup bottles isn't being used anymore. One Jump Wonder

What caused the uncontrolled dismount Frozen bearings, exceeded the max safe operating speed? We need a skate boarder jockey! One Jump Wonder

Ya got me. Nice, ambiguous sentence. Nope, it's me with the girl strapped on the front. I know you know who's who in that shot. Barely. The passenger meh The clean white jumpsuit, has to be Vsk The skid lids with the windshields. It does make it challenging. All you jumpers look the same. But the floaty ones are usually young and skinny. So the dude at the opposite end from vsk has to be #1 son. If there's a boobie prize I want it. R.

You bringing your own ear muffs? One Jump Wonder

Yes, but probably not in the US. In spite of what our government says. They are every where. One Jump Wonder

Hi John Congrats on your son getting his TM rating. One Jump Wonder

Maybe and that's final. One Jump Wonder

Me bad I chose a favorite toy that only 1% of the other respondent's chose. R.I.P. One Jump Wonder

The forces of evolution make everyone at least a little self serving. You have to take care of yourself before you can take care of someone else, right? Lucky, he sounds like one to avoid. But John Maybe Lucky needs a project, she can help the dude turn his life around. The reward of saving a lost soul I imagine would be very gratifying.

I started in the same time frame you did we probably jumped the same gear but I only weighed 135 lbs. Even on rounds we were able to get stand ups if we weren't getting blown backwards to fast. I wasn't a landing expert I was a light weight.

I don't know. Try and let everyone know there is a problem that isn't being addressed. How about You , how would you solve this problem.? Anyone else have any idea's. A brit mentioned in a not her thread per BPA protocol manifest had a big red rubber stamp to the dgits paperwork notify the next dz down the road. The dzo and go dz always check for USPA membership how about asking the unknowns to leave their license with manifest. They get banned from the dz stamp it. The dz down the road will ask for the proof of USPA membership before letting them jump. Scarlet letter A. I know this is the usa, and we have USPA and they always do a wonderful job, know more than the brits and then there is the legal issues. Who can do what, don't want to sued. All the excuses we have heard in the past. "We'll look into it and get back with you" "what would you do?" Dan G is that the best you can do? Nice attitude dude. Does anyone care that these dgits are real people with families and this dumb ass may have experienced a life altering injury that may affect his whole family for a very long time. One Jump Wonder

Had a roommate that felt the same way. Developed his own system. The dude just left his clean clothes in his laundry basket. Straight out of the dryer no folding required. When he noticed the laundry basket was getting close to empty he knew it was getting close to laundry time. He was using his dresser to hold his dirty cloths, kept the odor down, kept the clutter down in his room. When the basket was empty he dumped out his dirty laundry directly from the dresser drawer directly into the laundry basket. He didn't mind washing the laundry per say it was the whole process he had a problem with, it was a never ending cycle. So he made his laundry process as efficient as he could. Cut out the dirty clothes hamper, cut out folding the clean laundry, cut out transferring of clean clothes into the dresser. All his exterior clothes that wouldn't look good in wrinkles, he sent to the dry cleaner. Three single male vet, jumpers splitting a apt. What could go wrong One Jump Wonder

Not sure One Jump Wonder

I'm not a police person , a lawyer or a thief. Trust me But I think some of that is a bluff. The cops can ask for permission to enter the house. But we don't have to grant it. They need a search warrant, then they don't have to ask. There's also something about if the residence is occupied by more than one resident in the residence the police can ask who owns the bike. If no one steps forward the police have to be able to prove who that specific resident is. A lot of time at least where I live, the police don't have the resources to investigate, any but the most serious crimes. Most of the cops are real nice people but after the first time, I won't let them inside my house or on my property again if I don't have to. I'll meet them out side but not inside., I haven't washed the dishes in the sink and I'd be to embarrassed One Jump Wonder

IMO The young one's have realized that in spite of the best intentions, of USPA and The group membership program. Due to modern technology if they get grounded at one dz. That just kicks the can down the road and doesn't solve the real problem. A dgit. If a young one wants to push the envelope, and they get grounded at one dz all they have to do is get in their car and drive to the next dz and they might be back in business. YMMV. The exception to the YMMV is the DGIT must be a current member of USPA. Read some the latest incident reports there's a prime example of what can go wrong. With the number of canopies in the air the other jumpers on the load dodged a bullet and may not have known it. has the potential One Jump Wonder

Art has nothing to do with it. It's a basic geometric pattern of concentric circles. The string is your friend. Get a piece of graph paper and a compass. Or a string and a few crayons. The pointy end of the compass is your center point, the marking end of the compass replaces the can of spray paint. If you practice on paper first If you can get it to work on paper, visit harbor freight, or home depot loews and see and Check out the different type of spray paint cans available. Some cans are designed to discharge inverted from the center of the nozzle. One Jump Wonder