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  1. keithbar

    ***Yes to radials and running LOW over the field, gear UP and THROTTLED...:) AND preferably ATTACHED to a DC-3...;) which would then Hit The Flight Line !!! you don't have to fly it to 13 Five...price it and charge, according to " 30 minutes of Climb " ....then she turns to jump run, as long as it's above 10 grand....:o and everybody gets OUT!!! Toss a few tandems on every load... with special 50 or 100 Dollar Upcharge for The Nostalgia...having those extra funds applied to defraying some of the Ferry Fees...:P IF i'm a tandem customer and/or a "bucket lister " expecting to make just One jump.... I think I WOULD pay a premium to MAKE that skydive Outta a venerable DC 3....:oB| jus' sayin' :)

    I like your planB|

    +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.:)
    The last time we were at LP we had a practice session for the cock choir. There was one song that mentioned the "3". I over heard one of the younger ones ask his buddy what a "3" was.[:/]:o:D.

    Might want to include a pic and a short history lesson about the dc3/c47. For the tandems and peeps that haven't been around as long as some of you more experienced jumper.[:/]

    I'm sure Spence is a pro at setting this up. Or he wouldn't be still doing it.;) Don't worry be happy, I'm sorry to disappoint you all :S but I have a prior commitment and won't be able to attend.;)

    Now i just have to remember what my prior commitment was.:$;)
    One Jump Wonder

  2. yoink

    ***
    And there is almost no need ever for any skydiver to continuously spiral. So not being able to spiral a lot shouldn't be a problem.




    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 moneyB|, and worth the effort to address your concerns to the right person.:ph34r:

    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

  3. leap_0f_faith

    I'm at the DZ and my instructor is not willing to take the risk. He suggested me to get into some other extreme sports like scuba or paragliding first and told me to come back next year.

    I'm soo sad but I also understand what he's saying. Now looking for a place to learn paragliding in Thailand.



    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

  4. promise5

    I'm going to be hiding in my camper by 9. With ear plugs.



    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

  5. PLFKING

    Quote

    "10,000 pigeons go through anal security check for suspicious objects."




    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

  6. turtlespeed

    ***Hi

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



    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:S 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.:)
    One Jump Wonder

  7. promise5

    Noooo thongs!!!!
    I need mind bleach!!!!

    It's kilts!! Not things!! Guys should NEVER wear a thong

    I hate my phones auto correct !!



    The auto correct spell checker[:/] I'm thinking that may be the new normal, the dz.com resident spelling nazi must going :S. I'm sure our techno wizards know what's going on.

    So your able to log on to the www from your phone. :o

    Can you talk on the thing the same time your logged on? Or does that take two phones:|
    One Jump Wonder

  11. JohnMitchell

    ***

    Congrats on your son getting his TM rating. B|

    :D 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. :P:D

    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.:ph34r:

    If there's a boobie prize I want it.B|



    R.

  13. quade

    Quote

    BE AWARE .... THEY WALK AMONG US ... and THEY VOTE!!!!



    Yes, but probably not in the US.


    In spite of what our government says.

    They are every where.[:/]
    One Jump Wonder

  17. JohnMitchell

    ***This is not a man vs woman issue. This is a human vs psychopath issue.

    Psychopathy being a sliding scale and pretty much everyone having a little bit of it, but some people being 11 on a scale of 10.

    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. :)
    And everyone will live a happy life forever after. :)Happy Happy Happy

    R.I.P.

    In case any one asks, No I wouldn't do it:S, I'm not qualified :(
    But Lucky :)might be.
    One Jump Wonder

  18. Osceola1968-70

    I made 200 jumps in 1968-70. Most of them at Osceola WI. The only injury noted back then was a broken leg. Since the early 1980's I have dealt with a compressed disc in my neck treating it with exercises and shots. In 2006 I had both knees replaced because all the cartilage was gone. This year at age 70 I had spinal fusion surgery to fuse my lumbar vertebrae (L3, L4 and L5) together because the discs between the vertebrae were gone and L4 was misaaligned. I have attached an X-ray of the spinal surgery result. The neurosurgeon did a great job.

    It seems to me that compared to others my age I am having more than normal issues like these. I am wondering if it is just age or did all those hard landings, trying to get a trophy, contribute? If the jumps did contribute then people in the sport should be aware of this potential price to be paid later on, down the road.



    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.:)

    And yes I also broke a ankle . I was being stupid. But the arthritis that the Dr predicted never developed.

    Every one will get OLD it's contagious unless they die first. If i knew I was going to live this long I would have taken better care of my body.:D Did you have to hump a big heavy over loaded rucksack for the army? PLAY football in college, etc etc.

    Thanks for the X ray you've been screwed 3 times.[:/] That's all I'm qualified to say.
    The Dr's are younger than us. I'm scared of those guys. No

    Damn your 2 yrs older than me.:o Oh well that's part of old, I can hardly wait to deal with a Dr.[:/] But you must have been in serious pain. Any family history of bone problems? Car accidents.?

    Good luck, nice car. Have a happy.
    One Jump Wonder

  19. DanG

    What would you do to solve this problem?



    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":S "what would you do?":S 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

  20. oldwomanc6

    I don't mind washing it, but I hate folding the laundry !



    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.B|

    Three single male vet, jumpers splitting a apt. What could go wrong;)
    One Jump Wonder

  22. wolfriverjoe

    How does whatever group you register your vehicles work over there? It's the DMV here, might be the MOT or similar over there.

    Do you have the title in hand for it? Did the seller sign it over to you? Did you register it in your name?
    Over here, if the title has been transferred to you, anyone the thief resells it to won't be able to obtain the title. It would show as yours, and the transfer wouldn't work.

    Again, France isn't the US and I don't know how things work over there.
    But here in the US, if you can show that it's your bike, with proof like a title; and can find the bike, like at the sellers house; then you just call the cops, get one to come with you, show up and say "Hey! That's MINE! You sold it to me. Here's proof (show title)." The cop then says "Give her the bike." Charges may or may not be filed. But you'd have your bike back.



    I'm not a police person , a lawyer or a thief. Trust me:S

    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

  23. Hellis

    If I was making such a target I would buy two tarps in different colour and cut out circles in one of them and glue them on to the other (or sew them).
    I think paint will fall of if/when you bend it.



    :)

    Anyone else? don't be shy.

    warning thread drift:P

    Hellis do you all have duct tape available in your country?

    I think trying to sew a large piece of fabric on a home machine could be challenging. I can't even sew but I know how to use duct tape.

    Duct tape:D we used that Universal repair material, to keep our headlights in our car from falling out when we were young and poor. That lasted for years in extreme weather conditions. Duct tape is inexpensive.

    Came home one day the dog ate part of the leather couch. Duct tape. Dog eats more of the couch more....Duct tape.

    Dog ate part of our wallet. Duct tape.

    Duct tape is a Dog Owner In Training. DOIT Best friend.
    One Jump Wonder

  24. SkyCoi

    Care to elaborate on that statement?



    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

  25. pazernaker

    Haha! Yeah, that would work, but I'm artistically challenged. Located up in the New England area.

    To the person who posted above me, that target canopy may work, that's actually pretty awesome!



    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