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Actually, some popular slogans are crocks of shit. For the most part, that's one of them. Ditto. Typically used by someone who's never taken the time or effort to teach well, and used to put down those who have. An amazing thing I've noticed during 20 years of teaching (and I suppose doing nothing) is how many people are out there who never learned from a teacher, but amazingly enough were able to independently come to identical conclusions and understandings, derived solely by their own prodigious mental prowess. What a bunch of geniuses. Wonder why they ever bothered attending school at all.... or ever bothered with anyone teaching how to skydive. Every fight is a food fight if you're a cannibal Goodness is something to be chosen. When a man cannot choose, he ceases to be a man. - Anthony Burgess

Yep, even though what you pictured doesn't seem to be exactly what was in Bill's pic, your title says what I was thinking. And i DO know what a camera step is even if I haven't quite figured out what those loud, spinny things are on the front of the rectangular shade platforms are for... they muss my hair Every fight is a food fight if you're a cannibal Goodness is something to be chosen. When a man cannot choose, he ceases to be a man. - Anthony Burgess

Question from someone relatively unfamiliar with various acft configurations - what are those two protrusions aft of the door? Every fight is a food fight if you're a cannibal Goodness is something to be chosen. When a man cannot choose, he ceases to be a man. - Anthony Burgess

You've got to be kidding - if you have difficulties reaching the small of your back, you've got more problems than wearing a large rig. Every fight is a food fight if you're a cannibal Goodness is something to be chosen. When a man cannot choose, he ceases to be a man. - Anthony Burgess

I hate those invisible power lines. They're the worst, especially when they're close. I don't mind so much when they're far away.

It reminds me of that Zack Galifinakius joke about how things could be taken two ways, depending on how you said it... "she had a crack baby." Could "near miss" just be describing the proximity of the non-collision? Wikipedia thinks so http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near_miss_(safety) Jason Agreed - after all, I did just 'miss' colliding with an airliner in Manchuria. @ Jumpwally - No matter whether you agree or not, good luck on educating people not to use it... it's a done deal. Since you seem to like things that bug you, you may as well start on the signs in the market: "Ten items or less" Every fight is a food fight if you're a cannibal Goodness is something to be chosen. When a man cannot choose, he ceases to be a man. - Anthony Burgess

hmmm - let's say I'm a guy, sorta fat, and not as hot as Miranda... don't fall all over yourselves, but go ahead and give me some suggestions, too. Did I hear crickets? Every fight is a food fight if you're a cannibal Goodness is something to be chosen. When a man cannot choose, he ceases to be a man. - Anthony Burgess

What? Every fight is a food fight if you're a cannibal Goodness is something to be chosen. When a man cannot choose, he ceases to be a man. - Anthony Burgess

Jumper... skydiver... parachutist... This 'debate' smacks of Big-Endians vs. Little-Endians. Howzabout recognizing that they're fairly much used synonymously? After all, you're generally "jumping" out of the plane when you "skydive", and you're pretty much going to use a "parachute" somewhere along the line. Note that I never hear anyone calling themselves "parachutist" in regular conversation - that is, unless I could easily picture them wearing a bow tie or Erkel pants while saying it. Anecdotally, I've not yet had anyone walk up to me at the DZ and ask me if I wanted to "parachute" with them. Every fight is a food fight if you're a cannibal Goodness is something to be chosen. When a man cannot choose, he ceases to be a man. - Anthony Burgess

460 jumps 0 chops Note - for statistical purposes, you might want to limit your included sets to modern ram air rigs. For that matter, you might also want to exclude induced or exceptional cases - e.g. - canopies on fire, etc. Every fight is a food fight if you're a cannibal Goodness is something to be chosen. When a man cannot choose, he ceases to be a man. - Anthony Burgess

It's all good. We used your email addy anyway. Every fight is a food fight if you're a cannibal Goodness is something to be chosen. When a man cannot choose, he ceases to be a man. - Anthony Burgess

78. What were we talking about again? Every fight is a food fight if you're a cannibal Goodness is something to be chosen. When a man cannot choose, he ceases to be a man. - Anthony Burgess

Well... do you? Every fight is a food fight if you're a cannibal Goodness is something to be chosen. When a man cannot choose, he ceases to be a man. - Anthony Burgess

I'm glad you had a great time - loved the front tuck exit, one of my favorites. Hate to be a fun-buster, but WTF was that with your RSL dancing around? Not that sure I'd be very happy with that. I think that shit needs to be tightened up. @1:01-1:06 for your reference Every fight is a food fight if you're a cannibal Goodness is something to be chosen. When a man cannot choose, he ceases to be a man. - Anthony Burgess

Glad it went well. What DZ are you going to? Every fight is a food fight if you're a cannibal Goodness is something to be chosen. When a man cannot choose, he ceases to be a man. - Anthony Burgess

Congrats, now on to your A!

More importantly, what's a Junior Rigger, or a Regular Rigger? I'd think if you have a Senior, you'd have something inferior to that... JMO Every fight is a food fight if you're a cannibal Goodness is something to be chosen. When a man cannot choose, he ceases to be a man. - Anthony Burgess

What is the spit test? http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=1976801;search_string=spit%20test;#1976801 Every fight is a food fight if you're a cannibal Goodness is something to be chosen. When a man cannot choose, he ceases to be a man. - Anthony Burgess

Where's the vote for "Love it!"? Every fight is a food fight if you're a cannibal Goodness is something to be chosen. When a man cannot choose, he ceases to be a man. - Anthony Burgess

Now maybe when I said earlier I have no "set" or "rack" it makes some sense. Hopefully you have one of the two... either a 'set' or you have a 'rack'.... otherwise your life is really barren. Every fight is a food fight if you're a cannibal Goodness is something to be chosen. When a man cannot choose, he ceases to be a man. - Anthony Burgess

You've now got a two-fold problem... The expense budget just doubled to include your wife, and looks like she's going to get her coach rating before you get your A. Every fight is a food fight if you're a cannibal Goodness is something to be chosen. When a man cannot choose, he ceases to be a man. - Anthony Burgess

.... went to crap?? What a self-confidence. What were you expecting? Detailed instructions how to throw yourself into the tail or yaw rudder or whatelse - while looking cool/new/funny ....? Listen to the oldies, that's best you can do. Ask your instructor. Jump more, you'll learn more about different exits. Skydiving is more than just a cool exit. I was going "what the f*** is this guy going on about, until I checked out where he's from. Then I went "ahh." "Zis is not about ze fun. Ve must stick to ze plan. Zer ist not room for haffing new ideas. Iff you vish to try new things, the OberLeutnant vill issue you clear instructions. Jawohl!" Every fight is a food fight if you're a cannibal Goodness is something to be chosen. When a man cannot choose, he ceases to be a man. - Anthony Burgess

And reserves aren't made of ZP because...? Every fight is a food fight if you're a cannibal Goodness is something to be chosen. When a man cannot choose, he ceases to be a man. - Anthony Burgess

Yikes. Well, now that all the fun-sucking and chest-bumping is over, how about a few of my favorite exits.... all of them standing and solo, so you don't have to get anyone flustered. Otter: - dive straight out into a corkscrew, hands over your head, give yourself a quick twist along your body's axis, keeping yourself as straight as possible, just like a slug out of a rifled barrel - hold as long as you can. If you keep your arms and legs slightly offset, you can hold this 5-6 rotations. - dive straight out into a front tuck, also hold as long as you can. Consider this one a solo tube. Tailgate - CASA/Skyvan: - run straight off the ramp into a front pike bending at the waist, keep legs straight, arms straight out to the sides, take it one or two rotations right into a belly track or a sit. Great views of the aircraft during rotations. Every fight is a food fight if you're a cannibal Goodness is something to be chosen. When a man cannot choose, he ceases to be a man. - Anthony Burgess

hear, hear! +1 Every fight is a food fight if you're a cannibal Goodness is something to be chosen. When a man cannot choose, he ceases to be a man. - Anthony Burgess