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Yeah, but it opens a helluva lot faster. nice... didn't think anybody would top that one. yeah the whole "cutaway" idea would be neat, but the guy happens to be my best friend and the girl i happened to get really close with since we first met like 6mo ago. soo kinda hard to ditch either.. and dealing with the whole mess isnt terribly easy Myspace

Um, you mean, Your hand?!?!? eh, that reserve lacks penetration... Myspace

I agree with Roo, run and don't look back. The woman that deserves a guy like you wouldn't get involved in that bullshit in the first place.

hmmmm, something tells me they probably wouldn't mind O.o Myspace

heh yeah just felt like complaining randomly. kinda accidentally got myself involved in what you might call a love triangle. jerry springer-grade stuff. ridiculous drama. everyone should just solve things with beer, it's such a better system.. Myspace

...suck. So much unnecessary drama... Myspace

But I *AM* arching! Myspace

Gear checks are for wussies.. Myspace

You really don't wanna know why I'm smiling... Myspace

Ok good... I was a little worried there for a sec.. Myspace

I noticed in the gear review section a lot of people apparently have problems with Tempo reserves getting stuck in a hard turn the whole way down. I own a Tempo 170 and my only ride with it was uneventful, nice landing, etc... but seeing all those negative comments has me wondering... Anyone heard of Tempos having these issues? Are they tricky to pack? Myspace

I caught my old cat eating stale 3D Doritos I threw out on to the lawn... Myspace

So on Sunday I discovered a dz in Reggio Emilia about 20 minutes away from where I'm working in Carpi (Italy). Much fun had indeed. Now I'm back at work in this plant in Carpi, babysitting this equipment (which needs no attention at all), and killing time is a lot harder to do now. :-\ I wonder if anyone would notice if I didn't show up tomorrow... Myspace

Stopped by on a Sunday while on a business trip, rented all my gear. They were only open on that day to do military S/L training, but they set up 2 loads for fun jumpers later in the day. Staff was very accommodating despite my not speaking any Italian. Great Italian food at the bar, large packing mat, met a few cool people, can't say enough about the place! Their plane was out for service but I'm told they regularly jump at 15,000ft when it's around. I'll definitely be back here..

doesn't cross keys have their own balloon? i saw one in the hanger a couple years ago. i've never seen / heard about one... ::added on to-do list:: Myspace

Sex ban on the Airbus A380 http://travel.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/travel/news/article2747522.ece Myspace

anything in the NJ area? O.o Myspace

I got the pilot halfway out when I tried to deploy. We took a real good look at it once I got on the ground. The previous owner put in two stitches, about 1/2" long, parallel to the long end of the BOC. They were placed about 1/4" away from the BOC opening and about 1/2" in from the long side. The rigger who examined it afterwards said it may have been done to keep the PC in better. When the rigger packed my main, he folded up the PC in a way that didn't evenly distribute the fabric -- it was really fat on one end and really skinny on the other. If it weren't for those stitches, or if the PC were folded evenly, it wouldn't have happened. Both of those conditions together caused the bottleneck. I didn't cut away since I didn't have a main over my head. There was actually a fair bit of debate about whether or not that was the best decision among the people who saw it happen. I was later told that the shock from opening the reserve at terminal could have caused the main container to open. With or without a cutaway, if the main did open I would still be towing it behind me since I couldn't get the PC out. I'm really not sure if not cutting away was the best choice or not, but either way I'm here in one piece to tell about it. (Note to self: hold on to the reserve handle next time...) So what's your "closed container malfunction" story? Myspace

Jump #35: I picked up a Dolphin D4 container + Tempo 170 reserve at a boogie a few weeks ago. Second ride on the rig and I have a hard (impossible) pull. Yay for first reserve ride! A BOC mod both I and the rigger missed combined with the way the PC was packed caused a bottleneck when I tried to deploy my main. On the ground people were dragging me around by my half-out pilot chute -- it was in there real good. $100 and a new BOC later and everything was fine... but I really should have inspected it a little more carefully beforehand. Jump #26: Fixated on my "planned" approach and landing on a light/no wind day. I broke the pattern and just missed a kid with 16 jumps coming in on his final, which was almost perpendicular to mine. Everyone landed safely but by the time I undid my helmet I got a pretty nice "talking to" by one of the instructors on that load. Last time I make that mistake... Myspace

Traveling was fun, touring dz's around the world is definitely gonna add to the experience. I'm a field engineer for an industrial automation company. I do installation, service, training, etc on my company's equipment wherever it happens to be... which is really anywhere in the US/Canada and Europe. Right now I'm on a 2-week trip in Italy to be on standby during the customer's equipment qualification testing in case anything goes wrong. Everything's working great for now, so here I am surfing dropzone.com. :-) Myspace

Just here to say hi.. I picked up skydiving in summer 2007 and got instantly addicted. Now that I've got my own rig I'm gonna try and hit dropzones wherever my job happens to send me (I'm in Italy right now