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Man, you have no soul! Or am I just really old Rich M

Winnie the Pooh. The more it snows (tiddly pom) The more it goes (tiddly pom) The more it goes (tiddly pom) On snowing. Nobody knows (tiddly pom) How cold my toes (tiddly pom) How cold my toes (tiddly pom) Are growing.

Found this somewhere, Apologies if it's been posted before. Enjoy 404 - Your weapons of mass distruction have not been found Rich M 404.doc

Well, erm, *cough* Rich M

Weird, if it continues to be a problem, can you email me a small section of raw footage, and I will see what happens when I export it. [email protected] Rich M

If you are using USB you will need Win98SE or WinXP, as the original 98 doesn't work with USB. If it's a OHCI compliant 1394 card then it should be ok as long as you have the correct drivers with it, as Win98 didn't ship with generic 1394 drivers (I'm pretty sure). I don't know what problem Dave had, but most techies would argue that 98SE was far superior to 98. But certainly WinXP is a good way to go if you have 128Mb+ ram and a 600+ CPU. Rich M

Here's mine. Ivan, do you use one of these keyboards? Rich M

From the retarded I think. This web site is a hoot not least because it seems to take itself seriously despite all the spelling mistakes. Enjoy Penis enlargement advice Rich M

I might be being stupid here, but if you have the DivX encoder (as oppposed to just the free decoder) then why don't you just select DivX as the encoder when you export the timeline/workarea from Premiere? I do this all the time with no problems. (Prem 6 & 6.5, DivX 5.02)? Rich M

Reverse risers are less efficient on any rig. All explained by Relative Workshop here Rich M

Nero or TMPGEnc are both capable of this and both are cheap. Rich M

Llama's are bigger than frogs! Oh, sorry, this isn't talk back Rich M

Mujie - glad you here, nicely dealt with A quick observation, with a bit of practise you can learn to consistently fire your brakes by pulling both toggles down to the height where they would be set anyway. In this way if one gets stuck you'll only just have started a dive before the canopy is flying evenly again. I think I've been doing this for quite a while, but I've not thought conciously about it until you posted this so all comments welcome. Rich M

On the other hand.... Rich M

Makes sense to paste it here so from http://www.swooping.co.uk/ British Swooping The US has had a competitive swoop scene for some time, but this is yet to be seen in Europe to the same extent and is non existent in UK. It is now time that the UK became involved, giving our athletes the necessary avenues to train and compete at these competitions. The British Canopy Swooping Tour We are proud to announce the introduction of the British Swooping Tour. The first meet will be run at Headcorn over the period 13-15 June 2003 and is an invitational event. Selection criteria for entry will be strict and only the top swoopers in the country will be eligible. You can gain a place on the tour by attending one of the Wing Tips Canopy Pilot Coaching Tour seminars. Rich M

Cheers Craig. I've emailed Chris offering to help out. Looking forward to it. Rich M

I have a Racer Elite NOS made 2000. My reserve packer hates it, it has a small pop top and all the riggers at my DZ agree it's much harder to pack than everything else. Plus jumpshack wont make me a reserve pillow, point blank refuse. I'll be taking my business elsewhere in future. Rich M

As jumphog said. Without a tape in the camera it wont power down but after about 5 mins it will go into Demo mode and start showing off (I guess its for when one is stuck in the window of a shop) so also turn off demo mode. Rich M

2 of these? Rich M

Way off my field, but I think I recall Raven did a recall on some Dash-M reserves due to failure at the line attachments points? Rich M

There is at least one soft rewserve pad manufacturer that is putting stiff plastic in to prevent this, Sounds like a good idea to me, they should do this for the cutaway pad as well? Rich M

Buttercup bubblebrain. Strangely apt Rich M

Well, if we're gonna pick on Clay (sorry dude, I don't even know you ) then : Three Leprechauns, Mick, Eugene and Pat, are sitting in the pub getting quietly pissed when Mick shouts out, " Jaysus, I'm bored wid bein'a feckin' nobody. I'm tinkin I'll take meself down to de Guinness Book of Records office and get meself entered in de book" "what de hell are ye talkin' about, ye eejit. You've dun nuttin' to getin de book for" says Eugene. "well, it's me hands, Eugene" replies Mick waving them around, " I tink dey are de smallest in de world and I'm going to get meself entered into de book and I'll be world famous." Both Eugene and Pat agree that they are quite small and they all carry on drinking quite heartily. A little while later Pat pipes up " Ya know Mick, if ye can get into de Guiness book of records for yer small hands, so can I." The other two smirk at each other and Mick says "how can ye have de smallest hands in the world if I've got dem, ya bloody fool?" Pat replies "it's not me hands, Mick it's me feet", and he takes off his boots to show them. "I tink dat dey are de smallest feet in de world and I'm gonna get meself entered into de Guiness Book of records too." The other two agree that they are quite small and with that they all go back to their drinking. Some time later Eugene chimes in, "well, if youse two can get into de Guiness Book of records, I can too." The others fall about laughing. "what de feck have you got dats so feckin' interesting?" cries Mick. "it's me dick, Mick " he says and pulls down his breeches to show them. They both howl with laughter as Eugene pulls out his little willy. "Jaysus, ye've got the best chance of us all, Eugene", says Pat "dat's de smallest feckin' dick I ever saw" and with that they all go back to their drinking. Later on full of the gills , they are heading home when out of the corner of his eye Mick spots the Gunness Book of records office further down the street. "Jaysus", he says "I'm gonna go into dat office and I'm gonna get me hands measured" and off he staggers. Ten minutes later he comes out with a big smile on his face waving his hands in the air. "I did it, I did it" he says "I'm in de Guinness Book of records for de smallest hands in de world , nobodies got smaller hands dan me" and with that he pushes Pat forward. "Go on ye eejit. See if ye have de smallest feet in de world. Go on" "Feck it. I will " says Pat and off he staggers. Ten minutes later he comes out with a big smile on his face, kicking his feet in the air. "Jaysus, I'm famous." he says. "I've got de smallest feet in de world, I'm famous, I'm famous " he yells. With that Eugene staggers to the office door. "I'm gonna get me dick measured" he says, "I won't be long" The other two are waiting anxiously for Eugene to return, but time slips by. Ten minutes turns into twenty and twenty into thirty. Still no sign of Eugene. One hour later the office door swings open and Eugene slouches looking disconsulate. "whats wrong ?" asks Pat, to which Eugene replies "who the feckin hell is Clay?" Bwahahaha Rich M

The British regulations have the static line 2 inches (I think) longer than a tail strike. That has been shown over many years to be the minimum safe distance at which to deploy the parachute. Rich M

Physically: I've been a trampolinist for closing on 15 years (prior to that a gymnast and board diver) and it has helped me immensely. When I started AFF I had no problems with not being in contact with the ground and no problems with orientation being very used to rotating and spinning at the same time - I have a very well developed air sense - I always know which way up I am. It also taught me to use my body shape and position to affect the moves while in the air (long shape=slow rotation, tuck it tight and it speeds up dramatically, etc). It took me a year to pass AFF because I couldn't get to the DZ but I never failed a level. Mentally: 6 years of Kendo and Iaido gave me mental discipline. Most of the sports I've done (the 3 mentioned about, horse riding, motorbike riding and racing, kayaking, some climbing) have been adrenaline sports where fear is the only real inhibitor to progressing, and so I have become used to forging ahead anyway despite any fear I feel. Rich M