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  2. I have a Pilot 168 with a 200 reserve. Main and reserve don't have to be the same size (68 sq ft is probably a bit too big of a difference), but obviously you need to be proficient with both sizes/wing loadings. A 120 canopy is considered by a lot of people to be in the high performance category even for very light people. As always, talk with some instructors at your DZ before you invest in any gear.

  6. People fear what they don't understand. I think what would help out a lot is if you reviewed the specifics of how a rig works with an instructor. Once you understand it inside and out, some stress about jumping should be relieved. If you're 100% confident in your gear, you should at least feel safe when thinking about your next jump.

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    If there is a God, he is a fucking dick....




    That's been my take on things. If he does exist and is as the bible paints him, I'd much rather spend eternity in hell. I won't be intimidated into bowing down to a sadistic narcissist, call me proud but that's just not an option.

    Yet the whole Satan entity gets all the grief when someone is suffering. It'd be quite easy to flip it around and paint Satan as a good guy and God as the mean enemy.

    I'm not big into following people who require one to have faith and blindly follow. Sounds like a used car salesman or a pyramid scheme.



    Well here we are again.

    May I assume you would paint Satan as the good guy because with him there isn't really much guilt for doing the things you want? If so, I can obviously see how so many would be into that. To me, he is like a crappy parent that isn't around much and lets his kids do whatever. On the other hand, to me, God is an awesome father that has the big picture in mind and is trying to grow a mature and complete adult. Whether or not you're a dad, I can't imagine you would think it smart to give your kid anything they want whenever they ask.

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    no one blames 'him', we are questioning his existence given the situation.

    so hardships make us stronger? Then should we kill and slaughter more innocent people then to become even stronger? Oh wait, we are already doing that.

    If there is a God, he is a fucking dick....+1



    A - This thread is entirely about blaming God.

    B - Killing and slaughtering innocent people wouldn't make you stronger since the hardship wouldn't be on you. If everyone loved their neighbor as they love themself as I believe God wants, this world would be excellent. It's the horrible people on this planet that make it awful.

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    Horrible things happen every day to the young and to the old - wonderful things as well. But if your gonna thank God for all the good, by implication, you have to blame him for all the bad. I'm not superstitious, I realize events are random and there is no magic involved, and to quote someone much wiser than me "Shit happens"

    What would we say of a father who fed four of his six children and let the other two starve to death even if there was plenty of food to go around?

    I have too watch children die slow hideous deaths in the course of my work, on occasion, I have to make excuses for God to these kids. I have to look at them with a straight face and tell them to keep on praying and may be he will heal them. We get church groups that come in and sing songs about God performing miracles, these poor kids believe them, I have yet to see one.

    If there is a God, he's a fucking dick.



    When you have a very short term scope, like the majority of us do, so many things seem just awful. But when you broaden that scope to an eternal perspective, things change quite a bit. I don't blame God for the 'bad' things that happen in my life, but rather try to look at them as He might. Hardships, as awful as they may be, develop us and grow us into stronger people (if we are fortunate enough to live through them). The testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.

    Let me turn that second paragraph around. What would you say of a world who lets people starve to death even though the Father provides plenty of food to go around and more than enough means to deliver that food to the starving? I believe that God wants us to be as charitable as we can afford. If He gives us the means, but we do nothing about it how could we blame Him?

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    It would be pretty awful if God loving us meant that everyone stayed alive forever. This place would be pretty crowded.

    I say you have a horrile perception of love.




    Ya your right, the kid lived to to the ripe old age of two.



    So what is the age where it is ok for people to die and not say God is a dick for causing it? Or is God a dick even when the oldest person in the world dies?

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    Florida does some things right, not many of them but I like this law. My brother has been a long time food stamp and welfare recipient, and he now has to do comunity service to pay for his food stamps and check. The parks and city stuff in his town have never looked so good. He gets all the stuff from the state because he claims he cant find a job, now basically he works for the state at a much lower rate than he would make if he actually tried to find work.




    I like that idea... I like it a lot. The welfare state of mind must be removed at all costs.... no work.. no pay.

    It is goat fuck stupid to pay stupid women to have babies who will also be supid fucks. They need to set up group day care so they all can work at SOMETHING and instill some pride in earning a paycheck.. not sitting on their ass all day waiting for their next baby daddy to show up so they can get a pay raise in 9 months>:(


    First paragraph = intelligent. Second paragraph = the rant of a bumbling idiot.

    It sounds like you knocked someone up and are pissed that you have to pay for the kid now

  17. So what I think I'm learning from this thread is the liberal viewpoint is that even though the government is giving away tax money to people for doing absolutely nothing, we can't put any limitations on it and that they deserve the money. Occasionally, in a movie, I'll root for the bad guy to get away. But it seems like liberals are encouraging welfare recipients to get away with as much as possible. The thing I don't get is that it's not just conservative money. Both the left, right, and center are paying for this.

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    It's simply about personal responsibility. I can look for a job or I can get high. I can do both. I can do neither. As a taxpayer I would like to believe that the people receiving public assistance are making an effort not to be the people receiving public assistance. And as the person receiving that assistance you can go a long ways towards proving you're not by submitting to a simple test.

    The liberal crowd here doesn't understand that requiring someone to do something in return for receiving something is not bad...it's not some form of punishment. The real punishment is removing the requirement and allowing anyone to get something for nothing. It sets a bad example and provides no motivation. 50+ years of liberal "Great Society" has produced exactly the opposite.



    Well said

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    Tobacco, alcohol, and obesity problems far exceed any problems associated with illicit drug use amongst welfare recipients (namely marijuana.) So, you're fine with tax dollars paying for obese alcoholics puffing away on cigarettes all day because these 3 biggest killers are legal?


    I'm 100% down with a food stamp-type program where recipients can only spend it on certain things. I'm not a fan of how the government just write you a check and you can do whatever you want with it.

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    A more sensible approach would be to not directly deposit funds into a persons account, but to make direct payments to landlords, utilities, as well as other expenses. If a person drives an automobile, issue a gas card. If not, issue a bus pass. This has been done with the food stamp program it can be done in other programs as well.



    I couldn't agree more

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    It is more of a "Look at me! I'm tough on welfare abuse!" It does nothing to address the more visible problems of mental illness, alcohol abuse, and obesity amongst those who are long term welfare recipients.



    If you think our government is capable of handling that, you are high and therefore not eligible for welfare.

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    Bad news for pot dealers, good news for Meth and crack merchants.
    Substitution to drugs that clear the system faster has been the effect of drug screening in the oil patch.

    By the way, what happens to the people who fail the drug tests? Do they go get jobs now that their welfare is cut off? More likely they resort to crime.



    Yeah, so for every criminal out there, we should just start paying their bills and give them some extra spending cash so they stop stealing.

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    What about Smokers and drinkers and fat people and .................................



    Smoking and drinking and eating are legal. Doing something about the welfare problem is better than sitting and watching it happen. This probably isn't the best way of dealing with it, but it's a start.

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    For me, in example, I prefer a canopy that opens 90% or better on heading, forgiving of body position, in less than 750 ft (or even 500 ft) without slamming me too hard, without the slider getting stuck.

    So far, I have not found this canopy.



    My Pilot gives me about those results. If I have an off heading opening it's generally because of a quick pack job. I like a snug opening, and I can pack it to open in about 500-750.

  24. I have 300 jumps on a Pilot and have had fantastic openings. The opening speed can be very easily adjusted when you pack it. Anywhere from firm (how I like it) to a pretty decent snivel. I have about 10 jumps with a Safire2 and they're known for snivelling. Someone that started jumping about the same time as me bought one because of the long opening time.

    The Safire has soft/long openings and a good flare but is pretty boring to fly. The Pilot is a lot of fun even at 1.3