Stone Age Man Repairs Skydiving Equipment

[NewGuy2005 53]

Tonight I was gluing the pads inside my Pro-Tec helmet and I needed something round and heavy to hold the pad in place while the epoxy set up.

I went out to my front garden and picked up an ancient granite 3/4 grooved hammer that we have in the garden for decoration. Basically, it's a sledge hammer that's at least 1,000 years old. I'm not an authority on the subject, but it wouldn't surprise me if it was more like 5,000 years old. Someone gave it to me about 12 years ago when I used to make arrowheads from flint for a hobby.

Now think about it: Over 1,000 years ago some guy made this hammer from a granite cobble that he picked up from a river. When it was made, it was the the technological equivalent of our computers.

This was a person that made it in order to increase his chances of survival. He could not conceive of the plastic that my helmet is made from, much less, aircraft or the means or the desire to safely jump from one. He surely could not imagine that we would have the leisure time to spend hour after hour communicating in these forums over esoterica such as the virtues of an RSL or the wording in a Skyhook advertisement in a skydiving magazine.

Where will our tools be 1,000 or more years from now? Will my Pro-Tec helment be decorating the garden of the next (or the next) millenium's suburbanite's garden? Will my altimeter be hanging on the wall of the Cracker Barrel of the future?

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[dixieskydiver 0]

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Will my altimeter be hanging on the wall of the Cracker Barrel of the future?

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Or perhaps more importantly, will the audio book selection be any better? Also, will my descendents (assuming I live long enough to procreate) be smart enough to buy the right format (their equivalent of casette tapes versus CDs), because I always end up getting in the car with tapes but then I'm too embarassed to walk back in to switch it so I drive down the interstate to the next one and do it there.

Dixie
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[Iceburner 0]

i always think it's cool how today with computers and all we think of how "primitive" the past was, and how "man, i can't imagine not having my cell phone now" etc....i'm kinda looking forward to the next big thing that makes laptops and cellphones seem obsolete pieces of equipment that primitive humans used a long long time ago...