peckerhead 0 #26 December 8, 2006 QuoteIts funny that the poll is almost 50/50 but every one is saying they have never done it. It reminds me of a funny story..... Jumper A says to jumper B.... A: You would never forge a riggers signature on a packing card would you? B: Of course not, that would be unethical.....I just change the date! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Calvin19 0 #27 December 9, 2006 everyone knows im a sketchball, but i keep a reserve packed for 18 months. then do an intentional mal/cutaway. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steve1 5 #28 December 9, 2006 QuoteIts funny that the poll is almost 50/50 but every one is saying they have never done it. ...................................... Okay, I'll admit I'm an immoral bastard....This isn't something I'm very proud of, But, a few summers backI pencil packed my reserve and was busted. I didn't put another riggers name on it though. If anyone wants to flame me for this I've got it coming. I am a rigger, but all I have is a chest pack rating from back in the 70's. I still have my seal. Since I couldn't find a rigger (I live in a really isolated place) I figured I'd pull a fast one and put my seal on my reserve, and then sign a fictitous name. A few weeks later I ended up on a big RW load at Lost Prairie. I tracked too far to get clear and ended up with a Cypress fire. Since I needed a repack I had one of Fred's riggers pack it for me. My seal is almost the same as Fred's. We trained as riggers together back in the 70's and Fred's seal is almost the same as mine. Anyhow this other rigger noticed the similiarity, and asked Fred if he knew this rigger's seal. Fred put two and two together and figured out that something was fishy. Then I was confronted by them on this. So, here I am showing up at a friend's drop zone. I end up going low, and then I'm found out to have a pencil packed reserve. I felt like shit, and deservedly so. Fred should have sent me packing. The thing is, Fred is really a square shooter, and he gave me another chance. He undoubtedly has higher ethics than I do. I'll tell you one thing....There's no more pencil packing for me. I learned my lesson. I may still be an imoral bastard, but I no longer pencil pack.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tbrown 26 #29 December 10, 2006 Long ago, 1980 to be exact. Rigger "didn't like" the diaper on my round reserve. But instead of refusing to pack it, which was his right, he packed it anyway, signed the card "Freddy Frappacker", entered a date that was already out of date, and kept my $10. Needless to say, I took my business elsewhere after that. But there was a big boogie that weekend, so right there at gear check I penciled in a pack entry using the name of a friend who died after his reserve streamered. The gear check guy thought this was hysterically funny and slapped the aprroval thingy on my harness. Sometimes I really miss the old days..... Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
