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I’ve had to travel recently (fortunately I can bring my house with me), and am exclusively taking my business to places that require masks. Now that’s not a major blow to anyone’s budget, but it’s at least a little protection of me. Wendy P.

You do understand that the whole "Biden/Ukraine" story is Russian propaganda, right?

Ok, you go. Who was pardoned by previous presidents for illegal actions they undertook in direct personal service to that president, while continuing to cover up for that president? Not even Nixon was crass enough to pardon the Watergate conspirators who went down for him. (It's increasingly my belief that if you could show Nixon how Trump responded to the Mueller inquiry and Ukraine scandal then zap him back to 1972 he'd have survived his second term intact. Trump took stonewalling to a whole new level even from him.)

And, of course, the fact that Putin was funding the Taliban, geting US troops killed, all while Trump is trying to help him get back in the G7/G8 and get US sanctions lifted, is what these 'patriots' support. Please. You make me sick. 8645110320

The mention of Heaven's Gate in the article reminds me of a comment that circulated afterward, and is still relevant today: "So many idiots, so few comets."

Ah sweet AC, it must be nice to pack in the cool air My DZ doesn't have it, humid and hot it is but we have a roof. The other DZs around me are preventing us from packing inside due to Covid-19 so in the grass, under the sun it is...

Water is your best friend, followed by water. If you drink alcohol the night before, even more water. If you drink Gatorade etc, just dilute it a whole lot — you don’t need either that many electrolytes or that much sugar. And yup, bananas or other sources of potassium are also good. And then some more water. You should be going to the bathroom fairly regularly, and it should NOT be brown or dark yellow And air conditioned packing. I started jumping in Texas before the advent of air-conditioned packing. Man that was a great invention Wendy P.

Sorry, but sourcing wattsup is entering the "too dumb to argue with" category again.

and still everyone acts like nothing is going on. Everyone thinks it will never happen to them. It's no different in skydiving. Ask anyone who doesent jump with an RSL. They all think they are the exception and bad stuff only happens to others, but never them. Well here is a news flash. Everyone has to die from something and 99% of those who died from Covid probably thought it wouldent have happened to them.

You can specifically expose the center cell of the packjob and then roll the nose on all of the other remaining cells and stuff those into the center of the packjob. A less extreme version would be to just prominently expose the center cell while doing the cacooning of the canopy. here is some good general info on how to pack any canopy for a wingsuit flight: https://squirrel.ws/manuals/epicene-pro

I am not a doctor, but from what I know about dehydration, I need to stay ahead of it and not wait for the symptoms. I do a lot of biking (because of the virus) and might ride for 2-3 hours in the Florida heat. I take lots of fluids with me that I try to remember to sip every mile or so. Light snacks and fruit too help to keep up my blood sugar. I'm open to new and other ideas so please fire away... Same at the DZ when I start back.

PRE gaming is essential... Days prior is when the concerted effort to hydrate needs to take place... Banana/kiwi anything berries or fresh fruit is your friend. Pedialite is better than "sports drinks" to add electrolites into the body... There are other things on the market that target trace elements as well. Stay safe my friend.

Hi Ken, I'm one for two on your list. The one I lost was a BIG loss. Jerry Baumchen

If you think that the entirety of the left behaves in the same way as the zealous portion of the religious, you are simply revealing the degree of your own right wing zealotry.

Only one straw is necessary for a trump supporter to fixate on. While nearby an entire field of bales shows the food for thought.

So clearly COVID-19 is not the worst she has had in her.

I honestly think a fair amount of the division of the last 20 years might have been dulled if McCain instead of Bush had won the Republican nomination in 2000. Especially with someone like Kay Bailey Hutchinson as running mate. The McCain of 2008 was a shadow. Wendy P.

I agree but that runs counter to supporting small business especially in the food and beverage industry. Social distancing and cleaning of everything make it hard enough for small business. Then you throw in WTF its time to party attitudes and everything goes back to zero. Meanwhile your next door neighbor has his life savings flushed down the toilet by indifferent stupidity.

Well considering what the SIM says itself: It would seem what Mr. Mullins is proposing is an overreach. The section in the BSRs under APPLICABILITY reemphasizes that the procedures are voluntary

> Im gonna be really honest with everyone, as far as i'm concerned, > once your an adult and have recieved your USPA A license, it is up > to you to make the personal decision about what canopy you want > to fly. Agreed. >I bought and flew a Jedei 136 at 100 jumps, and am now downsizing > to a Nitron 120 (my first new canopy), and i'm still here with no > injuries or anything. I drove while very drunk a few times in college, and never died or was seriously injured. Does that indicate it's a good idea? What advice would you give a good friend who always drove drunk, but claimed he had never been in an accident and thus would always be fine? >I am sick and tired of people blaming the canopy selection for > causing the injury when more often than not it is the jumper DOING > SOMETHING STUPID close to the ground that results in the incident. Agreed. But as with the drunk driver analogy - if a drunk driver runs into another car and kills someone, it is his fault that he didn't avoid the other car. One big additional factor is that it's hard to drive when you're drunk, because your reaction times go down. If you are a bit sketchy on canopy control, and you make a mistake, you may die if you have a small canopy and just be seriously injured if you have a larger one. Thus, the good judgement to get a larger canopy until you have mastered canopy control is important, and can mitigate the consequences of making a mistake (and nearly everyone makes mistakes.) As an example - I'm alive today because I made my first really bad canopy mistake on a PD190 rather than a Sabre 135, and I have managed to avoid more than one collision on big-ways by using a larger canopy than I ordinarily would. >The bottom line is that some people just naturally fly their canopy > better than others. On my AFF level 1 (no prior tandems) jump I > stood up my canopy right in the center of the target, and have been > just as successful on my later jumps. That's like saying you can naturally fly an F-16 because you can land a Cessna 152 really well. Some skills do indeed transfer, but you need instruction or experience (preferably both) to learn to fly the new canopy well. A Nitron 120 flies completely differently than a Manta. >But once they recieve their A license, it is their decision what they > want to fly, and I will not hesitate to encourage licensed jumpers to > downsize quickly like I did if I feel that they are flying their canopies > really well, and seem to be heads-up people. How do you verify their ability to land their canopies well before suggesting they get a smaller canopy? What's your checklist? >Bottom line, I am SICK AND TIRED of Instructional Rating holders > using their ratings as "ranks" to give orders to licensed, adult > skydivers who are free to make their own decisions about what they > want to fly. Give it time. After you have more time in the sport you will also get sick of watching your friends be injured, paralyzed and killed. It is a natural progression for many skydivers. When they are the ones being told to slow down they resent it; when they start seeing their friends die they become the ones telling people to slow down. >I will fly what canopy I want regardless of what anybody tells me, and > unless im breaking the BSR's or FAA rules there is nothing USPA or > anybody else can do about it. I've grounded more than one person who was flying a canopy they could not handle. Keep in mind that DZO's own the DZ, and they can do whatever they want with their airplanes and their property. Often they will take action to prevent people from getting killed on their DZ.