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  1. 3 points
    Yeah. "Funny" how big of a hero he was... Until he disappeared. For those who haven't visited Reddit's "Herman Cain Awards", they are pretty savage. They don't pull punches. They call idiots idiots. They don't have 'respect for the dead' when the dead people died from willful ignorance and are the ones perpetuating the pandemic. This is the post for LaMay. It starts off with a rather scathing FB post about his choice and the people who supported it... Until he died. The comments are not terribly nice. But the truth of this situation isn't very nice either:
  2. 2 points
    Personally I think he should mingle as much as possible with all those truckers clogging up Ottawa streets and looting soup kitchens. In disguise of course.
  3. 2 points
    I hope so. A re-elected trump looking to get revenge on those who he perceives "wronged" him (which by my count would be just about everyone) would be a bad day for the whole world, except the hyper bigoted few who happen to closely align with his beliefs.
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  5. 1 point
    Rigger needs to remove all his tools before closing packjob,Would probably work like it is supposed too with out extra items that don't belong inside!
  6. 1 point
    I don't know; Last time he went in disguise, he took a lot of flack for it:
  7. 1 point
    The idea of a reserve not deploying in time after an AAD firing is totally unacceptable and defeats the reason for having an AAD in the first place, and it is worst when we speak about reserve Pilot Chute failing to clear the side flaps when manually pulled by its handle. in 2008, all the major rig manufacturers using a retractable reserve pin cover (Parachutes de France, MIRAGE, PARATEC) accepted , as a precautionary measure, the change in the cutter position. On Vector rig the reserve pin cover flap uses a tuck tab which is a folding tongue underneath instead of sliding into a slot at the top of the midflap ( which I call retractable), it is a safer design. Since 2008, AERODYNE has not worked on a device to retract the cutter body in the top of the reserve P/C contrary to the others manufacturers using a retractable reserve pin cover. As a consequence of which, collateral damage inherent to this cutter location such as deformation of the closing flap above the cutter and markings on the grommets are only observed is on NEXGEN generation rigs. The ICON rigs before the NEXGEN generation of rigs do, in fact, have a tolerance to accept the cutter location above the reserve P/C without damage, and therefore a shortened cut of the closing loop which is a guarantee of perfect operation in the event of an AAD firing due to a total malfunction. Otherwise a cutter located below the flaps, makes the container have to open from the inside out, and that takes more energy and results in a delay in container opening. I have to isolate Icon rig from other rigs with 4 flaps above reserve PC : Aerodyne uses a stiffer plastic than other manufacturers 1.5mm plastic instead of 1.0 mm makes a difference enough to re-enforce a wrong way and makes the Icon a very steamlined rig (not sure of the exact term in English and that's not a compliment). When we proceed to reserve manual test on Icon rigs, we found out the main issue is the double (10 cmX 8,5 cm) stiffener of the central flap #5 ; since it is not flexible enough it does not bend and does not help the reserve pin cover flap to lift outside while the pin is extracted. Also on last Icon rigs, the reserve pin cover flap is excessively long, recently Aerodyne made them longer, probably because the flaps kept coming loose during free fall and this change participate to keep the container locked when open from the out side in : by manually pulling the reserve ripcord specially on ballistic Icon rigs. In this situation, reserve flap #6 is caught by pinching in between reserve flap #5 and reserve pin cover flap. Keep in mind what when the main is still in his container, the flap #5 clearance is limited because it is largely encompassed by the main side flaps which does not help. Now Aerodyne could make necessary corrective actions to change all of these defects but then, the rig …will be named differently !
  8. 1 point
    CRT and pretty much any *** Justice movement are pretty much in the same basket. Maybe the Justice League is an exception, but I haven't read a comic book in a while. I'm cool with equal rights and equal responsibilities - no more, no less. I take issue with anyone whose focus is one race at the expense of another, be it KKK or BLM. BSBD, Winsor
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