FliegendeWolf
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So yesterday, I turned on my DVD of Cutaway and listened to the commentary by Stephen Baldwin and Maxine Bahns. What a waste... They didn't speak for most of the film, and when they did, all they were doing was flirting with each other, and when they weren't flirting with each other, Baldwin kept coming up with brilliant comments like, "In the movie, I was jumping a canopy with a circumference of 280." A One that Isn't Cold is Scarcely a One at All
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No problem. Three jumps to go and my proficiency card is pretty much complete. If I don't get my license the next time I'm at the DZ, it will be the time after for sure! My biggest concern is that I was never going to be able to figure out the landing accuracy part of it, but it's really beginning to click for me. I've been signed off for accuracy on my last three jumps! A One that Isn't Cold is Scarcely a One at All
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I tasted a mead at my brewer's guild meeting two or three months ago that had been aged for seven years. The experience was unbelievable. It was like drinking ambrosia. A One that Isn't Cold is Scarcely a One at All
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"Beer...now there's a temporary solution." Homer's Odyssey A One that Isn't Cold is Scarcely a One at All
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No shit! Steve and I started AFF at about the same time, and I'm still working on my A! :2:0 Some killer jumps today. I made two coach dives working on fall rate. My second jump today was just unbelievably good! That jump was one of those jumps that remind us why we're all doing this gig. I'm sure you all know what I'm talking about. I even touched down light as a feather within 10 meters of my target, and up until last weekend I had been having all sorts of trouble with accuracy. Yeehaw! Even back on the ground I feel like I'm walking through the clouds! A One that Isn't Cold is Scarcely a One at All
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Have you ever seen the proof for this? Women take both time and money: Women=Time*Money And everyone knows that time is money: Women=Money*Money=Money^2 And if money is the root of all evil: money^2=Evil Thus: Women = Evil A One that Isn't Cold is Scarcely a One at All
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So she's saving herself? A One that Isn't Cold is Scarcely a One at All
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If you don't trust an F-111 canopy to deploy and land properly after 30 pack jobs as a reserve, you have no business trusting an F-111 canopy to deploy and land properly after 600 pack jobs as a main. A One that Isn't Cold is Scarcely a One at All
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Michele, Rest assured it is on my agenda. First things first, though: five jumps until I get my A. Edited to say: It seems to me that mastering canopy control should be an immediate part of my plans. Like, needing to pass canopy skills above and beyond the tripe on the proficiency card to even get the A. It looks noticably odd that I wrote that I am putting off taking a canopy control course because I'm working on my A... Nevertheless, you have all made your point crystal clear to me. I do, however, happen to be a person who errs on the side of caution anyway. Still, taking a canopy control class myself will not guarantee that I will not have to hear the screams over someone else. A One that Isn't Cold is Scarcely a One at All
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Fine, but that doesn't really change my point: 600 jumps is still significantly higher (2000%) than the 30 repacks that were causing noticable wear in the case cited. This suggests that whatever wear is being caused by 30 repacks is not problematic since the wear caused by 599 repacks (or whatever figure, doesn't really matter) of the same material is no concern when it's flown as a main. A One that Isn't Cold is Scarcely a One at All
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Reading through the Wingloading thread at Safety and Training, Jimbo writes: Just reading that shakes me up. I never want to have to hear or see (or take part in) these things. But that's a part of this gig, isn't it? There's really no getting around that, is there? A One that Isn't Cold is Scarcely a One at All
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See, this is what I don't get. They argue that there is a significant loss of porosity over a span of 30 repacks, but people jump (and presumably repack) their F-111 mains 1000+ times. So the concern over the loss of porosity after 30 repacks seems kind of silly to me when people are willing to repack the same material 1000 times. Unless there's a factor that I'm not aware of? A One that Isn't Cold is Scarcely a One at All
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Hmmm...even starting with $2 Million wouldn't be even a third enough to make you a millionaire DZO with that thing. A One that Isn't Cold is Scarcely a One at All
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That was funny! Who ended up locking it, anyway? A One that Isn't Cold is Scarcely a One at All
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Crossing my fingers. Just put in a bid for a rig; I hope it works out. A One that Isn't Cold is Scarcely a One at All
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Well, there are a lot of goodies there... 13 jump-old Javelin w/ Sabre 2? 2 year old Cypress? Brand new Pro-Track? Bonehead? For all that you're getting, it doesn't seem that outrageous to me. A One that Isn't Cold is Scarcely a One at All
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Looks like I have a new desktop photo. I love that second one! A One that Isn't Cold is Scarcely a One at All
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Hmmmm... Naw, as far as I'm concerned it would be tainted money! A One that Isn't Cold is Scarcely a One at All
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Good news folks! If you missed out the first time around, now's your chance! Sorry if this makes you vomit again, Kevin. IOU a roll of paper towels. Oh, and DTOXX, let someone else have a chance this time! A One that Isn't Cold is Scarcely a One at All
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Scratch that...there's still one open! Let's go guys...place your bids with DTOXX. A One that Isn't Cold is Scarcely a One at All
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Okay, so one for Jib and one for you. Sorry guys, both of the Olson twins have been spoken for. A One that Isn't Cold is Scarcely a One at All
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Methinks you deserve a forking for that! A One that Isn't Cold is Scarcely a One at All
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Eeeewww...does anybody have the ad from four years ago handy that they could scan? Not likely, I know, but it doesn't hurt to ask! A One that Isn't Cold is Scarcely a One at All
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Not to worry, not to worry. The one on the left has a really bad line entanglement and the one on the right seems to be trying to pull a Greg Gasson. Problem will be solved in about 24 seconds. A One that Isn't Cold is Scarcely a One at All
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Oh Christ! A One that Isn't Cold is Scarcely a One at All