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Which is pretty silly. I understand the rationale of DZ.com not being the initial source of a site name, but when it's already been divulged, editing a site name out of a secondary source doesn't make much sense.

OMFG!!!

I actually know someone trash-packed his canopy in the gear bag after jumping and went on down the road. The zipper on the gear bag worked its way loose and the canopy deployed pulling him off the bike. Having said that, I've ridden with my gear stashed in a gear bag many times.

Modern parachutes are extremely reliable pieces of equipment. You're more likely to get hurt by doing something stupid while under a perfectly good canopy. Pilot error is the biggest problem in skydiving today.

Be careful of the Karma Fairy lest she smite thee.

Gov. Bush Wants Another Terri Schiavo Investigation POSTED: 11:46 am EDT June 17, 2005 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- The release of an autopsy report on Terri Schiavo hasn't put an end to the investigations of her collapse and her death. Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is asking a prosecutor to investigate why Schiavo collapsed 15 years ago and if there was a delay before Michael Schiavo called 911. Bush said he wants prosecutor Bernie McCabe to look at an apparent gap between the time Schiavo's husband found her collapsed, and the time he called for help. Bush said Michael Schiavo testified in 1992 that he found his wife at 5 a.m., and that he said two years ago that he found her at about 4:30 a.m. He called 911 at about 5:40 a.m. The governor said he knows of "no explanation for the delay." Michael Schiavo's attorney told the Miami Herald that it's "preposterous" to suggest that Schiavo didn't immediately call 911. He said if he'd really waited 70 minutes, his wife would have been dead. _________________________________________________ Give it a break for cryin' out loud. I think the plug should be pulled on a few more people.

I gotta admit I've never met any homophobic skydivers, but I did wonder about the sport as a whole when I started jumping. Something about the rainbows on fraphats. I thought everyone was gay.

Have you ever done 3-way with them? ...... Come on, I mean a 3-way skydive. Actually, it was a 32 way.......

That sentiment is being echoed by a lot of prosecutors and defense attorneys. The conspiracy witnesses sank the prosecution.

Skydivers don't care if you're gay. This is a sport that anyone who loves the sky can enjoy. Who you sleep with is somewhat irrelevant. Oh, and I know 2 only because they are open about it. I'm sure I've jumped with many others.

Sounds Like a NAMBLA Member to ME. MJ doesn't look like Marlon Brando.

The owner. The dog had no say in the matter. I took a flight from Atlanta to DC 2 weeks ago and noticed a blonde with the pink bag and little rat dog in the security line. A few of us had a good chuckle. I hope the dog gets the same attention after this fashion fad passes.

No, I believe your quote should say "Fucking bullshit idiot fucking PROSECUTOR." That's where the blame lies. They built as absolutely horrible case. I'm a lawyer, and I'd have been ashamed to have done to me what the prosecution's witnesses did to them. The jury did it's job and found reasonable doubt because the prosecutors gave them reasonable doubt. I said in the other thread he'd either walk or have a hung jury on all counts. It was pretty obvious.

What do you mean by back to back cutaways? thx Jumps 18 & 19 were landed under my reserve.

Since the risk of being knocked unconscious prior to deployment or losing altitude awareness and pulling low is pretty much nil, having an AAD requirement for CRW seems pretty silly to me. I'd ask the DZ to waive the rule for CRW.

I jump with Handsome Dave DeWolf. 43 years of jumping and he stills gets about 300 a year in. Not bad for 72 years old.

I had back to back cutaways on the same day while on student status. It took over a hundred jumps to get over my paranoia. It'll pass.

Either acquitted or hung jury on all counts. The prosecution witnesses have huge credibility problems. If the only evidence to justify conviction is the 1993 case, your opinion may be one that the jury shares, but it's also something that's likely to result in a reversal on appeal if he is convicted. Evidence that he might have committed a crime in the past isn't evidence that he committed the crime at issue.

that's not true. drug tests can tell how much has been ingested. for instance if you drink 6 or more beers and take a breathalizer 5 minutes later, surely you will blow a .80 or more but take the same test 6 hours later and the level will drop like an anvil. on the other hand, a ua does the same thing, the concentration level will be higher if the ingestation has been more recent, rather than 2 weeks ago. time is the only thing that will cause the concentration level to drop. these tests have been refined over the years to improve accuracy and to guard the employer against a civil law suit. I don't think that's quite accurate. Most urinanalyses merely determine the presence of the substance, not the amount. I might be wrong though. In any event, impairment is not the issue with drug tests, it's use. Drug tests seek to screen out people who use illegal drugs period, irrespective of whether they're a hard core user, or take a puff at a party in a social setting. Alcohol tests, by contrast, screen people for levels of impairment. My .02 is that impairment is the issue in skydiving, not use. What somebody does on their own time and in their own home, is none of my business, as long as it doesn't impair their ability to skydive safely. And I'm not crazy about the argument that drug tests will guarantee that no one will jump impaired because you're not looking to put breathalyzers at manifest. P.S. Don't do drugs. Drugs are bad. Mmmkay.

Bob Lyon helped me with my design, but I think part of the effectiveness of the kill cone is the retracting bridle pushing it over the PC.

Having what amounts to a sea anchor trailing behind the canopy will have a definite impact on the canopy's performance. Whether that has any advantages for BASE, I have to leave to those with the experience to comment. I was just wondering if the complexities of this system had ever been considered and tested (and then rejected) in the BASE environment. The danger with this type of system is an unretracted bridle. I've flown 2 types of retractable designs, the 4 ring design used by Aerodyne and the 3 ring design used by PD. I've had unacceptable incidences of unretracted bridles on the 4 ring design which can be difficult to clear and even more difficult to fly and land if not cleared, and I would definitely consider this design NOT worth the risk. I've never had an unretracted bridle on the 3 ring design (either by luck or just one less component to ruin one's day). That's not to say that someone couldn't have one by misrouting the bridle, in fact, I've seen that result from a misinstalled bridle on the 3 ring design. The 3 ring design seems to be very rugged and reliable, but I don't think I have sufficient experience to be able to make a statistically significant determination of it's reliability. I was wondering if there had ever been any studies by the gear manufactureres which showed this system to present an unacceptable risk.

The post on the kill-line PC got me thinking. Can anyone give any thoughts on why BASE canopies aren't designed with retractable bridles similar to CRW-specific canopies? Was this setup ever tested in the BASE environment, and, if so, why was it rejected?

and the Coach & PRO ratings...

Entrapment involves someone doing something they wouldn't have otherwise done but for the actions of the police. Providing a criminal with the opportunity to commit a crime isn't entrapment if the criminal would have otherwise commited the crime, i.e., stolen a car anyway.

The courts? Hah! Ask ANY attorney. My brother-in-law (attorney) told me, "It's not whether you're going to get screwed, it's how bad. It will cost $7,000 to determine that." My attorney: "No man ever gets custody unless the woman has a new b/f waiting in the wings and the kids are in the way of her new party life." Not quite. I am an attorney, and I've gotten custody for dads. It doesn't happen all the time, but it does happen.