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So, I managed to take a few pictures of this wonderful cruiseship. She's really majestic, to say the least. If you look carefully (picture 003), you'll see a guy standing on top of the deck, close to where the anchor is. This gives you a good idea of the sheer size of this ship. Yves.

I think she will make a stop in Halifax. http://www.cunard.com/CruiseItinerary.asp?cruiseid=2413&LeftNav=QM2&Active=destinations&Sub=voyagedetails&OB=&Region= It seems this cruise is the same as the one pasted in the link. Yves.

Yup! It's her first stop in Quebec city. http://www.cunard.com/QM2/default.asp?Active=about&sub=shipfacts I hope the weather will be good tomorrow, so I can take a few pictures. 157 000 horsepower.... nearly 4000 people on board.... length 1 132 feet .... Yves.

And whenever you feel the need to breathe jet fuel, Atmosphair (St-Jean-Chrysostome), is located just 15km south of Quebec City. Of course that's about 200km of St-Jean, but Atmosphair is the only turbine DZ in Quebec (1 King Air A 100 ), and also two C182. Yves.

So, Here's the pics of the PdF stainless steel on my Vortex II. Yves.

What's the diff between all these? What do DJ and PdF stand for? Any pix to compare? I will be calling RI on Monday about a few things and i'll ask about this, too, at that time. thx. angela. I'll try to take a good pic of the PdF friction adapter, and post it here. Yves.

I've seen several Mirages with the PdF friction adapter. Yves.

Geez, that tune brings back good memories.

Parachute Systems uses Stainless Steel hardware manufactured by PdF. I have this on my Vortex II. I think Mirage use the same hardware as Parachute System. Yves.

And soon, we'll need one for the snow storms. Yves.

Nah! That can't be! You must have stepped on the snake's tail. Yves.

Yves.

I've met several DZ.commer, over the years, and I can say they're ALL good people. I have a lot more DZ.commers to meet, and i have a LOOOOOT of DZs to visit. Hopefully, i'll meet more DZ.commers when i'll go to Eloy. I think the spirit is pretty much the same, at every DZ. We are just a bunch of people who enjoy life, enjoy making new friends, and, most of all, enjoy the greatest sport in the world. In my life (I'm 42) i've done many sports, but none ever came close to skydiving in terms of making REAL good friends. Skydivers just seem to care MORE about each other, period.

Done ! Yves.

Hello Mailin; My advice to you is NEVER pay for USPS insurance. It’s a total loss of money. Two years ago, my Cypres got lost in the mail. To make a loooooong story short, here’s what happened. After maintenance was performed by SSK on my Cypres unit, SSK sent it back to me, by USPS insured mail (with tracking). Somehow, my Cypres was lost when it "crossed the U.S -- Canadian border". USPS said : "Once a package crosses the border, it’s out of our hands……". Canada Post said : "The package never entered Canada, so it’s out of our hands……" The USPS tracking status stated the package effectively entered the Canadian customs…….. Canada post tracking status stated the package never entered the Canadian customs……… To this day, the claim is still open……… To my knowledge, SSK was never able to collect any money from USPS or Canada Post, even if the package was shipped fully insured......... SSK sent me a loaner unit to replace my lost Cypres, and later told me the loaner unit was mine to keep. (Thanks Karen and Kai Koerner) Karen Dean of SSK spent COUNTLESS hours on the phone to TRY to talk to a real USPS representative. She was never able to talk to a USPS representative. Only automated reply messages…….. Press 2…. Press 3…….. press 4…….press 6…………. To hear this message again, Press 1…….. On my side, I was able to talk to several Canada Post representative, all of which said the package never entered Canada. As a result, SSK decided to negotiate a Canada -- U.S -- Canada deal with UPS. Canadians skydivers can now ship their Cypres units to SSK, using SSK’s UPS account, and SSK would return the Cypres to the Canadian customer and added the two way shipping charges to the maintenance bill. :o) My experience with USPS was surely not a good one. I know that a carrier like UPS cost more than USPS. But at least, with UPS, you can talk to a real human being. :o) Yves.

That's a good decision for us skydivers. DZ.com is simply THE skydiving web site, and will become even better as a result of your decision. I hope all skydiving businesses will advertise more and more on DZ.com, so you can continue your full time work on DZ.com, and be able to pay your bills as well. Keep up the good work Sangiro. Yves.

Nice ! Yves.

OURAGAN!

Congrats! Yves.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> How many guys have jumped off that bridge? More than you can imagine ! 340 feet at the highest point. Yves.

Nah Remster! Quebec is not a village. Montreal may have a couple more bridges than we have, but we're not a village.. And we have a King air Yves.

What you have missed Cornholio, is that I had edited my profile to remove my personnal info, before I sent the question. I put it back after a few answered. Yves.

So you volunteer to test our cannons, here are two of them. We've got hundreds more to test ! http://www.janesays.ca/gallery/QuebecCity/DSCN0873 Yves.

Yves.

The Scottish one stayed up at the FIRST attempt, despite its name. The Quebec Bridge fell down twice during construction due to bad engineering. I guess the engineers learned from their peers mistakes !