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  1. The CockPit is either a gay bar or a "massage" parlor. Keep in mind gay bars tend to play good dance music and draw quite a crowd and the Massage parlor will probably be raided so lean towards the first if you go with The Cockpit. Z-Spot or TK's is pretty cool. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
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    Freefly Terms

    Your pen is ...what? My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
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    Freefly Terms

    Joker Funky Joker Double Funky Joker Triple ... etc. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
  4. For an entire season, I worked the graveyard shift 9:00 PM to 8:00 am, with an hour break 4 days a week with friday through sunday off. What is there to do for an hour around 3 oclock in the AM... I'm not sure. You're probably locked into that shift for now but I'd sure look into getting out of it as soon as you can. Also, if they aren't offering you additional pay for that shift, they should be. I think it's a requirement, but don't quote me on that. I learned to switch back and forth but it took a while. Black out your windows so you can sleep during the day. If you're in a room mate situation, wear earplugs, or get something to create white noise, or both. I found that unless I really had to do some errands in the morning after getting off work, that just going right to bed seemed best. Some folks find it easier to wake up an hour before the shift and adjust the bed time accordingly but that never worked for me. I went to bed around 9 or 10 AM and woke up around 5 or 6 PM. Come friday, stay up after work a bit longer or just sleep when you're tired ... get up a couple hours later and go back to bed at a normal time. Get up early.. (if you can) then head out to the dz. You may find yourself a bit monotone feeling at first (if that makes sense). If you get tired during the day, and you will, Just take a nap. The shift sucks... but you can get used to it. First thing to do... tell all your friends you probably won't see much of them for a while. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
  5. Call it what you want... it's your first. say it... FIRST!!! It's ok to say first... really. Lucky first I might add My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
  6. AFF level 1 can't be included. In a one off situation, one BASE jump versus one freefall out of an aircraft, I do agree that given then exact conditions stated, the bridge jump is probably "safer" AFF students are trained for a half a day and are dragged out of the plane with 2 instructors. Some of those students completely lose it. If you let go of just about any AFF level one student, or that student performed a solo exit, a completely out of control situation is nearly guarenteed. A military trained parachutist however, is trained for many days in the use of the equipment, freefall position, canopy flight, and, they PLF train like crazy. As far as safety is concerned, they have a fantastic record. If a person is trained for one BASE jump in the manner Calvin19 suggests, the chances of a good exit, pilot chute toss, opening, and steering into the water is quite high. I've watched people with an hours training jump and survive so if you spend many hours or even days training to execute one BASE jump over water, it's unlikely the student will fail a safe water landing. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
  7. Stand the next time you're gearing up. It makes a world of difference. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
  8. That's awesome. What was the final tally? Nice work everyone. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
  9. Really...???? In that case... I'm putting my Freefly coaching skills up for barter My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
  10. In that case... I'm putting my Freefly coaching skills up for barter My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
  11. Because it irritates some folks, and that is funny. Actually, not that it matters, I'm ok with people posting questions simply out of curiosity in the Gear and Rigging forum. I look in this forum more often than general skydiving forum anyway. I've read some threads in this forum that make me go Hmmmmm .... I read or simply skip other threads. Rig 2: DOM 2003 Rig 1: DOM 1999
  12. Curiousity... some have it. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
  13. LOL I know you're serious but still I bet it's possible but you'd have to try. Kinda like the picture of the guy who... uhhh... nevermind... See ya next year sometime PS, nice A shots! My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
  14. Any word on how this is going? I believe it's been going on for 11 hours and 29 minutes so far. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
  15. Cajun, plastic smoked, beaver... good stuff. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
  16. hookitt

    San Fransisco Locals

    uh.. yeah When? I'll be out of town for much of January. A couple of those cranes are a tad hot. I'll make sure you know which ones. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
  17. Big fan of South Park, so ... yeah. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
  18. What would Brian Boitano if he was here right now? He'd make a plan and he'd follow through, that's what Brian Boitano'd do My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
  19. I'm curious as to why you say lose 2 inches? Look at the leg straps too, the pads are several inches from touching. It appears to me ... (semi educated guess) ... that the laterals could be a touch longer and so could the lift web. When I put on a rig either brand new or used, it should be fairly close to fitting without having to break it in or doing anything but tightening the straps. My lift web was too short on my rig and it fit just like the one in the picture. after adding 1 1/2 inches to the length, it's nearly perfect. I've made a harness or 2 and that's at least how it appears to me. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
  20. Byron folks and speedos... She's right though. Also mash the back of the rig up with your knee.. put your knee into the back on each side then grab the lift webs and pull it around. Really flex the reserve tray. Then try the rig on with out the jump suit... Speedos if you so choose then post the pic My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
  21. Yes.. they connect the main lift web to the container. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
  22. Very nice BASE slacks and shoes that strapping young man on the left is wearing. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
  23. Send the pictures in with the rig. From them it appears that the laterals are too short and the lift web could be longer as well. You'll get used to the CYPRES display pocket. It's easy enough to get at once you figure it out. Edit: Most definitely show the picture of your face. You look disconcerted to say the least. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
  24. Was she not impressed? Silly girl. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto
  25. How would it be enforced? There's no way to determine age if the site is completely anonymous. My credit card information would never be used to determine age. I suppose you can have the disclaimer at the beginning of the site that says enter if you are 18 or over but that's useless as well. Welcome to the world wide web. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto