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I liked Point Break. If the consensus is Cutaway sucked less, then I'm going to really like Cutaway! Believe it or not, I haven't seen it yet. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

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Greetings Pete. Happy 28th year to ya. That's mighty impressive. Eventually I'll get back out your way (not like it's far) and we should finally make a skydive together. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Still bored? My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

It's 12:25, and I'm quoting Tim. It's 12:27 and I'm returning the favor. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

It's 12:17 and I'm cleaning up the kitchen. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Silly boy. The children are our future! Ah yes, good point. Teach them well and let them lead the way. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

That was the best pie baking tutorial ever. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

I thought your most distiguishing feature was supposed to be your ass? My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

If you notice, this thread was started Aug 8, 2002. He’s probably made one by now Nobody is plain stupid. Some things said in the threads you mention probably are though. It is a website where people with low jump numbers are smarter until they have high jump numbers. When I jumped a ball the first time, I already had the skills to do it. Most people don't. If you personally were to take a ball out there, there's no way you could handle the task at 169 skydives (at time of writing) Perhaps if you have a 100 hours of tunnel time, you have an advantage but it's not likely. There are instructions to build a skyball. Go for it, they're good instructions. However, if you jump it, and lose it over land you shouldn't be dropping things.. then you are stupid. I'm all for people flying with one if they want to but bring someone along that can positively, not only possibly, handle it. I've jumped and ball mastered plenty of them. The last place I jumped with one had a wide open field to spot over. It's still scary to fly with. A skyball is basically cannonball. A person would be stupid if they didn't realize that. Don't drop it, and if you do, it can't hit anything but open dirt, no cows, sheep, tool sheds, nothing. Good luck! My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

I would teach you mad num-chuck skills. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

That's not nice. Stick poking is bad. Always a good thing. Probably not. It would ultimately depend on the ass rater though. It is up to the owner of the ass but I must give a golf clap for said request. Well done. ============ In response the the bold part and clarification on behalf of monkycndo.... The person rating the ass would ultimately decide if Amanda's ass was nicer than your ass. The person rating the ass is not me. Her ass appears to be in florida and I have never seen that ass nor picture of said ass, and it is unlikely I ever will, therefore can not rate it. Just for the fact her ass is on a female human, and according the the avatar, a cute female human at that, I would deduce that yes.. it is nicer than yours. If the ass rater was not into girl's asses, then he/she may find your ass to be the nicer of the two. I am not in that catergory therefore your ass is unrated by me nor have I paid close enough attention to rate it. It would not be fair for me to rate either ass but my vote is automatically cast for Amanda's ass prevailing in the nicer than yours category. Hope that helps My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Tim, I didn't know you liked my ass so much. Have you had a few too many Lambics tonight? I will quote what I wrote, and then write write what what I meant. Back in a flash.... My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

That's not nice. Stick poking is bad. Always a good thing. Probably not. It would ultimately depend on the ass rater though. It is up to the owner of the ass but I must give a golf clap for said request. Well done. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

In know, thanks for the review session though. Sometimes that's important Again, thank you. That was a good brush up. This is great stuff!!!! Good use of quotes I suppose. Still learning here. That can be funny... but when quoter says.. Fixed it for you.. that's not true. Got it. Next! Agree, and disagree. I don't have to go look back at the quoted part 2 pages back if it's right there. On your black berry? HA.. I really don't care It's their choice to moderate, what do children have to do with this? Of course it is... at last the way monkey did it. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Reading glasses work for dialated eyes. You'll like this. Some of our clients are eye doctors. One day I had allergies and my eyes were pretty irratated so they gave me an eye drop sample. I lost it after one use. Well, I was doing a job after hours and saw the drops up on the shelf next to the hydrating drops so I took a sample with me. A couple days later, I was eating dinner with my brother and one of my neices and my right eye was terribly irratated. I had the drops with me so I put a couple drops in my right eye. How many people just put drops on one eye? Some reason I did. After a while, my eye was still irritated. Some lubricating drops are very thick... so when my eye seemed a bit blurry, it didn't phase me. I looked at my neice and she said... "OH MY GOD!!!! Your pupil is huge!!! Well, I will never just grab some drops just because I think they are something else again. The drops are Isopto Atrapine. The effects are temporary but ... oh you'll like this.... they last up to 2 weeks. They're for post op. They keep the eye basically paralyzed to aid in the healing process. My eye was completely dialated for a few days and it took 1 full week to finish wearing off. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Pull a daisy chain loop through the existing catseye. Edit...Nevermind. That's a bad Idea. It will tighten over the toggle and most likely fail to release. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Try just putting a daisy chain loop through the existing catseye. That should do it. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

No sir, that was referring to the manufacturer. They make mass quantities of the product. Chances are they have squished quite a few of the cutters between grommets. At least enough to notice that plastic squished between hard metal would be less than optimum. The service bulletin already states a new cutter design is in the works. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Keep the velcro in good condition, make absolutely certain the BOC will hold the pilot chute in place. Personally, I suggest adding the bridle cover no matter what orientation you fly in. A tumble here and there is usually no concern for alarm so just enjoy it while you have it. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

I know the answer to this one. He was thinking.. "I'm not doing that again" My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Regardless of following instructions, it's pretty obvious that the design of the plastic sleeve on the vigil cutter is a poor one. Even the stainles steel grommets on the reserve flaps get dents in them. Anyone with a bit of mechanical reasoning skills would see that the the plastic sleeve of the vigil cutter will be subject to damage. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Stock RWS velcro toggles. That was too long ago to remember the exact configuration. The only thing I'm sure of is the condition of the equipment at the time. So you understand, that was not an isolated incident. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Freeflying/3D flying.. perhaps 3D is not appropriatte unless you wake up 5 minutes before posting Basically what I mean is, head down is just a position. Sit flying is just a position. Freeflying is a lot more than just getting head down and being in the air either by yourself or some where near another person. Freeflying incorporates all orientations including flips spins, carving, over unders, stand ups, back flying, belly flying ... etc. I would trust a lot of rigs to a simple position, but once you start performing cartwheels, flips, carving, over under type moves and the rig must be able to stay shut. Shear strength on Velcro is pretty high, peel strength is low. If that was not the case, it wouldn't be used for cutaway and reseve handles. The riser covers on a Vector 2 are quite long so it's easy for air to get under to peel them open. Since they are long, lots of the riser can be exposed including the entire toggle. Another prime example is my old team mate (before we were team mates) jumped a perfectly maintained Vector II. On a few dives he was in a stand up video taping my other team mate and both of his toggles were trailing a couple feet above him. It made for an exciting opening. If it was only 1 toggle, it would have most certainly been quite the spinner. After a few more jumps, he bought a different rig. Freefly Friendly: Until you pull - Riser covers stay shut - Main cover flap stays shut - Reserve cover flap stays shut - Pilot chute stays secure That all needs to happen no matter how you fly and it can't be a question of whether it will stay shut, you must know it will. I know mine will unless it's opened by me or someone else. Hope that helps My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

I'll be honest with you Gary, it's a tough subject for me to put into text properly. It's not quite as simple as you stated. Out of experience and mechanical reasoning, a person can figure out what causes a tight appearing rig to open. What is tight? Many rigs well stay closed in a static position but change orientations often and they won't stay closed. (Over under moves, cartwheels, layouts, head down spins, barrel rolls... etc.) Many just come open if you present the bottom of the rig to the air long enough as in Dolphs example. I have seen this time and again, 10 years ago. It hasn't fixed itself since then. This next part is simple. Stowing parts properly is one thing but if it's stored properly in a rig with inherent failure modes built into it, it will still fail during certain orientations. Example, I had a very tight rig, but when performing either fast layouts or fast barrel rolls, one riser cover would open. I figured out the failure mode on that rig and it wasn't obvious. But I could make it happen nearly every time. It held fine just flying in a head down position and many other moves, but head down is just that, a position. It's not freeflying. Vector IIs (and not limited to Vector IIs) have inherent failure modes built right into them. Flaps that open is a failure in this sense. It's not structural, it's functional. I would fly a Vector II any day doing any form of belly flying but most definitely would not freefly with it. Bottom line, the rig is not freefly friendly and the subject should not need to be disected. Hope that helps. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto