sundevil777

What is "GB"? People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

Makes perfect sense. Most people are more interested in how much gas it takes to go on a trip of a certain distance. Also it's easier to calculate averages this way - such as a 100km trip that is 50km highway and 50km city. You are wrong. The Honda Civic gets 36 mpg on the highway (5.7 liters/100km as reported by Canadian test methods - a slightly different result). If you want to figure how much fuel is required to go on a 150 mile (241km)trip, you must do... 150/36=4.2 gal. In metric-land you must do... (241/100)*5.7=14 liters. The dividing by 100 is obviously easy to do, but you still must either divide or multiply by a 2 digit number. I assert that using mpg is more direct, and at the least doesn't make any less "perfect sense" than using liters/100km (or km/liter). A split city/hwy trip is also not any more conveniently calculated. No, you are wrong, as shown by the fact that you avoided the situation I described, which was calculating an average for mixed highway/city driving. As shown by the fact that you avoided demonstrating your assertion, I think you got nothing. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

Perhaps the failure was due to over tightening of the nut (causing it to crack). This is a somewhat common occurrence given the tendency for some to want to cinch it up as a method of checking for tightness rather than a mark to confirm it hasn't loosened. If a mini link (a metal component) fails because it actually fatigues from the level of stress/# of cycles applied, then a larger/stronger link should be used that won't be subject to fatigue failure. If soft links are protected from contact with the slider grommets, then I think that would mean they might last many thousands of jumps. Just a thought. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

Ahem, in metric it spelled is litres, not liters. Ahem, there are other variations allowed by respected sources: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/liter If those across the pond can use aluminium, and colour, then there is no reason to complain about liter. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

What? But PD has such a golden reputation! I hear you, but many others have had very good success with the modified sliders. It is good that the OP know about the issue, become better informed before considering the purchase. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

Doing that search will also show that many have used simple mods to the slider to fix that very effectively. I have never jumped one, but would not be so quick to discount that experience of many others. Besides, PD says that there was never a problem with the original Sabre, any hard openings were due completely to packing technique. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

Makes perfect sense. Most people are more interested in how much gas it takes to go on a trip of a certain distance. Also it's easier to calculate averages this way - such as a 100km trip that is 50km highway and 50km city. You are wrong. The Honda Civic gets 36 mpg on the highway (5.7 liters/100km as reported by Canadian test methods - a slightly different result). If you want to figure how much fuel is required to go on a 150 mile (241km)trip, you must do... 150/36=4.2 gal. In metric-land you must do... (241/100)*5.7=14 liters. The dividing by 100 is obviously easy to do, but you still must either divide or multiply by a 2 digit number. I assert that using mpg is more direct, and at the least doesn't make any less "perfect sense" than using liters/100km (or km/liter). A split city/hwy trip is also not any more conveniently calculated. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

There is really not much skill involved, so don't worry about jump numbers. A Mr Bill Jump requires a lot of unjustified confidence, so it is the kind of thing best attempted when you don't know enough to be scared by it. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

The advice to buy used is good advice, just have someone trustworthy helping you, someone looking out for you, that won't be fooled into buying junk or paying too much. Unless of course, the cost of a new rig is pocket change for you, then definitely buy all new gear and help support the industry. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

How did you decide on just these 2 choices? People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

I find it strange that in Canada, vehicle fuel economy is not measured as kilometers/liter, they use liters/100 km. That is the inverse of miles/gallon as in the US. That is odd that they inverted it, instead of just using metric units. Is it the same in other metric countries? People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

You did eventually pull the canopy out, right? Were you not able at all to determine why there was trouble? Please tell us more. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

Hate to break it to you but the congress has even more of a say in a lot of things that have to do with the economy. Still the facts are: A republican congress presided over the expansion, while a democratic congress was in charge under Bush. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

That's is so funny - that you can say that of others, and be serious! It doesn't even occur to you that it applies to you, does it? People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

Wrong, he hasn't done that. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

The lowest temperature at which NaCl/H2O can remain liquid is -21.2C or -6.15F. Mr Fahrenheit's reference temp wasn't a sodium chloride salt water mix, it was an ammonium chloride salt water mix. Geez! do your research! People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

Quite right, there is a whole lot of such intolerance in countries with names such as 'the Islamic republic of blah blah', the leadership of the Muslim faith in general. The big difference from the Westboro nuts is that Muslim intolerance and hatred is sanctioned by the political and religious leadership (actually the same leadership). That same type of leadership does have a significant presence in our American mosques. Nut job Christian leaders cannot even come close to having the same potential for doing harm. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

Direct control - Old Jalbert Parafoils had what is called a spider slider (X-shape webbing with the grommets at the tips of the X) that was connected to the pilot chute with a very long bridle line that passed through the canopy. The drag of the PC directly controlled the descent of the slider. My first rig had a 189 sqft 7 cell baby foil, the reefing system worked very well, apart from the burns in the fabric. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

Why do you say that? 0.5 C = 0.9 F People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

There are a substantial number of people that are very comfortable with locking stows that won't break, even prefer it that way. I use home-made tube stows that are much stronger than they need to be. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

Where was the line attached? That sounds like a great little bonus. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

It is a HUGE pain in the ass have to deal with both metric and imperial. I often get a number of engineered drawings for smaller modules that come together to build one final product. These drawings can be measured in either system depending on if they were done in Canada or America. It really sucks when your trying to figure out a running dimension using series of drawing done in both imoerial and metric. I find metric alot easier to use in the field. Adding and subtracting fractions of an inch, having to convert to decimals and then back, multiplying and dividing by 12 to figure out how many feet this thing is, is a real pain in the ass when I could just work in MM My memory from when I was with Boeing, is that when both metric and english was on a drawing, there were no fractions used (only decimals), and only inches (no feet - even for big things like airplanes). People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

I like how even in Canada, the size of pizzas is measured in inches, and you still have to buy wheels that have the diameter in inches. Aren't TVs still advertised as inch sizes, aren't canopies still using ft^2! Altitudes by aircraft are still done in feet, right? Fahrenheit is better because it has smaller divisions - it wouldn't seem right to say 37.5, much better to use whole numbers. Don't the English still use the stone for a common weight measure? The metric system isn't so great, if it was, the units of time would have been converted to base 10! Long live English Units! People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

Not reasonable. How often do/would you get your own reserve inspected (ETA - inspected by the factory)? How old is so old that it should need an inspection? It can still blow up, even after getting inspected. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

It seems like ads will show up multiple times when looking at 'new ads', but it does not seem like they are repeats due to posting in multiple categories. I did a search and could not find this issue already discussed. See attached for a typical example (4 of the same reserve). People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am