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not to mention losing your "rank" you'd have to start out as a newbie again! YIK... --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

i kind of suspected that, my reasoning for my posting that thread from "Swooping And Canopy Control" you will find a lot of good information in that thread. generally a 1:1 will suffice until your comfortable. what bothers me, is in 91 jumps you've jumped a wealth of different canopies, thus not giving yourself adequate time to become acclaimated to one canopy long enough to progress. be safe. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

Go Here this topic has been beaten to death. your profile doesn't mention jump numbers, yet you say you have 91 in your post. you have many jumps ahead of you, i don't know what you've been flying, except for the safire 139 you have 3 jumps on, but be careful. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

smell of lock getting WAY stronger now! when will you guys figure out that this is non-productive, and negative? peace my brothers. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

me smellum lock on thread! --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

Mike: STFU...Please. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

"Don't Bogart That Joint, My Friend!" J/K this guy is a real "winner" "dude, your gettin' a cell!" ah, he'll get out of it, dell was "fazing him out" anyway with the new "dell nerds" i figure if robert downey jr can come back, so can the dell dude!

i still maintain he knows more than he's telling the authorities. i can say for sure i wouldn't sell my wife's vehichle (should she be pregnant & missing) if i thought she would need it again. if that were my wife i would be on it 24 & 7, 365 until i found them, this guy makes no effort to even help. now i ain't no einstein, but i ain't jethro bodean either! --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

when all else fails...cut it off, then re-boot it! --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

Can You Help? i'm not Barnaby Jones or nothing like that, but this Scott Peterson dude is a DICK. he may not have killed her, but...he does know more than he's letting on. let's see if we can't bring Laci home. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

i researched the articles, and this is all i could find on aircraft type, no pics. lucky people. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

as have i, which in turn the reasoning for my comment. if the rapide links were $100.00 a pair, i'd have a different opinion maybe, but being's as they're cheaper than dirt, it ain't worth it. personally i'll never use (on my equipment) reuse, or suggest reusing a set. but, i guess that's the reason they make ford's and chevy's! --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

generally rapide links that are not thread locked that are hard to unscrew have been stretched from opening snatch forces. which in my mind only enforces my decision to use slinks...if you ever take a pair of rapide links off of a canopy and intend to use rapide links again, throw the old ones away, no matter how long they've been on the canopy...cheap insurance. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

look for Lieberman to run on the democratic ticket......with Clinton as his vice president, not Bill Clinton either. remember, you heard it here first........ --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

Jim Cazer 589 E. Lake Hill Drive Talladega, Alabama Zip Code: 35160 256.268.9843 (Business Phone) 256.268.0675 (Fax) --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

all this really means is now we can fly recon with spy planes through the no fly zone, and Iraq can't shoot them down. we've been flying recons through there for years now, this just makes it legal for us to attack them...if they attack one of our planes. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

See This I just ran accross this, thought it was humorous! --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

if your still flying the wings container, i think they can help, but check your dz's gearstore first, save on shipping if they have one. AggieDave can probably steer you in the right direction on this one. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

buy both. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

it's just ALF eavesdropping, or looking for a cat to eat! --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

I ran across this somewhere a couple of days ago, i thought i'd share it. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

go with god brother! take care, be safe. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

that's an elementary subject as far as song writing goes. you don't want to write about it, it's NOT writer's block. not being harsh, constructive criticism from one wordsmith to another. been there, done that, but i've got the song. the avenues from what you've described are endless, take a turn at the crossroads of your life, and move on little brother, move on, it gets better before before it gets worse and that's a well known fact, now if you'd just realize it and get over it, it'd be in the past, while your moving along with the future...................remember..."look for the hook" the "hook" being the ONE PHRASE that will embed the song into people's memories. example: "Oh i've been there....that's why i'm here" Kenny Chesny, he wrote that "Hook" before he wrote the rest of the song. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

i have limited experience with writing "tabulature" but i am a lyracist (wordsmith) and have over 150 "poems" or "songs" penned, some of which can be accessed in a public forum. i "draw" from personal experience, something i've seen, tasted, felt or experienced as most lyricists do. whatever "feel" your going for at the time should be insugniffigant, write the tune, then fit it into the genre. as far as chord progressions go, it could be 1-6 or hell, even 8, but as a "wordsmith" i believe each song should have a chorus, and at least 3 verses, and maybe repeating the first verse as the last verse, ending with the chorus, but...then again, i'm "old school" do this...keep a legal pad by your bed at night, some of the best songs i've written have been through dreams. i'm always looking for a "HOOK" to write a song around, it works! good luck. i wrote a song driving by a prison one day entitled "will you keep my heart in lockdown baby...or let me go" i'll explain if inquired upon. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

i'd have to go with manufacturer's specs on this one, there is a reason for it. although, having said that, i was flying a Hornet with a 36" zp/pc/bridle before i purchased my Cobalt (both 170's^2) and the Hornet opened better, i jumped the Cobalt with the 36" zp/pc/bridle first jump, opening, etc was perfect. then i went to Atair's specs (i already had it with me at the dz that day) and changed over to the 24" zp/pc/bridle, now i never changed back to the 36" set, but my life with the Cobalt has been a living hell ever since. i'm not a mechanical engineer, but i know that container manufacturer's send out what they deem acceptable for any canopy size range that will fit into the container, no matter what "Brand" your flying. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"