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uh........YEAH! i'll refer to her as ANS from now on, or pigwoman, which do you like better? just curious!

i like the concept, but i wouldn't apply it. i think design needs a bit of refining. it appears to be a snag hazard, and "could" potentially catch air in free fly activity and deploy unintentionally, just from what i observed in the jpeg image. but heck of a good idea. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

Richard, I went to your link and much to my satisfaction, there was a picture of Jennifer Anniston in the upper right hand corner. Thanks!*** that certainly was the only highlight! it's not that she's all fat and ugly to me, but she's dumber than a rock, i'm sorry. anybody that would stoop to levels she has don't have "all their oars in the water" she makes me hurl! further, i think the only two places she could get laid, is in a prison, or a dog pound. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

it's called "Anna" it airs on "E" i believe every monday evening at 8:00 p.m. heck, i don't know why i'm giving her air time out, you'll want to kill me when you see it! she's really gross. i just went to ETONLINE and found her link, feast your eyes on this! YUCH! http://www.etonline.com/television/a11658.htm --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

....with higher ratings than the "Osbournes" i just saw it on good morning america, then went and spewed, now i'm back to post. she announced that her dog "sugar pie" is on prozac to keep her "balanced" she was awarded a reported 88 million dollars in a court settlement, but her ex-husband's son is appealing the decision, i hope she walks away with less than a dollar. she made an appeal for a man "with a job" to take her out and date her, citing that she could find no one who would date her. go figure. ugly white pig woman on dope! surely this podunk ho's show won't make it? YUK! --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

people at work staying logged on whether using the site or not probably plays a big part in this, you'll notice after 17:00 hours it's way easier to log on. a "time out" would fix this, say one hour of inactivity, the site would log user out. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

might just want to shake his hand, or your next reserve opening might not open so well. J/K don't get nervous! --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

left is right....and right is wrong! just an old saying, that i just made up! --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

i watched her show out of sheer boredom. i don't feel sorry for her, she's doing this to her self. i can't believe she's getting "airtime" she was obviously sedated, or under the unfluence of god knows what. hopefully she'll watch the episode and see her self, and realize how pathetic she looks, and acts and seek treatment. i also feel that the people who proposed to do the reality show with her, (which aired TWICE ) really need to get a life, all there doing is exploiting anna's ignorance, and laughing behind her back. i really hope she gets some help, or she won't live much longer. she appeared as a "used up boozehag/slut" absolutely dissgusting. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

at 180# plus gear sam would be loaded at: 1.37. ok, so he laid off the winter and gained 30#, now his weight is 210# plus gear sam would be loaded at 1.577. i don't see a problem with this, depending on sam's experience, and jump numbers, etc...it's doable, with the right jumper. ultimately, sam should seek out the advice of a learned colleague before making that jump, if he is not experienced enough to supervise himself. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

i dub you "Yuppie Sky Diver # 0002" with me being # 0001. so just change your moniker, and post your handguns at the door...thank you! and BMW's aren't passe either, there KEWEL! --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

Kevin: good idea. in my post, i was soliciting ideas, this is what we need. but then, i got to thinking (quick, run!) more often than not, currently our new sky divers are trained under smaller canopys to begin with, not the old square 288's of the past. but, then again, we haven't been doing a good job at regulating ourselves either, the statistics sustain that. so just what is the real answer here? i believe that if each, and everyone of us bear just one thing in mind the statistics will make an immediate reflection and that is to maintain a constant vigil on safety, self awareness, and remember, this sport is VERY DANGEROUS and can/will kill and/or maim each, and every jump. "It's All About Living" --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

well, i guess i've finally been "labled" or is that "stereotyped?" ah, well.......... --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

"yuppie sport?" that's new. i wish i had a dime for every student i've seen either complete training, only to not have the money to buy their own gear, and not be able to jump rental gear either. or i've observed on many occasions prospective sky divers (most of them still in the teens) not even complete their training programs because of the $$$. as far as a smaller main costing less $$$ i'd really be interested in what brand of main you speak of, size from my research really doesn't make that big of a difference, unless your buying x-braced performance, new, that is. if this is a "yuppie" sport, there's a lot of broke "yuppies" out there. i wish it were different. and if the insurance on your 97 Ford Probe is $150.00 a month, your driving record must be poor. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

QuoteIs there a law on to whom you are allowed to sell a Porsche Boxster or a lesser priced muscle car?*** there's really not a regulation on who, and who can't. but it is sort of self regulated by the price of the newer sport vehicles, and insurance that covers them because they are "performance cars" i can asuure you, after having owned many of these types of cars, a "youngster" cannot afford neither the car, or the insurance. for instance, the insurance on my 2001 C-5 Chevrolet Corvette is $100.00 per month, one because it's all fiberglass, the other because it's a "high performance" vehichle, and i'm 43 with a great driving record. so yeah, it's regulated...so to speak. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

ya know it's sad, but true! cute joke! --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

how do you see everyone not doing something? You would have to monitor everyone at the dz 24 hours a day? how would you know? experience? i know what i've seen with my own 2 eyeballs, that much i'm sure of. i'm a very lucid person. if in fact we all want to say it doesn't happen were only fooling ourselves....believe it. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

i agree, but is it right for fellow sky divers to place other's lives in danger if their under the influence? if no one does drugs, no one will be put in the "rat's" position...right? surely you jest? i've seen it personally, more than once. i shall not expound further, but please don't be so naieve. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

ok, it's official, i'm jealous! that must be nice. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

Levin/Ramon/Bryan: it's good to see you guys doing this. with your experience levels, it can only enhance each sky diver's abilities, and make the skies safer for us all. thanks for all you guys do. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

i jumped with him on that one, on pretty much identical canopys, all he could get it to do is biplane, but he did the "uneven" match jump first and went into violent twists, downplane, etc...which is the reason he made the test jumps to begin with. yeah, your right, it's 1.55 actally. i'm 6' 3" tall at 240# on the "hoof" 245 with pizza! and my gear weighs exactly 19#. but i've sought the advice of learned colleague(s) first, and progressed my way there slowly. plus i don't do anything silly under canopy, or on landings, remember, i'm 43, not 23. i have lived long enough to realize my mortality. with the Hornet 170 you speak of i stand it up, and surf in with a toe drag consistantly. if i was biffing, and busting my ass every landing, or even every 5 landings, i would "back up and punt" i consider myself, as do others i jump with a very safe and conservative sky diver. sounds like a plan! my point exactly i guess? we like to think of it as tradition, honoring one of the "old and bold sky diver's" timeless/ageless quip. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

well, i wasn't far off on the wing load eh? i went back and noticed that you now have 720 skydives. how many jumps per month do you make? i've calculated 52.8 per month, assuming your last jump number of 350 is correct at the date you posted it, this means an average of 12 per weekend. your either a "jumping fool" and loving it, or you've misscalculated somewhere. no bother really, i'm just curious is all. take care, be safe. give that reserve/main sizing difference some thought. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

a concern i have here in Luis's situation, is the main/reserve sizes. not long ago hoonswoop did a "test jump," with a small main, and a large reserve to determine what the results would/could be in a "2 out" situation, the results are posted in the safety and training forums somewhere, any way, it wasn't pretty. he wound up having to cut the main away. (he was jumping his J-4 with a belly mount, so he had 3 canopies) just so nobody freaks! i think it's becoming "trendy" to go small on canopy size, and high on wing loads. why? i don't have a clue, i'm still searching for the answer(s) let's also bear in mind, there are "up jumpers" (who, themselfs are downsizing even further) selling small mains on the internet to anyone, doesn't matter who they are. there needs to be a system to hold these individuals accountable to whom they sell these canopys to. ideas anyone? my feeling is that we have so many GM's on the BOD at USPA, that maybe they could monitor jump numbers, and canopy progression a bit themselfs? i would also suggest that each USPA DZ have a S&TA actively monitoring landings, diciplines, etc...but i know this isn't going to happen, because of the $$$ an S&TA who is also a vidiot, and an AFF1 isn't likely to become the "safety nazi" on the landing area, when he/she could be making $$$ jumping. my "guess" is he's flying a 1.5-1.7 wing plus or minus a touch either way. i think whats happening nowadays is students are training and progressing at a much faster pace than years ago, due to the growing popularity of our sport, thus the need to "push them through" AFF, or AFP whatever the program may be, thus the inception of the USPA coach's course, to free up the AFF1's to jump with "newbies" we're actually giving them a "false sense of security" by giving them the idea that they can progress at that same pace, or faster right off of student status, which is a mistake. i've also made the observation that generally students get that 100th jump, then the infamous SCR jump, then progress straight into freeflying instead of RW, which means "SPEED" small canopies, and last, but not least swooping. it's guys like Chuck that can help with "experienced advice" to help out with these types of situations. great posts Mr. Blue! just ran accros this on another website, case, and point of what i said about canopy availability: i left out the name to protect the poor devil, and didn't post his contact number for obvious reasons. at least he has come to the conclusion early enough to realize his mistake, unfortunately, i don't think 10 more square feet of canopy will do him any good, maybe 20 more. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

Scott: good to see you on the forums! come over to Sky Dive Houston, let's play! haven't seen you in over a year, take care, be safe! --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

his last name, well full name is Corey LeVar, one heck of a camera flyer! he shot my S.C.R. ceremony at Sky Dive San Marcos, we had loads of fun that evening! haven't seen him in a long time, was wondering where he was myself. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"