Jimbo

That's a good reason to stay home. Let the ankle heal before you get back in the air. It would suck greatly to injure it again, and maybe worse this time, by jumping before you're ready. Welcome to the wonderful sport of skydiving.

So am I. Wow! Did that get taken to court, or was the school lucky enough to have expelled someone without the legal resources to bring the fight? Anymore info on this one would be appreciated. - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.

So, uh, I'm curious. Just how much space is allotted for attachments? I'm guessing just from the number of boobie attachments that it's larger than most might think. - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.

Time to grow up and get a clue there Thomas. Will not get you put in jail. In case you haven't noticed, hate speech is very much tolerated in today's America. Ever hear of a little group called the KKK? That's not discrimination. That's hate speech, discrimination is "I won't give you a job or promotion because you're black/gay/white/Jewish/Catholic/etc..." It won't get you put in jail. This is sexual harrassment, it is illegal, though I don't think it carries a prison term. In this case it's not about speech, don't you see that? What it tells me is that you're an angry little man who has chosen to lash out at an easy target, the big bad U.S. of A. I think this makes you look like an ass. Have a nice life. - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.

The idea of an invasion suggests forced entry, I think any country is welcome to try. We just happen to be better at it than most. What's the point? We already admit to having nuclear, checmical, and biological weapons. It's not exactly a big secret, in many cases the location of the stockpiles are a matter of public record. What does this have to do with anything? Care to support that statement with an example? - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.

If it's Thailand you're interested in... http://www.themantour.com/ Eat, fornicate, and be merry! - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.

Unless you're keen on paying the USPA $20.00 for a license I would just skip it. Remember though, to get your C you'll need meet all of the requirements of the B. - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.

Agreed. And the 'fit' will change depending on the weather, packing technique, and age of the canopy. - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.

Jeepers - Creepers. I think it fits the bill, classic horror, and cheesy, sort of. - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.

I'm sorry, but that's a load of crap. I jump a safire at about 1.5:1 and I have absolutely no problems with the flare, I've even got my brakes lengthened so much that I'm convinced I'm not getting ALL the flare I can. Your complaint about the lack of flare on a Safire suggests to me that you never really fully learned to flare/fly the canopy. Nothing personal, it's something I hear from lots of people who previously jumped canopies with a shorter control range. - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.

I think you're talking about this: http://www.snopes.com/quotes/sinclair.htm It's a good read and really does put some things in perspective. - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.

I don't see it happening, not necessarily because she doesn't have the skill or stamina, but rather I don't think that women's boxing is big enough yet for her to make any money, garner any fame, etc.. etc... I wonder though, if she could make it into professional wrestling as one of the bad girls? - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.

I agree that mutt might be the best Unix mail client available, but I think it might be a bit difficult for a newbie. Less feature rich, but significantly easier to use is PINE. Something the original poster might want to consider. - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.

Is it even out yet? I didn't think the DVD was going to be released until near, or just after, Christmas. I'm not sure about the VHS copy. - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.

It can. Search engines used to honor the directives in a robots.txt file. It's been years since I've done any web development so I don't know if this is still the case. - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.

Well, I couldn't wait to try at least one bottle! For whatever it's worth, this stuff packs a hell of punch, it may be the most complex beer I've ever had but it definitely needs to age some more. I'm thinking 6 months at the minimum, after another year or two it will probably be perfect. I thought this was interesting, 666 calories per 12oz bottle. Yikes! Mmmm..........Beer. - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.

My GOD, what was it? And what's the story behind that one? - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.

Exactly! - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.

How did you guess? I've only got a few batches under my belt, so I'm far from on expert on the subject, but yes I do. As a matter of fact there's a batch in the closet right now. I'm probably going to try a spiced seasonal ale this weekend since it's too cold for jumping. There are a few others here who home brew as well. - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.

Because I'm something of a beer fanatic I'm going to take a stab at clearing up a few misconceptions. Agreed. But fresh doesn't necessarily mean fresh out of the fermenter, fresh doesn't have to be two weeks old, or a month old, etc... Keep reading. Sorry. This one is going to age a bit. It's 23% alcohol and loaded with hops. The combination of the alcohol and probably more important the high amount of hops should keep it 'fresh' for quite some time, I'm talking at least a year here, probably a bit more. Hops are a preservative and one of the things that helps to keep beer 'fresh'. As far as that skunky taste, that's usually caused by a chemical reaction between isomerized hops and ultraviolet light. (Funny how that skunky taste is almost a trademark of many supposedly good imported beers.) This is true to the extent that beer has hops and the interaction between UV light and isomerized hops causes the skunky, and other off flavors as well. Clear bottles offer near zero protection from the damaging light, green bottles offer only slightly more, and brown bottles offer the highest amount of protection from this light. I suppose that opaque bottles would be the ideal storage vessel. Edit: Yet another thing that can ruin a beer is oxygen. Oxidated beer tends to taste like stale, like cardboard. There are two ways that I know of to hold back oxygen from entering a brew. The first is oxygen absorbing bottle caps, the second is oxygen blocking caps. The oxygen blocking caps I believe are just caps with a bit more attention paid to that rubber gasket that forms the inside seal. To my knowledge, most microbreweries (well maybe just some) use one of the caps mentioned above. Anyhow, back to the 'freshness' of a beer. Beers such as Bud, Miller, Coors, Corona, Heiniken, etc... tend to have a shorter shelf life because of the limited amount of hops, alcohol, and poor packaging (clear and green bottles). What I'll call 'bigger' beers tend to have a longer shelf life due mostly to the increased hop bill and alcohol (as you add fermentables, necessary to achieve high alcohol beers, you need to increase the hop bill as well to balance out the fermentables - it's a flavor/balance thing.) These 'bigger' beers, usually from microbreweries usually come in brown bottles just because that's what the microbrews tend to use. Finally, these bigger beers, of which I am a great fan, need some time to mellow. When these beers are served young, or what you might have called 'fresh', the flavors haven't had a chance to mellow or meld with each other. It is not uncommon for these beers, when served young, to have harsh flavors that almost always mellow over time. That's probably more about beer than anyone ever really wanted to know, but like I said, I'm something of a beer fanatic. I enjoy beer almost as much as I do skydiving. Anyhow - back to your regularly scheduled program.... - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.

Burn image - select the image - wait. It should be that easy. - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.

I hadn't considered that whole deployment thing. So now I'm curious, what set of circumstances is necessary for the ball to deploy? Is it simply altitude? Or is it a combination of altitude and speed? - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.

WHAT? So now you've got to catch it _and_ worry about putting a rubber band on it, or stuffing into a sock of some sort? I'm certainly no ball master, but that sounds like it might make for a very busy skydive. - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.

I'm sitting here thinking about the purchase I just made, $42.00 for a six pack. Yikes! It's 2002/2003 Dogfish Head World Wide Stout @ 23%. This beer will be much better I think after it's had the chance to age for at least a year, that's going to require a LOT of self control. It had better be good! - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.

I'm not positive on this, so ask one of your instructors, but I believe one contributing factor to the bruises is loose legstraps. FWIW: I wear my rig with my leg straps as tight as I can get them, and my chest strap as loose as it can be while still keeping me in the rig. - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.