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Ray - search the forums, there was some talk about a possibly stolen rig from PR not long ago. I think if you search for Puerto Rico and posts made by Michele that you'll find them. Not sure if it's the gear you're looking for, but it can't hurt. Thread here: http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=930875#930875 (and apparently not the one you're looking for). - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.
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Medical Insurance through your Employer - Funny Story
Jimbo replied to stoneycase's topic in General Skydiving Discussions
Do yourself a favor and search the forums for "skydiving safe statistic". There's a lot to read. - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed. -
I understand that the risk of transmission is small, I've mentioned that in a number of my posts on this topic. Why would I mind if someone with HIV had bled into the car? I know that HIV doesn't survive long in the atmosphere. I'm not suggesting that TMs go out and get tested; however, if you know that you have a contagious, and life altering disease, then I believe that it's your obligation to inform me of those facts so that I can evaluate the additional risk. As I've said a number of times, I realize that the risk of transmission is small, but I think that that risk is for me to evaluate, not you. For what it's worth, Elfanie, I understand what Bill is saying, I just happen to disagree with him. - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.
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Bill, in the case of a contagious, and terminal disease, the risk is not imaginary. The risk of transmission may be low, but it's not imaginary. I already know that skydiving is dangerous, the DZ did a pretty good job at communicating that. Why should my right to evaluate the -additional- risk be compromised? To spare someone's feelings? - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.
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Why trust anyone? Take everything in and make decisions for yourself. Honestly, if you saw good advice about how to care for your gear would you immediately discount it because you clicked on someone's profile and saw that they weren't a rigger? What if you got good advice about how to exit a new 4 way chunk, but the poster wasn't a coach? Would you care? Conversly, if you saw what you thought was bad advice about how to care for your gear, but someone's profile said that he was a rigger, would you give it more credence than it deserves? I guess my point is that ratings and certifications mean nothing. Evaluate everything on its own merit, ask lots of questions. There are so many knowledgable people here that the crap is usually called out for exactly what it is. Ratings mean nothing. - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.
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I stopped reading right there. He may only have 20,000 hard core followers, but he's got a lot of fans. While I college I had the *cough* honor *cough* of working at a Farrakhan 'rally', in a town of approximately 500,000 he packed the house of over 10,000. I was impressed, he spoke for over 2 hours before he went in to his "it's the white man's fault", "it's the Jews who are keeping you down" crap. - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.
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would you Sue the canopy manufacturer
Jimbo replied to Tinkerbelle's topic in General Skydiving Discussions
Yup. I asked my rigger a year or so ago how he protected himself from lawsuits and he pointed out that the DZ waiver covers him. Something about "all parties, agents, and representatives...". - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed. -
And what the hell ever happened to Futurama? That was one of my favorites. - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.
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What do you do about the rest of load? I've only been there once, but I could get beer all day long, just had to know where to look. - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.
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Nice find there, Bill. That will be most cool, indeed! - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.
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Ha! There's a guy here who told me via PM that he'd be nice as can be to my face, but as soon as I was gone... I was entertained. - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.
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Cut away-I'm screwing the average up!
Jimbo replied to Mirage63's topic in General Skydiving Discussions
I'm right there with you. 3 reserve rides in just shy of 600 jumps, 2 cutaways. My last reserve lasted fewer than 10 days. It's less than 30 days old and has now been packed twice and jumped once. - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed. -
What do you do at Zhills? IIRC, the bar is open all day long. How about WFFC? - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.
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Why would you? Unless you exchanged fluids with them there's no good that can come of letting them know, and no bad can come of not letting them know. Right? Good for you, and good luck with everything.
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would you Sue the canopy manufacturer
Jimbo replied to Tinkerbelle's topic in General Skydiving Discussions
Enough said. - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed. -
I offer.... one billion dollars! Mwahahahaaa...
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Whatever she offers, I'll give you $10.00 more. There's some good stuff there. - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.
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Collapse slider. Pull it down. Release brakes. Once you get the chance to see all of the equipment you'll realize that it's really quite simple. Be careful. Those are famous last words. Really. - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.
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Bwwwaaaaahaaaahaaaahaaaaa! Nice one! - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.
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Ah yes. "The Rack".
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SWEEEEEEEEEEEET! - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.
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Nice.
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That "right" is apparently trumped by someone's "right" not to have his feelings hurt, or be embarrassed. - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.
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Kevin, you've got a knack for picking up strippers, is that really problem? - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.
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Only when it hits a low / light vehicle. They don't fare so well when involved in accidents with other high / heavy vehicles. - Jim "Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed.