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Why are you taking antibiotics, a cold is viral? Sparky http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_cold My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

It's a personal choice of course , but can you tell me why not? Because it is old and your reserve is your last chance. They are no long made for a reason. The reserve is the last place you want to buy on the cheap. The asking price is way more than the canopy is worth. Sparky You are making a relation between completely unrelated things. old cheap last chance are completely different dimensions. Unless of course you automatically consider a PDR126 DOM 2012 a piece of shit if it costs a hundred bucks. I keep telling riggers that refusing to pack something that's xx amount of years old based on age alone is silly, as they are generally a lot older than the gear they refuse to pack, but still seem to function just fine. This year I've jumped a 1964 canopy, and I've binned a 1992 canopy. And trust me, age had nothing to do with my decision. I am not sure what your point is. The guy I responded to wanted to know why it was a bad idea to buy the particular canopy……….I listed some reasons I felt it was a bad deal. I didn’t say anything about packing the thing…..it is up to each rigger to decide what he/she will pack. You may think it is silly, they may not. Does that make them right and you wrong of are you right and they are wrong. It’s a point of view; theirs is a valid as yours. The fact that you jumped a canopy with a DOM of 1964 has no bearing on the issue. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

It's a personal choice of course , but can you tell me why not? Because it is old and your reserve is your last chance. They are no long made for a reason. The reserve is the last place you want to buy on the cheap. The asking price is way more than the canopy is worth. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

They only come one to a set. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

Like Lisa said, I sort of understand the concept of freefall…….. a little bit. If you left the airplane at 5,000 feet and opened at 4,000 feet you didn’t do a “hop’n’pop all so known as a clear’n’pull. You did about a 9 to 10 sec. delay. I just think that if you are going to go to the trouble to learn something, learn the proper terminology. Stay safe. Sparky "The beginning of wisdom is to first call things by their right names." -- Chinese proverb Thanks Robin. My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

SGAE (Spain's General Society of Composers and Publishers) complained about pirating. The governments answer was to implement a royalty levied on all and any medium capable of recording, be it analog or digital. The royalty is paid to SGAE. I don't give a dam what SGAE does with the royalties I've paid them. I know it's six years old but nothing has changed SGAE backed the government into a corner and now regrets it. http://slashdot.org/story/06/06/27/2156220/spain-adds-copyright-tax-to-blank-media So what you are saying is the Spanish Government has made it legal for its citizens to steal for others. Sad. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

You can’t find a reserve at a reasonable price in the US? $350 for a 21 year old reserve sight unseen is not much of a deal. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

I'm not sure how common this is, but on 1 of the 3 HH dives I've been on, 2 people both decided to take a last second dive at the hoop when it was getting close to break-off and got jammed inside the hoop together. Fortunately, the hoop broke as they and the people holding it struggled to free them. Rebar would have been a bad, bad thing on that jump. Skinny skydiving buddies would be the obvious solution... Or buddies that can fly well enough to get through the hoop before break off. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

Could just buy beer that you enjoy... The beer I enjoy just so happens to come in a 30 pack for $12. I would call that crap beer. Is this what skydiving has come to? Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

You go ZZZZZZZZ out the door.....sky, earth, sky earth, sky, earth, pull. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

How high did you go? If you were in freefall you did not do a hop'n'pop. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

If it wasn't manufactured under the issued TSO......no problem. The manufacture can't be held responsible for what the end user does. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

The next time with be just the same. The clown probably does think he is special. My bet is he will sick his lawyers on the cop and the city. His attitude is hard wired in, he won’t change. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

Man you shouldn't do that to an old man. I sprayed Gray Goose all over my key board. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

I received this email from Brian Williams tonight. Sparky SCR-7494 SCS – 4073 NSCR – 1531 SCSA – 329 NSCSA- 105 [HR] To Bill's friends, Bill's funeral will be held at 1:00 P.M. Saturday 11, 2012 at Basham Funeral Care 3312 Nile Street, Bakersfield, CA Basham Ph. 661-873-8200 Brian Williams [HR] My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

Some yuppie scum drove over a police officer's foot in New York with his Ferrari. My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

I'd also suggest SETTING both brakes. I think he cleaned it off with his hand during deployment. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

Don't we all. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

And Jeb’s stunt at the Empire State Building indicated he is will to give jumping a black eye in the name of self promotion. Jmo Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

You will hear people say all kinds of shit about skydiving being a brotherhood and we are all family. Well it just wishful thinking. It may have been that back in the day but by the mid 80’s it was fast fading. You have the same cross section of people as the general population. Some good guys, some bad guys and everything in between. Make your decisions in skydiving with the same care you would away from the DZ. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

That's why I looked up.......I didn't know either. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

Laying on my death bed and thinking “I wish I had tried that”. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

SIUCC. 1. SIUCC Skydiving term for those who are complaining about cuts, bruises, or pretty much anything. It stands for "Suck It Up, Cupcake" "I flared to high and when I landed, I jammed my toe!" "Dang, it's cold at altitude!" "It's taking to long to get on a load" "SIUCC!" Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

Bill Newell lost his battle with cancer today. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

Bill Newell lost his battle with cancer today. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals