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    A canopy transfer with a ram air reserve is never a good idea. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals
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    I need to remember that one did the original poster/troller ever come back on this thread to explain what he doesn't like about the service he got ? If you stepped on your dick that bad would you? Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals
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    If you can’t shorten the loop enough to put tension on the pin the canopy is too small for the container….period. Sparky Thats the point I was making. But I know plenty of jumpers who know that too and just dont care. I packed for many years and saw allll kinds of fubar rigs. Loose vector loops or too long vector loops are common. http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/pp55/mjosparky/FixStupid.jpg Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals
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    One thing that skydivers don’t understand it how breathing at altitude is tied to pressure. The exchange of O2 and CO2 is all done in the alveoli, the little sacks in the lungs. In order for this exchange to take place there has to be enough pressure for the O2 to pass through the alveolar membrane. At sea level the pressure of the O2 in your blood is about 100mm Hg. At 15,000 feet it is down to 44mm Hg and your situation is about 80%. Anything below 87% is considered hypoxic. From about 18,000/20,000 feet up to 40,000 feet you can breathe pure O2 and still be hypoxic. This is where you should be on a diluter-demand system to maintain the pressure needed to ventilate the alveoli. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals
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    I try to buy as much as I can from Mike. My Vigil2, Optimum, Safire2, camera helmet + mounts, gear bag and a ton of little things. Only dealer I know that responds to emails in the middle of the night.
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    If you can’t shorten the loop enough to put tension on the pin the canopy is too small for the container….period. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals
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    Or on 10K boxes. no Jeb has already said that he never wanted to do what Gary did, he always wanted to land at "wingsuit terminal" That is exactly what Gary did……..land a wing suit at terminal. Anything Jeb does now will second best…..and second is first loser. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals
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    What does the manufacture say? Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals
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    Don't feel too bad. A P-51 is a very similar, though slightly larger, can opener. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:P-openers.jpg I didn't know that.....learn something new every day. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals
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    whatcha talkin bout willis??? I am just disagreeing with NWflyer and pointing out her lack of reasonable thinking because it is so fun to disagree with somebody who will no matter what you say disagree with you. If you are going to go against NWflyer on "reasonable thinking" I'll take NWflyer and give you 10 points. Sparky I will join ya on that bet! Beer Gray Goose and popcorn? Matt FIFY Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals
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    whatcha talkin bout willis??? I am just disagreeing with NWflyer and pointing out her lack of reasonable thinking because it is so fun to disagree with somebody who will no matter what you say disagree with you. If you are going to go against NWflyer on "reasonable thinking" I'll take NWflyer and give you 10 points. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals
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    I always had one while growing up, but I never even saw one when I was in the military. I've been out 17 years next month. Yea, but I joined in 1974 I joined in 1964.....and I still have the one I carried in country. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals
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    For many years gear manufacturing companies were owned and operated by jumpers not “business people”. Their pricing did not reflect a realistic cost of producing the item. Most gear is made from materials that are petroleum based and the price has gone through the roof. That and the cost of labor make the price of gear pretty reasonable. Very few pay MSRP, most get at least 20% off and many more than that. Most don’t have a clue what goes into producing a rig…..they don’t even bother to RTFM on how it works. I don't even want to get started on rigging. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals
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    Not the sharpest tool in the box. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals
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    I would argue that it began as a recreational activity and evolved into a sport. How long had skydiving been around before skydivers began having skydiving competitions? But that is not the way I see it….and it was my post. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals
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    cause sometimes people are just plain tired of other people who feel entitled to have and get everything in no time for no money????? No more phone calls......we have a winner. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals
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    FIFY Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals
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    Get her one of these, they work with either hand. http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/pp55/mjosparky/300px-P-38_Can_Opener.jpg Left handed people grow up in a right handed world and most are ambidextrous. Being left handed I find it easier to use right handed things. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals
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    Everyone is always ready to bitch, very few take the time to give kudos. Good on you. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals
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    What you are trying to do is convince yourself and us is that you are better at 150 jumps than all the jumpers on this list. Good luck you will need it. Sparky http://www.skydivingfatalities.info/search.asp?MinDate=5%2F8%2F1995&MaxDate=1%2F2%2F2009&Place=&State=&Country=US&Category=LOWT&MinAge=16&MaxAge=78&UnknownAge=on&MinJumps=0&MaxJumps=15000&UnknownJumps=on&AAD=&RSL=&Description=&DescriptionOperator=OR&Lessons=&LessonsOperator=OR My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals
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    +1 Skydiving used to be a sport........ it is now a “recreational activity”. Same thing happened to skiing a few years ago. Welcome to “mainstream”. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals
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    It made it look better just like using punctuation makes the written word look better. Can you say readable? You are the one that needs to grow up. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals
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    haha that made me laugh. If thats true then thats incredibly retarded behavior. You really think so? Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals
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    That was a beautiful story. What a super lady. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals
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    You know some of us have. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals