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Getting shot at repeatedly with salt crystals never did me any harm... And I know I can cycle faster than Dobermans... or at least I could... I even have a scar on my arse from a German shepherd... so I know I can't outrun em... Look at me now.

There’s a bit of a difference in scale. The guy convicted drove his car after the girls in pursuit. Here all BASE did is shout “oi” and run towards them. I can’t see this being anything other than a perfectly reasonable reaction to witnessing a theft.

Nope. Try again. Tresspass as not a criminal offence in the UK, I was under the impression it's the same in the US. Sure it's a CIVIL offence that can get you sued if the owner can be bothered and can find you... but you aint gonna land yourself in jail for it. Theft or vandalism on the other hand... now that's a much more serious matter. Not even close to being in the same league as far as I'm concerned.

How is tresspass the same as theft and vandalism?

D-bag belongs to the container not to the canopy. So bag stays. 170 will work... tighten up that closing loop and be aware that your main flap will most likely start to open up a lot if it doesn't already. I wouldn't put a 150 in there if I were you. At best you'll make your jump budies nervous.

hey, I don't even use the term "tennis shoes"... but it kinda jumps out at you if you start playing with how you can describe what you see. There are 10 "issues". Damn near coughed tea out'a my nose when I got it.

hehehe - I've not had the chance since May. Fun isn't it. http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=1083300#1083300

Why don't they make spoke reflectors for alloy wheels?

I get it! TENNIS SHOES! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHA That's quality. I pissed myself!

The salient rules came into force in 1984. Since then minor tweaking. Nothing that I quoted above comes even remotely close to the truth, not now, not in 92, not even before 84. Some of the things he says are as far from the truth as black is from white – ie they’re exact opposites of the real position. Don't get me wrong, I wasn’t criticising you - merely the author you quoted. My only worry is that where there are such glaring inaccuracies in one part of a document, I have a very hard time putting any faith in the rest of it.

When going through cloud - afaik, very common. Several people I've spoken to (AFF and tandem) claim not to have been able to breath through cloud. I spent an entire hair cut explaining to my hairdresser that she really could have breathed when she went through cloud on her tandem. It's just a psychological response - information overload I guess.

I'm not going to bother comming in on the argument, but felt it nessasery to point out to any who bothered reading the above text that it is entirely incorrect. Whoever wrote that needs to be banned from ever writing again - it's an appaling miss-truth to the point that I simply have to conclude that they are deliberate outright lies. I confess I scan read the text for comments on the UK... I don't think I'll bother reading the rest of it as I have absolutly no confidence that the author can actually write a truthful word.

Three of my own so extra points. The first was half way up a lamp post on Long Beach LA.... those better be damn good all terrain vehicles if they're all the way up there! Next one's what happened to Sam in Perris The last is apparently what the Spanish wash their clothes with!

We know it as a persons "freefall face". Everyone has their own - some are happy, some look concerned (despite their obvious enjoyment) on some there's an extreme look of concentration. But we all have our freefall face...

Just worked on some staying relative and some turns in place - nice and simple.

Did a 2-way with my buddy at the weekend. Thought he'd be pleased to chuff if I posted a couple of screen grabs.

1. my own heart a person A: a woman/man after my own heart 2. don't cry spilled milk A: Don't cry over spilled milk 3. gener ation A: generation gap 4. bridge water A: water under the bridge 5. math the A:the aftermath 6. insult + injury A: add insult to injury 7. poFISHnd A:a big fish in a little pond 8. ch poorri A: Take from the rich and give to the poor r 9. g rosey i n A: ring arround a rosey beating 10. beating bush beating beating A: beating aroundthe bush 11. gesg segg gegs gges A: Scambled eggs 12. t o w n A: downtown 13. issue issue issue issue issue issue issue issue issue issue A: an issue repeating itself 14. dance a c n n c a ecnad A: Square dance 15. p o u r A: downpour

This is the sort of question that can start a thread that goes on for pages. It's been discussed in great depth before... try this link: http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?do=search_results&search_forum=all&search_string=pull+out+boc&search_type=AND&search_fields=sb&search_time=&search_user_username=&sb=score&mh=25

I can suggest a solution for avoiding lawsuits in this situation. Each jumper simply buys the tower outright so that for the duration of his jump he is the owner of the tower. He then sells it to the next jumper. Purchase cost should be an item, a peppercorn would be a nice traditional way of doing it. If the jumper breaks himself – he did it jumping off his own property – that’s his problem. You simply have to trust the jumper to sell it on after his jump… and at the agreed rate. 2/3/4 ways etc simply split the purchase cost between them and be joint owners. This would not prevent litigation between the 2/3/4 etc but would protect the "real owner". Want to back up the sale with paperwork – just in case? Simply have a stack of photocopied contracts in a box at the bottom of the tower. Jumper A puts his peppercorn in the pot, signs (dates and times) the top photocopy as the new purchaser and fills his name in as the vendor on the next copy down. This will need to be verified against local regulations as this has been thought up from the UK. It will also almost certainly need a tweak here and there to ensure it complies with some of the restrictions and various problems I can think of straight away (eg it’s unlikely to stand up if you’ve agreed to transfer the property back to the vendor before you buy it - so trust is essential).

The loop on the collar is there for a reason. It was a popular way of securing your slider behind your head once you've collapsed it. It's an option on a lot of other manufacturers suits.

We tag the fuckers over here. Electronic leg iron with GPS so we know where they are. If they leave the geographical boundaries we set for them it sets off an alarm at the monitoring station and they're picked up. Ditto if they start tampering with it. They're better than day release. They're being over-used here though. I'm waiting for the neck iron development a-la running man.

Don't make me come over there and start a war on your ass... http://www.britishmilitarymedals.co.uk/georgecross.htm

Something I read about this morning whilst pursuing a 6-month-old computer mag. (probably common knowledge by now but new to me). Windows XP stops programs running at refresh rates above 60htz. That is of course unless they use DirectX in which case you can set them at whatever speed you want. Programs which don’t use some other software to render their graphics are capped at 60htz… Hmmmm….. now which company do you think owns DirectX? That’s right - Microsoft. It’s another case of buy-our-product-or-lose-out.

Right then it's settled. To bring about World Peace, Great Britain and France shall go to war over Luxemburg. All fighting shall take place solely in Luxemburg and be conducted in a gentlemanly manner with pointy sticks only. Some fruit may also be allowed (but nothing too citrusy, we wouldn’t want any eye injuries). Tea breaks shall be taken every hour during which time each country may indulge in its national beverage. Leave Malta out of it – they have a medal. I never cared for Rhodes so we should be able to set up a “second front” there after a year of combat or so. If the American’s feel left out they can come and join in after a few years for the last couple of days before pouring billions in aid into Luxemburg so when all’s said and done it might actually turn out to be a place people would like to visit. So when shall we start this then? Next Wednesday good for you lot? About tea time?

Well I don't think that's acceptable behaviour for manufacturer. If they lie about who they are when posting or writing a review then who's to say what else they may lie about. Might they lie about a safety issue? – after all they’ve just proved themselves to be liars. Dishonesty such as this is taken very seriously at law and should not be tolerated by a community. I say, out the company, and complain through official channels. What do others think?