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there's one of those in leeds. They have a giant game of connect 4 in the middle of the bar (I mean with peices as big as your head). - awsome

Formal wear is only nes if you are dinning. Most others look like they've just walked of a DZ.

I've heard the long version. To be done correctly it has to be told in a strong Irish accent including tell of how they go into a pet shop and get the bird in a [irish]"pepper bag"[/irish]. I seem to remember a third bird in it in the punchline but Im not sure.

IF you have the altitude, (and I mean lots of altitude) you could try stalling the canopy. There is a chance the line will pop off when it re-inflates. (actually looking at the photo again I'd bet there's very little chance of that) So it'd be: "Look, Locate, Cut, Away, Peal, Pull. Ah, nice safe reserve."

I thought of that and figured all you would need to do is make up some kind of chart with marks on it corresponding to each lens. You could make this simply by borrowing different lenses and trying each on your camera - look at the image the lens creates and mark the extent of your view. Now laminate it and stick it in your gear bag. eg: (but lengthways on an A4 sheet) [________________] = 0.5 [____________________________] = 0.45 [_______________________________________] = 0.42 etc. So long as you hold the camera the same distance from the chart each time (eg at the end of a bit of string) you would get the same angle - at least close enough for sighting purposes anyway. The limitations I was worried about are with the camera's ability to focus at the zoom settings. Surely there is a point where the image will become fuzzy?

what did they do? tie the left hand side slider grommets together?

can't you just zoom through your 0.3 and have the exact same effect as a 0.5 ? I guess there are limitations with this method though - anyone?

I took a trip to Netheravon (a British DZ) today with two mates. About 10 miles from Nethers we passed through a little village... See the attachment. It seems like our Danish friend has his own town now as well as a chain of shops. Your gonna have to visit the DZ next time your in the UK Stefan and as you pass through the town stop and have your pic taken with "your" town's sign.

so assume a different length track. It doesnt matter what the length of the track is - the answer is still the same. Go on - pick a length of track and we'll work through the equation together (ignore the rest of the chatter). If you look above I agreed with you initially untill I worked through the equation and realised why the answer is "impossible".

its the time it takes to drive the first 8 laps at 90mph (assuming lap length of 180miles)

plus beer - you'll have to buy lots of beer for the FIRST AFF course on Mars

its alright - I got it now. You can't get there on time as its already taken you the hour you alotted.

180 miles per lap X 16 laps = 2880 miles in the race. first 8 laps = 1440 miles @ 90mph = 16 hours. Next 8 laps = 1440 miles @ 270mph = 5 hours. So it takes him 21 hours to complete the whole race track. 2880 mile of race track / 21 hours = 137... hmmm must go faster Now I getcha. If you want to do 2880 miles at 180mph average it takes you 16 hours but you've already spent 16 hours fannying round with a busted car.

I get the feeling its one of those maths questions which means something in pure maths but doesnt have much application to the real world again. Still interesting though - love to broaden my horizons.

Three miles a minute... I dont get why you can't do that in a car, mine can nearly hit it if I want to break it. Make me understand... mild pummelling permitted

I dont buy that - there is no time limit in the question

hang on a min. If in the first half of the race he has an average of 90mph and in the seccond half of the race he has an average of 270mph then over the full race he will have an average of 180mph. 90mphx8+270mphx8/16laps=180mph average How am I doing the sum wrong? Or have I missed a trick question?

larger - much much larger

Please tell me you are joking.... You do know who Michael Schumacher is right? He is like the most highly paid sports person in the world, and the greatest sports person in his field ever (based on champoinships and events won).

384?

the horrible song that was: "Never gonna give you up" by I think Rick Astley thats five star crap right there, but qualifies for this non the less.

Don't worry about this. If your mechanic says its from impact damage they have to cover it. They have to put the car back into the position it was in before the impact so if you need another tune up - they pay for it. Call your insurance co. Over here (UK) we are legally required to do so even where its the other party's fault. I expect its the same in the US. But make sure they know the facts, that its her fault and that she is admitted liability (assuming she did). Watch for whiplash symptoms such as low back pain, tingling in the hands, neck pain, headaches, trouble sleeping. These may take up to a couple of days to come on. If they do go see your doctor straight away. Don't claim if you don't have it - people like that piss me off and screw it up for genuinely injured people. I'm happy you appear to agree. If she doesn’t want to pay up or her insurance co doesn’t want to pay up (a) they're mad cos they're so obviously liable and (b) call your insurance co, they will pay out to you for your repairs (assuming you have comprehensive cover) and then they will chase her for the money. This should not count as a claim as its not your fault but US insurance co's may vary so check first. The repairs will still cost you your excess. Check with your insurance co if you have legal expenses cover. If you do they will pay for you to sue her for your uninsured losses (like your excess or any whiplash if you turn out to have it). Again this should be an open and shut case as no insurance co is gonna argue a straight forward rear end shunt like this. Hope it all turns out all right. Bare in mind I am UK based so some of the advice I have given may be inaccurate.

There are also a number of static line videos on my clubs website (link at bottom of post). We use a slightly larger cessna 206 so the exit is very different - being a hop out into the relative wind from a sitting possition. Check em out in gallery 2 of our videos section (link at top right of page).

You can make a camera condom yourself. My mate went to a scuba dive shop and bought an old crappy thin wet suit for £5 ($10), cut it up and sewed it together into a great homemade camera condom. He got about 3 or 4 condoms out of it for him and some other camera jumpers. His dad also has a professional workshop so he simply cut out some high-grade aluminium and bent it into an L-bracket. Its indistinguishable from a bought one but it has been made in a pro workshop so this element would depend on what equipment you have at your disposal.